When Mini-DVD tried to go big - Summary

Summary

The summary is:

The speaker talks about mini DVDs, a format that was launched by Warner in 2005 to compete with the Video Now Color from Hasbro. He shows a Samsung DVD Junior, a mini DVD player that can only play 8 cm discs, and compares it with a normal DVD portable. He points out the drawbacks of the mini DVD format, such as the lack of chapters, extras, widescreen, and compatibility. He also mentions that the mini DVDs were expensive, poorly sold, and still available on Amazon. He concludes that the mini DVD format is a weird curiosity with no redeeming features.

Facts

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1. A mini DVD is an 8 centimeter disc that can hold up to 1.4 GB of data and can be played in most full-sized DVD players.
2. Warner's launched a range of 100 titles on mini DVD in 2005, mostly targeting middle and junior high school aged children.
3. The mini DVD movies were split onto two or three discs, had no extras, and were in full screen 4-3 aspect ratio.
4. Samsung's DVD Junior was a mini DVD player that had a 2.5 inch screen, a speaker, a headphone output, and could play MP3, WMA, and JPEG files from a disc.
5. The mini DVD format was not very successful and was discontinued after a few years.