Bad news for home theater enthusiasts

Time and technology march on. Streaming will soon take over from physical media and as some have observed, current replay means  for video will become a niche like vinyl.   Two reasons, first is cost to provider and the second is ease and range of access.  
 

One only has to look at computers to see a parallel.  Thirty years ago we bought programs that we loaded, now we down load or use the cloud.   More now moving to cloud access, particularly at the enterprise level.  The same is happening to video, following the lead of music.  I have over 1,000 CDs that gather dust for the most part.  I suspect I am in the majority there.

@kota1 LPs used to be the dominant force in music, then it diminished so far it was almost extinct.  Growth from ground zero is not indicative of of shift in the masses consumption pattern.  A good analogy is tube gear.

tues and vinyl will always be with us,   Technology moves on and CDs, video media will remain, but drift into the edges of mainstream use.  I personally prefer the sound of a vinyl rig, but have succumbed to the ease of streaming.  Just like I store backups on the cloud instead of floppy disks, separate hard drives, or memory sticks.