Best Buy will stop selling DVDs and Blu-rays after the 2023 holiday season

wmf wrote: post #3

mensetmanusman wrote: post #2

You will rent everything and love it!

Seriously, if stores stop selling discs it won't be long before studios stop releasing them.

They already are.

Disney has stopped selling physical media in Australia and New Zealand. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-stops-selling-blu-ray-and...

Give it another decade and the only way to get content will be digital rental, no real ownership as the content can be yanked at anytime by the provider.

Re: Best Buy will stop selling DVDs and Blu-rays after the 2023 holiday season

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Post by SirMaster » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 5:16 AM UTC

tiew9Vii wrote: post #4

wmf wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously, if stores stop selling discs it won't be long before studios stop releasing them.

They already are. Disney has stopped selling physical media in Australia and New Zealand. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-stops-selling-blu-ray-and... Give it another decade and the only way to get content will be digital rental, no real ownership as the content can be yanked at anytime by the provider.

It seems music escaped this fate. You can easily buy most music digitally and DRM free.

Will video not be able to escape this fate?

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Post by onetokeoverthe » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 6:10 AM UTC

tiew9Vii wrote: post #4

wmf wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously, if stores stop selling discs it won't be long before studios stop releasing them.

They already are. Disney has stopped selling physical media in Australia and New Zealand. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-stops-selling-blu-ray-and... Give it another decade and the only way to get content will be digital rental, no real ownership as the content can be yanked at anytime by the provider.

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Post by hellotheretoday » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 7:16 AM UTC

SirMaster wrote: post #5

tiew9Vii wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They already are. Disney has stopped selling physical media in Australia and New Zealand. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-stops-selling-blu-ray-and... Give it another decade and the only way to get content will be digital rental, no real ownership as the content can be yanked at anytime by the provider.

It seems music escaped this fate. You can easily buy most music digitally and DRM free. Will video not be able to escape this fate?

Music also had a somewhat huge resurgence of physical media thanks to collector culture. It’s almost standard now for any semi notable new release to have at least a vinyl run of a few thousand units. Huge names get pressings in the tens of thousands or more and cds and cassettes are increasingly common.

It’s crazy to me that it’s still going strong. I used to collect vinyl. I still collect used stuff sometimes but prices are nuts now even for used unless it’s in awful shape or something ancient/terrible/no one ever gave a shit about. I refuse to buy new. Back in like 2005 it was a good way to get a physical copy with decent audio quality (and often but not always a better mix versus cd/digital, especially in that era) for like $15-20. Now a single lp is $40 new and the pressing quality is often mediocre. I think nowadays most people just want something to hold onto or a jacket to hang on their wall or whatever, the idea of physical media is ancillary. Maybe they should bring back laserdiscs of movies, I bet they would sell

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Post by slavik81 » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 7:47 AM UTC

tiew9Vii wrote: post #4

wmf wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously, if stores stop selling discs it won't be long before studios stop releasing them.

They already are. Disney has stopped selling physical media in Australia and New Zealand. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-stops-selling-blu-ray-and... Give it another decade and the only way to get content will be digital rental, no real ownership as the content can be yanked at anytime by the provider.

There are also plenty of successful Disney shows that never get a disc release. I'm still waiting for a Star vs. The Forces of Evil DVD or Blu-ray.

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Post by rpigab » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 8:08 AM UTC

tiew9Vii wrote: post #4

wmf wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously, if stores stop selling discs it won't be long before studios stop releasing them.

They already are. Disney has stopped selling physical media in Australia and New Zealand. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-stops-selling-blu-ray-and... Give it another decade and the only way to get content will be digital rental, no real ownership as the content can be yanked at anytime by the provider.

The high seas it is then.

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Post by abfaqb » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 9:06 AM UTC

tiew9Vii wrote: post #4

wmf wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously, if stores stop selling discs it won't be long before studios stop releasing them.

They already are. Disney has stopped selling physical media in Australia and New Zealand. https://cordcuttersnews.com/disney-stops-selling-blu-ray-and... Give it another decade and the only way to get content will be digital rental, no real ownership as the content can be yanked at anytime by the provider.

That's not entirely correct, because there are people who download the DRM'd files from internet platforms and distribute the "clean" files through p2p networks. You can then keep the file forever.