You were either a VLC loyalist or a Windows Media Player 11 enthusiast (with the custom skins to prove it).
Before every video was an .mp4 optimized for mobile, we lived in the age of the Windows Media Video. Finding a file like reminds us of a time when:
Downloading a 125MB "HD" file felt like a monumental achievement for your home Wi-Fi. Why We Keep the Artifacts
We didn't need 4K; we just needed the pixels to stop looking like LEGO bricks.