Why Are DVDs Still In Production?

In this video I dive into why DVDs as a format still exist in a world of HD and Ultra HD, examining its history and how it could have been aged out.

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[CollectorCreations]

Just to clarify, as a lot of the comments are talking about physical media as a whole, I’m mostly asking the question of why do DVDs still exist in an age of higher quality formats like Blu-Ray. I’m not asking why physical media exists as I know why it does and should. And I will continue to support its existence, in any form, even DVD, despite my preference of Blu-Ray as a format. Thanks for all the comments though, it’s still really nice to see how vocal people are about physical media over streaming and other forms of accessing film and television.

[tonyeamon]

There's a lot of older TV shows that will never be on bluray. For that reason, I'm glad DVDs still exist.

[Guigley]

As long as physical media exists, we would be wise to keep buying it (especially the Blu-Ray + DVD combos). I'd rather have my own personal copy than trust a streaming service that can take it away or make politically correct edits without warning.

[YouLousyKids]

DVDs were a huge step up in audio/visual quality from VHS, they weren't as heavy, they took up far less space, they weren't as perishable, and you could navigate around in them and turn on features like subtitles and commentaries. DVDs were a monumental step up from VHS. Blu-Rays are better than DVD, but they also charge more for them compared to DVD. There's a lot of crap that isn't worth extra cash and the quality difference doesn't matter, (who needs The Nutty Professor in 4K, let alone Jack and Jill?) and our blu-ray player plays the DVDs. That's the main reason they aren't being phased out like VHS was.

[daneberryman]

DVD passes the good enough test for a lot of people. I personally have now moved over mainly to Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray for premium stuff, but if the price difference is more than $20 between Blu-ray and 4K, I still choose Blu-ray

[MrTosh]

Dvd is still awsome to collect we should keep it going in 2024 and foward. Honstly

[ShyGuyPal]

I think something most don't realize is SONY owns the patent for Blu-rays. Every Blu-ray produced gives SONY royalty money. DVDs on the other hand are a standard media format. I personally collect both DVDs and Blu-rays so I can have a standard format and a blu-ray for a higher def quality copy. I think DVD quality is totally acceptable for almost all movies. HD/4K DVDs are fine too, just I personally feel like its redundant for how I'm collecting. Also I don't trust SONY to do something weird with Blu-rays in the future, so I'll always have DVDs as back-up.

[arronharrington]

Blu rays are far superior. Though I'll buy DVDs if it's only on DVD or if the blu ray is expensive.

[andrewattenboroughtwothumb]

Vhs died for our family in 2002 but I started collecting more on dvd since then and had a major vhs collection as a kid and now on blu ray and in 4K

[nomadlonestar]

I for one am so glad DVD still exists. I Still buy my films and TV Shows on DVD. I did start buying blu rays from 2014 to 2019. Then I started buying DVDs again and now I stick exclusively with that format. Quite frankly it looks good enough to me running on my Blu Ray player upscaled to HD. A lot of it is down to nostalgia but I will always be a DVD guy. They are also so cheap and easy to find. Especially at charity shops and second hand shops.

[AndDeathForAll]

I still buy them, because I don’t want my favorite movies to be at the mercy of subscription service licensing contracts.

[beard]

VHS was killed off quickly because tape was so expensive. At the peak you could get movies for $20 and some tapes would be $10. This requires at least 50% market share. Pre-recorded VHS ended in 2006. In 2005 DVD out sold VHS for the first time. To continue VHS they would have to price them at a higher price than DVD.
DVD vs Blu Ray manufacturing is virtually the same.
Also you have to remember people with a low income will on occasion buy a DVD for $5 or more often rent a movie from Red Box for $2.

[Krshna]

It's often the cheapest way to watch a movie.

For a smaller TV, a DVD looks really good with an upscaling player.

2D animation holds up amazingly well on DVD.

[stephannelson]

Because a lot of titles are still only available on DVD for example the longer cuts of the Lethal Weapon film series.

[candykid]

DVD still popular because :

1- quality is good enough
2- dvd drives are everywhere, computers, cars and playstation
3- dvd is cheap, you can get new dvd for 5$ at some stores and on amazon
4- many titles are only available on dvd

[Bat_Boy]

My collection has DVDs, because they are must-have for me, and not on Blu-ray or 4K

[standup]

Short answer: Sony

DVDs have no one to pay for licensing their technology.

Blu-ray’s companies have to pay to license the blu ray technology to Sony so Sony gets a cut of every sale.

So a company may put out a 10 dollar blu ray and a 5 dollar dvd and still make more money off the dvd in the long run because of royalties.

[robertdaone]

I still buy them. I prefer their picture and sound quality over streaming videos and they are physically mine. I like seeing my collection of DVDs just like I like having a book collection over ebook nonsense.

[gck]

There's an extremely vocal group on the internet who can't seem to understand that for a lot of people, DVDs look and sound and work perfectly fine, and there's no reason to switch from DVD to Bluray

[renegade]

I think we need to look at this from the point of view of poor-man's media. Walmart stores have $3.50 and $5 bins in their stores. That gives consumers the opportunity to buy upwards of 4 or 5 movies at once and have something to watch on their day off. Blu-ray and 4K gives movie aficionados the opportunity to see their movies in the highest quality possible. This, also, brings into consideration any local "Mom and Pop" shops and used media stores that will buy up someone's movie collection to re-sell them for, maybe, 2 or 3 dollars more than what they offered. And budget TVs ranging from 32" up to 50" are now on the market, making it easier for someone to be able to enjoy their own private collection.