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My local supermarket has 2-3 times more DVDs than Blu-Rays.

The population of devices in the field is heavily dominated by DVD. Old people and immigrants use a whole lot more DVDs because the video they watch is not available online. Fidelity matters way less than the message.

DVD might also be "good enough".

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True for any flat screen panel as well. The plasmas are really prone to ”ghosting” - just a matter of minutes. And there are ”washing” programs to ”reset” the panel. I guess plasma is the main reason why on-screen channel logos went from solid to translucent?

What channel logos have gone from solid to translucent?

Not the actual logos but the ones you see on-screen when watching a channel/stream.

Re: Bouncing DVD Logo

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And broadband adoption. I think streaming actually killed it, not a higher resolution format.

Doesn't Blu-ray still have better quality than most streaming services?

Yes. Streaming services provide 1080p or 4k resolution images but it doesn't matter because they apply heavy compression in order to save bandwidth. In my experience, even 100% black frames have artifacts. No wonder people turn to copyright infringement.
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