[hakfoo]

The physical release was always the contrast to streaming. It should have offered a quality encoding and additional features not available on streams, and of course the permanence of "it won't suddenly disappear because they only negotiated a n-year license."

As streaming gets worse, the alternative becomes progressively more compelling-- especially for "signature" movies. It ends up in the same place vinyl and CDs do in a Spotify world.

But the DVD industry is basically saying 'we no longer consider ourselves a commercial endeavour worthy of trying to have a trade association and logo programme.'

The phrasing > Currently we are preparing the scheme that enables any manufacturer to manufacture DVD Products without "License" on and after January 1, 2025.

I wonder if this will mean that we'll see the release or wind-down of the DRM facilities associated with the format. Otherwise, you could hardly make interoperable "DVD Products".

[runsfromfire]

I’m still not sure what you mean in regards to the quality of streaming content.

I’m not even sure whether you mean “quality” in terms of bitrate/picture clarity or “quality” in terms of the production value/content being created.