https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olwmZ2oVrBA
The Rumours of Physical Media's Demise have been greatly exaggerated. Join me as I discuss why Physical Media is here to stay and how it will survive the fut

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2024/01/09/physical-media-resurgence/
Why 2024 is the year to start a physical media collection, from DVDs to vinyl. Netflix's Leave the World Behind puts physical media in full focus. Photo: Netflix. At the tail end of 2023, Netflix released a film imagining the horrors of a world without Netflix. Leave the World Behind by Egyptian-American director Sam Esmail is an apocalyptic

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/q4on6n/why_is_physical_media_for_movies_dyingregarded_as/
Edit: That's not to say that physical media isn't better but it simply doesn't matter to most people. ... That said, I don't think media is dying just because it's diminishing. The are plenty of people still interested and the fact that streaming has not embraced extras and extended editions means the studios still see some value in the market.

https://theweek.com/culture-life/media/why-physical-media-is-having-a-moment
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 — in media they

https://www.ign.com/articles/physical-media-still-matters-in-the-streaming-age-and-its-time-for-streamers-to-embrace-it
Digital vs. physical media isn't a new debate. I'm not even the first writer to bring it up in 2023, and I most certainly won't be the last! But the discussion is usually rooted in which one

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/what-s-happening-to-physical-media-and-why-is-it-so-important/ar-AA1j0Fk7
There are many reasons why physical media is still viable. In fact, as the news of Best Buy's decision began to spread, a flood of 4K Ultra HD announcements were made for new and older titles that

https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/24054458/physical-media-preservation-discs-cartridges-digital
The nerd haven isn't what it once was, but its importance is arguably greater than ever. Sam Byford My streaming fatigue got so bad, I started collecting DVDs

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/is-the-comeback-of-physical-media-like-vinyl-records-and-dvds-here-to-stay-1.7177810
Sales have been growing year-over-year since roughly the mid-'00s. In 2023, vinyl records outsold CDs for the second consecutive year. In the United States, 43 million records were sold last year

https://lifehacker.com/its-time-to-embrace-physical-media-again-1849378610
It's finally time to admit streaming apps and digital distribution have ruined most creative media industries, and maybe physical media was the right choice all along. Okay, that's a tad dramatic.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/opinion/sound-and-vision-physical-media-isnt-dying-but-dvd-should-exit-the-scene-4355569
Sound and Vision: Physical media isn't 'dying' but DVD should exit the scene. By Kob Monney. TV & Audio Editor. August 6, 2023 12:00 pm BST. Scroll to section. OPINION: You've probably

https://medium.com/@robertworkman_Disruptor/no-physical-media-isnt-dead-even-if-some-retailers-are-giving-up-40289826ad87
But, to repeat, this isn't the end of physical media. Now, Disney will likely cut back its 4K releases in the future because the medium isn't taking off like it hoping it would.

https://geek-network.com/why-physical-media-isnt-going-away-any-time-soon/
The Physical Media Comeback in Music. Although the dominant medium for consuming music is still via streaming platforms, the physical formats of music many thought would die have made a strong comeback. Since 2005, unit sales for vinyl have only gone up, and last year, they reached over 40 million—vastly surpassing the 2020 mark of 21 million.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/streaming-is-killing-physical-media-heres-why-you-wont-miss-it-11570809720
Advertisement. Tech. Gear & Gadgets. Streaming Is Killing Physical Media. Here's Why You Won't Miss It. With Samsung's decision to stop making Blu-ray players, now even discs are going

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/end-physical-media-near
The demise of physical media has been a topic of discussion since the early days of streaming but is becoming more urgent as sales of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs continue to decline precipitously year over year. Annual revenue from the two formats combined was $1.34 billion as of March, according to Circana (formerly The NPD Group), with 94 million

https://www.gamesradar.com/Is-it-just-me-or-has-the-death-of-physical-media-been-exaggerated/
A recent report from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) revealed a whopping 48 per cent decline in global physical media sales between 2014 and 2018 - in monetary terms, that equates

https://theamag.com/8614/culture/the-resurgence-of-physical-media-in-the-digital-age/
the resurgence of physical media in the digital age. Tangible media was once the only way to consume art that was at our disposal. Before touchscreens, streaming services and smartphones, we had CDs, VHS tapes and digital cameras in our lives. With the introduction of new technology, these pieces of physical media began to disappear - at

https://www.redsharknews.com/this-is-a-big-reason-why-physical-media-isnt-dead
This is a big reason why physical media isn't dead. Wilford Brimley and Barret Oliver in Cocoon (1985). Replay: Watching films from physical media may well still have huge advantages even in a world of Netflix and Amazon. Here's why you shouldn't ditch those DVDs and Blurays just yet. Like many people I have almost exclusively moved towards

https://www.thecrcconnection.com/uncategorized/2023/11/29/physical-media-will-never-die-and-is-a-better-option/
Physical media will never die and is a better option. Staff writer Emanuel Espinoza displays a portion of his personal collection showing physical media isn't dead and can be preferred over digital versions. Some of these items were recently bought online and are hardly found in stores. It's no secret that we are in a digital age where

https://www.reddit.com/r/dvdcollection/comments/17ag5e3/do_you_think_this_is_the_end_of_physical_media/
Best Buy isn't doing well. So this could be a move to restructure the company's product offerings. But when you see Target getting rid of physical media, that's more troubling. But Target doesn't offer dvds at the much lower prices Walmart is offering. So maybe there is hope that physical media could weather this pullback.

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/s89pj2/your_thoughts_on_physical_media_dying/
HeySlimIJustDrankA5. •• Edited. From a creative slant, I think that the lack of physical media in favor of digital will lower the quality of the media itself. One thing that I always heard from oldheads in the music scene is how absolutely demanding it was to learn their craft pre-1990s.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/capitalone/2017/10/18/media-misconceptions-is-traditional-media-dead-not-even-close/
It's a tale we've heard over and over in the intervening 20 years—the internet is the end of retail and the end of physical media. And while it's impossible to deny the disruption of quick

https://www.reddit.com/r/dvdcollection/comments/1bden74/and_they_say_physical_media_is_dying/
Movies are our lives! DVD and Blu-ray collectors share pictures of their latest buys and pickups, pictures of their entire collection shelves, we have contests for FREE DVDs, Movie Party nights (watch a movie with 15 strangers), experts give advice and help find the best deals, and more!

https://www.reddit.com/r/dvdcollection/comments/5e8axw/are_you_afraid_of_physical_media_dying/
People have been talking about physical media dying for over a decade now, but media is still released in physical form. I'm sure physical media will become a thing of the past some day, but I'm not worried about it any time soon. And as u/awesomeness0232 said, with physical media, as long as I have the player, I have access to it.