The previous week’s top rental, “Saban’s Power Rangers,” slipped to No. 1 now that its new, shorter holdback from Redbox is over, while “Logan” moved back up a notch to No. On Home Media Magazine’s rental chart for the week, Warner’s “CHIPS” shot up to No. box office, generated 42% of its first-week sales from Blu-ray Disc, NPD data shows. “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” which despite rave reviews earned less than $18 million at the U.S. 6 on the Blu-ray Disc chart, a notch behind 20 Century Fox’s “Logan.” 5 on the overall disc sales chart and No. Universal Pictures’ “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” a drama based on the true story about a Warsaw Zoo keeper and his wife who saved hundreds of animals, and people, during the 1939 invasion by German troops, debuted at No. Having the physical disk means I don't have to worry about corporate conflicts, bankruptcies, whatever.Lionsgate’s “John Wick: Chapter 2” and Warner’s “The LEGO Batman Movie” remained at No. New Netflix Marvel shows being discontinued due to the conflict with Disney being one example, although I don't think the existing episodes are disappearing. I have heard of purchased iTunes movies not being available as they were yanked by the studio for some reason. But I will be cautious, given things like Ultra-Violet closing up shop (though they seem to be allowing transfers to other services). But, again, the bottom line is I don't want the compressed sound on commercial digital purchases.Īt the point that there is no visual or audio difference between commercial digital purchases and physical disks I will likely go just digital just for the sheer convenience.
Media servers are getting much better at including things as disk extras.
NPD VIDEOSCAN TV
Seeing all my movies on the TV screen and selecting from there is much easier than finding a small 4K blu-ray case which may be hard to read in a dark corner, or browsing movies in my computer's CLZ Movies database and then grabbing the disk. Even if I had the shelf space, it is so much faster using a media server than having to find the disk, insert it to play, eject it and put it back on the shelf. I simply do not have enough space for all of this physical media, so have to keep them in boxes. I actually play them digitally, however, streaming them from a Plex server to my Oppo after I rip them. My main reason for staying with the physical disks is that I want lossless audio. The lowest price I generally see is ~$15.00 on. The lowest price for a physical 4k disk I see right now is $9.96 for "The Maze Runner", which is exceptionally low. Amazon has both 4K physical disks for ~$20. For example I purchased Minions 4K for $4.95, and Fifty Shades Darker in 4K for $3.95 during Black Friday sales. They can be much cheaper than the physical disk price. There are a number of web locations where you can purchase digital codes which can be used for Movies Anywhere, Vudu, iTunes. "It's the same price to buy digital only as it is to buy the physical disc," In its Q3 2018 report, DEG said sales of 4K discs at that time translated into more than $162 million.Īll of which brings us to your disc buying habits and how they are changing.īe sure to leave a comment to share your thoughts on what many believe is the beginning of the end of physical media. Both movies will be released on DVD and standard Blu-ray, according to studio announcements.ĭespite 4K-on-disc omissions, the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) put a positive spin on 4K Blu-ray in its 2018 year-end report, noting that 445 4K titles were available, compared with 682 digital 4K releases. Other upcoming releases that make no mention of 4K/UHD Blu-ray include Vice (due out April 2) and Holmes & Watson (due out April 9). Upcoming home video releases of The Favourite and Stan & Ollie, for example, will reportedly be released only on DVD and standard Blu-ray. The numbers were reported by, which bills itself as the “voice of the home entertainment industry.”Īdd to that Hollywood’s selective commitment to 4K on disc. The news comes on the heels of recent NPD VideoScan data that reveals 4K/UHD discs accounted for only 5% of sales among the top 50 titles for the week ended February 9 standard Blu-ray claimed 40% and DVD 55%. Physical media took another hit this week with word that Samsung will no longer produce standard and 4K/Ultra HD Blu-ray players for sale in the U.S., leaving Sony, Panasonic, and LG to carry the BD hardware mantle.
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