New blurays are 30-50 each. New DVDs are 5 or less, each. Libraries usually have bigger dvd collections than bluray collections. People use what they can afford, not what is best.
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khannie@lemmy.world 10 hours agoYeah, surprisingly DVD is still heavily outselling 4K bluray. Seems weird to my but I guess the players are ubiquitous.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 4 hours ago
b34k@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Amazon has 3 for $33 sales a couple times a year. I just got Wicked (2024), F1 and Sinners in 4k for $11 each.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Also there’s nearly 30 years worth of DVD content available, it’s basically for the same reason why VHS still has a present following.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 3 hours ago
Well, that, and vhs is one of those things that is fun to play with. It's never going to be perfect, and that's enough to keep people like me coming back to see what new improvements I can make to my vhs setup this time.
b34k@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
When 4K players cost $500 to get something considered “good but not great”… yeah no wonder no ones buying