Comment on DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day agoNo that’s the idea, it would be to make a piece of software which if thrown on a soc with a DVD drive becomes a player.
Which really isn’t too far off of DVD and most bluray players.
Though I wouldn’t be shocked if the super cheap DVD players have some sorta all-in-one integrated asic for most of the job.
freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I mean if you control the software on the “player” you don’t really need a dedicated dvd format. Think about mp3 CDs, it never became a real format with specs and everything yet most CD players after a certain date supported them.
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Yeah but if you make it an open format other hobbyists could make their own hardware/software about it.
Mostly a fantasy medium, but if people start using it they start using it.