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Dataplay: The futuristic optical disc format that time forgot (Patreon)

Published:

2018-11-05 18:44:27

Edited:

2018-11-07 14:55:02

Imported:

2021-02

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In this video I'm finally looking at a format that I've been eager to cover for years. Despite Dataplay being on sale as recently as 2004 it has proved to be frustratingly elusive.

However after many years of searching, and with the assistance of others, I finally managed to track down everything needed to make a video. But not everything went entirely according to plan.

UPDATE 7th November - As a result of feedback regarding some volume levels - I've gone back and adjusted the sections concerned and also used the opportunity to re-voice a couple of sections where I used the redundant turn of phrase 'CES Show'. The video above is now the updated version.

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Dataplay: The futuristic optical disc format that time forgot

In 2001 the future seemed bright for Dataplay when the tiny optical data storage format won Best of Show at CES. Less than two years later it was all over. Watch the video to find out what happened and to see a demo of this elusive format on a rare machine. This video was made possible due to the kind assistance of Obsolete Media https://www.obsoletemedia.org Cykik Records http://www.cykik.com EEV Blog https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DjFE7Xf11URZqWBigcVOQ Other related videos on my channel MiniDisc https://youtu.be/kU3BceoMuaA New Quad Vinyl https://youtu.be/VMu-BoECblE Resources Used Dataplay drive pictures Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataPlay Dataplay Website accessed via The Internet Archive Wayback Machine https://archive.org/web/ ---------------SUBSCRIBE------------------ http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 -------------Merchandise----------------- https://teespring.com/stores/techmoan-merch -------------SUPPORT--------------- This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan Patrons usually have early access to videos ----------Outro Music----------- Over Time - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw ------Outro Sound Effect------ ThatSFXGuy - https://youtu.be/5M3-ZV5-QDM