Why didn't Disney fully embrace Blu-ray?

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Disney put almost everything out on DVD. Why did they skip Blu-ray for many of their live-action films and shorts?

[captveg]

Because the market for catalog became niche. What use to sell in the 50,000+ copies range in 2004 on DVD now sold in the 500 copies or less range in 2010 on BD.

[bigshot]

I think they have their eye on a streaming channel. They want to rent it to you, not sell it outright.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by captveg

Because the market for catalog became niche. What use to sell in the 50,000+ copies range in 2004 on DVD now sold in the 500 copies or less range in 2010 on BD.

Perhaps for some of their films; however, I don't think that holds true in all situations. I suspect they could make a killing selling their overpackaged and overpriced Treasures sets.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Perhaps for some of their films; however, I don't think that holds true in all situations. I suspect they could make a killing selling their overpackaged and overpriced Treasures sets.

They might sell a whole 3,000 of them!

(in 3 or 4 years give or take)

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by bigshot

I think they have their eye on a streaming channel. They want to rent it to you, not sell it outright.

Movies Anywhere

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Ruined

Movies Anywhere

Think.Bigger.

Disney is creating their own Netflix platform next year. Expect tons of original content, and a deep streaming catalog to entice people to join.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Think.Bigger.

Disney is creating their own Netflix platform next year. Expect tons of original content, and a deep streaming catalog to entice people to join.

Sure, I heard about that as well.

But I think Movies Anywhere is their play for the "own" market i.e. Blu-ray - which is why they never joined UltraViolet.

[nando820]

cause they suck

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[MassiveMovieBuff]

This one is a real head scratcher since Disney was one of the companies that was for blu ray during the format war between blu ray and HD DVD. I have no idea what their deal has been all this time since blu ray has been around but now, very sadly, I think it's because of that evil word that I absolutely despise that is STREAMING!

[Cards_Fan_15]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Disney put almost everything out on DVD. Why did they skip Blu-ray for many of their live-action films and shorts?

I feel like Disney embraced Blu-ray just as much (if not more) as the other big studios (WB, Universal, Fox, etc.). There are still a lot of catalog titles from each studio that have not seen the light of day on Blu-ray.

[meremortal]

They're doing a decent job lately with getting more live action catalog titles out on blu. It seems that they want more control in their hands, ie DMC exclusives or their own streaming network. Many of the DMC exclusive blus are also bare bones while the dvds were loaded with special features.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Seems like a lot of catalog titles are hitting DMC, probably as an incentive to have people sign up for it.

[shinobipopcorn]

They probably wanted to wait and see if people really embraced blu-ray (or more likely high definition) before jumping in whole hog. BD is not like DVD. DVD was a revolution; it was cheap, players didn't eat them, you didn't have to rewind, and it had a lot of advantages over laserdisc and CED (remember them?). BD is just DVD but SHINIER! WOW!

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Disney put almost everything out on DVD. Why did they skip Blu-ray for many of their live-action films and shorts?

Disney has supposedly scanned everything they've made in at 4K and is in their vaults, that's coming from sources we interviewed when working on a Walt Disney project a couple of years ago. They will be available on Disney's streaming channel, which like it or not is the future.

[Axl Rose]

Originally Posted by shinobipopcorn

They probably wanted to wait and see if people really embraced blu-ray (or more likely high definition) before jumping in whole hog. BD is not like DVD. DVD was a revolution; it was cheap, players didn't eat them, you didn't have to rewind, and it had a lot of advantages over laserdisc and CED (remember them?). BD is just DVD but SHINIER! WOW!

Yeah my parents think a DVD looks fine on their 55'' TV and they aren't alone in thinking that in this crazy world.

[imsounoriginal]

Disney wants people streaming. It's that simple. Look at the cover of The Last Jedi. They're literally telling you to watch the movie ANY OTHER WAY except via the disc you hold in your hand.

[Cards_Fan_15]

Originally Posted by Axl Rose

Yeah my parents think a DVD looks fine on their 55'' TV and they aren't alone in thinking that in this crazy world.

Hahaha. That's my folks too. That was always the main hurdle for Blu-ray. The casual audience that doesn't know and understand the difference.

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Disney has supposedly scanned everything they've made in at 4K and is in their vaults, that's coming from sources we interviewed when working on a Walt Disney project a couple of years ago. They will be available on Disney's streaming channel, which like it or not is the future.

So they're sitting on a scan of The Color of Money that isn't a disgrace like the one they released a few years ago on blu-ray?

[MarioG280]

I haven't done a widespread survey or anything, but to the older movie collectors in my family (50 and over) it seems to them a disc is a disc essentially. My family all collected movies on VHS, Disney especially, and when DVD came out, they all jumped on replacing them with their DVD counterpart. With blu-ray, the younger members bought new releases in blu once the equipment became reasonable, but replaced few if any DVDs. The older members still have never bought a blu-ray player. With younger generation scewing to streaming it makes sense to me why we see less and less catalog titles released.