this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2024
20 points (100.0% liked)

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)

697 readers
30 users here now

On Reddit we have r/dvdcollection, r/boutiquebluray, r/4kbluray, r/steelbook, r/vhs, etc but let's start simply with a community to cover all the forms of home video collecting.

So, do you feel nostalgic for a format? Are you looking forward to a release? Heard any exciting news? Want to show us your shelves? Then post away.

Elsewhere on the Fediverse:

Chat:

Rules:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Emperor@feddit.uk
UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk
20
Disc market share for week ending in 2024-10-12: DVD takes nearly half the pie, while Blu-ray and UHD share just over a quarter piece each! (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to c/homevideo@feddit.uk
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

  1. A Quiet Place: Day One
  2. MaXXXine
  3. Despicable Me 4
  4. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
  5. Dune: Part Two
  6. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
  7. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
  8. Longlegs
  9. Inside Out 2
  10. Sleepy Hollow
  11. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  12. Oppenheimer
  13. The Boy and the Heron
  14. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  15. The Fall Guy
  16. The Thing
  17. Civil War
  18. Castlevania: Nocturne - Season One
  19. The Shining
  20. Blade Runner 2049

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

  1. A Quiet Place: Day One
  2. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
  3. MaXXXine
  4. Dune: Part Two
  5. Sleepy Hollow
  6. Oppenheimer
  7. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  8. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
  9. Blade Runner 2049
  10. The Shining
  11. The Thing
  12. Longlegs
  13. Interstellar
  14. Beetlejuice
  15. Dune: Part One
  16. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
  17. The Boy and the Heron
  18. The Fall Guy
  19. Jurassic Park
  20. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 10 HD Formats Disc Share Per Title

  1. A Quiet Place: Day One (54%)
  2. Despicable Me 4 (42%)
  3. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (41%)
  4. MaXXXine (100%)
  5. Inside Out 2 (42%)
  6. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One (100%)
  7. Longlegs (52%)
  8. Dune: Part Two (88%)
  9. Beetlejuice (29%)
  10. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II (32%)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Further Reading:

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As stated in previous threads, there are lots of reasons why DVDs are still popular today:

  • Unawareness of, or indifference to, DVDs' subpar video/audio quality.
  • For most people, DVDs "just work".
  • Studios and manufacturers did a poor job of educating the public about the different formats.
  • Streaming/digital is too convenient for the public to consider physical media.
  • People are unable/unwilling to upgrade their tech.
  • DVDs are cheaper and more ubiquitous than Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs.
[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

I think for a lot of people, DVDs hit the spot in the same way CDs did: Quality that was good enough to never think about again.

Glossing over how CDs are at the limit of human hearing, and DVD isn't close to the limit of vision, imagine the average person with a £300 TV across the room, using TV speakers, and maybe not wearing their glasses.
For them there isn't that much difference getting a BD/UHD, other than occasionally noticing the 25/24hz speed up.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

The cost was why I didn't bother. The extra quality didn't justify the fact the charge was often 30-50% higher.

No thanks.

Economies of scale should have dropped the price down quicker.