The reason Betamax failed is because Sony had this overly protective attitude toward their patents where anybody who wanted to release a movie on Betamax or make a Betamax-compatible camera or tape player would have to license the technology from them at a premium. This led manufacturers to stick with VHS, so most movies were only made available on VHS, and the cheapest consumer devices were only compatible with VHS, so that's what consumers gravitated toward.
Although from what I have heard VHS won in the US. Betamax actually is supposed to have won the war in Japan, its original nation. So....whatever that means.
@Dr. Shaym: And because of Sony "over-protecting" their Betamax Video-Cassette Recorder/Player, no one else could capitalize on the new Home Video technology without "paying tribute" to its inventor Sony, or otherwise face serious copyright violation charges in any legitimate Court of Law. Thus JVC reverse-engineered Sony's VCR, invented their own format, VHS (a bit technologically inferior but more affordable [Carter Administration in the U.S. in those days, ya know, heh] for the end-consumer), and then licenced that out to anyone and everyone like Sony didn't. IIRC, when Sony thereafter attempted to sue JVC in Court, the Court ruled that VHS was wholly (enough) and genuinely JVC's own invention that Sony could lay no ownership claim to. VHS by JVC and all other Sony Betamax VCR-competitors very quickly took almost the entire market-share and became THE VCR standard for nearly two decades until VCRs and video-cassettes were later supplanted by DVD. And of course Sony very quickly began to manufacture VHS VCRs and cassettes too rather than lose the entire market of _their_ invention to everyone else but them. ( _cf.:_ The Similarly True Story of IBM PCs vs. the "clones" [OR, Do Highly-Paid People _Ever_ Learn Anything!? ???] ua-cam.com/video/96iJsdGkl44/v-deo.html )
As i understand it, the considerably higher price and considerably shorter recording time had already screwed them over before any of that was an issue
I dont see Google Glass as a failure. It was an experiment and never technically launched. I fully expect Google to launch a product based on Google Glass. Wearable tech that allows you to interact with your environment is the next huge thing.
Blockbuster was cool for a sec, used to work there and patronized them for years. But they got lazy & overconfident because of their dominance for so many years. Their mail-in dvd program was garbage; when you got damaged dvds they sent emails saying basically 'oh well tough luck chump. Too bad, try that "net-flix" thingy, hahahahaa...'. They pissed me off. When they went out of business and discounted their dvds I relished raiding their collections for pennies. They deserved to go out of business, they had the chance to buy Netflix but passed on them. Support independant video rental stores. There's one in Atlanta called Videodrome that's excellent; it's stayed in business all through this NF streaming era. Their collection is unmatched. Find some locally and patronize them regularly.
@Planet Purgatory Very important point you made: Blockbuster DID initially put many independant video rental stores out of business and became an overfed 'fish' in the home viewing business. Netflix (the quietly hungry fish) unagressively but gradually taking over shows that no business should ever assume total dominance forever. NF, Amazon even Apple should take note of this.
@Planet Purgatory Another salient point. Blockbuster was capitalism at it's worst (I'm not totally anti-capitalist), squeezing out small family & independant video stores unfaily. Yes the NF takedown of BB was almost karmic justice; unfortunately taking much of indie video store business down as collateral damage also.
Completely disagree about the Zune "lacking innovation". I owned an iPod, but was impressed by what the Zune could do and the features it could offer. The music sharing capabilities alone were impressive. I think the main issue with Zune was distribution, marketing, and the fact that they were too late to the market.
AMEN, my family was a Zune family. I loved their designs (remember the touch screen models where you could have things etched into the metal?) and the aesthetic of the interface. I'm sad the services have been discontinued ;-;
Zune was amazing, large color screen, am & fm radio, video play back, photos, wireless music sharing, and large storage options. It’s was miles better than the standard iPod at the time.
"VHS came onto because of more consistent playing speeds ans longer running time" - let's make one thing clear in history, vhs came out on too because the platform allowed porn publishing and its competitors didn't.
You are ABSOLUTELY correct on this point. No one cared about speed or anything else in those days because no one knew anything about it. All they knew was you could get porn for your home viewing on VHS and it was not available on Betamax. VHS was built on the back of porn and as quiet as it is kept SO WAS THE INTERNET. LOL
Pre-recorded media wasn't a factor at all - Betamax and Laserdisc both grounded on the shoals of the fact that watching a pre-recorded film wasn't a thing at the time, and both were based on the idea that there would be a mass demand for pre-recorded home video (while this proved eventually correct; it was an expensive blunder at the time; it took until the early 1990s for a significant mass demand for home video to build up). The record function on a Betamax player was difficult to use and in the first several models required the additional use of an external timer to function for time-shifting, and Betamax players and media were expensive and rare; full-function VHS players including onboard timed recording functions were ubiquitous and cheap. The observation that VHS won because Beta couldn't record an entire football game is actually much closer to the truth. Still a bit facile, but closer to the truth.
It would be a mistake to name just one specific reason for the eventual failure of Beta (although calling it a tech flop would probably be a mistake - it was successful for several years, and the format evolved into several pro formats). The biggest issue was probably Sony's licensing fees (VHS didn't have any) which caused prices to be higher; obviously shorter recording times were a factor as well. The availability of porn is probably just a footnote.
Plus no apparent seatbelt and no obvious crash protection, no windshield, and the driver so low to the ground that road traffic might not notice them. It would be like taking a go-kart out on a public road, only with one less wheel.
Funny thing is, blockbuster got the offer to buy the up and coming Netflix in 2000 for 50 mil, they turned it down because internet streaming wasn't around yet and they didn't think it would take off. Netflix is now a billion dollar company and blockbuster shut down in 2012.
I had three Zunes over the years when I was in high school and going into college. It's a shame that they didn't take off like the iPod. I thought the Zune was fantastic.
@Ascetic One I really wish I still had mine. The touch pad stopped working and by that point they had been discontinued. Such a shame. I really loved that thing.
Zune was one of the rare products, that was good and came at the right time, wasn’t overly frilly or expensive, compared to apple products.and was just a really good product for what it had to do. It’s just every race has a loser. And apple just managed to take the edge. There was genuinely nothing disadvantageous about owning a zune, at the time anyway. Sadly basic human behaviour of having to be seen with something more expensive or have something the same as everyone else. And the zune just didn’t quite hit that market was fractionally too late behind apple, was not marketed in quite the right way, and didn’t sell enough to the communities (like high schools, colleges and the like) to develop a mass purchasing effect. X
I had 3 of them also...they were fantastic..I had a ipod also, but I could never figure out how to actually put music on it...I had to give it to a friend of mine to do...zune was completely different...it was actually easy to use..and was very user friendly..
You're not the only one: Right now those Xiaomi electrical steps are getting more in the city here, but if those Sinclair vehicles have the same speed/distance ratio I would prefer them too for transport.
Michael Colon Apple Watch is actually pretty cool. It’s a lot more accurate than Fitbit, people who play Pokémon go can use it, and it has handy features. It’s just really expensive for a watch, I think. Everybody already has all that stuff on their phone
I like my Apple Watch wtf you talking about sheep I use it in the pool and while doing exercises it helps keep track of everything I can even make phones calls safely while driving I don’t have to take my phone out of my pocket in case I may drop it it even helps me find my lost phone gtfo poor ass dumb fuck . Come to the future I admit not all apple products are good but the watch and the XS Max are great
Man I really wanted Google Glasses to take off. I imagined them quite differently tho. I thought it'd be a see through display over your eyes just like regular glasses but they'd allow for augmented reality. And you could program nav points to get to using googlemaps, or you look at text in another language and it's just translated just like the google translate camera view can. If you played "Remember Me", with AR signs everywhere. I still think that will be a thing eventually.
Because the first generation, despite having decent sales, failed to impress reviewers, was extremely slow, and (as usual with Apple products) extremely expensive for what it offered. I have a 2nd generation, and to be honest it goes against everything that Steve Jobs stood for, primarily simplicity. The Apple Watch actually has a pretty steep learning curve compared to their other products.
Well, at the time Google also had a few weird redirects, like the directions to Taiwan asking you to swim across ocean to Japan, and charter a boat to your destination.
VHS won out over BETA because Sony flatly refused to sell the technology. Everyone who wanted to use the tech needed a license. So the other tech giant like Sharp and RCA banded together and released VHS as an open platform that anyone could work with. In the end it was easier and cheaper for manufacturers to build VHS machines and release on that format.
she said VHS beat Beta before DVD beat Laser disc ........first of all I don't remember laser disc even being competition for DVD by the time people started switching from VCRS and VHS beat Beta and Laser disc around the same time - early to mid 80's
I had a Zune and I really loved it. The interface was slick, graphics were good, performance was good, and it had a good bit of storage space by default. I also used the Zune library to store all my music. I'd get another one if they went back into production.
93Legit we don't even have clear/published financials on the product. Yes it's too early to say it's a flop when we have very little raw data to substatiate the claims.
Brandon Reed www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3152514/Apple-Watch-FLOP-Sales-gadget-fallen-90-April-report-claims.html Not polished and not polish, i know.
The Apple Watch is a “dishonorable mansion”? Good grief. At this point, most companies would pray for a 10th the revenue that the Apple Watch (at this writing, at version 4) has produced.
In 2015 the Apple watch had revenues between $5 billion and $7 billion. I wouldn't consider that a flop in 2016. It was their best selling product after the iPhone.
A failure in terms of company objective. Apple wanted to change the world with watch and sell A LOT more. Similarly, Microsoft had much bigger targets swith the Zune. It did take 10% of the market share but if you look at the company objective it's a failure.
DANGEROUS steering, visibility, weather damage, stability... AND there are lots of reclining electrics out there today that work fine as reclining electric bicycles...despite what you see in the "slick" advertisements and modern references, at the time these were infamous, especial the steering.
It was a great idea. It was just technology was to young and that stuff like electric cars was not a big idea in the 80s. The same with Google glass. It came out to early. Give it another 3-5 years you will see it back up on the market due to making a lot of improvements with smartphones and advancements.
I always thought the glass failed because of people and their overly paranoid mindset. Because Joe or Jane slob thinks that highly of themselves that they think glass users have nothing better to do than record them like some tabloid reporter
FalloutJack Like his Character looks like a Human being from Earth but I’m sure he grew up on a different Planet so he doesn’t know Earthly trends and must be convinced everyone uses the Zune for decades now. Haha
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Hey. I really like your videos. I as a German don't understand your measurement units like inch or pound and I think I'm not the only one with this problem, so I wanted to ask if it would be possible to give those measures in the metric system as well.
Yeah, yeah, we know. Blame christians. No, really: rationalwiki.org/wiki/Metric#In_the_United_States books.google.com/books?id=dP29CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=christians+block+the+metric+system&source=bl&ots=tHODs-Kwe4&sig=IaHELqpLAopFsRrh8KM_4wH3mG0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinkpjrm4rNAhVq6oMKHZihC0kQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=christians%20block%20the%20metric%20system&f=false (in case it's not coming up, the link should be to a case mentioned in this book where a christian parent sued a school to keep her kid from being taught metric, because she thinks the One World Order of Satan is real: even with the blatant propaganda this book is, it expresses some incredulity of how batshit insane it is) tl;dr - There's christian groups that lobby-- real world politics here-- to keep the US on the Imperial system (when the only other two countries left that do are both _third world_), because it's "French/communist/atheist." Anyways, some shorthand: 1 meter is about 3 feet, an inch is about 2.5 cm, and a kilo is a little more than 2 pounds. But WatchMojo is Canadian, I believe... so now that I think about it, I'm wondering why they _aren't_ doing metric.
Yeah I remember that bloated Win 9X OS made to look like Windows 2000... the only good thing about ME is that it convinced Microsoft to finally abandon its 9X code altogether.
Phillips CD-i wasn't intended to compete with Sega or Nintendo, they were after education and multimedia stuff and then later found out that pretty much only sells they had was for the few games they had so it shifted focus when it was too late.
The real problems with CDi were that they didn't know what position it should have in the market, and that they were stubborn about sticking with the standards of the original even as hardware capabilities changed, which is why we (yes, we, I worked for Philips Media) were saddled with poor graphics and controllers. Shame; some very cool titles were made for CDi.
Google Glass wouldn't have failed if they allowed porn. Edit: Holy, shit! 300 plus likes!? Don't bother replying though and I say again, don't reply to old comments!
Why in the world is the apple watch on here as a dishonorable mention? It's one of the best selling watches in the world, not to mention it's the most dominating smart watch out there.
The Apple iWatch is a fail because its initial two years or so sucked, short battery life, dumb display and interface, not water resistant, the list goes on.
my uncle, in portugal (where they were not famous) had one. nobody knew what it was but everyone really liked it. the baterry didn't work but we used it to play around. I only now found out what it is. it's long gone but I'd love to have it
his nephew came out with a pedal vehicle that makes more sense. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sinclair-jr-hits-the-road-with-son-of-c5-7przh79lznm www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4243006/Sinclair-C5-revamped-inventor-s-nephew.html
The Zune could do everything the Ipod did without needing Apple's proprietary software and connectors, and for a third the price. It only failed because people are stupid.
lol no, first of all the original zune *had* a proprietary connector and software (which I hear was terrible, and only worked on windows). Also, the original zune and iPod classic that was available at the time were almost the same price, the zune was cheaper by only $50 at launch. The 4, and 8 were literally the same price as the nanos out at the time of launch. Also, the iPods were released 2 months after the iPods for most models, so while most people were already enjoying their iPods in September, zune people would have to wait until November for the zune (unless it's the zune hd). Also, by the time the first zune came out, apple had already established the iPod name. By November 2006 (when the first zune came out), Apple had already released the 5th Gen Classic (which was out for more than a year before the zune came out), the 2nd gen nano, and 2nd gen shuffle. Why would you spend $250 on a random MP3 player from a new player in the mp3 game, when you could only spend $50 more and get a MP3 player from a reputable and well established brand and line? while the zune did do some cool stuff (wifi, etc) it was just to little, to late.
@@retror2850 Not sure where you were shopping, but when I was looking for an MP3 player back in 2008/9, Wal-Mart's options were something like 2-8Gb iPods for $150+, or a smaller Zune utilizing an SD card up to 4 or 8Gb, which took a VERY common USB mini connector, for about $50. It had a full color OLED screen and everything, I loved mine. Yes, it only works on Windows PCs, but you were an idiot to buy an Apple PC then too- far overpriced for only decent specs, proprietary everything, and little software available. Hell, still holds true today. Apple products are for people who value brand image over value and functionality.
I had the Zune in 2008 and Fire Phone in 2015. Zune is way better than the Fire Phone. Sega Dreamcast didn't flop, it sold over 10 million units in just 18 months. Even to this day, games are still being made for the Dreamcast. Pier Solar and Ghostblade are the most recent Dreamcast games
Back in the 90s when I used to go into shops and browse catalogs lusting over the current tech at the time but could never afford it. I remember thinking back then how horrible and clunky the CD-I was
I had a zune 4G and I really liked it. Microsoft had no intentions with going toe to toe with Apple's iPod, just to take some of their market share. A successful poke in the eye
Because apple is just popping out shit continuously and plus I havent seen many people with apple watches, I mean I work at a casino where people waste their money all the time I mean I have seen some expensive watches but I very rarely ever see apple watches
They still make the Apple TV... you know that product ri- oh wait you have an Amazon Stick or Chromecast like the rest of the world e.e Apple will sell a product until it sells 0 because they have to get rid of the stock and they will never admit they have a failing product... meanwhile they actively try to kill products to get people away from them like the iMac Pro and Macbook Pro respectively
I thought the smart watches were still too new to be a thing... I hope companies don't stop making them and improving them because I would like one but they just need to be a bit better.... also Abdullah not sure where you live but working in retail serving tons of customers at the tills I would say in a week around 1 out of 100-200 customers have one.... if it is every second person they don't wear them. lol
@@shinigami146 Yeah, I remember that, too. I think it was mostly just the really cheap K-Tel "various artists" tapes, though. I know I had a couple where the songs were organized properly, and they didn't do that.
The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry last fall, selling more than 8 million watches. How is that a flop? I see them everywhere, though admittedly, they all basically look alike so that it is easy to notice that. I used to see a lot of FitBits, but not as much anymore.
***** Nah. I'm rich, so I don't really care whether it was "expensive". But the fact I would look like I'm wearing 70's sunglasses, without the lenses, was a deal breaker.
And to add to the BetaMax/VHS discussion: VHS ultimately won because of its cheap entry price. My mother had a BetaMax and I remember her talking about the price point several times. We had three movies, The Ten Commandments, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Poltergeist.
That was because SONY kept a stranglehold on the Betamax in trying to protect the technology, refusing to without a costly license for other companies to manufacture the machines, keeping it almost exclusive to them. When JVC introduced the VHS, they did the opposite, allowing other manufacturers, especially the cost minded companies to produce cheaper machines and more of them. As such VHS was able to flood the market cornering the once powerful Betamax. What really killed the machine at least in my father's eyes, was the run time on the beta tapes. Blank tapes could only record an hour on fast speed and 2 maybe 3 hours on slow speed, where a VHS tape could record 2-8 hours depending on record speed. Consumers tend to go for the product that could hold more data, rather than what looks and sounds superior in quality. Always have, always will.
Trans8010 That's another good point. How much could be recorded on those tapes. BetaMax tapes were so tiny and small. Even some epic films were sold in box sets of 2-4 tapes depending on its run time.
I had a Betamax player in the late 80s/early 90s when I was growing up! My grandfather dealt in consumer electronics and telecommunication and was one of the first Sony dealers in the US way back when, so my dad was loyal to Sony for years for better or for worse. We never got rid of the thing, either. The player and the tapes I had for it are down in our storage unit.
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It wasn’t a dishonorable mention and Hell yeah the Dreamcast was/is great some homebrew devs making games for it today, Very Underrated console! I wish Sega would do a Saturn and DC classic mini!
We need to bring the Buick Century Cruiser back into production and bring the Hexacube homes back into production. We also need to bring the Sinclair C5 back into production.
I've had my Zune for over 10 years. I've dropped it (many times) and washed it in the laundry and it still works perfectly. They stopped supporting the Zune media player last year, but it still works if you change the program to run with earlier versions of Windows. I'll never use an iPod.
+Beanzoboy Heh, that too is another great bonus of the Zune...those damn things are durable. Mine does have a crack in it now but it's shallow but that's not too bad considering I've had it six years and have dropped it countless times. So long as Zune let's me just plug up the device to transfer music I've already downloaded elsewhere, I'm happy with it for just music (anything else and it's rather poor but I didn't buy it for it to be all but a second smartphone. The music is my primary goal). I too don't want an iPod.
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Honestly most of the serious competition back then was better than the iPod, but they didn't have the marketing or support that Apple gave. Was it Asus that had the ZenTouch range? Those were excellent, but the high end failed
I dunnow about the Apple Watch. Sure, it's kinda stupid, but it's pretty much the default "I have no idea what to get for my spouse for this upcoming arbitrary gift-giving holiday" gift.
TIMARIO SUPREME same, I have a ZuneHD 32gb. but it started to malfunction when it gets too many songs. for example songs start to overlap or merge for some reason reason.
Not sure Glass should even be in this list given that it never made it as a consumer product and so never technically was a failure as only developers had access to it. it's also still in development so who knows what will happen to it in the future.
Don't forget Radio Shack's "Teletex", and a thing called "DiVX", where you purchased movies on a special DiVX DVD for real cheap, then paid a rental charge anytime you wanted to watch the movie.
Yeah, I was going to mention that one. Although they are still used, the sales were not as huge as expected. What would make the Segway a failure is not that the product was not sold too much (it was kind of exclusive anyway) but the excessive promo all over the media that it had belong before it was released, portraying it as an invention that would change the world. "Be ready for *_It_*!"... " _It_ will chage the world!"... Then when it was finally revealed, everybody was disappointed because they thought that it would be something really incredible, not a flattened automatic bicycle.
Well, i dont know how it is in other places, but where i live (Seville, Spain), i see multiple segways every day. That said, most are rented, but there are hundreds of them around.
Oh man, do I remember the CD-I - haha - back in the days when I was visiting the "Hi-Fi-Store" nearby quite regularly with my dad (who was checking regularly for sales on loudspeakers and other hifi equipment to compliment his brand new Nakamishi high-end Stereo Setup). Everytime wevisited that store during a certain time in my childhood they had the ewest stuff on display and i loved playing around with the cd-i but for whatever reason could not really get the hang of it and it was sketchy to control and hung up quite often...coming from a Sega Master System II back in those days I had just gotten the Mega Drive II for my birthday or for christmas earlier that year - haha
They were ahead of their time, both intellectually and literally. Most did not function as promised, and were expensive as others have pointed out. Conceptually, most are genius; but the execution is lacking.
10:00 - Zune was amazing! The square touch pad was easier to use and more precise than the round Ipod ring. And it allowed me to send music to my friends wirelessly with no DRM crap to worry about. The graphics layout was exceptional and scrolling was like butter. I think the only reason the Zune flopped was because everyone including myself began storing and listening to music on my smart phone within a year or two of Zunes release. All of a sudden there was no need for an Ipod or Zune.
That's odd, I saw an ad for eBay's Kleinanzeigen (ads). Some shit about a guy getting a bunkbed with a slide. Now I want one. BAD. So I can vomit directly onto the slide into a bucket at the end of it. Fuckérz.
Yeah, not sure what that one is on here either. Id did rather poorly at first, but started an entire industry of smart watches which are still very popular today. I wouldn't call that a flop really
@@Trueflights what? Android Wear is older and Pebble created the idea of a watch that connects to your phone. Also, this video is two years old and even Apple considered the Apple Watch a failure until recently. The only thing that shouldn't be included is the N Gage. It was extremely successful initially and proved to be way ahead of it's time.
The reason Betamax failed is because Sony had this overly protective attitude toward their patents where anybody who wanted to release a movie on Betamax or make a Betamax-compatible camera or tape player would have to license the technology from them at a premium. This led manufacturers to stick with VHS, so most movies were only made available on VHS, and the cheapest consumer devices were only compatible with VHS, so that's what consumers gravitated toward.
Indeed
Although from what I have heard VHS won in the US. Betamax actually is supposed to have won the war in Japan, its original nation. So....whatever that means.
@Dr. Shaym:
And because of Sony "over-protecting" their Betamax Video-Cassette Recorder/Player, no one else could capitalize on the new Home Video technology without "paying tribute" to its inventor Sony, or otherwise face serious copyright violation charges in any legitimate Court of Law.
Thus JVC reverse-engineered Sony's VCR, invented their own format, VHS (a bit technologically inferior but more affordable [Carter Administration in the U.S. in those days, ya know, heh] for the end-consumer), and then licenced that out to anyone and everyone like Sony didn't. IIRC, when Sony thereafter attempted to sue JVC in Court, the Court ruled that VHS was wholly (enough) and genuinely JVC's own invention that Sony could lay no ownership claim to. VHS by JVC and all other Sony Betamax VCR-competitors very quickly took almost the entire market-share and became THE VCR standard for nearly two decades until VCRs and video-cassettes were later supplanted by DVD. And of course Sony very quickly began to manufacture VHS VCRs and cassettes too rather than lose the entire market of _their_ invention to everyone else but them.
( _cf.:_ The Similarly True Story of IBM PCs vs. the "clones" [OR, Do Highly-Paid People _Ever_ Learn Anything!? ???] ua-cam.com/video/96iJsdGkl44/v-deo.html )
Chaps.....mediums are adapted by what the porn industry adopts.....research it.
As i understand it, the considerably higher price and considerably shorter recording time had already screwed them over before any of that was an issue
How are 3D tv's not on this?
Why? Because internet is not able to show 3D Films... poor Kevin
@@w.es.3974 no because they were pushing 3D tv's they even had channels like ESPN 3D and then all of a sudden, they were all gone
Ok in America...but i am here in Germany, there were no channels in 3D. Only in cinemas or on 3DBlu-rays.
I love my 3D tv.
@@jimmylangdon6121 no you don't
I complete forgot about google glass lol
It had a pretty cool idea and look though
I dont see Google Glass as a failure. It was an experiment and never technically launched. I fully expect Google to launch a product based on Google Glass. Wearable tech that allows you to interact with your environment is the next huge thing.
I really wanted the google glass lol. Shame it didn't go well
Experiments that don't come true are failures...
Forgot what?
I feel so bad for blockbuster. I miss going to the video store and looking around.
CMT Productions 2018 I used to work there. I had fun.
Blockbuster was cool for a sec, used to work there and patronized them for years. But they got lazy & overconfident because of their dominance for so many years. Their mail-in dvd program was garbage; when you got damaged dvds they sent emails saying basically 'oh well tough luck chump. Too bad, try that "net-flix" thingy, hahahahaa...'. They pissed me off. When they went out of business and discounted their dvds I relished raiding their collections for pennies. They deserved to go out of business, they had the chance to buy Netflix but passed on them.
Support independant video rental stores. There's one in Atlanta called Videodrome that's excellent; it's stayed in business all through this NF streaming era. Their collection is unmatched. Find some locally and patronize them regularly.
@Planet Purgatory Very important point you made: Blockbuster DID initially put many independant video rental stores out of business and became an overfed 'fish' in the home viewing business. Netflix (the quietly hungry fish) unagressively but gradually taking over shows that no business should ever assume total dominance forever. NF, Amazon even Apple should take note of this.
Yeah, I miss 200 copies of Tango and Cash and 1 of the Godfather
@Planet Purgatory Another salient point. Blockbuster was capitalism at it's worst (I'm not totally anti-capitalist), squeezing out small family & independant video stores unfaily. Yes the NF takedown of BB was almost karmic justice; unfortunately taking much of indie video store business down as collateral damage also.
Completely disagree about the Zune "lacking innovation". I owned an iPod, but was impressed by what the Zune could do and the features it could offer. The music sharing capabilities alone were impressive. I think the main issue with Zune was distribution, marketing, and the fact that they were too late to the market.
Ray M. Agreed.
I returned my iPod 160gb by that time to get me a Zune 120gb. Still have it.
AMEN, my family was a Zune family. I loved their designs (remember the touch screen models where you could have things etched into the metal?) and the aesthetic of the interface. I'm sad the services have been discontinued ;-;
Zune failed because Microsoft did not support it in the marketing campaigns or in post-release development.
Zune was amazing, large color screen, am & fm radio, video play back, photos, wireless music sharing, and large storage options.
It’s was miles better than the standard iPod at the time.
"VHS came onto because of more consistent playing speeds ans longer running time" - let's make one thing clear in history, vhs came out on too because the platform allowed porn publishing and its competitors didn't.
That explains alot 😂😂
The real reason VHS beat Betamax was because adult video only came in VHS and VHS was super cheap in comparison
WatchMojo said faster access time in vhs and controls, but I thought it was better marketing by vhs vs BetaMax's teams'.
You are ABSOLUTELY correct on this point. No one cared about speed or anything else in those days because no one knew anything about it. All they knew was you could get porn for your home viewing on VHS and it was not available on Betamax. VHS was built on the back of porn and as quiet as it is kept SO WAS THE INTERNET. LOL
Pre-recorded media wasn't a factor at all - Betamax and Laserdisc both grounded on the shoals of the fact that watching a pre-recorded film wasn't a thing at the time, and both were based on the idea that there would be a mass demand for pre-recorded home video (while this proved eventually correct; it was an expensive blunder at the time; it took until the early 1990s for a significant mass demand for home video to build up). The record function on a Betamax player was difficult to use and in the first several models required the additional use of an external timer to function for time-shifting, and Betamax players and media were expensive and rare; full-function VHS players including onboard timed recording functions were ubiquitous and cheap. The observation that VHS won because Beta couldn't record an entire football game is actually much closer to the truth. Still a bit facile, but closer to the truth.
I also believe that the enhanced video quality the Beta offered was not as important to viewers at that time. Just a little too early for HDTV.
It would be a mistake to name just one specific reason for the eventual failure of Beta (although calling it a tech flop would probably be a mistake - it was successful for several years, and the format evolved into several pro formats). The biggest issue was probably Sony's licensing fees (VHS didn't have any) which caused prices to be higher; obviously shorter recording times were a factor as well. The availability of porn is probably just a footnote.
Let's create an open air vehicle in a land with bad weather
Does the UK produce anything decent anyway...
yes.
but those rain coats tho
Caterham, Ariel,...
Plus no apparent seatbelt and no obvious crash protection, no windshield, and the driver so low to the ground that road traffic might not notice them. It would be like taking a go-kart out on a public road, only with one less wheel.
Funny thing is, blockbuster got the offer to buy the up and coming Netflix in 2000 for 50 mil, they turned it down because internet streaming wasn't around yet and they didn't think it would take off. Netflix is now a billion dollar company and blockbuster shut down in 2012.
They say that we piss away our fortunes every 16 years or so. RIP BB
Blockbuster did partner with another company to create an on-demand service...Enron...
No, Netflix was offered for sale to Blockbuster for 15 million, not 50, according to Company Man here on YT.
One blockbuster left in the USA as of this comment in Bend Oregon
Now Netflix has a debt of 20 billion :v
"Apple Maps just directs me to use Google Maps" Priceless.
I had three Zunes over the years when I was in high school and going into college. It's a shame that they didn't take off like the iPod. I thought the Zune was fantastic.
@Ascetic One I really wish I still had mine. The touch pad stopped working and by that point they had been discontinued. Such a shame. I really loved that thing.
Zune was one of the rare products, that was good and came at the right time, wasn’t overly frilly or expensive, compared to apple products.and was just a really good product for what it had to do. It’s just every race has a loser. And apple just managed to take the edge. There was genuinely nothing disadvantageous about owning a zune, at the time anyway. Sadly basic human behaviour of having to be seen with something more expensive or have something the same as everyone else. And the zune just didn’t quite hit that market was fractionally too late behind apple, was not marketed in quite the right way, and didn’t sell enough to the communities (like high schools, colleges and the like) to develop a mass purchasing effect. X
I freaking loved my zune. That thing was fantastic
Brian W I want one!!
I had 3 of them also...they were fantastic..I had a ipod also, but I could never figure out how to actually put music on it...I had to give it to a friend of mine to do...zune was completely different...it was actually easy to use..and was very user friendly..
Apple watch is a dishonorable mention? Isn't it the best selling watch in the world?
Yeah that was weird....
This was when wearable tech watches first took off and apple's watch was overly expensive and didnt do much well with its first rendition
This was made in 2016. I had to check the date too.
Rolex is the best selling watch, but the iWatch is pretty successful.
Says a lot about people doesn't it.........
am i the only one who wants a sinclair c5 now
Nope! Those look like fun I kind of want one too
I want one! That's why I watched this video...to see the Sinclair C5. I admit it needs a canopy, but other than that it's cool!
You're not the only one: Right now those Xiaomi electrical steps are getting more in the city here, but if those Sinclair vehicles have the same speed/distance ratio I would prefer them too for transport.
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it was just ahead of time.
Me too...I just noticed that it looked like a Luge except I don't need to lay down
I hated the commercials for the fire phone..
Same
Same.
Yes they kind of made it seem like it was for kids. And they were just boring and didn't really make it feel like a new phone was developed.
I had one hated it now I use it as a mp3
I wanted to punch those kids acting like the elderly.
This is actually how much of our society advances technologically... trial and error.
also some of these would not have flopped had they been developed later
Apple Watch ⌚️ was a flop?
Why are they still selling them?
the sheep buy anything apple because they're too stupid to think on their own.
Michael Colon uh huh sure...😑
Michael Colon Apple Watch is actually pretty cool. It’s a lot more accurate than Fitbit, people who play Pokémon go can use it, and it has handy features. It’s just really expensive for a watch, I think. Everybody already has all that stuff on their phone
I like my Apple Watch wtf you talking about sheep I use it in the pool and while doing exercises it helps keep track of everything I can even make phones calls safely while driving I don’t have to take my phone out of my pocket in case I may drop it it even helps me find my lost phone gtfo poor ass dumb fuck . Come to the future I admit not all apple products are good but the watch and the XS Max are great
Alika Kianga have you not heard of a Rolex watch smh
Man I really wanted Google Glasses to take off.
I imagined them quite differently tho. I thought it'd be a see through display over your eyes just like regular glasses but they'd allow for augmented reality.
And you could program nav points to get to using googlemaps, or you look at text in another language and it's just translated just like the google translate camera view can.
If you played "Remember Me", with AR signs everywhere. I still think that will be a thing eventually.
Number 1: McDonald's ice cream machine
No, I think Burger King takes that spot
Hey, u tried
"Its so sleek, it's so thin, it's so lightweight..."
Proceeds to smack it on the desk lol
Why was Apple Watch “mentioned”? It seems relatively successful smart watch to me
JBML007 the Apple Watch sold more than 3.5 million last year... what are you talking about?
Because the first generation, despite having decent sales, failed to impress reviewers, was extremely slow, and (as usual with Apple products) extremely expensive for what it offered. I have a 2nd generation, and to be honest it goes against everything that Steve Jobs stood for, primarily simplicity. The Apple Watch actually has a pretty steep learning curve compared to their other products.
Apple Watch is near perfect in 2019. I have the series 5! Awesome watch for the best ecosystem in the world.
apple maps: turn left into river
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
supersaiyn41 haha
supersaiyn41 anyone who buys an Apple product deserves to drive into a river
Well, at the time Google also had a few weird redirects, like the directions to Taiwan asking you to swim across ocean to Japan, and charter a boat to your destination.
supersaiyn41 What was really funny is that they would drive into a river.
VHS won out over BETA because Sony flatly refused to sell the technology. Everyone who wanted to use the tech needed a license. So the other tech giant like Sharp and RCA banded together and released VHS as an open platform that anyone could work with. In the end it was easier and cheaper for manufacturers to build VHS machines and release on that format.
Porn industry backed VHS and Blu-ray.... Enough said.
Porn had very little to do with it compared to the reasons OP already stated.
she said VHS beat Beta before DVD beat Laser disc
........first of all I don't remember laser disc even being competition for DVD by the time people started switching from VCRS and VHS beat Beta and Laser disc around the same time - early to mid 80's
at 4:23 they show a side by side picture comparison
.........the picture on Beta tape is much more clear than the one on VHS
All I remember was that vhs had two hundred films in the video shop and Betamax had one shelf.
Google Glass while driving.What could possibly go wrong!?
I had a Zune and I really loved it. The interface was slick, graphics were good, performance was good, and it had a good bit of storage space by default. I also used the Zune library to store all my music. I'd get another one if they went back into production.
"Has anyone heard of the CDi?"
LINK MY BOY
MAHBBOI. It's time for.. DINNER.
i remember the philips cdi
I wonder what's for DINNER
Geee, I sure wonder what Gannon is up to.
+Travis Anderson Oh boy, I'm so hungry I could eat an Octorok!
A little early to call Apple Watch a flop.
not really
I have it and i love it missed the headphone port
93Legit we don't even have clear/published financials on the product. Yes it's too early to say it's a flop when we have very little raw data to substatiate the claims.
no
Brandon Reed www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3152514/Apple-Watch-FLOP-Sales-gadget-fallen-90-April-report-claims.html
Not polished and not polish, i know.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was a literal bomb.
I don't know how this was not on the list. Banned air travel worldwide >< lol
note 7 = nuke
Agreed, but boy did they come back strong. Notes are an amazing phone
have the Note 7 as an alternative weapon skin for the bomb on de_dust 2: The Game
Cronopoly
Samsung lost 7% of its net worth or 20 billion dollars in one day when they stopped production.
The Apple Watch is a “dishonorable mansion”? Good grief. At this point, most companies would pray for a 10th the revenue that the Apple Watch (at this writing, at version 4) has produced.
Mike, this video was produced in 2016. Its all about that context :)
In 2015 the Apple watch had revenues between $5 billion and $7 billion. I wouldn't consider that a flop in 2016. It was their best selling product after the iPhone.
Yes the Apple watch is a better selling smart watch than any other out there
A failure in terms of company objective. Apple wanted to change the world with watch and sell A LOT more. Similarly, Microsoft had much bigger targets swith the Zune. It did take 10% of the market share but if you look at the company objective it's a failure.
In live in a dishonorable mansion
I really like my Zune...
I still have my Zune HD. I loved using it, but because of the subscription service ending years ago, I jumped ship to Google Play Music.
So does Starlord. In "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" his Walkman gets destroyed and is later replaced with a Zune.
You would, wouldn't you?
The Sinclair C5 is a good idea in my opinion.
Sounds like a good neighborhood transport vehicle to me.
DANGEROUS steering, visibility, weather damage, stability...
AND there are lots of reclining electrics out there today that work fine as reclining electric bicycles...despite what you see in the "slick" advertisements and modern references, at the time these were infamous, especial the steering.
CodyORB It was ahead of its time, and would do well now
CodyORB Unless you're confronted by someone like Mr. Bean who will cause'your C-5 to fall over on It's side! Too low-like a Big Wheel!
It was a great idea. It was just technology was to young and that stuff like electric cars was not a big idea in the 80s. The same with Google glass. It came out to early. Give it another 3-5 years you will see it back up on the market due to making a lot of improvements with smartphones and advancements.
The only reason to REALLY get Google Glass is to cosplay as your favorite Saiyan
Kakarot
This comment... IT'S POWER IS OVER 9000!!!
OMG best idea ever. I'd make it scan characteristics of people to determine a power level that will be displayed.
Fun, well worth the money
I think Soulja boy consoles would be at the top
but those arent actually his
The force 1579 DRAKEEEE???
Solid point
This video is from 2016 ...
😂
That email button on the Palm thing was pretty smart.
I'm not saying that it wasn't bad, but was Google Glass an actual consumer device? I thought it was only for developers.
It never really hit the market.
It was for consumers, it just was very expensive so not many people got to buy it.
+ItsEganTime expect it wasnt. It was ment of developers and enthusists who were willing to try out a new thing and gamble on its possiböe success
I bet in time, once they've been able to make the device cheaper to make and operate, it will catch on.
I always thought the glass failed because of people and their overly paranoid mindset. Because Joe or Jane slob thinks that highly of themselves that they think glass users have nothing better to do than record them like some tabloid reporter
Maybe in the future, Google glass would be recognized as something way ahead of it's time.
In the future it wouldn't even be a "glass" per say but a contact lens or an ocular implant.
I Ren like on futurama? I'm good lol.
“It’s called a Zune. It’s what everybody is listening too on Earth 🌎 nowadays. It’s got 300 Songs on it.” - Sean Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Now, the question is...was he being cheeky and self-aware and that's the joke, or was he serious and we'd all be laughing AT him?
FalloutJack
Like his Character looks like a Human being from Earth but I’m sure he grew up on a different Planet so he doesn’t know Earthly trends and must be convinced everyone uses the Zune for decades now. Haha
you forgot about the 737 max autopilot
genius
Too soon
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This video is from 2016....
VHS more or less won over BETA due to the Adult Film Industry going with it.
and betamax was more expensive. better, but more expensive
Yo gabba
Hey. I really like your videos.
I as a German don't understand your measurement units like inch or pound and I think I'm not the only one with this problem, so I wanted to ask if it would be possible to give those measures in the metric system as well.
yes plz
Yeah, yeah, we know. Blame christians.
No, really: rationalwiki.org/wiki/Metric#In_the_United_States
books.google.com/books?id=dP29CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=christians+block+the+metric+system&source=bl&ots=tHODs-Kwe4&sig=IaHELqpLAopFsRrh8KM_4wH3mG0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinkpjrm4rNAhVq6oMKHZihC0kQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=christians%20block%20the%20metric%20system&f=false (in case it's not coming up, the link should be to a case mentioned in this book where a christian parent sued a school to keep her kid from being taught metric, because she thinks the One World Order of Satan is real: even with the blatant propaganda this book is, it expresses some incredulity of how batshit insane it is)
tl;dr - There's christian groups that lobby-- real world politics here-- to keep the US on the Imperial system (when the only other two countries left that do are both _third world_), because it's "French/communist/atheist."
Anyways, some shorthand: 1 meter is about 3 feet, an inch is about 2.5 cm, and a kilo is a little more than 2 pounds.
But WatchMojo is Canadian, I believe... so now that I think about it, I'm wondering why they _aren't_ doing metric.
Yeah only you, and everyone that doesn't live in the US.
+Xuncu you have the weight backwards. A kilo is 2.2 pounds
That's too long, tigerose275, it distracts us from watching the video
Windows ME , the mistake edition.
Yeah I remember that bloated Win 9X OS made to look like Windows 2000... the only good thing about ME is that it convinced Microsoft to finally abandon its 9X code altogether.
you mean windows vista?
the google glass people were called "glassholes"
William Haynes Wearing those in public is like wearing a “kick me” sign
Ah, I remember the dozens of candid shots I was ablento get with it. Good times ...
Couldn't wear if you did wear glasses
Phillips CD-i wasn't intended to compete with Sega or Nintendo, they were after education and multimedia stuff and then later found out that pretty much only sells they had was for the few games they had so it shifted focus when it was too late.
The real problems with CDi were that they didn't know what position it should have in the market, and that they were stubborn about sticking with the standards of the original even as hardware capabilities changed, which is why we (yes, we, I worked for Philips Media) were saddled with poor graphics and controllers. Shame; some very cool titles were made for CDi.
Google Glass wouldn't have failed if they allowed porn.
Edit: Holy, shit! 300 plus likes!? Don't bother replying though and I say again, don't reply to old comments!
you are genius, I never thought about that
would that be called "Google Ass"? :)
How do you know if it would be big?
@@troynelson8896 because all boners are big
LunaTwi01 The Li-on battery ignited, it didn't explode you idiot. :D
Why in the world is the apple watch on here as a dishonorable mention? It's one of the best selling watches in the world, not to mention it's the most dominating smart watch out there.
Trevor Williams because it gets them some extra likes for the vid by following the Apple hate train.
Dick Bicycle video was made 3 years ago lol
@NonyaBusiness! This thread is about the iWatch not the Zune
The Apple iWatch is a fail because its initial two years or so sucked, short battery life, dumb display and interface, not water resistant, the list goes on.
I forgot how smug and awful the Amazon Fire Phone commercial used to be...
Amazon makes the worst commercials. Their Echo launch video was cringeworthy.
The Sinclair vehicles had a good concept, but they were made terribly. At least for driving.
my uncle, in portugal (where they were not famous) had one. nobody knew what it was but everyone really liked it. the baterry didn't work but we used it to play around. I only now found out what it is. it's long gone but I'd love to have it
as a fun vehicle, it was a success. As a replacement for the car, it was a dismal failure.
The only way to lengthen the distance travelled was to put a longer electric lead on it
No the siclar vehicle was a horible idea.it was a terible ride in any bad weather.or if you got hit by a car or semi.You were doa at the secene.
his nephew came out with a pedal vehicle that makes more sense. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sinclair-jr-hits-the-road-with-son-of-c5-7przh79lznm www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4243006/Sinclair-C5-revamped-inventor-s-nephew.html
you know it's a good video when you haven't heard of any of these things.
You haven’t heard of Apple maps?
Willie Taggart Haha, you're named after someone from a video game.
A Buzzed Whaler Haha, you’re named after a coach from a college football game.
You're obviously very young.
Willie Taggart WAIT DEADASS?
The Zune could do everything the Ipod did without needing Apple's proprietary software and connectors, and for a third the price. It only failed because people are stupid.
Truth
almost anyone who owned a Zune will tell you it was great.
Not just the device, but the entire experience
THIS
lol no, first of all the original zune *had* a proprietary connector and software (which I hear was terrible, and only worked on windows). Also, the original zune and iPod classic that was available at the time were almost the same price, the zune was cheaper by only $50 at launch. The 4, and 8 were literally the same price as the nanos out at the time of launch. Also, the iPods were released 2 months after the iPods for most models, so while most people were already enjoying their iPods in September, zune people would have to wait until November for the zune (unless it's the zune hd). Also, by the time the first zune came out, apple had already established the iPod name. By November 2006 (when the first zune came out), Apple had already released the 5th Gen Classic (which was out for more than a year before the zune came out), the 2nd gen nano, and 2nd gen shuffle. Why would you spend $250 on a random MP3 player from a new player in the mp3 game, when you could only spend $50 more and get a MP3 player from a reputable and well established brand and line? while the zune did do some cool stuff (wifi, etc) it was just to little, to late.
@@retror2850 Not sure where you were shopping, but when I was looking for an MP3 player back in 2008/9, Wal-Mart's options were something like 2-8Gb iPods for $150+, or a smaller Zune utilizing an SD card up to 4 or 8Gb, which took a VERY common USB mini connector, for about $50. It had a full color OLED screen and everything, I loved mine. Yes, it only works on Windows PCs, but you were an idiot to buy an Apple PC then too- far overpriced for only decent specs, proprietary everything, and little software available. Hell, still holds true today. Apple products are for people who value brand image over value and functionality.
The day Google brought UA-cam.
*Bought
Seriously dude, you know you can edit your comments right?
+Ahmon83 not on ipad
+Ahmon83 Not on android either.
The art of proofreading has been lost...
I had the Zune in 2008 and Fire Phone in 2015. Zune is way better than the Fire Phone. Sega Dreamcast didn't flop, it sold over 10 million units in just 18 months. Even to this day, games are still being made for the Dreamcast. Pier Solar and Ghostblade are the most recent Dreamcast games
Haha...in all seriousness. The Sinclair 02:00 is the absolute coolest thing I have EVER seen. I wonder if I could get my hands on one in 2018?
Back in the 90s when I used to go into shops and browse catalogs lusting over the current tech at the time but could never afford it. I remember thinking back then how horrible and clunky the CD-I was
the Zune was awesome
I had a zune 4G and I really liked it. Microsoft had no intentions with going toe to toe with Apple's iPod, just to take some of their market share. A successful poke in the eye
Ah, the ol' Linnucks operating system (3:20)
Are you one of the idiots who pronounces it "Lie-nucks"?
Hacker: *gets boner
More like Lin-sucks
I would love to have a sinclair C5 for Pokemon go.
yo i need that sinclair c5 to get around the university campus.
How can an apple watch even almost make the list when they are already coming out with a 3rd generation?
Because apple is just popping out shit continuously and plus I havent seen many people with apple watches, I mean I work at a casino where people waste their money all the time I mean I have seen some expensive watches but I very rarely ever see apple watches
I know right, half my friends have apple watches.
I mean it's not a very practical thing but it's nice to have and convenient too
Actually it is not a Flop. Sales are extremely good and you see them casually on the street on every second person nowadays
They still make the Apple TV... you know that product ri- oh wait you have an Amazon Stick or Chromecast like the rest of the world e.e
Apple will sell a product until it sells 0 because they have to get rid of the stock and they will never admit they have a failing product... meanwhile they actively try to kill products to get people away from them like the iMac Pro and Macbook Pro respectively
I thought the smart watches were still too new to be a thing... I hope companies don't stop making them and improving them because I would like one but they just need to be a bit better.... also Abdullah not sure where you live but working in retail serving tons of customers at the tills I would say in a week around 1 out of 100-200 customers have one.... if it is every second person they don't wear them. lol
Sinclare C5 could be redone with today's tech and be a decent choice.
I never heard of it but it looks like the side car of a motorcycle with a go-cart engine.
look at the modern ebike scooters there somewhat like that
I have 2 c5s and I use them on the roads people just put there thumbs up at me ahaha
ironic because I remember that Netflix was trying to sell the company to Blockbuster. Now Blockbusters not here anymore...
Maybe Myspace would be bigger if they never sold the company.
Sinclair should be upgraded it was a good idea
Imagine Knowledge I remember hearing that the patent was bought and shelved by the oil companies
watching this on my fire phone, ouch...guess i'll use apple maps to get out of here
On the Google Glasses, while listening to music with your apparently "crap" Zune...
Nice
Apple Maps was right - the physical world was wrong.
Apple Maps was created by pure tribalism.
apple maps was created by a crappy company
Oliver Francis *Trillion dollar company
idea of a flat-earthards...
You can never tell what is a troll from Apple fanboys...
The Zune was too late to the game. Lack of better apps too, but I love mine still
You think apple maps is bad try blackberry maps
Lol really?? Did they really had a Maps software?!?
Lol really?? Did they really had a Maps software?!?
Blackberry maps was about privacy. Nobody knew where you going - not even your passengers. 10/10 works as intended
@@MelodicTurtleMetal hah! love it :P
No thanks. I really don't need blackberries that bad. I'll just wait until they're in season again, and buy them when they're at the grocery store.
The Sinclair, a low slow moving vehicle that's hard for other motorists to see; what could go wrong?
Jason L buy one and supe it up
@@marcstein4687 Add some bigger wheels, a clear windscreen/cover, a flashy paint job, and it could be a neat toy/short-haul commuter.
Needs a flag and streamers, duh!
I still use my zune lol
That thing is dope
Haha, me too!!
Zunes rock, still have mine!
lol same here! I didnt like any of the apps for it, but as a base device for music, videos, and radio, it is amazing
it's sad that marketing was the only one killing it i really wanted to buy one but it stopped production
I miss the Zune... The newer one even had HD radio.
If made with today's tech the Sinclair C5 could actually be pretty damn cool.
i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/03/article-2409512-1B8463F4000005DC-101_634x475.jpg
www.twike.co.uk/
Tesla could probably do it.
When I see the SINCLAIR I immediately think of a crash test where the windshield cuts-off your head. No steering weel is a no-no.
You are likely right. All of these electric bikes, scooters and segways could be considered the descendants of the C5
You can buy a Renault Twizy. It has roof but no side windows, 4 wheels, 2 seats and much safer than the Sinclair.
Anyone here remember the 8 track cassette tape?
Absolutely. I remember it switching tracks mid song. I am amazed it lasted as long as it did.
@@shinigami146 Yeah, I remember that, too. I think it was mostly just the really cheap K-Tel "various artists" tapes, though. I know I had a couple where the songs were organized properly, and they didn't do that.
Yes, but it wasn't a flop. In fact, it was popular for more than 20 years.
Reel-to-reel and "Hi-Fi"
8 track wasn't a flop.
Apple Watch? Do you know how much bought the damn thing?
Game TL i love mine
Game TL
haw many use it? i hardly see anyone with one. can't be that much. plus apple is not publishing sales numbaz......
I see tons of people with the watch. Not sure if I notice it more since I have one. But I really like my watch.
The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry last fall, selling more than 8 million watches. How is that a flop? I see them everywhere, though admittedly, they all basically look alike so that it is easy to notice that. I used to see a lot of FitBits, but not as much anymore.
FuckYouGooglePlus you are way too mad about this
I want the cinclear C5 sort of
*sinclair
I actually do. It's like an e-bike/electric car retro grandfather. I love it
+Ninguy i agree
Me too
+6dazey9 how?
The only way glass can make a come back its by reading the power level of your opponent
true dat
and you have to yell its over 8000 before it explodes and throws plastic in your eye
Mine keeps breaking when reaching five digits...
Google Glass could have succeeded if it looked like a Scouter from DBZ.
Wabefuhon agreed!
Let's admit it. Google glass flopped because it looked like the frames from a pair of 1970s "dad" glasses.
i guess. i think it flopped cause it sucked ass
if google glass looked more stylish or translucent comletly it would get big
*****
Nah. I'm rich, so I don't really care whether it was "expensive". But the fact I would look like I'm wearing 70's sunglasses, without the lenses, was a deal breaker.
LOL a greek boasting about being rich XD very profound!!
it flopped because it had a camera and there was a lot of privacy issues
Circuit City’s DIVX player.
Pawl or, just Circuit City in general
And to add to the BetaMax/VHS discussion: VHS ultimately won because of its cheap entry price. My mother had a BetaMax and I remember her talking about the price point several times. We had three movies, The Ten Commandments, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Poltergeist.
That was because SONY kept a stranglehold on the Betamax in trying to protect the technology, refusing to without a costly license for other companies to manufacture the machines, keeping it almost exclusive to them. When JVC introduced the VHS, they did the opposite, allowing other manufacturers, especially the cost minded companies to produce cheaper machines and more of them. As such VHS was able to flood the market cornering the once powerful Betamax.
What really killed the machine at least in my father's eyes, was the run time on the beta tapes. Blank tapes could only record an hour on fast speed and 2 maybe 3 hours on slow speed, where a VHS tape could record 2-8 hours depending on record speed. Consumers tend to go for the product that could hold more data, rather than what looks and sounds superior in quality. Always have, always will.
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That's another good point. How much could be recorded on those tapes. BetaMax tapes were so tiny and small. Even some epic films were sold in box sets of 2-4 tapes depending on its run time.
Don't discount the affect that the Porn Industry had when it adopted the VHS format as it's choice of distribution medium.
Believe it or not, that's more of an urban myth. Beta was already on its downward spiral when porn chose vhs over beta.
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You obviously weren't born in that time. Porn had nothing to do with the spiral. Porn was more so on magazines than they were media tapes.
I had a Betamax player in the late 80s/early 90s when I was growing up! My grandfather dealt in consumer electronics and telecommunication and was one of the first Sony dealers in the US way back when, so my dad was loyal to Sony for years for better or for worse. We never got rid of the thing, either. The player and the tapes I had for it are down in our storage unit.
Beta had a chance and the quality seemed better but I remember going to the video stores and there weren't many movie choices for Beta.
Why the heck was the Apple Watch on the "dishonorable mentions"?
I'm trying to figure that out myself. 90% of the people I know that have iPhone, have an Apple Watch.
My family, friends, work colleagues, previous colleagues.....none have an apple watch.
I dunno if I've met many people who own an apple watch. Maybe one once? It wasn't really that popular.
because like any other apple product it's shit.
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6-4-16
APPLE WATCH???????
yes, it's no more then a Bluetooth toy, with a limited a mouth of app's for the watch only. that is completely over price and is lacking in sales
and the price tag
+TZ BlueSkittle THANK YOU!!!
How dare you put our beloved Dreamcast in this video?!
They said it was good
Dreamcast was awesome
@@grizzlymanverneteil4443 unfortunately it was up against PS2, but yeah, Dreamcast was indeed awesome.
If only the Dreamcast was compatible with a DVD player instead 1 gig of RAM, than it really succeed!!!
It wasn’t a dishonorable mention and Hell yeah the Dreamcast was/is great some homebrew devs making games for it today, Very Underrated console! I wish Sega would do a Saturn and DC classic mini!
We need to bring the Buick Century Cruiser back into production and bring the Hexacube homes back into production. We also need to bring the Sinclair C5 back into production.
The "Zune" had 1 big bonus: No F***ing iTunes!
Exactly!
This is so true
***** and sucks on any platform.
I've had my Zune for over 10 years. I've dropped it (many times) and washed it in the laundry and it still works perfectly. They stopped supporting the Zune media player last year, but it still works if you change the program to run with earlier versions of Windows. I'll never use an iPod.
+Beanzoboy Heh, that too is another great bonus of the Zune...those damn things are durable. Mine does have a crack in it now but it's shallow but that's not too bad considering I've had it six years and have dropped it countless times. So long as Zune let's me just plug up the device to transfer music I've already downloaded elsewhere, I'm happy with it for just music (anything else and it's rather poor but I didn't buy it for it to be all but a second smartphone. The music is my primary goal). I too don't want an iPod.
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+Wolfey Gamer yeah, it looks cool.
+DaKermitFrog One no, stop whining about the past and think about the present.
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What about windows vista?
Windows Vista is AWESOME.
Zune was actually pretty good... it;s just MS like they did back then, barely supported it.
I remember making zune games
Honestly most of the serious competition back then was better than the iPod, but they didn't have the marketing or support that Apple gave.
Was it Asus that had the ZenTouch range? Those were excellent, but the high end failed
I still have and use my Zune HD.
@@scaryplague Yup I still have mine too and it works perfectly
The Only thing I don't like is the Neural Link and AI whatever
sounds terrifying
I dunnow about the Apple Watch. Sure, it's kinda stupid, but it's pretty much the default "I have no idea what to get for my spouse for this upcoming arbitrary gift-giving holiday" gift.
FuckYouGooglePlus What’s wrong with you? You keep copy-pasting the same shit. Hating on Apple on UA-cam wont put them in bankruptcy you know.
Juan Correa but customer will (unless you are loyal fan)
let's complete the original sentence: "and I can clean my ass with money"
Zune was the shit i had a 16g which was unheard of back in 2008
I still have my zune account on my old lap top with all the songs still there. I miss my zune. :c
TIMARIO SUPREME same, I have a ZuneHD 32gb. but it started to malfunction when it gets too many songs. for example songs start to overlap or merge for some reason reason.
Not sure Glass should even be in this list given that it never made it as a consumer product and so never technically was a failure as only developers had access to it. it's also still in development so who knows what will happen to it in the future.
I was thinking the same thing. I think the main problem was all the backlash they received from businesses banning them due to privacy concerns.
Don't forget Radio Shack's "Teletex", and a thing called "DiVX", where you purchased movies on a special DiVX DVD for real cheap, then paid a rental charge anytime you wanted to watch the movie.
i can see the new Samsung Galaxy Fold in here
Jose Hakim wow!! That was exactly my thought! I was excited then the price rolled out like many other people... fuck no
right? at a time when sales on new phones are down across all brands, let's release a $2000 fold-able phone.
@@NicolasGanea surely people thought the same about the iPhone X?
It will sell.
@@MelodicTurtleMetal I didn't think that for iPhone X
@@NicolasGanea then you're a sucker
The Segway, anyone?
The original or the new one hipsters use?
Yeah, was gonna mention this as well. Pre-release, it was shrouded in mystery, and they claimed it was going to revolutionize transportation.
Yeah, I was going to mention that one. Although they are still used, the sales were not as huge as expected. What would make the Segway a failure is not that the product was not sold too much (it was kind of exclusive anyway) but the excessive promo all over the media that it had belong before it was released, portraying it as an invention that would change the world. "Be ready for *_It_*!"... " _It_ will chage the world!"... Then when it was finally revealed, everybody was disappointed because they thought that it would be something really incredible, not a flattened automatic bicycle.
Was expecting this to be #1 :(
Well, i dont know how it is in other places, but where i live (Seville, Spain), i see multiple segways every day. That said, most are rented, but there are hundreds of them around.
Blockbuster was not a tech flop. That's a service flop.
They said apps and services at the beginning.
It wasn't a flop. It just couldn't stand up to Netflix
Oh man, do I remember the CD-I - haha - back in the days when I was visiting the "Hi-Fi-Store" nearby quite regularly with my dad (who was checking regularly for sales on loudspeakers and other hifi equipment to compliment his brand new Nakamishi high-end Stereo Setup). Everytime wevisited that store during a certain time in my childhood they had the ewest stuff on display and i loved playing around with the cd-i but for whatever reason could not really get the hang of it and it was sketchy to control and hung up quite often...coming from a Sega Master System II back in those days I had just gotten the Mega Drive II for my birthday or for christmas earlier that year - haha
Amazon: Comes with firefly
Me: *cries* we aren’t getting another season *cries even more*
Many of These things are so futuristic for their time and people just don't like it.
The price for most of these things were absolutely ridiculous.
They were ahead of their time, both intellectually and literally. Most did not function as promised, and were expensive as others have pointed out. Conceptually, most are genius; but the execution is lacking.
SuperBleuz Well powerful tech costs money. They sold them as cheap as they could
I remember the CD-I ads, that would be on in the middle of the night ...
10:00 - Zune was amazing! The square touch pad was easier to use and more precise than the round Ipod ring. And it allowed me to send music to my friends wirelessly with no DRM crap to worry about. The graphics layout was exceptional and scrolling was like butter. I think the only reason the Zune flopped was because everyone including myself began storing and listening to music on my smart phone within a year or two of Zunes release. All of a sudden there was no need for an Ipod or Zune.
The Segway probably deserves a mention as well.
Ahh...beat me to it. lol
How suspicious that an iPhone 8 ad runs before the video haha
That's odd, I saw an ad for eBay's Kleinanzeigen (ads). Some shit about a guy getting a bunkbed with a slide. Now I want one. BAD. So I can vomit directly onto the slide into a bucket at the end of it. Fuckérz.
Apple watch? That sky is very successful. Don't understand that addition.
First edition bro, now it's quite successful
Yeah, not sure what that one is on here either. Id did rather poorly at first, but started an entire industry of smart watches which are still very popular today. I wouldn't call that a flop really
Disappointed it wasn't more Dick Tracy! And with all this small technology we're going to have a whole generation of squinters.
@@Trueflights what? Android Wear is older and Pebble created the idea of a watch that connects to your phone.
Also, this video is two years old and even Apple considered the Apple Watch a failure until recently. The only thing that shouldn't be included is the N Gage. It was extremely successful initially and proved to be way ahead of it's time.
STFU...APPLE SHEEP
I must've been livin' under a rock as I had never heard of 'Apple Maps'
All is users are dead now. Fell into the grand canyon trying to get to Maccas