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LG stops making Blu-ray players, marking the end of an era — limited units remain while inventory lasts (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Digital streaming is displacing the last remnants of physical media.

In a disappointing turn of events, FlatpanelsHD reports that LG has ended production of its Blu-ray player series, which includes the UBK80 and UBK90 models. With limited stock available, prospective buyers should act quickly to secure the last remaining units before they are sold out.

After Samsung and Sony's departure from physical media, LG was one of the last major manufacturers of Blu-ray players

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can sound the real warnings when Panasonic and Sony stop making them.

But the writing is already on the wall. You used to be able to go into any supermarket and have a whole aisle for DVDs and Blu-rays, and now it's like a single rack of things that came out recently. People have spoken with their wallets, and these things will go the same way as CDs before them.

Now we just need to get back to a streaming service that doesn't suck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

NOT a streaming service. Rather - DRMless purchases. GOG did it, Bandcamp did it, now we need it for films. If not available, I would rather buy a DRMed version to correspond to the one I downloaded.

But yeah, sad for those who are into collecting, the physical experience and extras.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

DRMless. Purchases.

Seems to be an either/or situation right now. I'll happily take the first one though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, exactly - I specified that. Back when I had some money for media, I bought games on Steam (because they weren't on GOG, sadly) and had pirated copies correspond to this. That seems about as fair as a rip corresponding to a DVD but without clutter and inconvenience.