Ruth DeFoster, assistant professor at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said ownership plays an important role in the desire for physical media. “From my perspective, in the ...

Home; Media; under the radar Physical media is having a moment . While streaming dominates the way we watch, listen and play, a growing number of people are finding pleasure — and treasures ...

Much has been written about the demise of physical media. Long considered the measure of technological progress in audiovisual and computing fields, the 2000s saw this metric seemingly rendered obs… ...

I guess I don’t see internal HDDs as that expensive. 4TB HDDs at New Egg are in the $100 range +-$20. Not bad at all in my mind. Portables aren’t that bad either … 5TB for $114 (just checked).

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Physical media sales may be dropping, but it's not dead yet. In 2024, physical media sales dipped below $1 billion, but 4K Blu-rays show some promising signs.

For studios like Universal and Paramount, 4K Blu-ray is a fruitful investment. The decline of physical media sales over the past decade has been replaced on their bottom line by streaming and ...

Streaming killed physical media—or did it? Explore the rise of indie record stores, the vinyl and Blu-ray comeback, and why real ownership still matters in the age of Spotify, Apple Music, and Netflix ...

Best Buy will stop carrying movies, including DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K discs both online and in-store. It’s a sad day for physical media as streaming services take over.

Target isn’t alone in axing physical media displays, either. Last year, Best Buy confirmed that it will drop DVDs and Blu-rays from its stores in 2024.

In fact, Media Play News reported over the summer that Walmart was in talks with Studio Distribution Services (a Universal/Warner Bros. joint venture) about partnering on its physical media business.

Shudder is partnering with Arrow Video on limited-edition physical releases of ‘Hellbender,’ ‘The Sadness’ and several other films from its library. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...