We've got a half dozen movie/film/tv/streaming threads going, and I wasn't sure where to put this.
Walmart is reportedly in talks with SDS - a huge player in the bluray and 4k disc market.
Quote:
Walmart in Talks Over Managing DVD, Blu-ray Disc Business
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is reportedly in talks with Studio Distribution Services (SDS) about helping manage parts of its physical media business.
Despite cutting back its floor space allocated to discs by about 20% late last year, Walmart remains the single largest retail seller of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, with an estimated market share in excess of 45%.
With discs generating about $2 billion in annual consumer spending, that would value Walmart’s disc business at about $936 million
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https://www.mediaplaynews.com/walmar...disc-business/
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Seems like a surprising move for Walmart. With streaming becoming more fragmented every day, I wonder if discs will see a resurgence.
I don't buy physical media anymore, but once I discovered the PS5 plays 4k discs my interest piqued - only enough to pick up a few discs to see what I was missing. The LOTR trilogy being one, '84 Transformers was another. and I think Jaws. They all look superb.
The only store I can think of where you can buy a disc right now is Walmart - and their collection is quite unspectacular. Best Buy's all appliances and cellphones now, and I'm struggling to recall who's left selling media on the brick and mortar front (or left at all . . .) Sunrise Records, I guess.
And of course there's Amazon.