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Blu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006 (www.tomshardware.com)

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Major releases still coming out, and enthusiasts collecting discs.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

it didn’t feel like it ever dominated the market before streaming took over

HD-DVD was better error-correction (thus longevity) but Blu-ray (ugh. The name) had payola. Payola makes leaders.

I suspect the switching of horses from what's better to what's more popular derailed the adoption back then when we resisted shallow popularity better.