Basically just the title. With DVDs getting tossed to the wind it made me wonder when will blu-rays go? I’m gonna miss bloopers and extra scenes

Edit: A bit confused but the general consensus is that in some areas BRs have already began to be phased out while in others they’re just trucking along perfectly fine. It’ll be that way until they stop being profitable to the studios who make them. Is that correct? I don’t think the 8k argument is valid imo since that’s really niche currently.

  • nonphotoblue@sh.itjust.works
    341·
    10 months ago

    The most realistic answer is - as long as movie studios deem it to be profitable to continue releasing them. I think there will always be niche companies like Criterion that will release physical media. I mean, vinyl LPs are still being produced to this day, so really it’s all about demand.

    Personally, I am surprised that DVD format has lasted as long as it has, in regards to current technology. The majority of TVs available today are 4K, to which 4K UHD Blu-rays match the native resolution. 4K UHD is 4x the resolution of a standard Blu-ray(1080p), which are over 4x the resolution of DVDs (480p). So, they are really quite outdated/obsolete unless you still have an older 1080p or 720p TV and have a good player with upscaling.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      10 months ago

      I still remain unconvinced that 4k is really all that hot though. I prefer projecting onto my living room wall and anything above 1080 is pretty much imperceptibly different at a distance… Most families have a similar distance setup and 4k isn’t anything but a label at that distance.

      Large 4k monitors that you’re going to sit right in front of can definitely be appreciated but for movies I think 4k is already over the retina density.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        4·
        10 months ago

        Try making a Microsoft Paint image with a single pixel wide line, and then offset it by one pixel halfway through. Then put that up and see how far back you need to sit to see the break merge into a single line.

        There’s also some interesting tricks that emulator writers are working on for using those extra pixels to make more CRT-like effects on modern displays.

        • Perfide@reddthat.com
          3·
          10 months ago

          Ehh… as someone that has seen it, it’s still not that big a deal. Sure, in still frames the difference is really noticeable, but when you’re actually immersed in the movie and the action and you’re not just scanning the scene with picture quality in mind, it really makes no difference to me.

    • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      DVD is “good enough” for a lot of people.
      Especially when you factor in the distance/screen size ratios that the average house uses (and that not everyone is watching with perfect vision).
      Also, good quality SD content, shot on good lenses, still looks pretty damned good. Sure, you’re not going to get the same level of fine detail.
      My Name Is Earl is a good example of this.

      • ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        It blows my mind that the 28 year old DVD format (720x480 resolution) is still being sold and consumed. I can walk into my local Walmart today and at least 40% of disks including brand new movies are on DVD. They look noticeably worse on even HD TVs (1920x1080) and no amount of fancy upscaling is going to make them look good on modern 4K UHD TVs (3840x2160).