Why I Still Own a DVD Player — and You Should, Too [New York Times$]

Why I Still Own a DVD Player — and You Should, Too [New York Times$]

By Radhika Jones

October 30, 2026 | In an era of entertainment abundance, I’ve been watching less and less. The streaming environment has become tedious. It feels that there is both everything on and nothing on. That all changed for my family when we got an exciting new device in our home. It doesn’t respond to voice commands, but we are totally in control of it. We can see deleted scenes and director’s cuts. We can watch the end credits all the way through. You might have heard of this magical machine. It’s called a DVD player.

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