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by andrewfromx 1184 days ago
At big movie studios there are still DVD authoring departments with lots of people looking very busy.
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PaulHoule 1184 days ago
I still see DVDs and Blu-Ray discs at the store, I even buy some. On the other hand I recently bought a VHS deck for $15 from the local "reuse center" where you can buy (not rent) the tapes for 50 cents.
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s1artibartfast 1183 days ago
DVDs are great and I still buy them. Just the other day I wanted an award-winning movie and it cost $15 to rent online or $20 to buy.

The DVD was $3 for rent at Redbox and $1 more to keep the disc. Free to loan to friends and no platform lock.

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toast0 1183 days ago
Plenty of people still have a working DVD player and never got a Blu-Ray player. If the people in the authoring department do their jobs well, a DVD looks pretty ok compared to typical 5Mbps streaming video.
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