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  1. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    It's way past time someone held companies like this accountable for deceptive advertising practices. This isn't a sale, just a very long rental. That's not a surprise when in-person stores only offer the most basic selections. I used to go to Best Buy at least three times a month in the 2000s...
  2. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    I agree that streaming HD is not as good as disc HD, but it's better than DVD.
  3. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    How many of those box sets were actually complete? Many of them were missing scenes and music. I imagine lots of people got tired of paying premium prices for sets that were not 100% complete or were poorly mastered/unrestored. Ratings then don't mean anything regarding DVD sales now. I don't...
  4. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    What do they stream them from if not discs? Hard drives?
  5. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    That must be partly why they invented cassette tapes and 8-tracks in the first place: they were easier to play in cars.
  6. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    For the majority of the history of cars, they didn't have CD players. One can only imagine trying to play an Edison Victrola inside a moving Ford Model T.
  7. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    Some shows shot on tape I'd settle for DVDs of just to have them finished. But after Fraggle Rock and Monty Python's Flying Circus, I say that if you can get higher resolution, then do it.
  8. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    If physical media were truly dying, would they go to the trouble to introduce yet another new format that puts movie theater-quality picture in sound in the palm of your hand? It is FUD, pure and simple.
  9. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    • Not being at the mercy of the phone company to get the same resolution for the whole movie is superior, and so is not going from 1080p to 480p or less at the blink of an eye. • Not having your ability to watch the movie taken away when the studio license runs out is superior. • Not having the...
  10. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    I still miss Tower Records. I went to the ones in New York, LA, and Nashville, and I still don't remember seeing any other national store with a better laserdisc selection in the pre-DVD days.
  11. MatthewA

    Physical Media might not be dead, but Physical Media in Retail Stores are accelerating the death

    Market Street on San Francisco used to have a used record store that also sold videotapes, laserdiscs, and DVD. It's gone, along with the bookstore. Haight-Ashbury and the area thereabout still has a few places left. Salinas has a delightful little place called Downtown Book and Sound that...
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