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Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)

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On Reddit we have r/dvdcollection, r/boutiquebluray, r/4kbluray, r/steelbook, r/vhs, etc but let's start simply with a community to cover all the forms of home video collecting.

So, do you feel nostalgic for a format? Are you looking forward to a release? Heard any exciting news? Want to show us your shelves? Then post away.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can't see there being another physical format until there is a big leap forward in what goes on the disc, or an emerging very cheap way of producing media.

VHS to DVD was the massive jump to digital.
DVD to BD was a jump in perceivable resolution, colour gamut, and standardisation (remember how films used to get sped up?)
BD to UHDBD was another jump in colour gamut, dynamic range, metadata, and a (perhaps less noticeable) resolution bump.

We're now kinda at the limit of what the studios put out, however. Many studios still produce at a 2k intermediate. Other than full-fat Atmos, and bumping the bitrate to what a cinema gets, I think it'll be UHDBD and varying streaming services.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's my feeling and I don't think 8k is going to provide enough of an upgrade to convince many people to release physical media for it. It's why I wasn't completely joking about holograms.