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Is DVD Dead?

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Ozzie

With all of the premium networks, Amazon Prime, Netflix... is there really any need for a Blue Ray / DVD player any more? Having a coffee out back, it's 68 degrees, I brought it up. Told Kathie we never rent from Redbox any more. She commented that she didn't know we still had a player.

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nope, just smells funny:-) - budget fi 07:18:24 01/02/24 (0)
Sorry couldn't resist. For movies and tv shows yes, pretty much unless there's an older show not available streaming that you might find in dvd.
I would suggest picking up some hi-rez music blue rays and cranking it up on the new Marantz just for the fun of it.

Edits: 01/02/24
RE: Is DVD Dead? - Jack G 05:50:56 12/29/23 (0)
Not dead, but certainly not in it's prime. I don't subscribe to premium networks, not enough there to make it worth the price. I do have somewhere around 1,500 discs in my video library. I still watch them periodically, especially some imports that aren't available on streaming. The picture is usually better on Blu-Ray than the equivalent HD streaming.
Jack
RE: Is DVD Dead? - fantja 00:43:45 12/29/23 (0)
No. But the consumer must be vigilant against the Entities against owning physical media.
Def reduced usage. - grantv 14:52:53 12/09/23 (0)
We don't have any premium networks, Amazon Prime, Netflix... all we have is cable and Disney+. And with that our players are very rarely used, probably 6-12 months ago since. And that would just be playing something we have.

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