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Bad news for home theater enthusiasts

Disney is ending all DVD and Blu Ray releases down under for Australia and New Zealand which may be a harbinger of what can eventually happen to the rest of the world. Their last release will be Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3. From now on it's streaming only for them.

It's a good read for those with a big investment in physical media as streaming still can't match the quality and the big players just don't care as there'll be one less product to make.

Are we going to see a run on blu ray players with prices going through the roof again like we did when OPPO decided to call it quits? My OPPO BDP-103 is old and the mid level Panasonic DP-UB820-K is starting to look a bit desirable right now. 

All the best,
Nonoise

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nonoise OP
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Saying that 3/4 of an hour after the dust has settled and the argument is over. 👍

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rwwear
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Has Disney made anything worth watching in the last 10 years?

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nonoise OP
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You'd have to ask your kids.

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lhasaguy
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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.

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