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DVD and Blu-Ray sales nearly halved over the last five years

posted 6 years ago by PrimeMinisterX (8859)
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This to me is very sad.

I still buy films on physical media and will continue to do so for as long as physical formats are offered. Not only is the picture and sound quality superior to streaming, but the wealth of special features on many discs is not replicated in the streaming versions, even when you "buy" them.

Speaking of which, you never do really "buy" a film when you purchase a streaming copy. You just purchase the right to stream it indefinitely. Fuck that. I want something that isn't going to disappear just because the server crashed or the company went out of business.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/dvd-and-blu-ray-sales-nearly-halved-over-five-years-mpaa-report-says/

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Just speaking personally, I don't buy nearly as many movies as I used to. Mostly favorites or hard to find films that aren't available with Netflix's DVD service.

[–] BillySlater (4285) 6 years ago

I agree, I like owning the physical copy too, unfortunately in the country I live in, Blu-rays are hard to find. I always go out of my way to buy them in the US though.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21723) 6 years ago

I have so many DVDs that I just decided not to do Blue Ray. I’m fine with the quality of DVD.