L4sBotDisney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.
∟⊔⊤∦∣≶On one hand, I’m glad that less plastic is going to end up in landfill.
On the other, you’ll own nothing and be happy.
Maple EngineerI have downloaded every movie that I’ve paid for on every platform where I have paid for movies. If they suddenly decide that I can’t watch those movies any more I can say, “Fuck you, yes I can.”
Fuck yeah.
dopesharkTo the high seas!
TelodzrumIt sucks. Physical media has a higher bitrate than any streaming service ever conceived of. Streaming is great for random shit to watch, but it fails miserably when compared to video and audio playback from a high-quality physical media.
ManosTheHandsOfFateYeah from an audio/video quality standpoint we’ve taken a big step backwards with streaming. I’d rather watch an HD blu-ray movie than a 4K stream from Netflix or Max. With a semi decent multi-channel sound system the streaming offering is even more stark.
meseek #2982I don’t think your first statement is true anymore. Apple Music provides digital masters and full Atmos for streaming and downloads.
Their older songs are always re mastered or enhanced for the best quality imaginable. Sadly, Spotify doesn’t even come close, but streaming or downloading digital copies these days is quite good.
In fact, out of all the things, music is really easy to get these days compared to say 20 years ago when the RIAA and MPAA were waging war with the internet.
The news article talks about the discontinuation of video physocal releases, while you are correct in the sense that you can find high quality audio digitally, i am unaware of anything comparable for video.
You can always download the remux.
Name is OptionalOwn nothing produced by Disney, and be ecstatic…
As a counterargument to your landfill comment, if a movie is played like 5 times off of the same blu ray disc or streamed 5 times from the Disney+ servers which is more environmentally harmful?
It doesn’t take much energy to press a disc and once the disc is pressed, it could theoretically be viewed for at least several decades to hundred of years if stored correctly.
The threshold for one blu ray disc to be more environmentally friendly than a streaming movie is 4 views. Source: Ars Technica
