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Originally Posted by hivemind  Yes, the old order of standard television will go, just look at the last number of years with the TV schedules, absolute shite. The BBC will have to head down a subscription path, just like the streaming services, but physical media certainly won't last beyond this decade. The corporations want total control over what we watch and consume, so what could be better than collectivzing streaming services together, but of course, you won't have the luxury of really owning a film forever, even though you may have it on a phone or TV set box library. Went into both Sainsbury's and Tesco's the other day, and all physical media is being sold off , banished for good. Spoke to the store manager at Tesco, and he said that physical won't last this decade out. You'll still be able to buy physical online through the usual channels, but time is ticking he said. Physical media sales are on the dip. With DVD now looking ever more redundant. Blu-Ray has a number years left, but to say physical will be here forever is taking the biscuit quite literally. |
All speculation and quoting a store manager from a company that don't care about selling physical media.
I am impressed that you actually found a Tesco store manager to speak to though.
Speak to an HMV store manager and you might hear a different story. Especially with physical media having a great end to the year. As for dvd being ever more redundant it still outsells Blu-ray so what does that make Blu-ray and 4K?
Of course it won't last forever and if it does see the decade out that won't be bad at all. Especially seeing as we are only two years into it. As long as there's a market there'll be a product. Vinyl is selling more and more as each year comes round so i do think that will see the decade out.