EPIC FAIL: Seven Products That Failed Miserably.

I’m not sure if I agree with “miserably” in the case of laserdiscs — though an initial failure compared to the quickly ubiquitous VCR, by the late ’80s, laserdiscs were given a new lease of life by the Criterion Collection for dedicated movie aficionados who wanted to see classic films in the best possible format of the “stone knives and bearskins” era of television. The major studios eventually caught on as well, with varying degrees of similar quality and bonus materials. We wouldn’t have DVDs and Blu-Rays as we know them without their pioneering efforts.