In 1999 DVD players for TVs were expensive. However DVD drives with MPEG card were much cheaper. And DVD drives without MPEG card were affordable. For those who wanted a cheap way to view DVD video disks, PowerDVD was a solution. It was easy to find the crack for Internet that removed the time trial. PowerDVD was light enough to let PCs with Pentium II 350MHz or AMD K6 II 350MHz decode MPEG2 video. Instead of paying 200$ for a typical DVD video player with just 50$ for a DVD driver I could watch DVD video disks. Also most DVD drives like DVD player for TV were locked to regions. However there were programs that cracked the region lock for DVD drives. Europeans could watch USA DVD video disks from their PCs earlier than the official european DVD release. Sometimes earlier than movie was showed in cinemas. Many video clubs were importing movies on USA DVD Video disks before the official european premier of the movies in Cinemas. It was an enjoyable era then.
"For those who wanted a cheap way to view DVD video disks, PowerDVD was a solution. It was easy to find the crack for Internet that removed the time trial." YEP!
Stand-alone DVD players caught on much more quickly (pretty much from the get go) than PC DVD-ROM drives. That was why Netflix became successful early on. DVD-ROM drives didn't catch on until around 2004! Software and games were still being put on multiple CD-ROMs as late as 2003 -- because many people didn't have DVD drives yet.
While DVD stand-alone players caught on quickly, DVD drives for computers did not. Most users simply didn't rush out to get DVD drives and thought CD drives would suffice. Software and games were still being put on CD-ROMs as late as 2003! Most productivity software rarely exceeded 700MB, and many users only had CD drives, so why would companies spend more on pressing DVD-ROM discs? Many games did exceed 700MB, but since most users didn't have DVD drives, game companies would release games on multiple CD-ROMs instead. This went on till 2004, when more people started buying computers that finally had DVD drives built-in. And the industry never went back to CD-ROMs again. This slow adoption of DVD drives in computers was like a mini tech bust at the time. The industry was pushing hard on watching DVD-quality movies on computers, but the public wasn't interested -- and they never really have been. There have always been more convenient and higher-quality means of watching movies elsewhere than on a computer.
I recall the cost differential was pretty considerable for the two up until about 2003. Like a CDROM drive could be bought for less than $30 while a DVDROM drive was 2-3x the price. Budget systems took an increasing role in the purchase decision of consumers so with the cost simply passed on, manufacturer's were more attracted to keep the CDROM drive in there.
It's hard to remember a time when watching a movie - not a low-res, pan/scan VCD - on your computer was a big deal. I used a DVD-drive for a couple of years before getting a DVD player.
I remember when we got our Pentium 166/Windows 95 PC being floored when I found the Weezer music video digging around on the Win95 CD and it played full-screen at a decent quality.
I have a Windows PC with a DVD-RW/CD-RW disc drive built-in that I can take my own MPEG video files to turn into standard DVD-Video discs and MP3 audio files to turn into standard CD-Audio discs. I really appreciate this technology for these discs can play better and last longer than the magnetic tapes. I even bought a Panasonic DVD Recorder that I am using to transfer old home videos to DVD-Rs in order to play them on standard DVD players. My old VHS VCR is clearly on its last years of usefulness.
The most important about DVD R are that they are optical read only media. I still burn DVD Rs daily because of the read only nature of it. I don't have to worry about weird clouds doing bizarre things, I don't have to worry about Hard Disks crashing randomly when they are plugged in, I don't have much worries about anything with optical media, I find it extremely valuable. Many individuals are loosing their iinformation everywhere and don't even know why.
Never heard of bit rot ? Burned dvds are the second worst method for long term data storae, just sd Cards are worse. Take your burned dvds from 8 years ago, you will be shocked how many are crap now
you're wrong, but only because windows lies to you. it's 4.7 gigabytes, which is 4.38 gebibytes (GiB). windows shows GiB as "GB" when its not actually gigabytes because microsoft likes to confuse people.
Yeah they don't get that he has to manage the show's time like that and most guests want to talk like old people fucking. Imagine how Stewart felt having to listen to so many mouth breathers try to talk.
Yeah they don't get that he has to manage the show's time like that and most guests want to talk like old people fucking. Imagine how Stewart felt having to listen to so many mouth breathers try to talk.
In 1999 DVD players for TVs were expensive. However DVD drives with MPEG card were much cheaper. And DVD drives without MPEG card were affordable. For those who wanted a cheap way to view DVD video disks, PowerDVD was a solution. It was easy to find the crack for Internet that removed the time trial. PowerDVD was light enough to let PCs with Pentium II 350MHz or AMD K6 II 350MHz decode MPEG2 video. Instead of paying 200$ for a typical DVD video player with just 50$ for a DVD driver I could watch DVD video disks. Also most DVD drives like DVD player for TV were locked to regions. However there were programs that cracked the region lock for DVD drives. Europeans could watch USA DVD video disks from their PCs earlier than the official european DVD release. Sometimes earlier than movie was showed in cinemas. Many video clubs were importing movies on USA DVD Video disks before the official european premier of the movies in Cinemas. It was an enjoyable era then.
"For those who wanted a cheap way to view DVD video disks, PowerDVD was a solution. It was easy to find the crack for Internet that removed the time trial." YEP!
Stand-alone DVD players caught on much more quickly (pretty much from the get go) than PC DVD-ROM drives. That was why Netflix became successful early on. DVD-ROM drives didn't catch on until around 2004! Software and games were still being put on multiple CD-ROMs as late as 2003 -- because many people didn't have DVD drives yet.
I thought everyone just used the PlayStation 2 😂
I remember having to buy the origional Far Cry on CD because I hadnt bought a DVD drive yet, it was something like 5 CD's to one DVD.@@PCGamingGoodies
one of thise cheap as chips ati rage pro cards offered perfect dvd play back on slow cpus, crap for games though
The The Matrix DVD came out a month before this episode aired, which really drove DVD sales.
I cant wait for HD DVD to come out!!!
I saw an HD DVD player at Goodwill this past weekend. Was tempted for a second, but passed on it. 😅
He was right, HD-DVD was a format.
For about five minutes.
Dude knew!
10:01 That is $1,458.57 for the burner and $36.51 per blank DVD in today's money.... "Not too bad" 😂
That guy at 14 mins was way wrong when he said games wont be on DVD lol Xbox and PS2 say otherwise pal hello from 2020
I think he was probably just sick of all the FMV games and was dreading what DVD capacity could do.
Guy at 21min mark had the secret knowledge HD DVD he let slip lol
This show is so relaxing.
An email appliance for the post-PC era . . . I can't wait to get one!!
16:14 irfan view shortcut at the bottom, 19years later still the best! actually irfan view was released in 1996 so 3 years before this episode
Xnview & vallenjpegger ftw 😛
I've been using it since it came out in 96. Hard to believe an application is still useful 24 years later.
Looking forward to the DVD-Audio discs. 😵
oh i remember those pirate DVD mp3 audio discs out there, with THOUSANDS of songs in it.
"$20 for one dvd? not too bad" 😄
14:47 Slapping up 4 DvDs demonstrating DvDs are too small from day 1
dvd is bad for gaming...Hindsight lolz
15:54 I'm still using IrfanView to this day! Love that the logo hasn't changed in 25 years.
Hehhhh he said hd-dvd thinking of high density floppies :D
I wonder if he still goes by "DVD Bob"
I love watching DVD movies on my PC while working on spreadsheets.
While DVD stand-alone players caught on quickly, DVD drives for computers did not. Most users simply didn't rush out to get DVD drives and thought CD drives would suffice. Software and games were still being put on CD-ROMs as late as 2003! Most productivity software rarely exceeded 700MB, and many users only had CD drives, so why would companies spend more on pressing DVD-ROM discs? Many games did exceed 700MB, but since most users didn't have DVD drives, game companies would release games on multiple CD-ROMs instead. This went on till 2004, when more people started buying computers that finally had DVD drives built-in. And the industry never went back to CD-ROMs again. This slow adoption of DVD drives in computers was like a mini tech bust at the time. The industry was pushing hard on watching DVD-quality movies on computers, but the public wasn't interested -- and they never really have been. There have always been more convenient and higher-quality means of watching movies elsewhere than on a computer.
sony with its ps2 pushed DVD to its absolute limits, and then pc releases went on DVD from the early 00s
I recall the cost differential was pretty considerable for the two up until about 2003. Like a CDROM drive could be bought for less than $30 while a DVDROM drive was 2-3x the price. Budget systems took an increasing role in the purchase decision of consumers so with the cost simply passed on, manufacturer's were more attracted to keep the CDROM drive in there.
uh...at one point early on, it was actually cheaper to buy a DVD drive for a PC than a DVD player for your TV.
Greetings from 2023, where everything is either digitally streamed or downloaded.
doesnt anyone here want to go back to the early days of exploration this was awesome no internet no viruses this was freedom
It's hard to remember a time when watching a movie - not a low-res, pan/scan VCD - on your computer was a big deal. I used a DVD-drive for a couple of years before getting a DVD player.
I remember when we got our Pentium 166/Windows 95 PC being floored when I found the Weezer music video digging around on the Win95 CD and it played full-screen at a decent quality.
@@yellowblanka6058 Before MS went full psycho totalitarian.... good times.
I have a Windows PC with a DVD-RW/CD-RW disc drive built-in that I can take my own MPEG video files to turn into standard DVD-Video discs and MP3 audio files to turn into standard CD-Audio discs. I really appreciate this technology for these discs can play better and last longer than the magnetic tapes. I even bought a Panasonic DVD Recorder that I am using to transfer old home videos to DVD-Rs in order to play them on standard DVD players. My old VHS VCR is clearly on its last years of usefulness.
7:00 And once again cartrige - as if Panasonic didn't notice trends, cartrige is one of reasons what killed idea od DVD-RAM
wow 800 dollars for the drive alone today its less then 10
anyone got a 30 year old dvd ram recording
this show is dope
DVD drives were so expensive back then , so instead i did what everyone else did, wait 2 years and buy a PS2 lol
21:30 ... WRONG! (but sorta right)
There was a HD-DVD format actually
HD DVD LOOOL
The most important about DVD R are that they are optical read only media. I still burn DVD Rs daily because of the read only nature of it. I don't have to worry about weird clouds doing bizarre things, I don't have to worry about Hard Disks crashing randomly when they are plugged in, I don't have much worries about anything with optical media, I find it extremely valuable. Many individuals are loosing their iinformation everywhere and don't even know why.
Never heard of bit rot ? Burned dvds are the second worst method for long term data storae, just sd Cards are worse. Take your burned dvds from 8 years ago, you will be shocked how many are crap now
love this old stuff. I think my first PC DVD drive was about 1999 Panasonic, £100.
Dynamite!
Stewart was excited!! 😂
1st
Need a new episode
4.7gb such a liar! it's 4.38gb
He's a scumbag 😅
gigabits
you're wrong, but only because windows lies to you. it's 4.7 gigabytes, which is 4.38 gebibytes (GiB). windows shows GiB as "GB" when its not actually gigabytes because microsoft likes to confuse people.
7:58 He wasn’t happy that he got cut off (more than once). I bet so many guests wanted to go off on Stewart for that.
Yeah they don't get that he has to manage the show's time like that and most guests want to talk like old people fucking.
Imagine how Stewart felt having to listen to so many mouth breathers try to talk.
Yeah they don't get that he has to manage the show's time like that and most guests want to talk like old people fucking.
Imagine how Stewart felt having to listen to so many mouth breathers try to talk.
How come there's no mention of DVD burners? They were out at this point, right?
6:38
Bought my first dvd burner in 2003 for $259 on sale. Started ripping dvds on day one
Fbi hinted
@@jussikankinen9409 lmfao