| disolitude said: I don't think you need to worry as I am sure bluray disks or another form of video physical media will be around for another 20 years minimum. The only problem is cost as unless there is mass market adoption, product becomes niche and prices reflect that. 4K video will be interesting... Streaming it is going to be a bitch for the next 5 years even in the first world and physical media may need to see another iterration to support true 4K. I see a lot of people paying 100+ dollars per movie if they offer true uncompressed 4K quality on a physical medium. The final frontier... :) |
Yep it might become more expensive, maybe not all the way back to laserdisc prices as I doubt it will become that niche. The other problem is that less mainstream movies might not get a blu-ray release. I already have a list of movies I'm looking for that only have a European or Japanese blu-ray release (City of lost children, one of my favorites, only available in French with Japanese subtitles. That is screwed up)
The final frontier is going to be 8K, although 4K will be sufficient to capture every possible detail on a 35mm print. 8K is only needed for 70mm, and future tv/movies. Sony already has an 8K camera (F65) to be unlocked this summer (currently only outputting in 4K) and Red is working on a 6K camera (Epic Dragon Red) NHK has a prototype 8K 120fps cameras for TV.
Lossloss compressed movies like DTS HD ma for sound, that will indeed get (some) people interested. Especially without chroma subsampling and 12 bit rec. 2020 color space. And maybe finally 96khz or 192khz sound mixing. It will all easily fit when the 1 Petabyte dvd becomes a reality.
