ICYMI: What Next: TBD: The Blu-Ray-naissance Is Here. Sort of.

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🗓️ 20 July 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Today, we’re bringing you an episode from our friends and colleagues over at What Next: TBD. Guest host, Cheyna Roth is joined by Ash Nelson, journalist and author of “The Lost Art of the DVD Extra” for Slate. The two discuss the downsides of the streaming era are coming into focus for movie fans—uncontrollable, changing libraries; lower fidelity; lack of extras and features. Can all of these be solved with a return to physical media? Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Patrick Fort, and Cheyna Roth. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.4	What Next TBD about the Renaissance of Physical Media, specifically the BluBray. Last week, Red Box announced
1:18.9	they were officially closing down due to declining DVD sales, meaning those little red kiosks you see
1:24.7	outside of like grocery stores, they may be going away soon. And this kind of
1:29.4	adds a nail in the coffin for those online who have been advocating for the return to physical media,
1:34.6	since streaming companies can cut our access to various media, including movies we've paid for.
1:39.4	And while those movie fans are yearning for things like director commentaries and blooper reels,
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