- Best Buy Marketplace sells DVD and Blu-ray discs
- Online only via third -party sellers
- Available in application and online from today
We have been saying for chandeliers for the deaths of cinematographic records for the deaths, and it seems that Best Buy agree with us: he launches a new online market that will sell DVDs, Blu-ray and UHD steelbooks as part of a doubling of his online offer.
If you think: “Hang on, he didn’t buy better films on disk at the beginning of 2024?”, Are you right: they did it. Citing the way we appreciate entertainment, Best Buy announced at the end of 2023 that it would stop selling DVDs and Blu-ray in its stores and online after the holiday season, although it continued to sell the best Blu-ray 4K players thereafter.
So what’s going on? As Flatpanelleshd reports, this is not a reversal: you are not going to see the DVD or Blu-ray alleys return to your local store. The new market is online and offers third-party sellers, and these sellers will be those who offer DVDs, Blu-ray and steelbooks.
Why the death of the disc is not inevitable
To worry about films on Blu-Ray is not only nostalgia. Some films are simply not available to broadcast, and those that do not broadcast in the same quality as you will get the best Blu-ray editions. Indeed, streaming uses compressed media formats, and this inevitably implies loss, something particularly apparent with film soundtracks.
There is also the concern in progress in streaming that what is available today will not be available tomorrow because the license offers expire or that the beans decide to reduce the catalog. And of course, various films are on different streamers, and with the prices of the streaming services increasing – Apple TV + increased its prices last week – Reducing your subscriptions in streaming means losing access to many films and emissions.
I am not naive: the era of the discs with disc being the option of favorite home entertainment in the world is finished. But for serious moviegoers – and people with serious home movie configurations – it’s always a superior experience. Just ask Christopher Nolan.
