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Software should work, and talking about it needn't be boring
Rupert Goodwins Rupert Goodwins Register columnist Published mon 24 Aug 2026 // 09:31 UTC OPINION DVD is one of those technologies that d…
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Rupert Goodwins Rupert Goodwins Register columnist Published mon 24 Aug 2026 // 09:31 UTC OPINION DVD is one of those technologies that dominated for barely a generation yet left a permanent cultural mark. It made high-quality video cheap enough for mass distribution, popularized the TV series boxed set, and encouraged its gluttonous consequence: binge viewing. Streaming and capacious storage have since pushed optical media toward irrelevance. There may no longer be a box, but the boxed-set mentality remains, and we still binge like Roman emperors.
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