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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

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Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

A Quiet Place: Day One
MaXXXine
Despicable Me 4
Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
Dune: Part Two
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
Longlegs
Inside Out 2
Sleepy Hollow
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Oppenheimer
The Boy and the Heron
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Fall Guy
The Thing
Civil War
Castlevania: Nocturne - Season One
The Shining
Blade Runner 2049

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

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

A Quiet Place: Day One
Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
MaXXXine
Dune: Part Two
Sleepy Hollow
Oppenheimer
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
Blade Runner 2049
The Shining
The Thing
Longlegs
Interstellar
Beetlejuice
Dune: Part One
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
The Boy and the Heron
The Fall Guy
Jurassic Park
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

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

Top 10 HD Formats Disc Share Per Title

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

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

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm surprised people buy DVDs. I would have thought everyone is Blu-ray now.

[–] 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.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I still pretty much exclusively buy DVDs. Most of the time the increased resolution doesn't add anything to the movie so I'd rather get whatever is cheapest.

The are some movies, like Fury Road, where the cinematics really shine and the better picture quality makes a big difference.