physical media Archives

Target has joined other big box stores like Best Buy, which will only carry select physical media When questioned about the decision yesterday by IGN, a Target spokesperson had this to say: "Based on our guests' shopping patterns and broader industry trends, we're transitioning the limited assortment of DVDs we carry in our stores to[...]

Disney and Sony have entered into an agreement for the latter to take over their physical media production What does that mean? It means Sony will now handle the making of the discs, the packaging decisions, and the shipment of the titles to distributors and retailers The Digital Bits has many more details about this[...]

Physical media took another body blow this week, announcing that Best Buy will no longer carry DVD/Blu-ray in stores or online as of January For the last few years, their in-store section has dwindled significantly; though they still catered to collectors with an obscene amount of exclusive Steelbook designs, they are always popular with those[...]

The large section for films and tv shows that had been a staple of my physical media collection? Gone The front display with new releases? All catalog titles and unsold copies of Tenet. A collection of films by Disney Pixar Animation Studios on Blu-ray, including Finding Nemo, Up, Wall-e, Toy Story, Monsters, and Ratatouille Editorial credit:[...]

While the connivance of being able to just point a remote at the tv and watch pretty much whatever you want is nice, we collectors see it as yet another nail in the coffin of physical media Movie sections are shrinking in stores, and these days unless you use Amazon, those who don't want to[...]