It makes it easier to read for some of us.What's with the bolding thing?
It makes it easier to read for some of us.What's with the bolding thing?
Wondering if I should buy a new Blu-Ray player and stick it away in case my Sony bites the dust. I have quite a few Blu-Ray discs that I'd like to continue to watch for as long as I can.
Yes, becoming a problem.Next to Samsung and Oppo, now LG announced it will stop making Blu-ray players:
Get MKV maker and put them on hard drives.Yes, becoming a problem.
What's worse where I am is Disney and all affiliates have stopped selling BD's altogether... so I either have to stream a lower quality without extras, or pay through the nose to but the title from OS. So title like Indiana Jones and Deadpool & Wolverine are simply not available here. Even worse is if the film is shown by a local streaming provider, it's not available on the international platforms like Prime.
As a BD collector, this is most egregious.
I have thousands of DVD/BD/UHD discs and I wish to continue to add to my collection and not be at the behest of streaming services.
My major concern is steaming services tend to list what is popular only... thus old movies are falling by the wayside. In some ways this is a kind of censorship...
I also need BD players that allow region change... originally had a BDP-83, not on my 3rd locally made player which does allow native region change for BD's (as we don't believe in that shite here).
What most don't seem to grasp is streaming services are never up to the same PQ standard as BD's... there is always some further compression. Audio... mixed bag and all over the shop. Plus you don't get extras like deleted scenes, the making of etc.
Modded players are double the price. Smithy is getting angry...
JSmith
Have been meaning to for some time... but the time it will take to go through thousands of titles is prohibitive.Get MKV maker and put them on hard drives.
+100This is exactly the problem: not the fact that Blu-ray is dying but that there is no adequate replacement. Usually obsolete technologies are replaced with newer technically superior alternatives but in this case the modern alternative, streaming, from the user perspective is superior in just a single aspect (far better usability) but technically is much, much worse.
Sadly most people just don't give a damn about TOTL quality today.What most don't seem to grasp is streaming services are never up to the same PQ standard as BD's... there is always some further compression. Audio... mixed bag and all over the shop. Plus you don't get extras like deleted scenes, the making of etc.
The good news is that Sony still offers the excellent UBP- X800M2 for a very reasonable price.Next to Samsung and Oppo, now LG announced it will stop making Blu-ray players:
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LG stops making Blu-ray players, marking the end of an era — limited units remain while inventory lasts
Digital streaming is displacing the last remnants of physical media.www.tomshardware.com
Just enlarge for all the sight challenged, but the contrast is annoying....or just delete the non-boldened content perhaps since it is of no particular import ?It makes it easier to read for some of us.
True... however I think most don't even understand that what they are watching is sub-par and not making the most of their display.Sadly most people just don't give a damn about TOTL quality today.
Depends on the brand/model and how old it is. Oppo BDP-83 replacement loaders used to be around $50... now $120 - $150 and difficult to find at all.Think I shall not spend too much time fretting about this because (A) there's nothing I can do about it, and (B) I'm discovering that repairing or replacing optical drives can be surprisingly cheap.
Sony will not, they are basically also out of the business:My hunch is Sony and/or Panasonic will be selling new samples of 4K Blu-ray disc players for the medium term - five to ten years.
Sony will not, they are basically also out of the business:
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Sony kills off recordable Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable
You better stock up on recordable Blu-ray discs if you use it for archiving your data.www.tomshardware.com
I view selling BD-R media and selling standalone 4K disc players as two separate markets.Sony will not, they are basically also out of the business:
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Sony kills off recordable Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable
You better stock up on recordable Blu-ray discs if you use it for archiving your data.www.tomshardware.com
I stand to be corrected but believe PS 5 does not play Blu-ray. No experience with X-Box or other platforms.Besides standalone 4K disc players, there are a lot of gaming consoles that will support playback of 4K Blu-ray discs.
Sure is, but they neuter the audio to 48Hz so system sounds can be played.Besides standalone 4K disc players, there are a lot of gaming consoles that will support playback of 4K Blu-ray discs.
It seems it does. The PS5 just doesn’t come with a drive by default.I stand to be corrected but believe PS 5 does not play Blu-ray