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thewayneAnd this is total - stores AND online! It looks like this will happen around the end of Q1 2024.
The article goes on to say that Paramount is now shipping their high-end titles exclusively to Amazon, which sucks as I've been doing my best to avoid doing business with them. It looks like those of us still buying physical media will have the choice of Target, Amazon, and Walmart - I don't like the latter two and the last is apparently the biggest of the three when it comes to movie sales.
I'm increasingly unhappy with streaming. I'm more of a movie guy than a TV guy for the most part, and the cost of subscribing to multiple services is ridiculous. But here's what really gripes me, from a Slashdot comment: "Yes, you can still watch Stargate, but SG-1 seasons 1-3, and 7 are on Amazon, and 4-6 are on Netflix, season 5, 8-10 are currently not available". THIS is why I prefer to own discs of anything that I'm remotely interested in watching again. Last night we watched Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - amazing movie. And I have it on disc to watch anytime we want. I also recently purchased The French Dispatch and Asteroid City - FROM BEST BUY - and they would be rentals to watch streaming!
Bastards. At least Disney has seen some sense and released Loki Season 1 on disc.
https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/101223-1100
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/10/13/0314215/best-buy-will-reportedly-stop-selling-dvds-and-blu-ray-starting-next-year
The article goes on to say that Paramount is now shipping their high-end titles exclusively to Amazon, which sucks as I've been doing my best to avoid doing business with them. It looks like those of us still buying physical media will have the choice of Target, Amazon, and Walmart - I don't like the latter two and the last is apparently the biggest of the three when it comes to movie sales.
I'm increasingly unhappy with streaming. I'm more of a movie guy than a TV guy for the most part, and the cost of subscribing to multiple services is ridiculous. But here's what really gripes me, from a Slashdot comment: "Yes, you can still watch Stargate, but SG-1 seasons 1-3, and 7 are on Amazon, and 4-6 are on Netflix, season 5, 8-10 are currently not available". THIS is why I prefer to own discs of anything that I'm remotely interested in watching again. Last night we watched Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - amazing movie. And I have it on disc to watch anytime we want. I also recently purchased The French Dispatch and Asteroid City - FROM BEST BUY - and they would be rentals to watch streaming!
Bastards. At least Disney has seen some sense and released Loki Season 1 on disc.
https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/101223-1100
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/10/13/0314215/best-buy-will-reportedly-stop-selling-dvds-and-blu-ray-starting-next-year
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-13 07:43 pm (UTC)Thank you. Yes, HPB. B&N's prices are pretty outrageous, so they did not spring to mind. If you can catch material in the first couple of weeks and are a member, you can get good pricing, or catch a major sale, otherwise you can really get stung. HPB: they closed the one that I most frequented in Phoenix which makes them very inconvenient for me to get to. I don't know that I've ever bought from them online, I'll have to try and remember them for future purchases.