Re: [OT] DVD is Dead. Long Live DVD.

On 30/12/2024 09:27, Daniel70 wrote:

The True Doctor wrote on 30/12/24 12:05 am:

On 29/12/2024 09:40, Daniel70 wrote:

The Doctor wrote on 29/12/24 7:17 am:

In article <vkphtp$etin$1@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor
<agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:

On 28/12/2024 09:11, Blueshirt wrote:

"Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into streaming."
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This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video continued deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying
DVDs this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final
Liam Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally,
LG announced just last week that it would discontinue all its
UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in ditching the optical drive.

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https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical-media
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 >>>>> I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the

article of interest.

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Physical Media will not die.

Depends what YOU mean by "Physical Media", Gobble-de-gook.
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I mean Computer/PVR Hard-drives ARE 'Physical Media', aren't they??
Perhaps YOU, Gobble-de-gook, meant *Removable* 'Physical Media'!!

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I don't see anyone selling those pre-recorded with TV shows and
movies in the shops, or even SDXD cards which are now cheaper per GB
than those stupid Blu-ray things. All the more reason to torrent
stuff you've already paid for if the studios won't replace your
legacy media with new media which you can still play.
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But, if the 'Studios' (e.g. BBC) know there IS a market for the physical product, maybe that'd give them reason to produce more Product which they could then sell on Media so they might produce more Product ......
 Maybe!!
 

They know there's a market for it, but it's only collectors. Most people who bought physical media only watched it once or twice and then left it on the shelf ever since. It was still cheaper than buying cinema tickets that you would only use once. Streaming on the other hand costs substantially less than both going to the cinema and physical media and you can now watch it on a 100 inch TV with Dolby Atmos, which is why cinemas are closing all around the place and some have even been turned back into actual theatres where physical people act and perform.
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