I’m mainly thinking about as a medium for conveying movies/TV series; I don’t think there’s a connection between how long BR drives on PC will be around for.

My film/series collection is a mix of DVD/BR/4k, I’m in the process of upgrading a bunch of the DVDs to BR/4k depending on how much I like the title in question and what price I can get the BR/4k for. I’m typically aiming at 4k by default these days because it seems more forward-thinking, but I’m also ripping the content to movie files on my PC as I go.

I’ve upgraded most of my most-loved titles already as well as ones that had a truly sucky quality DVD to begin with (e.g. Carlito’s Way, the DVD version was diabolically awful), and I read up on bluray.com for the quality of BR/4K versions (though I have issues with their testing methodology), I’ve put a bunch of remaining ones on my ‘pressie list’ if family/friends want to get me something then my wife can make suggestions from the list, but there are also stragglers like say ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, which while it’s a very good quality movie, do I watch it very often? No. ‘Enter The Dragon’ is an example of a DVD I haven’t watched in over 20 years and watched it recently again largely because I haven’t watched it in ages, the DVD quality isn’t great either.

I just wonder whether I should snap up semi-decent offers (2001 4k and Enter The Dragon 4k are on Amazon UK for a cheaper price than average at the moment) with the notion in mind that there won’t be any notable fanfare and “get them while stocks last” if they do stop being produced, on the other hand like I see BRs for bargain bucket prices, maybe 4k’s time will come too.

IMO streaming is not a viable replacement option because if you don’t hold it in your hand, you don’t own it.

Thoughts?