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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: [OT] DVD is Dead. Long Live DVD.
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:27:54 +1100
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The True Doctor wrote on 30/12/24 12:05 am:
> On 29/12/2024 09:40, Daniel70 wrote:
>> The Doctor wrote on 29/12/24 7:17 am:
>>> In article <vkphtp$etin$1@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor
>>> <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
>>>> On 28/12/2024 09:11, Blueshirt wrote:
>>>>> "Tech's takeover of show business has turned everything into 
>>>>> streaming."
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is the landscape in which the sad state of home video 
>>>>> continued deteriorating in 2024. Best Buy ceased carrying
>>>>> DVDs this year. Target followed suit. Redbox rented its final
>>>>> Liam Neeson movie and shuttered its kiosks in July. Finally,
>>>>> LG announced just last week that it would discontinue all its
>>>>> UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players, joining Samsung and Sony in 
>>>>> ditching the optical drive.
>> 
>> <Snip>
>> 
>>>>> https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-death-of-streaming-physical-media
>>>>> 
 >>>>> I copied this from another newsgroup as some here might find the
>>>>> article of interest.
>>> 
>>> Physical Media will not die.
>> Depends what YOU mean by "Physical Media", Gobble-de-gook.
>> 
>> I mean Computer/PVR Hard-drives ARE 'Physical Media', aren't they??
>> Perhaps YOU, Gobble-de-gook, meant *Removable* 'Physical Media'!!
> 
> I don't see anyone selling those pre-recorded with TV shows and
> movies in the shops, or even SDXD cards which are now cheaper per GB
> than those stupid Blu-ray things. All the more reason to torrent
> stuff you've already paid for if the studios won't replace your
> legacy media with new media which you can still play.
> 
But, if the 'Studios' (e.g. BBC) know there IS a market for the physical 
product, maybe that'd give them reason to produce more Product which 
they could then sell on Media so they might produce more Product ......

Maybe!!

-- 
Daniel