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As streaming's stranglehold loosens and as it becomes clearer that the "Content Culture" fueled by Amazon Prime, Max (formerly HBO Max), Paramount+, and others did more harm than good to art as a whole and to audiences' mindsets, physical media has become a necessity and even a moral right. Besides being a more reliable way of measuring rightly earned residuals for those who work in entertainment than streamers' intentionally vague metrics, physical media is one of the few remaining forms of artistic preservation.
One of the worst things about streaming is the lack of permanence. Any streaming-exclusive could be altered or erased entirely without warning. This can't be done to movies and shows preserved physically. Physical media can help prevent the fates of Crater, I Am Not Okay With This, Infinity Train, Paper Girls, Willow, and countless more canceled streaming-exclusives from befalling other movies and shows. It would also keep them alive long enough for them to find their niches. It should be noted that, for years, this was the accepted norm for movies and series that didn't find immediate success. This was also how cult classics were born. More importantly, physical media would keep artists' works where they should be: out in the open, where they can be easily accessed and purchased by anyone, and where they can keep their creators financially stable.
]]>Video streaming continues to surge in 2020, and it’s easy to understand its continued growth. COVID-19 has seen many movie theaters close, so more people than ever before turn to the internet for their entertainment. For roughly $10 to $15 per month, you can access vast film and television libraries from Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video, CBS All Access, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Netflix, and other video streaming services, with each offering a host of classics, middling fare, and new, trending content. Streaming is easy, and doesn't cost much money.
Building a Blu-ray library is not inexpensive, as you must purchase a standalone player (or next-gen game console) and individual discs that cost at least the price of a monthly streaming video subscription. Still, if you're a person who loves movies—a person who loves film—the Blu-ray and Ultra Blu-ray formats are the best ways to enjoy your favorite flicks. Here's why.
If you own a HDR-compatible, 4K television and a good surround sound system or soundbar, you’ll want to experience the highest quality audio-visual content possible. Blu-ray, particularly Ultra HD Blu-ray, lets you do just that. The formats deliver the best possible picture and sound that’ll fit onto the disc, provided the source material is top notch. Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, Blade Runner 2049, and Pan's Labyrinth (the Criterion Collection release, not the mediocre 4K transfer) have some of the best pictures you'll see at home.
Unfortunately, video streaming’s holes are readily apparent. Hulu’s 4K support is spotty, and its HDR support is non-existent. HBO Max doesn’t currently support 4K or HDR, but that’s going to change starting with Wonder Woman 1984, a movie that debuts this month. NBCUniversal’s Peacock doesn’t support 4K or HDR at all, but likewise says that those features are coming in the future. CBS All Access supports 4K and HDR, but only on certain platforms.
On the upside, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Google Play, Netflix, and YouTube do offer video streams containing these eye-catching features. That said, there’s no promise that they'll deliver best-in-class video and sound quality. These features require additional internet bandwidth, because the services must send streams with higher bit rates.
Each video streaming service works around this in a different way. Apple TV+ and Disney+ tend to stream at higher bit rates than their rivals, according to third-party testing(Opens in a new window). That analysis determined that this higher bit rate is “1.5-2x” that of a vanilla Blu-ray disc, but roughly half that of a Ultra HD Blu-ray disc. Netflix recently announced that it switched to new, optimized encoding(Opens in a new window) that halved its 4K streams’ bit rates without changing the quality. Despite that contention, some people did notice lower quality 4K streams(Opens in a new window), something Netflix says is an outlier.
With video streaming services, you can access programs as long as your internet is working. Sure, your internet connection may be fast and dependable right now, but everyone has experienced (or will experience!) a network outage. This is a particularly important issue as you move away from urban and suburban environments where the internet is stable. Some areas have poor internet connectivity; some don’t have internet at all.
Beyond that, some people deal with internet providers that have established bandwidth caps, something that streaming 4K video easily devours. (It’s a problem with game streaming services, too.) If you’re streaming 4K video with HDR and surround sound, you’ll be pulling a pretty hefty stream. Depending on your bandwidth limitations, you may need to upgrade your internet service plan.
Blu-ray discs shine in these situations, because they let you watch a film or television show when the internet falters. As long as your place has power, you can pop in a flick and not worry about outages or smashed data caps. Plus, a Blu-ray disc's picture quality isn't tied to your internet connection's speed.
There are many movies and shows that you won’t find on, say, Netflix. The Super Mario Bros movie from 1993 is horrible, but it’s worth at least seeing once. You can’t find it on streaming. Kevin Smith’s 1999 film Dogma isn’t available on any video streaming service, because the rights sit with Bob & Harvey Weinstein(Opens in a new window). The Basketball Diaries, one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s early films, is also missing from video streaming platforms. All of them are easily purchased on Blu-ray.
In addition, many video streaming services suffer a recency bias. You’ll find the best black-and-white films on services like Criterion Channel or in HBO Max’s TCM section, but the other films from that era are missing in action. Good luck firing up Netflix to watch On The Waterfront. Netflix and its ilk would rather push their own, original programming as they don't have to pay licensing fees for content. It’s a major problem in terms of film preservation.
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We "The Staff" thank all of you who supported us for the Last Five Years and because we have an open line to talk to us directly we loved all our conversations and made some great friends across the Country. Please e-mail us or call to let us know how to improve your buying experience. So as we move into the crazy time of the year for us please try to keep your orders to a $25.00 minimum, on average your orders have been around $65.00 plus. We also know that many can't spend as much as they like so $25.00 seems appropriate. Newest Blu-ray Releases
Looking into the future we will continue to add New and Older Top Rated Concerts or others you may request that we've have missed. Looks like 4K Concerts will be coming by March 2018. 4K will be a bigger push at The CES Show Vegas in January 2018. Many of the 4K Movies released in 1080p quality now have been remastered into 4K releases so the same can be done on current Concerts recorded in1080p. Most of the Concerts filmed in the last couple of years have also been filmed in 4K so look for these first -most notably the New David Gilmour Live In Pompeii 2016 U2 Paris 2016 etc...-all these have been released in Multiple Formats. Also as the price on 4K drops dramatically for the Fall selling season this puts pressure on the Content side to help push sales to Consumers.
So when your current Blu-ray player crashes you'll see 4K Players like Samsung-Sony-Panasonic etc...this Fall to drop down near $100's+ even if you don't plan on buying a 4K TV eventually the 1080p product will morph into all 4K Displays-two to three years from now. Enjoy the Fall season and The Staff again thanks you for the Support.
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