Also I wanted to mention they appear to be doing a Black Friday week series of flash sales. $10 or less for featured titles, changes every day.

As a Tron fan, I really enjoyed this. I can't wait to blast the 4K disc on my poor home theatre system at home. 😂

It really is shocking. I cannot think of one movie where Leto was good except when he's playing a huge creep/himself (same thing). He is maybe a decent character actor, but his off screen drama and antics should really disqualify him as such.

Why the fuck did they have to ruin this movie by putting Jared Leto in it

All the movie studios lobbied so hard to get their copy protection in and make sure you couldn't skip warnings and ads, that the format is a pain to use, maybe worse than DVD.

Yeah, I think this definitely contributed to Blu-ray's slow start. DRM does more harm than good.

It's most likely for US/Canada only. And there are many reasons why DVD still outsells Blu-ray and 4K:

• Unawareness of, or indifference to, DVDs' subpar video/audio quality.
• For most people, DVDs "just work", unlike Blu-rays which require a lot of setup compared to DVD.
• Studios and manufacturers did a poor job of educating the public about the different formats.
• Streaming/digital is too convenient for the public to consider physical media.
• People are unable/unwilling to upgrade their tech.
• DVDs are cheaper and more ubiquitous than Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs.

I'm shocked at how DVDs are still over half the hard media market to this day.

That has to be globally, right?

I never exposed my Halo 2 case to anything, but it sure got rusty. And if you google it right now, halo 2 steelbook, the photos that come up look similar to mine.

Maybe it’s an outlier.

The few that I've collected have not, however I guess I'm not in the habit of exposing them to the elements, so I couldn't say for sure.

Do steelbooks still rust these days?

It turns out that was it, we just didn't see it at the time.

Presumably related to the news today that GRUV Entertainment is taking over distribution of Shout Factory releases?

Was very concerned they were shuttering their home video department entirely there for a second. Not while I have so many more 4K steelbooks to acquire, like a really nerdy dragon.

Many reasons:

• Unawareness of, or indifference to, DVDs' subpar video/audio quality.
• For most people, DVDs "just work", unlike Blu-rays which require a lot of setup compared to DVD.
• Studios and manufacturers did a poor job of educating the public about the different formats.
• Streaming/digital is too convenient for the public to consider physical media.
• People are unable/unwilling to upgrade their tech.
• DVDs are cheaper and more ubiquitous than Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs.

I still find it unfathomable how DVD is clinging to so much market share.

Upscaling the number of fingers, too

Let me guess. Upscaled by "AI"?

is the pie shrinking overall as digital grows?

I'm doing my part. Picked up Interstellar for €11.70 last week as a nice little treat. *yoink*

Seriously, I've never seen it by this much before.

This is probably a fluke, but this could be a game-changer.

"17 hours remaining as of posting"

Glances at post time

"21 hours ago"

my disappointment

You son of a bitch. I just spent way too much money thanks to you.

• Silence of the Lambs
• Mishima
• Akira Kurosawa’s: Dreams
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Breathless
• Altered States
• The Last Emperor
• Yojimbo / Sanjuro
• The Virgin Suicides

The last Flash Sale I managed to catch was two years ago, so I'm picking up a lot in this one:

• Bicycle Thieves (1948)
• All That Heaven Allows (1955)
• Summertime (1955)
• The Burmese Harp (1956)
• Chungking Express (1994)
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• WALL-E (2008)
• Flow (2024)

Most excited about Burmese Harp, as I genuinely thought it would never get upgraded from DVD as it's somewhat obscure (but sooo good). Also looking forward to Flow, which is a blind buy, but so many people have recommended it to me.

4k shit monster.