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Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.::undefined

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 86 points 1 year ago (5 children)

On one hand, I'm glad that less plastic is going to end up in landfill.

On the other, you'll own nothing and be happy.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have downloaded every movie that I've paid for on every platform where I have paid for movies. If they suddenly decide that I can't watch those movies any more I can say, "Fuck you, yes I can."

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago
[–] doyadig@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the way!

[–] dopeshark@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

To the high seas!

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It sucks. Physical media has a higher bitrate than any streaming service ever conceived of. Streaming is great for random shit to watch, but it fails miserably when compared to video and audio playback from a high-quality physical media.

Yeah from an audio/video quality standpoint we've taken a big step backwards with streaming. I'd rather watch an HD blu-ray movie than a 4K stream from Netflix or Max. With a semi decent multi-channel sound system the streaming offering is even more stark.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t think your first statement is true anymore. Apple Music provides digital masters and full Atmos for streaming and downloads.

Their older songs are always re mastered or enhanced for the best quality imaginable. Sadly, Spotify doesn’t even come close, but streaming or downloading digital copies these days is quite good.

In fact, out of all the things, music is really easy to get these days compared to say 20 years ago when the RIAA and MPAA were waging war with the internet.

[–] thatgirlwasfire@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The news article talks about the discontinuation of video physical releases, while you are correct in the sense that you can find high quality audio digitally, i am unaware of anything comparable for video.

[–] TGTX@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a counterpoint to your landfill comment, if a movie is played 5 times off of the same blu ray disc or streamed 5 times from the Disney+ servers which is more environmentally harmful?

It doesn’t take much energy to press a disc and once the disc is pressed, it could theoretically be viewed for at least several decades to hundred of years if stored correctly.

The threshold for one blu ray disc to be more environmentally friendly than a streaming movie is 4 views. Source: Ars Technica

[–] Bootheal0179@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Own nothing produced by Disney, and be ecstatic..