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Disney to stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia (7news.com.au)

submitted 1 year ago by fuckReddit@infosec.pub to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So to actually own movie you really can only pirate it. Well done, Disney!

[–] KptnAutismus@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

The arguments just make themselves at this point...

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean it's not like they're putting out a lot in other regions either.

I have a complete set of their traditionally-animated movies on Blu-ray and 4K, so thankfully I don't need anything else from Disney. I'd probably just cancel Disney+ altogether like I did with Netflix and Max, but I get it for free with my phone plan.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I guess Disney just went all-in on their Disney Vault practice.

[–] highestincharge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

seems like something that would just increase piracy? did they think this through?

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The good news is, unlike DVDs and Blu-rays, 4K Ultra HD discs are completely region-free, so you can buy a US disc and it should still play on an Australian 4K player.

Of course, if you don't want to pay, you can always torrent a REMUX or BDMV, which will have the exact same quality as the disc.