Physical media isn't dead. Best Buy is dying..

@kenrutherford1109

7 ай бұрын

Target is going downhill

@williamhopper6602

7 ай бұрын

My Cds and DVDs aren't going anywhere

@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

Best Buy pivoting to an appliances store is certainly a...choice.

@veganconservative1109

5 ай бұрын

Target is down to movies on the end of a few aisles and some 'islands'. Albums however, are almost an entire aisle. I remember flipping through records from the 50's through the 80's before audio tapes 'killed' them 'forever'. Who knew? @@kenrutherford1109

@TwoGendersOnly

5 ай бұрын

​@@kenrutherford1109 Because of boycotts lol. Target should have never promoted all that childhood transition disgusting bullshit.

Walmart is smart to keep physical media going, Physical Media will never die. It's all over the world not just in America or Canada so it's always available somewhere

@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

The fact that WalMart is keeping it shows that it is profitable to someone.

@karlc2869

5 ай бұрын

Kudos to Stan Kroenke for doing that. BTW I hope the people in St. Louis will not get mad at my comment considering they are still mad at Kroenke for moving the Rams back to Tinseltown. 😂

@pongchannel.

Ай бұрын

​@@karlc2869I feel it'll last even not because people want preservation but the fact some people's wifi is just to terrible to stream movies sadly.

Good analysis! I was a big Best Buy physical media buyer. Sad they are getting out of it. I find it funny that they sell high end TV’s and home theater gear where you can easily spend thousands. Then they expect you to just stream Netflix? Lol I didn’t spend all that money for streaming. I spent it to play my physical media. Best Buy should at least keep a small collection of 4K BD’s in the theater area. They dumb

@KevinTRod

4 ай бұрын

It is ironic when you boil it down. I think downgrading to just selling 4K's for the theater enthusiasts would have been a smarter move.

I don't agree that it's dying. It's just not for the mainstream anymore and honestly, never was. Big box stores weren't selling Laserdiscs. They weren't even selling VHS until rental stores started popping up. Physically owning a movie was always an enthusiast hobby until rental stores. DVD was the real anomaly because they were cheap and everywhere. That's the only time in history that everyone bought movies and it was just because it was the easiest and cheapest way to watch movies. Now, that's streaming for most people. The market is simply going back to the enthusiast just as it used to be. As long as you support your boutique labels, it will survive.

Slightly surprised to see Best Buy getting out of the biz since they were pushing Best Buy exclusive discs. Betamax people had it good in the mid-'80s. We could get our movies for under $30 while the VHS crowd had to shell out the big bucks. I think it was either Beverly HIlls Cop or Top Gun that really ticked off the VHS crowd when they saw the Beta tapes selling for $29.95. I'm still buying 3D discs. Thank goodness for Japan. I look for the 4K bundles that include the 3D disc.

In Poland you cant buy physical movies anymore just by walking to a store, same thing happens to a games and less and less of them is available and there is like 3 online stores that seels games. So we have no choice at all.

I was in a Walmart the other day, and there was a large selection of...vinyl records. Didn't the CD and then music streaming kill off physical music? Many people enjoy physical media, and it isn't going away any time soon.

@kenrutherford1109

7 ай бұрын

I was in Target today, and they have a limited selection of movies

@mrglasses8953

6 ай бұрын

Do they sell CDs though?

@kenrutherford1109

5 ай бұрын

@@mrglasses8953 IDK

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@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Glad to have you aboard!

I’m big into physical media. I have a massive library collection and have been building out my 4K the past 3 years. And even I don’t use a physical media player anymore; I mean maybe once a year. Personally I rip all my physical media (music, video etc.) to my PLEX Server and direct stream my library to my home theater at basically the same quality as playing the disc. I have 100TB PLEX Library and growing. So even physical media owners don’t need a 4K Blu-Ray player. Anyway, great channel and you got a new subscriber. 😎👍.

@dishsoap1

4 ай бұрын

So if you Rip a 4k BD, are you getting the same quality streaming it? If there’s a loss in quality, then for me it’s a no go scenario.

@jjlnguess7354

4 ай бұрын

@@dishsoap1 definitely no loss in quality. Especially if you use MakeMKV. I use an NVidia Shield TV Pro to play back all my ripped discs through the PLEX app and I get full on Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos/DTSX, or literally any format that the original disc was mastered in. When I’ve tested a movie through my 4K player and through PLEX rips, there is no loss in quality whatsoever. Many of my 4K files have 60 to 90 bitrates. Doing something like PLEX basically takes your physical media collection and digitizes it as raw copies of your discs and puts them in your own personal “Netflix” style menu for on demand playback. Hope that helps.

@jjlnguess7354

4 ай бұрын

@@dishsoap1 I replied to you but obviously it got deleted or something. You never know with social media like KZread. Anyway, yes, if you rip a 4K disc or whatever you will get the exact quality and data that is on the disc. It will be 3840x2160, upwards of 90 Mbps per second bitrate, include any audio or video codec such as Dolby Atmos and Vision, DTSX, HDR10+, HLG etc. etc. etc. And if you invest in an NVidia Shield TV Pro and put PLEX on it, then you see the exact contents of the disc played unadulterated on your 4K display. Plus if you want to start a PLEX Server for local viewing then you can run it off a laptop or pi. It doesn’t take much to get started. If you want to rip discs like DVDs and Bluray then get a program called MakeMKV and any Bluray drive and start ripping. If you want to rip 4Ks then go on eBay and get what’s called a 4K friendly LG drive (preferably flashed to 1.00). Hope that helps.

@dishsoap1

3 ай бұрын

@@jjlnguess7354Thanks for the info. Will look into it

Not all places afford the web and mobile use so let's keep physical media alive. 👊

I love the Fox Fanfare! I miss seeing it on the new Star Wars movies now. Growing up with the original trilogy and watching the prequels later, I always kinda included that fanfare as part of the soundtracks in my mind. Neat that you use it in your videos. One of the sliver linings about what is happening is that the few DVD and CD publishers left out there are often making these great boxed sets and special editions full of extra features shorts, posters, collectibles, etc. I love the Lego movies for example, because some of them come with Lego minifigs or mini vehicles in the box. A great idea. Excellent points! Good to hear some good news about this to balance all the gloom and doom out there.

@veganconservative1109

5 ай бұрын

They got rid of Fox Fanfare? I loved that! Like Paramount and the moving globe of Earth.. Then again, I still miss that Indian head and other symbols from the old days of TV before programming would begin following the waving American flag and the national anthem music. Please Stand By...

I am suprise they didn’t came out this idea. If they like to watch this movie in streaming platform. A person have options to order in physical items disk their favorite movies and tv shows when they are watching in Netflix, peacock, hbo max, Hulu and other

My cd and DVDs aren't going anywhere

@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

And they shouldn’t!

Don't forget dollar tree has a dollar 25 cents movie

@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

I don't really consider that a sign of health as Dollar Tree stores typically buy unsold inventory for pennies on the dollar.

@shanenice5380

7 ай бұрын

@@KevinTRod u could sell it for profit

Physical media is fine for movies and tv shows. It’s gone back to the collectors. We are getting better releases and packaging than ever before. The days of going into big box stores are just gone.

got a 7 year old blu ray player my self

@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

I've got a few ways to play my discs.

Barnes and Noble is the only hope right now, and I’ve never been impressed with their stores. The Criterion sales are nice but that’s about it. I’m pissed at Best Buy’s decision because they helped put stores like Tower out of business by underpricing them on the big titles. I worked for Tower and got stuff at Best Buy cheaper than with my employee discount. NOW they’ve decided they don’t want to sell this stuff anymore? Are they going to help reopen all the stores they put out of business? Walmart has been a mess for a while. They stock mostly regular DVDs which should have been retired by now, forget finding 4k there.

@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

There are also online boutique labels and stores. If things continue the way they are though, B&N will look like forward thinkers when it all comes down to it.

@TheMediaHoarder

7 ай бұрын

@@KevinTRodYeah, I hate ordering online but I’ve had no choice the past few years. Couldn’t even find the newest South Park Blu-Rays in any stores here.

@veganconservative1109

5 ай бұрын

Same thing with health stores. Used to be wonderful privatey owned natural foods stores around, but then Wild Oats came and undercut them out of business. Of course then Wild Oats got the same treatment due to bigger fish Whole Foods (aptly named Whole Checkbook) and natural foods became more unaffordable...and harder to find obscurer items that Whole Foods didn't want to carry. Was it any wonder places like Amazon took off? (Not a friend of Amazon either. Often more expensive than brick and mortar for the same thing and drivers often just dump your stuff in plain sight of the street.)

I'm living in Australia 😢 Amazon Australia only have overseas titles now. All other retailers left the market except JB hi-fi which is our equivalent of Best buy. Disney left the physical media market in Australia and word is Sony pictures and JB HI-FI could be next but hopefully not....

@milolaufeyjarson5163

6 ай бұрын

Invest in a region free Blu-ray player. It lets you play discs from anywhere in the world.

@KevinTRod

6 ай бұрын

There are some great region free players out there.

13:58 I wouldn’t count on that at all, as Leonard Maltin has said many times before, the only reason Walt Disney Treasures happened at all was because of Dick Cook and that after Bob Iger ignominiously fired him no one cared about them. I’ve tried explaining this to you before, but Dick Cook really is the only reason the series happened and very likely the only way they’ll ever bring them back is if they ever get a higher up that really cares and would want to make them available like Dick Cook did.

@KevinTRod

8 ай бұрын

As much as I respect Dick Cook, it’s not like no one else can push for a series like this. Also, I do have contacts in Disney. I won’t say what department they work in, but I have it on good authority that a massive restoration process is happening for ALL the shorts and Disney era films! Needless to say, if what my sources are saying is true, a company doesn’t spend the kind of money on this sort of restoration unless they plan to do something with them. Also, as much as I love, love, LOVE Leonard Maltin, you must remember he does NOT work for Disney! He can share his perspective on what he worked on (and I certainly believe there was few people who paid attention to vintage animation when that whole series came to an end) he doesn’t know who’s working there now. Treasures’s ended more than 15 years ago. Times change. The fact that we are getting new documentaries on Disney history and lots of old Disney shows, movies, and cartoons that haven’t been seen in ages on Disney+, as well as the ever expanding DMC exclusives and that MASSIVE box set…well, I’m going to believe something will happen even if Dick Cook isn’t there. There’s too much evidence to suggest we’re going to be pleasantly surprised.

Toys r us sells movies now

@KevinTRod

Ай бұрын

They’ve always sold movies (except now they are down from hundreds of stores to…what, two?).

barns and noble sucks!! there physical media is way overpriced totally ripoff lol!

@KevinTRod

5 ай бұрын

They’re just charging the retail price (something that you might as well get used to paying).

@veganconservative1109

5 ай бұрын

This. I've noticed that the stores I go into have a lot less actual Sales than they used to. Now its almost all BOGO or a less-than 5% sale on their own brand. I don't even bother looking at the ads of most places anymore for all the regular priced 'feature items'.@@KevinTRod

Physical media will die with the birth of the next generation of gaming consoles, which is probably 5 years from now. Until then, it will be phased out from Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and such, and will become an item that can only be purchased online like Amazon already does or just not sell them anymore. Once the new generation of consoles are created, they will all launch digital streaming only because they will not have disk drives. That means the rest of the physical media will follow suit.

@KevinTRod

7 ай бұрын

Well…we shall see, won’t we?

@Anonymous-wb3nz

5 ай бұрын

No, it won't.

@dishsoap1

4 ай бұрын

They would be smart to keep their drives. All in one device is what people want.

This is some high level cope right here lol.

@KevinTRod

6 ай бұрын

We all cope in one way or another!

@Anonymous-wb3nz

5 ай бұрын

Grow up.

Best Buy probably will be out of business in 5 years. Retail Store numbers are rapidly shrinking / going out of Business Nation wide. Best Buy is trying to stock Higher Priced items to sell so they can make more money. People Buy Physical Media online. It has been over 15 years since the majority of people bought their Physical Media at a Retail Store. I have Not shopped at a Retail Store for Physical Media for at least 15 years. Physical Media has always been way overpriced. The Average New 4Ks being Sold is $28.00. Blu-rays $20.00. DVDs around $12.00. Your Numbers are Way off!!!! 4K Discs cost 50 cents each. Blu-ray 📀 Discs cost 10 cents each and DVDs cost 5 cents each for mass Production. So a 4K Movie costs no more than a Dollar each 50 cents for Blu-rays and 40 cents for DVDs. This is the Total manufacturing costs for Mass Production of Physical Media. Physical Media is very cheap to produce and are very profitable. Movie Studios are trying to Kill Physical Media because they want to make money 🤑 💰 every time someone watches a Movie and a TV show. Their greed is behind the shrinking of the Physical Media Sales Market. They are Limiting Physical Media Sales. If Retailers do Not get at least 20% profit per sale then they are terrible at negotiating prices. Honestly Retailers do get 20% or more profit on Physical Media Sales. I doubt anything sold in a Retail Store doesn't give the Retailer at least 20% profit. Walmart absolutely gets at least 20% profit on everything that they sell. Large Chain Stores are Profitable because they buy in Bulk and get Huge discounts for buying in Bulk. Fry's is Regional so they charge more than Walmart prices. But they are Not going to operate on Less than 20% profit on what they sell.