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mournthewolf t1_iy75apf wrote

Reply to comment by TheRealEvanG in TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else by wilymon

I worked at Blockbuster in 2001 and we just started going to about 50% DVD and started selling DVD players. In 2001 they were definitely a luxury worth stealing for a heist movie. They were a huge deal at that time.

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[deleted] t1_iy8a9a2 wrote

LOL remember when LaserDisk was a huge deal...those things were so laughably huge oh man!

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TheRealEvanG t1_iy7xs10 wrote

I agree with that. 2001 was about the time we got our first DVD player. My point was that the person I replied to implied that The Fast and the Furious (a 2001 film) is an accurate representation of the technological landscape in 2009, which it's not.

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mournthewolf t1_iy8s55b wrote

Oh yeah, I was in agreement with you. I was just adding my experience from 2001.

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vomitpunk t1_iy8to0s wrote

I seem to remember around that time there were also tiers of DVD players, with the barometer of quality being if it could play The Matrix DVD. People needing firmware updates for a DVD player to work in 1999/2000? Good luck with most consumers getting that done! Head cannon is those were fully updated players they stole :p

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