Blu-ray is dead too. It died even quicker.
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CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoYou would be surprised but in the US DVDs are still king. They sell far better than regular BluRays and even better than 4K UHD BRs. So saying it’s dead is difficult.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
One format selling better than another dead format is hardly a useful data point.
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not really dead, but they’ve definitely scaled down their operations. With streaming services increasing their prices YoY I believe the return to physical media will be cheaper in some cases.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
File based formats are just so much better than the shit formats with a specific type of media baked in like Audio CDs and Video DVDs and BR. Especially when those are combined with deliberate deviations from the standard for “copy protection” or with DRM.
Not to mention that you don’t have to give up the advantages of networks along with the disadvantages of streaming services. Files can be downloaded, uploaded and copied across the network just fine.
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You’re preaching to the choir. That’s why we spend time making remuxes and encodes. But for release groups to make those we need the format to survive, because Hollywood won’t make the physical media if there’s no copy protection.