Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[unberechenbar]

I recently blind bought this. Has anyone seen it?

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

I recently blind bought this. Has anyone seen it?

I have not.

I think Hamilton Books was selling this title and a couple of other Western 4K discs for like $2.95 each. They also charge you sales tax and a flat $4 shipping fee.

[alchav21]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

You think that if Amazon removes a movie from your digital collection your ISP will provide support instead?

Come on Penguin we are talking about Servers, so I was talking about a Media Server for an Entire Collection!

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by alchav21

Now Disc has a few limitations first is having a good Player, because those Oppo's are getting Long in the Tooth. Then the Studios will start cutting back, because it won't be Cost Effective. The Average Cost of BD which includes 4K UHD is around $20, and you guys seem to buy 4K's averaging around $15. The Cost of making Discs according to some YouTubers, for BD 1.5 X DVD and 4K 6.5 X DVD. The Studios won't make their Break Even Point let alone a Profit, so Disc Production will be Cut!

Same BS that has been disproven time and time again. At this point almost any physical release generates more profit than 99% of streamers.

[stonesfan129]

Has anyone else noticed that Redbox is acquiring fewer releases on Blu-ray? I tried to get Lamborghini from there and they only have the DVD. I also looked for The Menu on there, but they don't even have it in their "Coming Soon" area. Is Redbox losing money to the point where they'll go broke soon? It's a good thing DVD Netflix is still available.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

Has anyone else noticed that Redbox is acquiring fewer releases on Blu-ray? I tried to get Lamborghini from there and they only have the DVD. I also looked for The Menu on there, but they don't even have it in their "Coming Soon" area. Is Redbox losing money to the point where they'll go broke soon? It's a good thing DVD Netflix is still available.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, owner of Crackle AVOD service, is scooping up DVD rental business Redbox in a $375 million deal. The all stock deal is comprised of $50 million in Chicken Soup for the Soul stock and the assumption of $321 million in Redbox's debt, according to Forbes.

[bhampton]

Give $50 million worth of stock to assume $321 Million in dept.

Seems reasonable.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Ender14

Same BS that has been disproven time and time again.

That one insist on making himself look like a and that is just .

There are at least four current models of UHD Blu-ray players based on the MediaTek SoC (like the Oppo). Reavon here and Magnetar here. I believe Sony has discontinued their UHD Blu-ray players but some may still be available and they were MediaTek based also.

If one is willing to take the risk there is AliExpress with some models here.

[lgans316]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Please try harder to get along with each other. All of this acrimony is enough to make a guy ill.

Thank you all for the kind thoughts. I'm doing all that I can.

Glad to hear from you. Wishing you the nothing but the very best.

I don't post here much but it's important that we stop this Physical Vs. Digital cat fights and enjoy whatever pleases us. There will always be 100s of other things to worry about in life. Both techs will co-exists at least for many more years to come and let's try to embrace, adapt and enjoy.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by lgans316

Glad to hear from you. Wishing you the nothing but the very best.

Don’t know how far back you read but Vilya has some very grave health issues and that makes us very .

I don't post here much but it's important that we stop this Physical Vs. Digital cat fights and enjoy whatever pleases us. There will always be 100s of other things to worry about in life. Both techs will co-exists at least for many more years to come and let's try to embrace, adapt and enjoy.

Would be nice if folks would do that but in my experience it never happens. Some of mine:

1" C vs. 1" B vs. 2" Quadraplex ● 16x9 vs. 4x3 ● 1920 x 1080 vs. 1280 x 720 ● ⅔" CCD vs. ½" CCD ● 8 Track vs. 4 Track ● 8VSB vs. COFDM ● Analog vs. Digital audio desk ● Avid vs. CMX ● Beta H-Fi vs. VHS Hi-Fi ● BetaCam vs. Type M ● Blu-ray vs. HD DVD ● CD vs. LP ● Dolby Digital vs. DTS ● DVD vs. DIVX DVD ● DVI/HDCP vs. DVI ● LaserDisc vs. CED ● LCoS/SXRD vs. DLP ● PCM 3324/3348 vs. Mitsubishi 32 ● Plumbicon vs. CCD ● Solid State vs. Tubes

In the US: I remember long after the FCC mandated 8VSB that some COFDM folks continued to constantly heckle those of us trying to help early adopters with their hardware, software and antennas. Here, it is very tame compared to what it was like on eTown in the days of DVD vs. DIVX DVD. Also quite heated in the days of Blu-ray vs. HD DVD at AVS. The same happened there as in, long after everyone got onboard with Blu-ray some continued to heckle us Blu-ray supporters. Have you ever watched this video? :

[Show spoiler]

The downfall of HD DVD - YouTube

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by lgans316

Glad to hear from you. Wishing you the nothing but the very best.

I don't post here much but it's important that we stop this Physical Vs. Digital cat fights and enjoy whatever pleases us. There will always be 100s of other things to worry about in life. Both techs will co-exists at least for many more years to come and let's try to embrace, adapt and enjoy.

I think you are missing the point of the thread somewhat.

[lgans316]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Don’t know how far back you read but Vilya has some very grave health issues and that makes us very .

Yes I do, I had acknowledged earlier by thanking but was just wishing him the best.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Give $50 million worth of stock to assume $321 Million in dept.

Seems reasonable.

Chicken Soup expects $40 million in synergies from the merger, and overall revenue from the combined companies to triple to $500 million annually. Chicken Soup will also add around 11,000 movies and TV series to a 40,000-title streaming catalog to drive through a bolstered 145 free ad-supported streaming TV platform.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu...ox-1235197034/

[bhampton]

Well Chicken Soup is good for the soul so good luck to them.

I haven't used Redbox in some time.

[Steedeel]

Watched Nope in 4K tonight. What a A/V feast! Stunning IMAX sequences and enveloping audio.

Really liked the film, 4/5 from me.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

I recently blind bought this. Has anyone seen it?

Have you watched Stagecoach yet? If so, thoughts?

Netflix by mail does not have it so would be a blind buy for me as well.

[alchav21]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

Has anyone else noticed that Redbox is acquiring fewer releases on Blu-ray? I tried to get Lamborghini from there and they only have the DVD. I also looked for The Menu on there, but they don't even have it in their "Coming Soon" area. Is Redbox losing money to the point where they'll go broke soon? It's a good thing DVD Netflix is still available.

Redbox Stock is selling for $1.65 a share, so it doesn't look good for the Company. Their Kiosk have shrunk, and no one seems to be buying. Disc Rentals are on the way out!

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Have you watched Stagecoach yet? If so, thoughts?

Netflix by mail does not have it so would be a blind buy for me as well.

Nope. Have a big backlog so it'll be a while before I get around to it. Will share my thoughts here when I do though.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by alchav21

Redbox Stock is selling for $1.65 a share, so it doesn't look good for the Company. Their Kiosk have shrunk, and no one seems to be buying. Disc Rentals are on the way out!

Meanwhile, studios are starting to admit that there doesn’t seem to be much profit in streaming.

I wouldn’t be so keen to celebrate the demise of disc rentals if I were you.

There were too many people drinking the kool aid with digital movies rather than making the most of discs superior quality.

[bhampton]

I have Disney+
I have purchased movies on iTunes
I have physical media.

Which of these do you think will last the longest ?

I used to think online movie services were a threat to physical media but subscription seems to be the significantly bigger fish and in my mind it's more of a threat to my cloud service collection (iTunes)

Online movie lockers are so irrelevant with the rise of subscription services. Most of my iTunes movies are available on a subscription service now and if they discontinued them it wouldn't really matter. iTunes still sells music too even though most people prefer a music subscription lately.

Only one of my kids is interested in inheriting the physical media collection and the iTunes movies have no survivorship benefits. My answer to this question would be I believe D+ will last longest because people pay for it by the minute and that's a very good business model.