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(And I despise you.)

We hold on to this stuff.

A smartphone held in a zombie had, emerging from a spooky crypt

It’s still a thing of (defunct) beauty

Because younever knowguys, it could come back.

HD DVD’s downfall?

HD-DVD: 2006 - 2008.Rest in peace, High Definition Digital Versatile Disc

2.

HD DVD player on white background

It’s still a thing of (defunct) beauty

3D TV

As we enthused fromCES 2010, “3D TV is perfect for money-making.

Consumers love a bit of future-proofing now and again.”

So how come that 3D future never came to fruition?

A set of 3D glasses in front of a 2010 3D TV

It all looked so promising…

We’d all just come back from watching the firstAvatarin glorious 3D at our local movie theater.

Now you could have that at home?

One of the reasons is the glasses.

BlackBerry movie poster

Lazaridis' wigs (and Jim Balsillie’s lack of them) is a highlight

3D TV: 2010 - 2017.We kinda wish you’d make a big blue comeback

3.

The tide had turned and Blackberry had to follow in its slipstream.

It was up against the iPhone, the Palm Pre, and the HTC Dream.

Amazon Fire Phone, held in a hand outside

Fair to say we didn’t rate this particular Fire device

It was so much fun while it lasted

4.

Early feedback denounced the Fire Phone for its hot and heavy pricing.

We think Jeff Bezos is still OK though.

A crate of 8-track cartridges in a store

Ah, this takes me back…

Amazon Fire Phone: 2014 - 2015.Once stamped out, some fires are better left alone

5.

Meanwhile, Philips had been refining its compact cassette format since its earlier introduction in 1962.

Becky Scarrott, Senior Staff Writer, Audio.

A classical music SACD in its case, held in a hand

You’ve still got loads? Good on you. Enjoy them

and thus, the Super Audio CD was born.

And it provides a longer playing time than a conventional CD.

So why didn’t it take off?

And for us, the 2007 nixing of SACD support for the PlayStation 3 was pretty telling.

Then again, SACD isn’t officially dead!