Used to gaze at it in Comet, and read about it in magazines. The interactive “choose your own ending” movies seemed other-worldly at a time when gaming was at a 16bit peak.
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Or change the camera angle on The Cure's live concert CDi. The Cure were signed to Philips own record label Polydor then. Philips had a good record in innovation but currently most household products are made by licensees, leaving the field to the likes of Sony etc.
That’s fantastic, I never knew that. I can’t imagine Robert Smith being much of a tech early-adopter even then. I was an Amiga 600 user at the time and the CD32 was the other device I had my eye on - but it never had the movie playing appeal.
Don't think The Cure had much input in it then. Within 5 years Philips had the first DVD recorder in the shops at an eyewatering £1200, soon tumbling down. Again that didn't really take off either. Not all is lost however, the first air fryer was a Philips one, around 2010
I was an HD-DVD user too. Have never owned a Blu-ray player. Spent £50 on an HD-DVD box set, Attenborough’s Planet Earth as my first and last ever HD-DVD!
Still, there appears a market for old tech in new hands. Fuji and Polaroid are suddenly popular with instant photography. I can see "antique" dvds becoming popular again. Just like LPs have found a new market.
I opted for Panasonic DVD-RAM thinking it would provide me with the most flexibility. Nice while it lasted, then hard-drives turned up, Blue Ray. Amazing we are now at the end of HD-DVDs. My CDs and DVDs are rarely played these days. My bridge & compact cameras are now obsolete too
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