I am more surprised that CNET still exists than this announcement.
The Future of Home Video
- perkizitore
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- Finch
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From Variety
In addition to box office revenues, the report found that the global home entertainment business increased by 16% to reach $55.7 billion last year. This was driven primarily by the rise of digital rentals, sales, and subscriptions to streaming services such as Netflix. Digital home entertainment spending in the U.S. increased 24% to $17.5 billion; internationally this sector climbed 34% to $25.1 billion. That helped plug the gap left by massive declines in the sale and rental of DVDs and Blu-rays. In the U.S., disc sales dropped 15% to $5.8 billion and fell 14% internationally to $7.3 billion. Four years ago, physical sales in the U.S. were $10.3 billion and were $14.9 billion internationally, a sign of just how precipitously the DVD market has fallen. Over that same period, digital spending has increased 170% globally. Much of that rise is attributable to the popularity of Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other subscription services. Globally, the number of digital subscriptions increased by 27% to 613.3 million. Online video subscriptions surpassed cable for the first time in 2018. Cable subscriptions fell 2% to 556 million.
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This from an article featuring Peter Becker on the Criterion Channel thread Here
It doesn’t hurt that Criterion remains a physical media production company. Its treasured box sets and ostentatious special features continue to be a central factor in its operations, and Becker said Blu Ray sales have been up for the past two years. “If we stopped making Blu Rays, there would be a huge uproar. It would be insane,” he said. “It’s still our flagship line. It’s still, by far, the most important part of our financial picture.”
- Rayon Vert
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Good to hear.
- Clarence
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For what it's worth, the next PlayStation console will still support physical media. It had been speculated that the next console generation would ditch disc drives in favor of being download-only.
- ShellOilJunior
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It's good news for UHD. Maybe not quite the push PS2 gave DVD or PS3 with Blu-ray but it can only be good. The icing on the cake would be full backwards compatibility with PS1-4 (disc).Clarence wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:26 pmFor what it's worth, the next PlayStation console will still support physical media. It had been speculated that the next console generation would ditch disc drives in favor of being download-only.
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Considering Sony developed the Blu-Ray format, I'm not too surprised.
- bugsy_pal
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Re UHD players - I was waiting to get the Sony UBP-X800 Mk2, as it will have Dolby Vision. However, after further research I cam across the fairly recent Panasonic DP-UB820. I ordered it from a local supplier here in Australia, and I'm lovin it so far.
- it cost me AUD $560
- nice build, not as heavy as the Sony UBP-x800, but better than the x700, which is very light-weight
- nice implementation of Dolby Vision, reportedly better than Sony's
- has better disc compatibility than the Sony models
- according to reviews and comments I've read and heard, the picture is marginally better than on the Oppo 4K player and the Cambridge Audio universal player
It does have a fan in it, but I haven't been able to hear it when in use.
- it cost me AUD $560
- nice build, not as heavy as the Sony UBP-x800, but better than the x700, which is very light-weight
- nice implementation of Dolby Vision, reportedly better than Sony's
- has better disc compatibility than the Sony models
- according to reviews and comments I've read and heard, the picture is marginally better than on the Oppo 4K player and the Cambridge Audio universal player
It does have a fan in it, but I haven't been able to hear it when in use.
- eerik
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I'd say it's more to with Playstation having huge userbase in areas/countries where infrastructure isn't good enough to support 50+ GB game downloads.jindianajonz wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:45 pmConsidering Sony developed the Blu-Ray format, I'm not too surprised.
- tenia
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Most certainly indeed.
Remember however that nothing prevented the physical market to plunge. The US one got halved in 4 years (2014 vs 2018), so whatever push this might give will still remain vastly inferior to an equivalent one that PS3 might have given BD or even more PS2 to DVD.
Plus, figures are hard to get, but I'm unsure of the impact of the Xbox One S and X reading UHDs had on the format.
Remember however that nothing prevented the physical market to plunge. The US one got halved in 4 years (2014 vs 2018), so whatever push this might give will still remain vastly inferior to an equivalent one that PS3 might have given BD or even more PS2 to DVD.
Plus, figures are hard to get, but I'm unsure of the impact of the Xbox One S and X reading UHDs had on the format.
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- Luke M
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It's still a lot better than when Wal-Mart put Deadpool on the cover of all their movies.
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- movielocke
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I mean growing up in a small town, video stores were ok for some old stuff, but the simple public library is what had all the classics and foreign films that turned me into a cinephile. As best I can tell even though video rental stores have nearly been rendered extinct, all public libraries still rent videos, but when the author discusses libraries it’s not as them being the still standing survivors with large collections of the great video rental genocide of the early 2010s but only in terms of whether or not kanopy was successful.Jack Kubrick wrote:The Film Snob Dilemma
- RitrovataBlue
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The article doesn’t mention MUBI, of course, since no one ever seems to mention MUBI. Yet, it’s still the best streaming source for the sorts of obscurities the article laments losing. Hell, it might just be the best streaming service in general. Where else can you see Virgil Vernier and Lav Diaz films?
- jedgeco
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I came across this Verge article from a few days ago about small groups using Plex to create their own private streaming networks. While this is the first I've read about it in print, it's an idea that I've thought about for awhile now, ever since I started running an Emby server at home. I realize that these users are operating in a legal grey area, but I think that small private networks like this will undoubtedly have their place for future cineastes, especially as the mainstream pay services become increasingly uninterested in back-catalog and non-mainstream fare.
- knives
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Kanopy?RitrovataBlue wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:30 pmThe article doesn’t mention MUBI, of course, since no one ever seems to mention MUBI. Yet, it’s still the best streaming source for the sorts of obscurities the article laments losing. Hell, it might just be the best streaming service in general. Where else can you see Virgil Vernier and Lav Diaz films?
- Adam X
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Speaking of Kanopy, I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for streaming services available in Australia, outside of the big ones like Netflix. Most smaller services that get mentioned here seem to only be available in the US/UK right now, & I’m not really interested in paying for something that tends to cater mostly to blockbusters, DTV shite & original programming. (Netflix has never had the range of content down here as it has (had?) in the US, sadly).
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As someone who participates in one of these I can stipulate to that. There simply is no greater resource than a well curated Plex account.jedgeco wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:09 pmI came across this Verge article from a few days ago about small groups using Plex to create their own private streaming networks. While this is the first I've read about it in print, it's an idea that I've thought about for awhile now, ever since I started running an Emby server at home. I realize that these users are operating in a legal grey area, but I think that small private networks like this will undoubtedly have their place for future cineastes, especially as the mainstream pay services become increasingly uninterested in back-catalog and non-mainstream fare.
- MichaelB
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It seems to me that either:jedgeco wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:09 pmI came across this Verge article from a few days ago about small groups using Plex to create their own private streaming networks. While this is the first I've read about it in print, it's an idea that I've thought about for awhile now, ever since I started running an Emby server at home. I realize that these users are operating in a legal grey area, but I think that small private networks like this will undoubtedly have their place for future cineastes, especially as the mainstream pay services become increasingly uninterested in back-catalog and non-mainstream fare.
(a) they legitimately own or have licensed the material for this kind of distribution;
(b) the material is unarguably in the public domain in all accessible territories;
(c) it's open-and-shut - or, to continue the colour metaphor, black-and-white - copyright infringement.
...and that, realistically, most cases will fall firmly under (c).
What kind of situation do you think gives rise to the kind of confusion that might merit a "legal grey area" description? At least one that might actually stand up in court if challenged?
- movielocke
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“Legal grey area”= One is entitled to watch anything ever created for free because one _wants_ to watch it and one is irritated it may not be otherwise as easily available in English friendly release, which is all the rationalization one needs to not feel any guilt over fulfilling one’s wants—after all the _real_ crime is committed against oneself: isn’t it a crime to not get to watch exactly what one wants instantly at all times?
I think rocket the raccoon also explains this all succinctly at the end of guardians of the galaxy.
I think rocket the raccoon also explains this all succinctly at the end of guardians of the galaxy.
- willoneill
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Don't confuse legal and moral, folks. That happens way too much. For many people in many countries, what jedgeco is describing is very much a legal grey area, if not flat out completely legal.
- jedgeco
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No, I was probably a little too nonchalant in my description. Cracking the encryption on a Blu-ray or DVD is, in the US, prohibited by the DMCA (although I believe there could be a Fair Use Doctrine defense for certain uses), but I'm not sure what rights would be implicated for the person watching the content, as streaming the video does not create a copy.willoneill wrote: ↑Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:36 pmDon't confuse legal and moral, folks. That happens way too much. For many people in many countries, what jedgeco is describing is very much a legal grey area, if not flat out completely legal.
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Wouldn't streaming fall under the category of "unauthorized distribution" (as opposed to "reproduction")?