When will DVD production stop?

[homevideogeek]

Originally Posted by tducken

Interesting topic. I can't speak for everyone but there are only certain movies I care about having HD or better quality. Movies like Robocop, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Jurassic Park deserve to be watched in the highest resolution possible. However, a movie like Dumb and Dumber or Office Space doesn't really need to look stunning. As long as those kinds of films don't look like total garbage on my tv I'll buy whatever format is the cheapest.

On some movies, I actually kind of like it when they're not completely scrubbed of print damage. As someone who grew up basically in a movie theater and really does miss the days of film projection, I get nostalgic when there's some dust or slight (non-annoying) scratches on the source of a Blu-ray. I noticed this a bit recently with Kino Lorber's "Cabin Boy" re-issue. I like it when we can still see the organic nature of film. That's why I was particularly pleased to hear that the new 4K of the Little Mermaid has a slight grain field as opposed to all those tightly scrubbed and polished Disney animation releases that show no grain whatsoever (especially the modern post-CAPS era stuff). I've never seen it, but I hear the new Double Dragon Blu-ray even has some cue marks in it, and I'm the kind of guy who would buy it just for that!

I do appreciate a really good restoration and a sharp 4K on really big movies though. I had never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey before I picked up the 4K and I have to say I'm quite impressed.

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by Canada

Three simple words, Not soon enough well except for the movies where are is no Blu-ray available.

SD Blu-ray could in theory be the replacement for DVD but for some reason only a few companies are taking advantage of that.

Of course it is funny to have a topic like this when Samsung and Oppo already threw in the towel for Blu-ray.

[stratford]

The only reason DVD exists is because too many cheap asses buy it. If DVD movies stopped being sold more titles would exist on Blu because it was the base standard/ 'cheapest' packaged format on offer

[Petra_Kalbrain]

When will people stop wasting their money on DVD?

Once THAT question is answered, then you’ll have a much better idea of how to answer your own thread topic question.

[Slob]

I'm willing to bet that 95% of DVDs are out of production. All the dirt cheap DVDs we see on line and in the stores are left over stock. They pressed so many that it takes years to sell them all. Once they're gone that's it.
I find it hard to believe that studios are still pressing classic tv shows. If something new does get released, say another season of Gunsmoke, it's a one time pressing at significantly lower numbers that lasts a few years.
A more recent complete series box set is more likely a repackaging to unload existing discs than a new pressing.

New releases direct from theaters may be a single pressing. They do a one time run off of several million and that's it. If it's a franchise film, or something extraordinarily popular they may do a second pressing.
The recent OVERLORD release may already be OOP. They ran off a butt load of disc that will take years to sell.

[mrveggieman]

I will buy blu rays when they come in combo with a DVD, if they are on sale at the dollar store or somewhere else dirt cheap or if there is a movie with a lot of action/special effects that would look nice on blu ray. Other than that DVDs work just fine for me and I have NO desire whatsoever to upgrade any of my working DVDs to blu ray.

[thecooldud]

Originally Posted by Slob

I'm willing to bet that 95% of DVDs are out of production. All the dirt cheap DVDs we see on line and in the stores are left over stock. They pressed so many that it takes years to sell them all. Once they're gone that's it.
I find it hard to believe that studios are still pressing classic tv shows. If something new does get released, say another season of Gunsmoke, it's a one time pressing at significantly lower numbers that lasts a few years.
A more recent complete series box set is more likely a repackaging to unload existing discs than a new pressing.

New releases direct from theaters may be a single pressing. They do a one time run off of several million and that's it. If it's a franchise film, or something extraordinarily popular they may do a second pressing.
The recent OVERLORD release may already be OOP. They ran off a butt load of disc that will take years to sell.

lols Do trees talk to you in your world? Is the sky pink?

[yellowcakeuf6]

Originally Posted by Slob

I'm willing to bet that 95% of DVDs are out of production. All the dirt cheap DVDs we see on line and in the stores are left over stock. They pressed so many that it takes years to sell them all. Once they're gone that's it.
I find it hard to believe that studios are still pressing classic tv shows. If something new does get released, say another season of Gunsmoke, it's a one time pressing at significantly lower numbers that lasts a few years.
A more recent complete series box set is more likely a repackaging to unload existing discs than a new pressing.

New releases direct from theaters may be a single pressing. They do a one time run off of several million and that's it. If it's a franchise film, or something extraordinarily popular they may do a second pressing.
The recent OVERLORD release may already be OOP. They ran off a butt load of disc that will take years to sell.

Many of these catalog DVDs out there are now in extremely cheap cases, and much flimsier than the earlier pressings, and I'm not talking about highly popular movies. I have DVD cases from the '90s that look like luxury items by comparison.

[Crow]

Not anytime soon.

[painiac]

the fact that personal computers don't have native blu-ray support, i think, is a big issue.

i watch almost everything on my big monitor, and i've had to buy external BD drives and third party software to make it work. DVDs are a lot easier for people, since they can be read and played easily and for free

[Midnight Rambler]

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Of course it is funny to have a topic like this when Samsung and Oppo already threw in the towel for Blu-ray.

Just as an example, Amazon lists Blu-ray players from 30+ manufacturers, not counting Samsung and Oppo.

[x7q3]

It is hard to imagine DVD production stopping. I have DVD's that are probably over 20 years old.

One thing you have to remember is, with no Internet, there is no steam. You need an Internet connection to stream. The faster, the better.

DVD doesn't require Internet. It is a disc you play anytime you want.

Whenever you buy something digitally, it doesn't feel like you own it. It only feels like you own it, when you have the physical product. Sad, but true.

[Steedeel]

April 2024

[Slob]

Originally Posted by yellowcakeuf6

Many of these catalog DVDs out there are now in extremely cheap cases, and much flimsier than the earlier pressings, and I'm not talking about highly popular movies. I have DVD cases from the '90s that look like luxury items by comparison.

Does pressing and packaging take place at same time? A single process? Or could the discs be pressed and packaged as needed.

[yellowcakeuf6]

Originally Posted by Slob

Does pressing and packaging take place at same time? A single process? Or could the discs be pressed and packaged as needed.

Generally speaking I'm not sure , but the point is that there are many movies that have been out on DVD since the early days of the format that have gone through various repackaging, without a remaster.

[Slob]

Originally Posted by yellowcakeuf6

Generally speaking I'm not sure , but the point is that there are many movies that have been out on DVD since the early days of the format that have gone through various repackaging, without a remaster.

Agree. What I'm getting at is:
Mannix season 1 released 2008
Mannix complete series released 2017
The season one discs are identical in every way in both cases. Is it possible they were all pressed in 2008 and none have been pressed since? Would that mean it is out of production, though readily available, since none have been pressed in 10 years?

To put it another way. If a title is released with a limit of 3000 copies. All pressed at once. Is it immediately OOP when released because it is no longer being made, even though they take years to sell?

Or is OOP being defined as when stock runs out and no longer readily available as opposed to produced.

[homevideogeek]

Originally Posted by Slob

I'm willing to bet that 95% of DVDs are out of production. All the dirt cheap DVDs we see on line and in the stores are left over stock. They pressed so many that it takes years to sell them all. Once they're gone that's it.
I find it hard to believe that studios are still pressing classic tv shows. If something new does get released, say another season of Gunsmoke, it's a one time pressing at significantly lower numbers that lasts a few years.
A more recent complete series box set is more likely a repackaging to unload existing discs than a new pressing.

New releases direct from theaters may be a single pressing. They do a one time run off of several million and that's it. If it's a franchise film, or something extraordinarily popular they may do a second pressing.
The recent OVERLORD release may already be OOP. They ran off a butt load of disc that will take years to sell.

I still can't believe that I still see DVDs that came out at the dawn of the DVD era on store shelves today. I still see a lot of copies of Apollo 13 at my local Targets, meanwhile I had to special order the 20th Anniversary Blu-ray from them and the 4K is nowhere in sight. Walmarts and Best Buys also seem to be bringing back in a lot of the old Disney DVDs with non-anamorphic transfers, and not in bargain bins - right on the shelf next to new 4K's and Blu-rays. These are the kinds of things that should get dumped into Dollar Tree. Maybe someone at Disney is refusing to release their older catalog on Blu-ray until the old DVDs run out (which will be never).

[Waboman]

August 29, 2019. The DVD pressing plant becomes self-aware at 02:14 am Eastern Time and launches nuclear missiles at Russia to incite a counterattack against the humans who, in a panic, tried to disconnect it.

[DetroitSportsFan]

A few days ago at Meijer (a midwest chain similar to Walmart) I witnessed a couple in their 50s looking for a copy of Bohemian Rhapsody (they asked the clerk where it was). There were all 3 versions sitting there - DVD, BD, and UHD. The guy grabbed the DVD and put it in their cart. And that DVD was $22.99. For a DVD. In 2019.

DVD isn’t going anywhere.

[Nailwraps]

Exactly. When will DVD production stop? Never!