A fun sort of online museum with exhibits on the early internet. From the first mp3, to the dancing baby gif, to the first webcam feed of a coffee maker and more. This was really cool!
Yeah even if you remember the DVD mail in era it didnt really get big until the mid to late 00s. It’s weird to imagine people were using netflix while my family only still had vhs players
DVD really started to take off at the turn of the millennium, with prices for new players plummeting below $100 (USD) by the end of 2002. VHS was basically dead by 2005, with A History of Violence being the last movie widely distributed on the format in 2006. Coincidentally that is the same year blu-ray hit the scene.
Oh sorry, I meant the DVD mail era of netflix not dvds in general. But yeah its fascinating how fast it happened. We went from having no dvd players to having one, to our house being full of them. I remember I even wound up getting a dvd player that was divX compatible that let me watch my downloaded content on the big tube tv. That stupid dvd player caused me to learn the difference between container and codec. It’s also remarkable how much clearer those low quality downloads on a low res CRT.
Yeah Netflix really started taking off once TV shows started getting DVD releases. These DVD sets were expensive, but you could get a 3-disc Netflix plan for $15/mo and realistically binge an entire season of 24 in two weeks. This is what I think turned Netflix from a Blockbuster alternative into a Blockbuster killer.
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He makes some other cool stuff as well https://neal.fun/
I was surprised that the “poop” emoji is that old.
Oh wow, I didn’t realize it was the password game guy.
So many memories… Thanks !
I love stuff like this, absolutely thank you :D
Learned a few (meaning of foobar,…), remembered some and enjoyed a lot. thanks for the link.
This was great. It’s kind of bizarre to realize that Netflix is actually older than Wikipedia.
Yeah even if you remember the DVD mail in era it didnt really get big until the mid to late 00s. It’s weird to imagine people were using netflix while my family only still had vhs players
DVD really started to take off at the turn of the millennium, with prices for new players plummeting below $100 (USD) by the end of 2002. VHS was basically dead by 2005, with A History of Violence being the last movie widely distributed on the format in 2006. Coincidentally that is the same year blu-ray hit the scene.
Oh sorry, I meant the DVD mail era of netflix not dvds in general. But yeah its fascinating how fast it happened. We went from having no dvd players to having one, to our house being full of them. I remember I even wound up getting a dvd player that was divX compatible that let me watch my downloaded content on the big tube tv. That stupid dvd player caused me to learn the difference between container and codec. It’s also remarkable how much clearer those low quality downloads on a low res CRT.
Yeah Netflix really started taking off once TV shows started getting DVD releases. These DVD sets were expensive, but you could get a 3-disc Netflix plan for $15/mo and realistically binge an entire season of 24 in two weeks. This is what I think turned Netflix from a Blockbuster alternative into a Blockbuster killer.
Just makes me feel old
LMAO I got fucking rick rolled on the napster section
I’m pleasantly surprised at how well this works on mobile. Where did you find this?
I found it while scrolling through Mastodon. Someone else in the comments posted a link to more of the source’s work.