Netflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later

[Shermann]

3. DVD's were great

I was an early adopter of DVD's and then Blu-Rays and even HD-DVD. DVD's in the mail were a treat, the selection was amazing and if you didn't mind being flexible you could watch something new every night. I am a home theater enthusiast who enjoys giving my big screen TV and 5.1 speaker system a workout.

Blu-Rays were a disappointment from Day 1. The players seemed clunky and slow, and it became common to have un-skippable commercials on discs that you PURCHASED. Not cool. Then there is the issue of unreadable media which seemed to get worse by the day. You pull the disc out, clean it off, put it back in, then have to fast forward to where you were (after watching the commercials again). VHS didn't have that problem!

When streaming became mainstream, the fate of discs was sealed. I tapped out before Ultra HD Blu-ray.