MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes will also be abandoned.
This is truly disappointing. The end of a physical media era and nothing on the horizon to replace it.
But this move to streaming libraries, where there is no ownership and the movies and shows you watch could simply disappear without warning, reminds us how fleeting life can be.
No, it reminds me our corporate overlords will continue to take away things that don’t make them a continuous stream of free money.
Even regular Blu-Rays are better quality than streaming.
4K-blurays are the definitive way to see movies at home.
Are they that much better?
I find the easiest way to spot the quality difference is a dark scene. On streaming look at the dark areas. You’ll likely see bands and patches of different levels of black if you pay attention.
If I have to pay extra attention to a specific part of the screen during a specific part of a show just to notice the difference, is it really that big of a difference?
I did a really quick search and a mechanical hard drive costs around 1$ for 50gb of storage while a blank Blu-ray was closer to 1$ for 25gb of storage. That would suggest a drive is more effective at storing data from a cost perspective, so there just needs to be a service that sells movies in a digital format.
It’s what happened with music eventually, but so far I have not seen that with mainstream video releases, only some independent things
No it didn’t. I don’t know if a single vendor aside from Bandcamp that will sell you the actual files, and let’s be honest their catalogue is pathetic.
