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The point is that most people _aren't using their legacy DVD players_. They're streaming. If you want to watch a movie in 2022, the extremely normal thing you d
by mkozlows 4y ago
The point is that most people _aren't using their legacy DVD players_. They're streaming. If you want to watch a movie in 2022, the extremely normal thing you do is stream it. If you're watching on DVD, you're weird (probably technophobic or backward in some way); if you're watching on Blu-ray/4K disc, you're weird (probably an obsessive cinephile).
I don't expect people using their DVD players in 2022 to migrate to Blu-ray. I expect them to drift away from discs entirely.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y agoI'll stream movies, but when it comes to movies I want to watch more than once, I absolutely will buy it on disc. Why? Easy - that disc will always be present and playable. You can't say that for the rotating options with streaming services. Go back to watch a Christmas movie in July, and it's gone. As for DVD vs blu-ray, I just use a 32" TV, so I just pick whichever is cheaper. If that's weird, I don't want to be normal.
- account42 4y ago> if you're watching on Blu-ray/4K disc, you're weird (probably an obsessive cinephile). I'm OK with streaming video quality. I'm not OK with subscriptions, depending on internet connection, playback device restrictions and all that other crap that the normal viewing experience entails these days. That means either piracy (risky in many places) or ripping my own Blu-Rays (perhaps not entirely legal everywhere but ~0 risk). DVD quality is significantly lower, and especially interlacing is something I never want to deal with. So yeah I'm weird. But I don't consider myself a cinephile or technophobe.