For some of us, the FMV cartridge is part of the Amiga experience. It was one of the last things released by Commodore, and not many people had one. IIRC, only 1500 were made worldwide. Perhaps this is why most people don't consider it part of the experience.
I bought one when they were released, it was a very impressive piece of hardware, and I built up a large collection of VCDs.
Today, yes, I could just watch the VCD discs on my DVD player, or even watch the DVD version on my DVD player (heck, even the blu-ray version now!) but then I could just play Crysis, Fallout 3, Bioshock, etc. on my PC and not bother with AB3D, Gloom, Breathless, Genetic Species, Nemac IV, Amiga Doom, Amiga Quake, etc.
And why would I want to run an FMV card and SX32 pro at the same time? Just to see if it's possible, and for the fun of it! The same reason I added an internal CD-RW/DVD combo drive, internal picoPSU, homemade audio mixer, 8GB CF card, and 80Mhz 68060 to my A1200. :-)
Steve.
