| Cobretti2 said: Digital killed BluRay. People are tired of upgrading, from VHS to DVD to BluRay then 4K, soon 8K will come. |
Lol no. Blu-ray looks so much better than streaming, the difference between 1080p Netflix running at 5mbps and blu-ray running at up to 40 mbps is instantly noticeable, both using h264. Blu-ray goes up to 54 mbps but that's with multiple soundtracks. At 54 mbps a 2 hour movie fills a dual layer disc. Definitely not overkill in capacity and you can still see pixelation on blu-ray in fast scenes from the compression.
4K netflix only runs at 18 mbps, uses h265 though, with that it's comparable to 1080p blu-ray quality. You get a sharper image in slow and static scenes, yet blu-ray handles moving scenes better. 4K blu-ray looks great when done right and can go up to 128 mbps is busy scenes.
Only very early blu-rays used mpeg2 since h264 wasn't ready yet. Most of those were replaced later like The fifth element.
If people are tired of upgrading then why buy a 4K tv or later 8K? Streaming took over since it's simply more covenient. People aren't tired of upgrading, people simply go for the easiest route with least effort. Proof is in digital game sales which on average cost more than a physical copy. People always blame retail shops for keeping the digital prices high, yet why would publishers lower them when people don't mind paying extra for the convenience of not having to get up from the couch. Same for streaming, already with mp3s people didn't mind lower quality not to have to switch discs anymore.
