Best Buy to End DVD, Blu-ray Disc Sales
variety.com
Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.

Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales::Best Buy plans to phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online by early 2024, the company said.

  • Hal-5700XEnglish
    62•1 year ago

    I still buy DVD and Blu-rays. Because you have a physical backup, you can watch it without Internet, and they can’t change the media. Like removing scenes or episodes.

    • @meliaescEnglish
      18•1 year ago

      I have an external ssd with all my movie, show, and book backups.

    • @overlordrorEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      This is my biggest gripe. I have all of Mr. Show on DVD because it cant be taken away from me. Netflix deleted an episode of w/ Bob and David, so to watch the whole thing you have to pirate it. And the rub is they deleted it because David does blackface in one of the sketches where he’s trying to provoke cops at a traffic stop.

      Scenes of him in the now deleted episode are in the final one because its a documentary of sorts, but that one is still up. So you see them talking about sketches that you have no reference for because Netflix deleted them.

      • @[email protected]English
        11•1 year ago

        Same thing happened to Community - they removed one of the best episodes because it has blackface, but the context of it is that an actual insane person is doing it and literally Every other character condemns it in no small way (not to mention that it’s not really blackface, because he’s supposed to be a dark troll) - but it still had to go apparently

        • @krush_grooveEnglish
          8•1 year ago

          A dark elf (drow) actually, but I totally agree it’s the most ridiculous example of episode deletion.

    • @asdfasdfasdfEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      They didn’t clarify in the article, but I assume they mean they will still sell 4K UHD discs. Those often include a Blu-ray copy as well.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 year ago

        I would assume they would have to keep selling them. It’s kinda hard to push the latest and greatest TV tech (and therefore TV sales) if you don’t have high bitrate media to show it off with. Streaming services aren’t giving you full UHD Bluray quality in order to save on bandwidth, so outside of piracy, physical media is your only option.

      • CorhenEnglish
        4•1 year ago

        I hope they continue with 4ks.

        I havnt bought a dvd or 1080p BluRay in a long time, but I’m still expanding my 4k collection

      • FeminalPandaEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I hope so, I rip them to my server, then some are kept as original as possible then a high have 1080p copy for all.

      • @[email protected]English
        -1•1 year ago

        Probably not. I don’t think any of those things sell well enough to be worth the shelf space.

        My local supermarkets hardly stock any 4K discs at all. It was mostly just bargain bin DVDs.

    • @ArcherEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      The media, sure. Firmware updates to remove the key to decrypt it? Possible