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And early seasons of TV shows on DVD were frequently $100-150 per season. Honestly, I have more discs than I'll likely ever watch in my lifetime, and really don't have room for a lot more at the moment, so a slow down in physical releases isn't totally bad, IMO.

I think my Walmart now has roughly equal shelf space for DVD's and vinyl records. And much of the DVD shelving that remains is bare.

I think they're headed in that direction, mostly using some stores as fulfillment centers for online orders. As discussed, it's not really a place to go and just browse any more.

When in college in New Jersey in the early 1990's, I used to frequent the malls for Sam Goody, Musicland, Wall to Wall Sound + Video, Alwilk Records, Waldenbooks, Borders, Record Town, Coconuts, Saturday Matinee. All gone. :(

Yep, I used to frequently visit the mall to browse book stores and music/movie stores. Once those disappeared, I stopped going to the mall. Haven't been in a mall in forever. Now with the disappearance of media at Best Buy, I hardly ever go there, either. It's become a place where there's no...

My Walmart has cut their movie section in half in the past week. They didn't have a lot to begin with in this store, about 4/5 of one side of one aisle, plus a couple end caps and dump bins. Today half the aisle space has disappeared, and I only saw one of the two dump bins. Basically just a...

It may depend on the make/model. I've been looking at hew Hondas for a few months, and they don't seem to have a CD player (at least the 2019 CR-V's).

At this point, TV manufacturers may as well just drop all the 4K features, as most people are not using it if they're watching SD streaming/cable or DVD's.

Yes, early DVD sets like The X-Files and Star Trek: TNG were very expensive. I recall when the season sets at Costco for $90-100 were considered a good deal.

That's because the studios keep producing DVD's, which are usually $5 or so cheaper than the blu-ray. They should have phased out DVD's altogether if they wanted more market penetration of blu-ray. For most non HT people, DVD is "good enough" so why spend the extra money if there's a cheaper option?

Yeah, I don't think enough people care about bonus features for it to sway them. I usually watch the deleted scenes when they're included on discs, but I can live without them if it means yet another streaming subscription.

I love physical media, but it's probably indicative of something that this is the first Christmas in probably 20+ years that I didn't ask for or receive any movies/TV or music on physical media.

I'd agree that there are few albums where every song is excellent, but it's been my experience over the years that there are often songs on the album that are better than the singles doled out to radio by the labels. Many artists' biggest hits are seldom their best songs, IMO. Still, with...

I also think today's audiences care less about artists than about songs. They may like a song by an artist, but they don't necessarily want to buy an entire album of songs by that same artist. And another percentage of those that might buy one album may not necessarily buy a follow-up album...

Noticed yesterday my Walmart has recently shrunk the CD section by 1/3.

Yes, plus there are still some music and movie titles that are released in other countries that are not available in the US in any format, physical or streaming, so the only option is to import a physical copy.

I was in a Newbury Comics store yesterday (regional New England chain) and they have more floor space dedicated to vinyl than CDs/Movies combined (though the bulk of the store is still mostly novelty "Spencer Gifts" type stuff, which is where FYE has been headed).