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Same here - I've purchased many WA, Shout!, and Kino titles from Target online, especially during sales. Only select Kino titles are left these days. The WA and Shout! titles have all disappeared in the past 6 months or so. The last time I was in a Target the media in stock was mostly new(er)...

Greed on the part of the studios.

I've seen that kind of multiple places/slots on a rack at many stores. Normally the titles getting that treatment are new, high profile, titles that are typically expected to sell lots and lots of copies or larger box sets where there's only room for a few in a slot.

I don't think it would help Disney executives. They've been clueless since home ownership of media began, frequently showing a huge disconnect between what's offered on physical media and what consumers really want.

That article just echoes what many of us who prefer physical over digital have been saying since digital "ownership" began. It also says: That ignores the simple fact that most consumers just *don't care* about the advantages of physical. Josh has said this many, many, times in this, and...

It's the same news and trend that it's been for several years. It's not hard to see, especially if you look at "media departments" in most stores. Almost without exception they are shrinking and at 50% or less (usually less) in size than just 5 years ago. You also see the trend in fewer...

Yeah... good luck with mandating that. CBS puts a "may be edited" discaimer on just about all of their releases, edited or not, to cover their ass if something comes up edited. It reduces complaints (although it also raises lots of questions about their releases). Like Jr, I go in expecting...

No. It's a courtesy. It also helps reduce complaints after the fact if it's edited and not disclosed.

And it's a uninformed knee-jerk reaction to a non-event as it's only a temporary pull while they prep a pre-movie disclaimer/lecture on the film's depiction of certain events and characters.

They have more room now that they've sold out of toilet paper...

I posted this in the "What's the last TVonDVD/BR you purchased?" thread but it applies here too: This morning I ran by the largest WM we have (2 normal and 2 grocery only) to pick up a few things. When there I *always* check out the DVD/BR selections. Today I found there were *no* TVonDVD...

Like broadcast TV, streaming services are all about people just looking for something, anything, to watch and kill some time. They're essentially the same thing. I dumped broadcast for the same reason I don't bother with streaming services. Basically that I grew tired of "stumble upon" TV...

What I got from the article, and why I prefer physical, is that it's all about ease of access, quality, and availability. Availability being perhaps the largest factor. I know that every time I visit my son and look on Netflix for something to watch I usually settle for a lesser choice as they...

And the "apparent" size of that tiny phone screen may actually be larger than the TV in the living room/den. Hold your phone at the distance you would normally use it to view a video. Keep the distance from your eyes consistent as you tilt up to align it with your TV. Unless you have a larger...

The "8 Track" player began life in 1953 as a broadcast system to easily play commercials. It was called "Fidelipak": The hole in the bottom left is where the pinch roller flips up from the player and presses the tape against a capstan to pull it across the heads. The tape pulls from the...

In 1956 Chrysler offered one as an option: 1960 Dodge Polara with RCA record player: A 1960s era slot loading car record player - aftermarket. Plays 45s. Chrysler even tried a trunk mounted changer in the early 60s. And Peter beat me to posting that Laurel and Hardy bit...

I was mostly referencing that article and it's last paragraph about GOT's highly compressed episode... to quote you from another thread somewhat clarifies what I was saying... Most people just don't care. Their phone is "good enough." The way the TV comes out of the box set up is "good...

And most people just don't care about quality or lack there of. They're quite happy with those compressed images. It goes back to the multitudes who just don't see a difference between DVD and BR. It's "good enough."

Ahhh... the Dust Bug. I'd forgotten about those.

Yep - ZeroStat. I have one of those. Also a Discwasher stylus cleaner. Playing an LP was a ritual. Hit the anti-static mat with the Zerostat, clean the stylus, carefully remove the album from the sleeve, place it on the mat, hit the album twice with the Zerostat, turn on the turntable...

I've purchased a few used discs that had scratches I failed to notice until it was too late to do a return. They'd play but skip. When I ripped my collection I decided to try the toothpaste bit to get a good copy. Things I've purchased new still look new - other than a few that got scratched...

Isopropyl alcohol - 75% or higher. Works great and doesn't damage a playing surface. I've used De-Solv-It (kind of like Goo-Gone) on DVDs with no ill effects. Normally to remove that "cloudy" film that gets on some discs. As long as it's on the surface it'll take it off. I've also used it...

You can purchase "consumer" devices for under $50 that will do that. I've considered purchasing a SkipDr but don't get that many damaged discs...

Or from a scratched label side - most people aren't aware the label side of a CD is far more fragile than the "shiny" side. I see them constantly flipped on the label side on a table and cringe as that disc won't be playable very long. It's a much different story on DVD/BR as the silkscreen...

That very thing was what prompted me to finally rip my collection to FLAC. I "needed" them for the car (I absolutely do not like being stuck with just the radio and found Sirius XM to be even worse). Of course I discover the player, while it will play FLAC, doesn't have a clue how to handle...

My decision to not transfer my vinyl collection was similar. Add to your reason that I didn't want all the surface noise transferred as well. My car still had a tape player so the vinyl to tape transfers I'd made for it were good enough. Flash forward and there are still 4 or 5 albums (and a...

I've had more failures with CDR and CDRW discs than anything else. Sometimes failing after less than a year. I used to back up everything on those discs until the failure rate hit ~50%. At that point I just purchased more drives and used them. Those failures are a major reason I don't trust...

Multiple backups... when I finally ripped my huge CD collection, due to getting a car with no CD player, I backed up the files on 3 different drives and have thought about several flash drives as well (it's ~350GB of FLAC files). Surprisingly, I had only 3 or 4 discs out of over 1400 that gave...

FWIW - my first player was given to me by a friend. I had a CRT with composite inputs but not HDMI. He purchased a new player and game me his old one which had those composite outputs I needed. By that time the manufacturers no longer made BR players with composite outputs so it was get an...

Exactly. The people who thought it'd be "neat" to own a few movies realized they rarely, if ever, rewatched them (unless it was one of the kid's movies and those would be regularly destroyed by the kids who, much like their parents, often have little concept of proper care) and discovered...