I find DVDs incredibly annoying, and never could use them. Mainly because I was so used to the ability to remove VHS tapes, put them aside, and re-play them fr

I find DVDs incredibly annoying, and never could use them. Mainly because I was so used to the ability to remove VHS tapes, put them aside, and re-play them from the exact position with zero wait time. That's fixable on DVDs (I imagine) but not on my player. DVD FBI warnings, animations, menus, etc, are all pointless and (usually) unavoidable. The weird thing about DVDs was the ENORMOUS marketing push for them when they came out. The industry was desperate to transition to this medium, for clear reasons: 1. To get everyone to re-buy their favorite movies. 2. Better copy protection. 3. Cheaper production. There was very little for the consumer, but he fell for it. By contrast, the ancient (late 1970s) analogue Laserdiscs were genuinely better than anything else, but didn't work out.