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Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales (variety.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales::Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)

They didn't clarify in the article, but I assume they mean they will still sell 4K UHD discs. Those often include a Blu-ray copy as well.

[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope they continue with 4ks.

I havnt bought a dvd or 1080p BluRay in a long time, but I'm still expanding my 4k collection

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Same here

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago

I would assume they would have to keep selling them. It's kinda hard to push the latest and greatest TV tech (and therefore TV sales) if you don't have high bitrate media to show it off with. Streaming services aren't giving you full UHD Bluray quality in order to save on bandwidth, so outside of piracy, physical media is your only option.

[–] feminalpanda@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

I hope so, I rip them to my server, then some are kept as original as possible then a high have 1080p copy for all.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk -1 points 11 months ago

Probably not. I don't think any of those things sell well enough to be worth the shelf space.

My local supermarkets hardly stock any 4K discs at all. It was mostly just bargain bin DVDs.