Most overhyped thing (that fell flat) in the last 10 years?

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Kaervak

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Jul 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: BionicSniper
Originally posted by: brxndxn
Divx.. or was that more than 10 years ago?

divx is huge....

windows me & windows 98
Not that Divx. The Divx DVD players where you had to pay to watch a DVD each time.

 

SagaLore

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Dec 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Virtual Reality

Oooo that is a good one. That use to be the BIG thing that gaming consoles and some computer systems were supposed to go to. Too bad initital products gave everyone seizures!
 

codeyf

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Sep 6, 2000
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Originally posted by: birdpup
Weapons of Mass Destruction

:thumbsup:

My other mentioned favorites:

Segway
Divx Players/Discs
Episode I (I thought II and III improved over each predecessor enough that they exceeded my extremely low expectation)
Go-L computers (my uncle was actually going to by one before he passed)