Comment by stevekemp
4 days ago
I buy films from local charity shops for €1/film, but it seems the local electronics stores are not selling many DVD players any more.
It seems like streaming "won", which is disappointing.
4 days ago
I buy films from local charity shops for €1/film, but it seems the local electronics stores are not selling many DVD players any more.
It seems like streaming "won", which is disappointing.
Considering both Xbox and PlayStation consoles support DVDs I think there will be quite a long tail for playing DVDs.
Disappointing, but that's the harsh reality of how the market works. Convenience wins. Which is why physical media sales first suffered (allegedly) from piracy; I don't think it was primarily to avoid paying for stuff, but because having years of music in a winamp playlist was much less hassle than managing a CD collection.
Piracy was ultimately defeated or at least greatly diminished thanks to streaming services. It's making a comeback now due to increased prices and fragmentation though (and to a degree, the politics of prominent figures at these streaming companies - artists pulled their music from Spotify out of protest).