Are we best going back to physical media

ethan · 18 Apr 2022 at 14:52

...whether it be USB or 4/8k players.
Just wondering about the advantages of blu ray 4k media etc over streaming services-which, let's face it, are pretty awful.

ethan · 18 Apr 2022 at 22:29

How long is it going to take to stream decent quality at 8K etc?
TBh I'll buy physical as much as I can and rip to USB or store on a NAS so I don't have to completely rely on the internet having to play catch-up. Luckily there is still a second hand market for movies.

ethan · 1 May 2022 at 01:13

Bouton Aide said:
You could do that but I mean - be prepared to get a 10 bedroom house for all the storage of physical media. Unless you strip down you films/music from their packaging and put them into smaller plastic little pretty clear cases.

There's nothing up with ripping your media to Terrabytes of hard drive space.

ethan · 18 May 2022 at 00:04

I initially thought this would be a potential "fly in the ointment" for streaming-possibly-giving a reason to stick with physical media if it becomes successful. Saying that 10 years is a long time for network providers to get their act together-so now I'm not so sure :

Fish out your glasses! 3D movies are about to make a comeback

The much-hyped and much-delayed sequel to Avatar is set to bring about a return to 3D but are audiences interested?

www.theguardian.com