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Was anyone else expecting a (2007) after the article title? I mean, did this even need to be written?

A lot of people on Hacker News forget that they're on the forefront of technology. DVDs remain widely used, even now. I doubt they'll last too much longer, but your experience as a adopter of new tech is not universal.

I've shocked some people in my social circle when I mention my macbook air has no DVD drive. They still use them. And my Dad goes to the local video store to watch movies on his TV. It will be a long while before he switches to an option that lets him watch Netflix on his TV screen, and he won't watch movies on a computer.

>A lot of people on Hacker News forget that they're on the forefront of technology.

Yeah, but all the Blockbusters around here went bust years ago. That's real life normal people evidence.

True, I suppose what's left is only about 30% of what they had when they went bankrupt.

I'm a self-described cinemaphile, so I tend to purchase Blu-rays and DVDs of movies rather than streaming them. I've yet to see a streaming service that offers commentary tracks, alternate audio tracks (e.g., original mono mixes), "Making Of" featurettes, etc.

Do you know of any?

Not the parent comment, but thought I'd answer any ways. Despite lots of looking around, I too haven't been able to find a streaming offering that comes close to competing with a well constructed Blu-Ray release.

My collection is built largely thanks to Barnes and Nobles' 50% off Criterion sales.

In addition to being a cinemaphile, i'm also an audiophile; so the lack of Dolby 5.1 audio content being streamed for the majority of movies on Netflix basically makes blue-ray/DVD my only option if I want to make use of my expensive receiver + surround speaker setup.

I'm pretty sure it was written just so they had an excuse to use that title.

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