Almost anyting is available on Blu-ray. In some cases DVDs are available and more than good enough.

F.e. Meet the Feebles was a very low budget production, where the source material is below DVD resolution.

Here you can order Alien Space Avenger (DVD):

https://www.twistedanger.com/alien-space-avenger

Operation Condor also had some Blu-ray releases in A + B regions (plus a lot of DVD releases)

So us VHS collectors can thumb our noses at you, that's why! VCR Master Race FTW!

That reminds me I don't have a Blue-Ray. I never upgraded from DVD. Hell, I still have a functioning VHS, those things were meant to last. XD

Seeing the movies listed... someone seems to really like trashy B-movies

Well they are low budget films that most people have no clue about but looks like most are on DVD or Blu ray like others have pointed out.

Conina said: Almost anyting is available on Blu-ray. In some cases DVDs are available and more than good enough. F.e. Meet the Feebles was a very low budget production, where the source material is below DVD resolution. Here you can order Alien Space Avenger (DVD): https://www.twistedanger.com/alien-space-avenger Operation Condor also had some Blu-ray releases in A + B regions (plus a lot of DVD releases)

Unfortunately, Operation Condor is now OOP ever since Viacom bought Miramax. The Iron Monkey is also OOP ever since the acquisition. It's a shame, I've been meaning to pick up both on blu-ray.

Oddly enough, some "newer" classics, cult or otherwise have yet to be released on blu-ray. Panic Room, True Lies and The Abyss have shockingly never been released on blu-ray in any format. They've had a rumored blu-ray/4K release for some time, and it still hasn't happened yet.

Because Blu-ray never supplanted DVD. Yeah, there is a lot of VHS content that never even made it to DVD. But it would be more likely to make it to DVD than VHS.
Blu-ray is not niche, but it's not the earth-shattering success of VHS and DVD. Ultra HD Blu-ray is niche. It's more mainstream than Laserdisc and some other formats, but it will never reach Blu-ray levels, let alone VHS or DVD.
Digital distribution seems to be the mass market successor to DVD.

Digital killed BluRay. People are tired of upgrading, from VHS to DVD to BluRay then 4K, soon 8K will come.

BluRay is over kill in capacity that was designed for a shitty MPG2 codec h264 and h265 are far better compressions and take up less space for same quality in the digital world at 1080p.

Streaming services lol. Lot of people don't care about ownership anymore because they already bough their favourite movies several times. don't forget their was VCD in between VHS and DVD lol. Glad that didn't last long the quality was shocking unless you wanted 3 or 4 discs for one movie lol.

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.