Best Uses for the DVD Format Going Forward

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Originally Posted by d3nt0n

It's 2021, if you care even the smallest amount about physical media get a blu-ray player. There's no reason DVDs should be around. Everything being released should be on BD, there's no reason to exclusively release something on DVD nowadays.

While it may not make sense, I'd say the opposite is true. If you care about physical media leave DVD alone. DVD out sells blu-ray and UHD by a wide margin. The consumer masses has flocked to DVD for the cheaper price and benefits over VHS, while accepting it as good enough.

Trying to force consumers to blu-ray at this late date with streaming available could very likely kill physical media completely. Let the masses have their DVD's, while allowing profits from DVD sales to help fund blu-ray/UHD restorations. Killing DVD is not going to help blu-ray, but could easily hurt physical media as a whole, best to just let it be.

The idea of using blu-ray for SD content to cut down on the number of disks required (primarily for TV series) has been discussed since the beginning. The blu-ray spec discouraged this approach as being confusing to the consumer. It has never taken hold and I doubt ever will be considered seriously.