Are Blu-ray & DVD Formats Dead?

[Verdinut]

My 42" Panasonic is 9 years old and works nicely, except that I can hear the TV's fan at night when listening at low levels. Also, I would like to have a bigger TV.

Today's Panasonic TVs are not cheap, but if at the end they last longer than those of other brands, it might be worthwhile to put them in the list of future contenders. At present, I intend to keep my set until it fails.

 

[snakeeyes]

If they can get Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD MA in at least 5.1 over streaming, then I’ll try to cut back on discs. Until then...

 

[Auditor55]

If they can get Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD MA in at least 5.1 over streaming, then I’ll try to cut back on discs. Until then...

That should be coming.

 

[pcosmic]

Never! I'll buy blu-ray till the day i die...You'll have to pry me blu-ray outta me cold dead hands.

On a related note,,,,the PS5 is coming out shortly. That's a uhd blu-ray player and a top notch gaming console for 500 bucks, you streaming/cloud dwelling/subservient/freedom hating drones.

 

[tonyspizza]

My 42" Panasonic is 9 years old and works nicely, except that I can hear the TV's fan at night when listening at low levels. Also, I would like to have a bigger TV.

I picked up a used Pioneer Kuro Elite 151FD in 2015 and I love it. Won't ever get rid of it, either.

 

[Auditor55]

Never! I'll buy blu-ray till the day i die...You'll have to pry me blu-ray outta me cold dead hands.

On a related note,,,,the PS5 is coming out shortly. That's a uhd blu-ray player and a top notch gaming console for 500 bucks, you streaming/cloud dwelling/subservient/freedom hating drones.

PS5 is for gamers and not for older season adults.

 

[Auditor55]

I picked up a used Pioneer Kuro Elite 151FD in 2015 and I love it. Won't ever get rid of it, either.

You will eventually, probably soon, have to replace the power supply in the TV.

 

[tonyspizza]

If its based on use-hours, I'm not too worried because my plugin hours and hours-on hours are fairly low. If its just age and degradation, then maybe I'll pick up a backup while I can still get them.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

Never! I'll buy blu-ray till the day i die...You'll have to pry me blu-ray outta me cold dead hands.

And with blu-ray they can cram 2 or more awesome films like these on just ONE disc! Unheard of just a few years ago!

 

[DigitalDawn]

You will eventually, probably soon, have to replace the power supply in the TV.

I have 2 Pioneer Plasma TVs that I bought in 2008 (PDP-6020FD and PDP-5020FD). They are still going strong and I am going to keep them until they die. Amazing picture that's better than any LCD/LED I have seen to date.

 

[Auditor55]

I have 2 Pioneer Plasma TVs that I bought in 2008 (PDP-6020FD and PDP-5020FD). They are still going strong and I am going to keep them until they die. Amazing picture that's better than any LCD/LED I have seen to date.

I have my almost 12 years old 5020 and when the TV gets too warm the picture goes away and I get the 8 blinking lights.

 

[DigitalDawn]

I've never seen that. Is yours inside a cabinet?

 

[Auditor55]

I've never seen that. Is yours inside a cabinet?

No. It's just something that happens to Kuros over time.

 

[DigitalDawn]

Keeping fingers crossed that my Pioneer plasma TVs hold on until next year when Samsung starts to (hopefully) ship their new QLED powered OLED TVs.

 

[panteragstk]

Atmos viability relies heavily on the future viability of optical disc, which doesn't look good.

Not even close to true. Amazon, Disney+, Netflix, Vudu, Apple TV+, all support Atmos. Is it in TrueHD form? Nope, but it's still Atmos.

 

[snakeeyes]

Not even close to true. Amazon, Disney+, Netflix, Vudu, Apple TV+, all support Atmos. Is it in TrueHD form? Nope, but it's still Atmos.

Think only some Vudu Atmos (DD+ w/ metadata) titles are 7.1.4. The rest of these options are 5.1.4 but have to upmix in the AVR with DSU or NeuralX to achieve 7.1.4.

 

[lovinthehd]

Think only some Vudu Atmos (DD+ w/ metadata) titles are 7.1.4. The rest of these options are 5.1.4 but have to upmix in the AVR with DSU or NeuralX to achieve 7.1.4.

Isn't it more that the metadata will work with different speaker setups whether 2 or 4 (or even 6?)

 

[Auditor55]

Not even close to true. Amazon, Disney+, Netflix, Vudu, Apple TV+, all support Atmos. Is it in TrueHD form? Nope, but it's still Atmos.

I have almost all of those platforms and the content is minuscule.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Not even close to true. Amazon, Disney+, Netflix, Vudu, Apple TV+, all support Atmos. Is it in TrueHD form? Nope, but it's still Atmos.

It IS still Atmos you’re right. The compression is what makes the difference afaik.

 

[lovinthehd]

It IS still Atmos you’re right. The compression is what makes the difference afaik.

So do you need to boost the levels of the Atmos channels to compensate or is the information just not there?