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In particular, I’m talking about shows like *The Mandalorian* and *Wandavision*.
www.alltheanime.com
Also available on Amazon, HMV etc. but only in non-4K form. DVD separately and DVD+Blu-Ray (no 4K) available. Limited time 20GBP discount on the 4K version through ATA/Anime Ltd. directly.
Thinking about diving back into Bluray and am looking for suggestions on a compact player.
www.youtube.com
The B&N Criterion sale is happening in the states right now and I found this great video with recommendations of what to pick up
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/484144 > I recently started buying movies on Vudu. I was struggling for a long time with whether or not I wanted to collect media on physical disks or digitally. > > Right now that’s what I’m doing but there’s always the looming fear of anything I buy being taken away if the service gets shut down. > > I’m curious how others keep their media collections. Are you a Blu-ray or 4k UHD collector? Do you use a digital service like Vudu or something similar? > > Tell me your thoughts!
You're free to talk about Blu-ray entertainment releases, using the discs for making back-ups or any other discussions about Blu-ray media in general. If you got more information to add to this thread, feel free to DM me or reply to this thread to have it added. -- [Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray) discs are the successor to DVD discs and the competitor of the former [HD DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD) format. The main variants of the Blu-ray discs are capable of storing 25 GB (single layered), 50-66GB (dual layered), or 100-128GB (BDXL). They are commonly used for home releases of films and shows (along with the still popular DVD format), or used for long-term archival through the use of M-DISCs. Blu-ray players are required to play these discs, although video game consoles (the PlayStation 3, the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, the Xbox Series X|S and the PlayStation 5) nowadays have Blu-ray player functionality built-in. Discs are still capable of region-locking like DVDs but with simplified regions (A, B, C). Although most discs (especially 4K Ultra HD variants) have relaxed on region-locking the content. [M-DISCs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC) are discs (both DVD and Blu-ray) capable of being written once and kept in storage for a longer period of time, making them ideal for long-term data storage for back-ups of important data. Blu-ray films are currently released in two main formats: regular Blu-ray films with usually a transparent light or deep blue case, or [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray) discs with a usually black case. A handy resource to get to know more about technical information of films, is https://www.blu-ray.com/ 4K Ultra HD discs tend to contain video material with a resolution of 3840x2160 (either native, or upscaled to said format from a lower resolution master) and can contain a higher colour bit depth compared to regular 720p or 1080p standard Blu-ray discs. The [Ultra HD Premium](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160104006605/en/UHD-Alliance-Defines-Premium-Home-Entertainment-Experience) standard has specific requirements regarding the actual disc consumers do receive, along with the master (the original source) of the material prior to putting it onto a Blu-ray disc. Colour depth as described before, is classified in SDR (Standard Dynamic Range), and [HDR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range) (High Dynamic Range). Common standards of HDR are [HDR10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDR10) (the most common variant), [HDR10+](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDR10%2B) (using dynamic metadata for adjusting), [Dolby Vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Vision) (using dynamic metadata for adusting; although licensed as some Blu-ray players or TV sets can not display them such as Samsung TVs) and [HLG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_log%E2%80%93gamma) (backward compatble with SDR).