Technology Connections
Season 5 Episode 10 - Flexplay: The Disposable DVD that Failed (Thankfully)
2015
Documentary, Comedy
Have you ever run across a cool idea that you desperately hope doesn’t catch on? Flexplay is one of those. In this video, we’ll talk about what it is, why it was crazy to think it would go anywhere, and why it’s probably a good thing it didn’t.
Episodes in Season 5
1
DVD-RAM: The Disc that Behaved like a Flash Drive
2
The Odd History of the SD Logo
3
The Time-Lapse VCR
4
Space Heater Nonsense
5
The Story of Disney's PeopleMover in Texas
6
The Electromagnet in Your Toaster
7
Exploring the World of E-Ink
8
E-Ink on Android, and other new things!
9
The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours
10
Flexplay: The Disposable DVD that Failed (Thankfully)
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Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them
14
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15
TOSLINK: That one consumer fiber optic standard
16
Fiber vs. Copper; What do we really need?
17
Switches are Clicky; Here's Why
18
The Weird World in RGB
19
The CED: RCA's Very Late, Very Weird Video Gamble (Pt. 1)
20
The CED: No really, it coulda made sense! (Part 2)
21
LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC
22
The VFD that isn't
23
RCA's CED failed; their history can tell us why (Pt. 3)
24
The VHS cassette was more clever than Beta
25
LED color experiments 2019; Beyond the Sharpie
26
Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?
27
One more thing: the VHS notch
28