Re: DVD is dead. Long live DVD

Michael Trew wrote:
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On 12/27/2024 12:28 PM, JAB 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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Just like all outdated tech, it will live on for a long time.
We still sell lots of DVD's, some as cheap as $1 each, where I
work.  There are tons and tons and tons of optical drives/DVD
players floating around out there, that can be had for pennies
on the dollar.  We buy 25 cent Disney VHS tapes at Goodwill
for the kids to watch.  You can still get used VCR's dirt
cheap.

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People still buy LP's... they went out of fashion decades ago
and came back. Every big shop seems to sell records now! So I
wouldn't write off physical media just yet.
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