Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.::undefined

  • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    1 year ago

    It sucks. Physical media has a higher bitrate than any streaming service ever conceived of. Streaming is great for random shit to watch, but it fails miserably when compared to video and audio playback from a high-quality physical media.

    • ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Yeah from an audio/video quality standpoint we’ve taken a big step backwards with streaming. I’d rather watch an HD blu-ray movie than a 4K stream from Netflix or Max. With a semi decent multi-channel sound system the streaming offering is even more stark.

    • meseek #2982@lemmy.caEnglish
      62·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think your first statement is true anymore. Apple Music provides digital masters and full Atmos for streaming and downloads.

      Their older songs are always re mastered or enhanced for the best quality imaginable. Sadly, Spotify doesn’t even come close, but streaming or downloading digital copies these days is quite good.

      In fact, out of all the things, music is really easy to get these days compared to say 20 years ago when the RIAA and MPAA were waging war with the internet.

      • thatgirlwasfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        The news article talks about the discontinuation of video physical releases, while you are correct in the sense that you can find high quality audio digitally, i am unaware of anything comparable for video.