What Hi-Fi? ask "Why doesn't anyone make 4K Blu-ray players anymore?"

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Originally Posted by dcx4610

It's definitely concerning to me. If Panasonic pulls out, we are screwed. With PS5 and Xbox being 4K players, I think those are the mainstream options and will obviously give us a way to play our movies for the rest of our lives but if there aren't any players being made any more, will studios bother even releasing movies physically?

It would be like selling Laserdiscs and hoping that people that still have the players buy them.

My hope is that Panasonic sticks around and we have a few boutique manufacturers like Magnetar pop up to keep everything afloat.

My concern is the mainstream crowd. I really wish companies would promote the format and try to win over new consumers. That's the only way you are going to see a real boom.

That's the problem. Companies are only interested in pushing streaming. Hope i'm wrong but i with Disney pulling out of physical media in Australia, it's a matter of time before other studios follow their lead. i have a total of 3 4K players. 2 of them boxed up and ready to go if anything happens to my main player. That'd probably last me until until i'm gone.