By 2013, container formats like MKV and MP4 were technically superior. MP4 offered better compression, and MKV offered chapter menus. So why was AVI still the king of "scene releases" and peer-to-peer sharing?
2013 was the year you could hold a terabyte of culture in the palm of your hand—thousands of hours of TV, blockbuster movies, and indie films—all encoded in clunky, beautiful, unstoppable AVI files. It was the last year before "streaming" became a verb, and the last time you needed a VLC Media Player playlist to survive a long flight. xxx -2013- HD avi
2013 was the year the "Golden Age of Television" solidified its grip, the year the superhero genre cemented its dominance, and the year that high-quality digital piracy and legitimate streaming services fought their most aggressive battle for consumer attention. To understand the media landscape of today, one must look back at 2013 as the year the industry pivoted. By 2013, container formats like MKV and MP4