The DVD Emoji 📀

My dad has always been an early adopter. When flat-screen tellys appeared on the scene, only days later we had one in our living room. The same thing happened when Blu-ray players emerged and before that: the DVD player.

"Really, dad?", I wondered when one day, I observed the new device in the cabinet above the telly. Of course, I supported his mission to be up to speed with technological advancement. "But, dad? Have you considered our vast collection of VHS?" This device, sleek in its appearance as it may have been, did not look like it could fit the clunky, rectangular-shaped cassettes into its tray. There was no in-built downward compatibility, for people who carried literal weight of the past television era.

But dad didn't care! "We'll just have to replace the VHS tapes with their DVD counterparts, because times are changing and we have to adapt." Better screen resolution, better sound, better everything. On top of that, DVDs came with DVD menus that opened up a world of exclusive behind the scenes footage! Doesn't the future sound promising?

And so, the times of the DVD were upon us.