With each outing to a Best Buy, Frys Electronics, or a Target. I see less and less space dedicated to physical media. Rumor has it Best Buy may be dropping all physical media with exception of games after this holiday season.
A lot of this has to do with streaming services and I love streaming myself, but this trend is leading to the death of physical media as we know it.
Alot of these people are complacent or simply just don't want to spend the money on physical media. Others have a misinformed belief that DVD is the best any film can look made before 2000.
If you have that misinformed belief maybe a few things are leading to that belief. The most obvious one is a bad at home theater setup.
The right setup you can have a film experience honestly better than anything you can experience at 90 percent of the theaters. Few excecptions films that are better with a crowd and IMAX.
For BluRay to get the full benefit that means you need a TV at least 42" or bigger along with a player that can perform. That leads to the question do you have a setup that can perform and deliver?
I do at home I have a Samsung 4KSUHD 65" TV at home that was the best when it came out a few years back along with an Oppo UDP 203 the best 4K player on the market. Not a cheap setup by any means, but a setup the delivers a superior performance.
I am what you call a videophile freak obsessed with video quality. In the world of cinema there are plenty of us. That means we are willing to pay for the best experience possible.
Come over to my house and watch Blade Runner 2049 and 2001: A Space Odyssey you will wonder what you are missing. Yeah a setup can mean that difference.
With that setup you can see the glorious or not so glorious difference between thw media options.
1. VHS and Laserdisc - Are you living in the stone ages still.
2. DVD an acceptable media that leaves alot to be desired on 4K. Sometimes looks like a movie Ted Turner had colored in the 80s and 90s
3. Streaming even in 4K looks a few steps above DVD, but you run into issues with with things that can interfere with the ability to stream. Honestly any film on BluRay with any proper restoration and transfer beats the quality of streaming.
4. BluRay a great format for most movies made before CGI. Delivers a superior picture and can be jaw dropping at times with the right setup. In most instances the majority of your films made wont look much better than this.
5. 4K BluRay A format meant for films shot in 70mm, filled with deep rich colors, CGI's dream, and animated films of all types best friend
So why accept an inferior product and cause the demand for a superior product to go away? Are we really coming to the end of physical media for films?
In the short answer yes as we know it, but do not fear as long as their is a demand for a film there is a market for physical media. It just means small physical media label companies will license, restore, scan, and release the film.
What this actually means under the upcoming model most films will get new found loved and presented the way they should look and be. That also means alot of limited releases anywhere from a 1000 discs to around 5000 on a more popular film.
Fun world of film we live in
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