The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray Players

[StarFuryG7]

The optical disc onslaught continues, with LG quitting Blu-ray Players

[HDTV1080P]

Now LG OLED owners can either buy a 720 x 480i LG DVD player that appears to still being made for around $32, or they can get a 3840 x 2160P Panasonic 4K Blu-ray player for around $177 that plays all video discs. Or they can stream at low bit rate 4K with lossy audio.

I think many people will stream since its built into the TV, but videophiles and audiophiles will get a Sony or Panasonic 4K Blu-ray player.

[StarFuryG7]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

Now LG OLED owners can either buy a 720 x 480i LG DVD player that appears to still being made for around $32, or they can get a 3840 x 2160P Panasonic 4K Blu-ray player for around $177 that plays all video discs. Or they can stream at low bit rate 4K with lossy audio.

I think many people will stream since its built into the TV, but videophiles and audiophiles will get a Sony or Panasonic 4K Blu-ray player.

For as long as they're still on the market. :/

This is baloney. People can't keep buying disc media if they can't purchase new players. It's literally shutting the market down by attrition.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by StarFuryG7

It's literally shutting the market down by attrition.

If it happens, it happens. Nothing lasts forever. There are more important things to be concerned with.

[Jodi]

Hmmmm....might be thinking of picking up a couple more Reavon X110's....I already own an X110 and a Panny 9000 mkII.

[Cortiz]

Funny thing is that as technology advances, it's "suppose" to get better and more sophisticated right? Well, they are killing physical media in favor of a inferior format called "streaming". Hell, you don't even have full ownership of the content you purchase either. If for whatever reason you don't have internet access or don't have a good service because the internet company is crap, you're out of luck. I can go on and on with reasons why streaming sucks. The only good thing about it is convenient.

[mdhaus]

Originally Posted by StarFuryG7

For as long as they're still on the market. :/

This is baloney. People can't keep buying disc media if they can't purchase new players. It's literally shutting the market down by attrition.

Do you honestly think that NO company would figure out that they could have an entire market to themselves by simply manufacturing disc players?

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by mdhaus

Do you honestly think that NO company would figure out that they could have an entire market to themselves by simply manufacturing disc players?

LG had the 3D TV market all to themselves, and their sets were also the best at it, yet they dropped support back in 2017, after promising they would continue support.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by mar3o

LG had the 3D TV market all to themselves, and their sets were also the best at it, yet they dropped support back in 2017, after promising they would continue support.

Since 2016 and 2017 in some cases, 3D is now only found on select LCOS and DLP projectors. DLP is King of 3D quality. But yes I am sorry to see companies stop making 3D Smart TV's.

[mdhaus]

Originally Posted by mar3o

LG had the 3D TV market all to themselves, and their sets were also the best at it, yet they dropped support back in 2017, after promising they would continue support.

3D TV is not remotely the same as Blu-ray disc support. Blu-ray is 100% a successful format, with new releases dropping every week thanks to a combination of studio and boutique efforts. 3D content was in short supply from the very beginning.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by StarFuryG7

This is baloney. People can't keep buying disc media if they can't purchase new players.

lol that is what I am doing wrong I keep on forgetting to buy a new player every time I buy a film,, I just keep on using the same old player.

[Vilya]

This is the third thread on this topic now. I hope that we get more so that I can knit a holiday sweater out of them.

First one:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=381301

One for the blu-ray player section:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=381352

[Telemachus]

How will we survive

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

How will we survive

Shadow puppetry displayed upon our cave walls.

[HeavyHitter]

Form the article...

FlatpanelsHD spoke with LG Korea, which reportedly didn’t commit to a permanent exit from Blu-ray players. But for the foreseeable future, the company won’t be selling a type of device that it hasn’t updated in almost seven years.

Hm, okay.

Other tech companies have also shown reduced interest in the Blu-ray business. Panasonic, Sony, and Oppo also haven’t released a Blu-ray player since 2018.

I guess they never got the memo Oppo went out of business? Or about Magentar making them?

[mar3o]

I despise Arstechnica's headlines and "journalism", They've always hated on physical media formats (3D, UHD/HDR). Their ignorance of HDR is astonishing.

[andreasy969]

If the quality of the LG players was as good as the quality of LG's PC drives, I think that's no loss. My second LG drive died re. BDs (which includes UH-BDs) two days ago. Fails to load BDs. And the exact same thing happened with my first LG UHD-BD drive. The second one I wrecked myself via a CD with a crack, which literally exploded within the drive, and I can't blame LG.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by andreasy969

If the quality of the LG players was as good as the quality of LG's PC drives, I think that's no loss. My second LG drive died re. BDs (which includes UH-BDs) two days ago. Fails to load BDs. And the exact same thing happened with my first LG UHD-BD drive. The second one I wrecked myself via a CD with a crack, which literally exploded within the drive, and I can't blame LG.

I and my family members have owned several Pioneer 4K BD-ROM drives for several years. I think around the year 2017, and so far all of them work perfectly fine in terms of reading and writing optical media. Of course, the ability to legally playback a native 4K Blu-ray discs from a PC was disabled with the latest version of PowerDVD 23 Ultra, and one can no longer do Blu-ray 3D from a PC (but that is not a Pioneer issue but instead a problem with the BDA not working with PC software and hardware companies to offer secure 4K Blu-ray disc playback options, and not offering a Blu-ray 3D option from a PC that use to exist many years ago). But 2K Blu-ray disc playback is flawless as long as the disc is not badly scratched or damaged.

Pioneer makes high quality 4K BD-ROM drives and 2K BD-ROM drives for desktop and Laptop/Notebook computers with both internal and external drive options.

https://usa.pioneer/collections/optical-drives

[andreasy969]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

I and my family members have owned several Pioneer 4K BD-ROM drives for several years. I think around the year 2017, and so far all of them work perfectly fine in terms of reading and writing optical media. Of course, the ability to legally playback a native 4K Blu-ray discs from a PC was disabled with the latest version of PowerDVD 23 Ultra, and one can no longer do Blu-ray 3D from a PC (but that is not a Pioneer issue but instead a problem with the BDA not working with PC software and hardware companies to offer secure 4K Blu-ray disc playback options, and not offering a Blu-ray 3D option from a PC that use to exist many years ago). But 2K Blu-ray disc playback is flawless as long as the disc is not badly scratched or damaged.

Pioneer makes high quality 4K BD-ROM drives and 2K BD-ROM drives for desktop and Laptop/Notebook computers with both internal and external drive options.

https://usa.pioneer/collections/optical-drives

Pioneer drives won't work with UHD-BDs anymore AFAIK (not the way I'd need them to that is), so not an option, but I stopped buying LG. I am on my fourth 4k drive now and two died on me for what I consider to be poor quality. I always have a few spares lying around, but not LG anymore. Whether the alternative is better remains to be seen.

Other than that, reading the discs via the official way on the PC is a joke IMO and the companies can kiss my ass.

[Anthony P]

Oh no how will I survive, I might not be able to buy a LG player in a few years

OK granted I have never owned a LG player and never planed to buy one but somehow I have to pretend the sky is falling.