The Blu-Ray-naissance Is Here. Sort of.
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
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?
Guest: Ash Nelson, journalist and author of “The Lost Art of the DVD Extra” for Slate.
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