Looks like Physical Movie Rental are almost gone

[navychop]

Inn other news, the 7-11 chain is changing it’s name to 11-7.

 

[dishdude]

Renting them wasn't bad, it was the returning that sucked!

 

[Bruce]

Another step towards the end of physical media-

that Sony will “gradually cease production of optical disc storage media products, including Blu-ray discs.”

Sony cuts 250 jobs at optical media plant — recordable disc production to be phased out, says report

Pressed disc production doesn't seem to be targeted by the cuts.

www.tomshardware.com

I still buy 4K Discs, but unfortunately, I give the format about 5 years of life left, by then, everyone will be able to stream thanks to new options, like Amazon’s Satellite Broadband for one example.

 

[dishdude]

Another step towards the end of physical media-

that Sony will “gradually cease production of optical disc storage media products, including Blu-ray discs.”

Sony cuts 250 jobs at optical media plant — recordable disc production to be phased out, says report

Pressed disc production doesn't seem to be targeted by the cuts.

www.tomshardware.com

I still buy 4K Discs, but unfortunately, I give the format about 5 years of life left, by then, everyone will be able to stream thanks to new options, like Amazon’s Satellite Broadband for one example.

I never got into buying physical media, it always seemed like a waste of money. Never bought a VHS movie or DVD, but did buy some music CDs and always felt like I was ripped off and never got my money's worth for at least half of what I bought. I sold my CD collection off in 2002 when used CD stores were still buying them and never looked back. I still own like 6 CDs and the only way I have to play them is an external DVD drive I'd need to plug into a computer. Green Day Dookie is one of them, my first CD I ever bought.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I also sold off or gave away all my physical media. The stuff I cared about is stored in legit cloud services. It makes me nervous not having physical copies of everything, but I figure if the cloud infrastructure blows up for some reason, we will have bigger worries than not having access to movies and music.

 

[FTA4PA]

I also sold off or gave away all my physical media. The stuff I cared about is stored in legit cloud services. It makes me nervous not having physical copies of everything, but I figure if the cloud infrastructure blows up for some reason, we will have bigger worries than not having access to movies and music.

We still have ours!

Who here streams a lot but still prefers physical media?

Do you still have a functioning Beta or VHS player? I know you aren't talking to me, but I have a DVD/VHS recorder and a Laserdisc player.

www.satelliteguys.us

 

[ncted]

I still buy physical disks since I've been burned by losing access to stuff I bought on iTunes and Amazon Video back in the day. More and more stuff I have to buy the UK or Australia import because it isn't available here any more. Meanwhile researchers have developed a 200TB optical disk: Researchers demonstrate 3D nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity

 

[MikeD-C05]

I never got into buying physical media, it always seemed like a waste of money. Never bought a VHS movie or DVD, but did buy some music CDs and always felt like I was ripped off and never got my money's worth for at least half of what I bought. I sold my CD collection off in 2002 when used CD stores were still buying them and never looked back. I still own like 6 CDs and the only way I have to play them is an external DVD drive I'd need to plug into a computer. Green Day Dookie is one of them, my first CD I ever bought.

Unfortunately I have DVD collection going back to the 90s sitting in my office and I bought a few Blu Rays but found them too high to pay for. My old Blu Ray player had to be replaced last year. Some of my favorite movies are on dvds.

I just threw out my old Cassette music tape collection from the 80s and 90s from when I was in my 20s and early 30s. The old cassette player radio boom box died and I threw it out too. I gave up my music albums that I had from the 70s and early 80s too. I also have a lot of CDs sitting in a cabinet in the bedroom that I haven't listened to since 2017. I probably should eliminate them too. I hate that I spent all that money on technology that is no longer usable.

 

[klang]

I still buy a few Blu-rays. Got rid of albums and CD over 10 years ago.

I believe Blu-ray will still be around for quite a while.