• Jarix@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yes it was for many many people. You seem to find this hard to believe.

    Blueray/HDDvd was out before the majority of people stopped using their vhs collections.

    As tvs went digital and high def it took a long time for people to care enough to upgrade/replace

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      3 months ago

      Ok then switch to streaming. My point was just that just because you have a VHS collection doesn’t mean you can’t get media in another way and still use your VHS collection. And most people would use both while they transitioned. Throwing out all your VHSs for the hot new thing isn’t something a lot of people did. Or throwing out all your DVDs because streaming is a thing. People aren’t restricted to one thing.