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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Starting a few years ago, some recent series that had been releasing on both BR and DVD started releasing on DVD only.
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I'm a bit of a movie collector. A lot of old movies are just now being released in blu-ray. Many of those movies are not available streaming. A lot of old series are only available on DVD because the old TV format looks pretty bad on blu-ray. Most of those old series were not filmed in the high definition format.
Different format serve different needs. The market is certainly moved far over to the streaming side of thing. Some people are confusing things a bit though. There are some movies that are available in the various streaming services that are not available for purchase. This is a very different concept that saying that a movie is available for purchase as a digital download, but isn't available in either blu-ray or DVD. I've never seen a movie that is in this last category. I personally prefer to buy movies that I like and will watch more than once, rather than depend on in always being there on streaming.
categories
1) Streaming - services like Disney+ and Netflix. The movie is streamed from the service providers' servers. Movies aren't available for purchase.
2) Digital Download - You purchase or rent individual movies or series. You can download the movie or series.
3) Blu-Ray
4) DVD
There is a bit of overlap between streaming and digital download, especially with Amazon prime.
I like buying blu-ray and dvd because I can watch those without internet connectivity. I like digital download because I don't have to get my lazy tail out of the easy chair to put a disk in the player. I use streaming for movies that I like but not well enough to watch multiple times, or to see if I like a movie well enough to buy it.