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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media (www.latimes.com)
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[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just make sure you back them up. Bit rot is real.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My Matrix DVD I bought brand new still works just fine.

But rot is real, but also highly situational

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

It's fine until it's not... The problem is you can't really predict when it will fail.