Websites

Museum of obsolete media

obsoletemedia.org
Unique and extremely well done online museum of physical media curated by Jason Curtis from UK, who started with collecting over 20 years ago.

Tapes and Cassettes

tapesandcassettes.com

Extensive collection of physical media from Grzegorz. His collection contains a lot of very unique formats.

Muzej podatkovnih medija

www.podatkovnimediji.com

Virtual museum of obsolete media from Croatia curated by Roman Domović.

FileFormat.Info

www.fileformat.info

Self-proclaimed "The Digital Rosetta Stone" is a portal about diverse file formats and storage media.

YouTube channels

Techmoan

https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan
One of the best YouTube channels created by Matthew "Mat" Taylor from UK who has created many very interesting videos about obsolete and rare technologies and related media formats such as HD-VMD, 3D VHD, DataPlay, Tefifon, HitClips, slotMusic, 2View VHS, Hi-Vison LD, PlayTape, Audio Craft Cassette Cartridge and many more.

Phelan Porteous

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3XCSTT5utps77V7aKCP-5zXmBNSnBi6d
Videos from Phelan Porteous about his collection of different media types of movies like "Ghostbusters" or "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". After adding many new items to his collections he created more follow-up videos featuring even more unusual formats.

Technology Connections

https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections
Among plenty of interesting technological videos you can find some gems, where Alec Watson explains some media formats (e.g. Betamax, CED, Laserdisc, DVD, VHS, etc.). In most cases, these deep-dives are really extensive and very informative.

Vintage Electronics Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@VintageElectronicsChannel
Great channel with retro technology and of course also retro physical media.

DataBits

https://www.youtube.com/@databits
Underrated channel with great and often also very detailed videos about diverse physical media formats.

VWestlife

https://www.youtube.com/@vwestlife
Over thousand interesting videos cover a huge range of retro consumer tech and obsolete media formats.

LGR (Lazy Game Reviews)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9FA1979AB986522
LGR is a popular channel featuring classic computers, games, thrifting and retro tech. His “Oddware” series is especially relevant and contains lot of videos about unusual data storage media formats.

OddityArchive

https://www.youtube.com/@OddityArchive
Diving into the great audiovisual landfill. Presentation style is closer to a documentary archive.