Basically just the title. With DVDs getting tossed to the wind it made me wonder when will blu-rays go? I’m gonna miss bloopers and extra scenes
Edit: A bit confused but the general consensus is that in some areas BRs have already began to be phased out while in others they’re just trucking along perfectly fine. It’ll be that way until they stop being profitable to the studios who make them. Is that correct? I don’t think the 8k argument is valid imo since that’s really niche currently.
They are coming back like vinyl. Zoomers are realizing streaming plarforms can pull the plug
It occurs to me that I could totally put a short movie on a vinyl record. It would display “buffering” for quite a while though.
There was the Japanese VHD (Video High Density) that was kind of that. https://youtu.be/fCWLaAwr3sM
From where I sit physical media is experiencing a huge surge in popularity. So I think bluray is here to stay, and will see more usage in the coming years.
They are hardly anywhere now… Best Buy is phasing out their remaining physical movie sections this year.
That makes sense, to be fair. Movie catalogs are more of a “long tail” product. It’s not economical to stock 1000s of titles in 100s of locations, but it’s a crappy shopping experience if they only have a few titles. So, even those who do still buy physical media won’t frequent Best Buy for them.
i haven’t seen a blu-ray in at least a decade, what are you on about?
I’m going to assume you understand the most basic principals of our mode of production, so I’ll give you an educated guess as to when, not why, since that’s the question you asked.
In 2034, if we follow the DVD timeline. However if it’s the only remaining physical media used by distributors, I’d guess it lasts decades longer.
I hope we graduate (or revert, depending on how you look at it) to tape, as collectors would be better off with a medium that’s built to last.
Oh D-VHS, we didn’t deserve you.
The problem is that the market isn’t there to phase them out. Streaming and digital purchases have filled in most of the consumer demand that physical media would. There may not be the market for a Blu-ray replacement the same way there was for DvD.
There is also the question of whether optical media would be the preferred medium. An SD Card may be preferred over an optical drive, especially as it is more space efficient in a lot of different types of devices.
Yesterday I was happy to own lots of Blurays because my internet was down.
It’s already gone. Hard copies are dead, long live the downloadable file.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 2•10 months ago
Till the next upkeep phase
Some data:
The Motion Pictures Association yearly THEME report, https://www.motionpictures.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MPA-2021-THEME-Report-FINAL.pdf, shows a pretty consistent drop-off in physical sales of about 20% per year in the US. On the global side, it’s dropped consistently from about $15 billion in 2017 to $6.5 billion in 2021. By comparison, over that same time period digital grew from $28 billion to $72 billion. Or, out another way, digital went from twice as much as physical to about 12 times as much.
So physical is pretty definitively on the way out and will be dropped as soon as it is unprofitable. It’s hard to know when that point is without knowing what the upfront and scaling fees are with Blu-ray distribution. My gut is that we’ll stop seeing Blu-ray releases within 5 years
Which blu rays?
Is it even possible to stream 8k video now?
I’ve only seen 4K REMUX streaming as the top quality option, but there’s no reason why 8K streaming would be impossible. You could even set it up privately with Jellyfin.
I don’t want blu-rays, I want DVD. Less anti-consumer stuff going on there (although not for lack of trying, just a bit less technical know-how at the time it was made).
I don’t want blu-rays, I want DVD
HD-DVDs were neat. More reliable, too.