Comment on Kino Lorber Boss Explains Why DVDs Are “Still an Important Part of Our Business”
xyzzy@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Wow, I didn’t know Netflix has gone from 100,000 titles available during its mail order days to 3,000 (with 7,000 to 8,000 total across all of them). I’m going to remember that when people ask me why I still buy on physical media and have a large collection.
Also, I’m really glad he called out his generic use of “DVD” and made a distinction. It’s a pet peeve of mine, like calling every video game console “a Nintendo.”
WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 6 months ago
My guess is this is a licensing issue. As DVD rental they could rent all studios. Now many publishers do their own thing.
I’m in the process of buying a Blueray player when I realized physical media is no more expensive than buying from a platform like Amazon or apple. The difference is, I could sell and borrow my DVD just as I like without the risk of loosing everything because of one of the providers locking me out.