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.
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.
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.