Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.
Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales::Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.
Seriously? Given how all the streaming services are getting more expensive, I was starting to wonder if buying some good series on Blu-ray would be the better option.
The 17 year old technology of blu ray is apparently too new fangled for my library. Almost all of their collection, including new acquisitions, is the 27 year old format of DVD.
Buying series on a disc is crazy expensive. You’re better off subscribing to a streaming service and cancel when you’re done watching, even with the price increases.
Yeah, I haven’t met a single person that that has owned nor have never seen anyone buy bluerays in all the years that it has been available.
It really got a weird timeframe, when internet started to become fast and readily available everywhere, streaming services starting to exist, computers getting smaller and without optical drives… In the last 15 years or more I haven’t owned a computer with a reading optical drive.
People I know with playstations only use it to play mostly and the games are usually digital buys.
I only stream music while driving. I’ve got about 600 vinyl and 400 movies in the various disc formats. I’ve been buying more of them than ever, after watching streaming sites remove content.
Exactly. A lot of people in the thread seem to miss that point. Best Buy is a physical space with limited real estate. They carry things that people want to buy and taking things off their shelves is a clear indicator of something that isn’t selling anymore. Streaming is not going away. The quality of streaming is good enough for the vast majority of the public.
Honestly, most people can’t tell a difference. Heck, I know what I’m looking for and I can’t either half the time. Convenience over quality will win every time.
Back when we saw the death of the floppy disk, I knew optical media’s days were numbered. Twenty years ago we had no idea that everything was going to be “something as a service.” Enshitification hadn’t been invented yet.
CDs are still being produced despite most retailers dropping them or massively reducing stock. I’m hoping the same applies for blu-ray.
I want to own the media I pay for. If physical discs go away and there isn’t a DRM-free way to purchase it digitally (not a chance in hell of that happening), I will just pirate what I want to watch.
I buy music because DRM-free digital downloads are the norm.
I buy games because Steam is actually good and DRM-free options are available from Itch and GOG for those with no tolerance for DRM.
The TV and movie industry on the other hand feels like it’s actively trying to get rid of the only remaining way to own the media.
Also, I want to own the proper high quality version of my movies. There’s such a noticeable difference between 4K streaming quality and 4K disc quality… if they stop making discs, there isn’t any website where movies are sold at that uncompressed quality level digitally.
If you look at the sale numbers, the overwhelming majority of people aren’t buying disks for movies and games, and when people buy consoles with optional drives, they usually end up buying the cheaper digital only version.
I still buy DVD and Blu-rays. Because you have a physical backup, you can watch it without Internet, and they can’t change the media. Like removing scenes or episodes.
This is my biggest gripe. I have all of Mr. Show on DVD because it cant be taken away from me. Netflix deleted an episode of w/ Bob and David, so to watch the whole thing you have to pirate it. And the rub is they deleted it because David does blackface in one of the sketches where he’s trying to provoke cops at a traffic stop.
Scenes of him in the now deleted episode are in the final one because its a documentary of sorts, but that one is still up. So you see them talking about sketches that you have no reference for because Netflix deleted them.
Same thing happened to Community - they removed one of the best episodes because it has blackface, but the context of it is that an actual insane person is doing it and literally Every other character condemns it in no small way (not to mention that it’s not really blackface, because he’s supposed to be a dark troll) - but it still had to go apparently
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Seriously? Given how all the streaming services are getting more expensive, I was starting to wonder if buying some good series on Blu-ray would be the better option.
Your library may also provide them, if that’s what you’re thinking about.
The 17 year old technology of blu ray is apparently too new fangled for my library. Almost all of their collection, including new acquisitions, is the 27 year old format of DVD.
Almost all of my library’s collection is composed of the thousand year old format called books.
Buying series on a disc is crazy expensive. You’re better off subscribing to a streaming service and cancel when you’re done watching, even with the price increases.
But they’re still selling vinyl?
Because that actually sells.
Yeah, I haven’t met a single person that that has owned nor have never seen anyone buy bluerays in all the years that it has been available.
It really got a weird timeframe, when internet started to become fast and readily available everywhere, streaming services starting to exist, computers getting smaller and without optical drives… In the last 15 years or more I haven’t owned a computer with a reading optical drive.
People I know with playstations only use it to play mostly and the games are usually digital buys.
I only stream music while driving. I’ve got about 600 vinyl and 400 movies in the various disc formats. I’ve been buying more of them than ever, after watching streaming sites remove content.
Exactly. A lot of people in the thread seem to miss that point. Best Buy is a physical space with limited real estate. They carry things that people want to buy and taking things off their shelves is a clear indicator of something that isn’t selling anymore. Streaming is not going away. The quality of streaming is good enough for the vast majority of the public.
Honestly, most people can’t tell a difference. Heck, I know what I’m looking for and I can’t either half the time. Convenience over quality will win every time.
Back when we saw the death of the floppy disk, I knew optical media’s days were numbered. Twenty years ago we had no idea that everything was going to be “something as a service.” Enshitification hadn’t been invented yet.
CDs are still being produced despite most retailers dropping them or massively reducing stock. I’m hoping the same applies for blu-ray.
I want to own the media I pay for. If physical discs go away and there isn’t a DRM-free way to purchase it digitally (not a chance in hell of that happening), I will just pirate what I want to watch.
I buy music because DRM-free digital downloads are the norm.
I buy games because Steam is actually good and DRM-free options are available from Itch and GOG for those with no tolerance for DRM.
The TV and movie industry on the other hand feels like it’s actively trying to get rid of the only remaining way to own the media.
Also, I want to own the proper high quality version of my movies. There’s such a noticeable difference between 4K streaming quality and 4K disc quality… if they stop making discs, there isn’t any website where movies are sold at that uncompressed quality level digitally.
I’d rather watch an HD blu ray than one of these crappy 4K streams provided by Netflix.
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They are obsolete, so RIP. UHD Blu-ray is current so who cares about old media.
Thanks for taking away the last few remaining copies of my hopes and dreams away from me.
DVD sure, but why Bluray? They’re actually good…
If you look at the sale numbers, the overwhelming majority of people aren’t buying disks for movies and games, and when people buy consoles with optional drives, they usually end up buying the cheaper digital only version.
It’s a bummer, but the sales are what they are.
I still buy DVD and Blu-rays. Because you have a physical backup, you can watch it without Internet, and they can’t change the media. Like removing scenes or episodes.
This is my biggest gripe. I have all of Mr. Show on DVD because it cant be taken away from me. Netflix deleted an episode of w/ Bob and David, so to watch the whole thing you have to pirate it. And the rub is they deleted it because David does blackface in one of the sketches where he’s trying to provoke cops at a traffic stop.
Scenes of him in the now deleted episode are in the final one because its a documentary of sorts, but that one is still up. So you see them talking about sketches that you have no reference for because Netflix deleted them.
Same thing happened to Community - they removed one of the best episodes because it has blackface, but the context of it is that an actual insane person is doing it and literally Every other character condemns it in no small way (not to mention that it’s not really blackface, because he’s supposed to be a dark troll) - but it still had to go apparently
A dark elf (drow) actually, but I totally agree it’s the most ridiculous example of episode deletion.
Troll? Troll? Now who’s the racist.
I have an external ssd with all my movie, show, and book backups.
The media, sure. Firmware updates to remove the key to decrypt it? Possible
They didn’t clarify in the article, but I assume they mean they will still sell 4K UHD discs. Those often include a Blu-ray copy as well.
I hope they continue with 4ks.
I havnt bought a dvd or 1080p BluRay in a long time, but I’m still expanding my 4k collection
Same here
maybe you can read this article and try dvdshrink?