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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media
(www.latimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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DVDs are fine, but the subtitles look god-awful - and they’re bitmaps so there is no easy way to make them not suck
I think they're bitmaps on Blu-rays as well. Just higher resolution.
Streaming tends to use text formats.