Why Are DVDs Still In Production?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

It's very simple. As someone who still purchases DVD's in 2024, I can explain why I do so pretty easily: It's cheap. That's it. Where the Blu Ray is priced the same or only a few pennies more, I obviously go for the Blu Ray because I own an Xbox One that I can watch them on, but as soon as the price difference is several bucks more for the Blu Ray, or god forbid, tens of dollars more, I just buy the DVD. I don't care about visual quality much, I just want to own the things I buy and not rely on the billion streaming services that keep popping up. Yes, 1080p is nicer than 480p but not so much that I'd pay significantly extra for it. And don't even mention 4k. If I bought a 4k TV, 4K Player and 4K Cable, I'd be bankrupt. That's simply out of the question for me. So that's about it. I buy DVD's because I want to own the things I purchase and re-watch them at will, and because they are a cheap way for me to do so.

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.

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.

In the waning days of Summer, 2023, Spectrum and Disney went to war over ESPN licensing fees. For 12 days, ALL Disney-owned channels were gone from the Spectrum cable TV lineup. Spectrum struck a deal for Disney Plus, in exchange for EIGHT Disney-owned channels "nobody ever watches." Just like that, FXX, FX Movies and Disney XD were gone forever. I watched these channels for "Bob's Burgers," "Futurama," and "Gravity Falls." A visit to Amazon later, I have the "Gravity Falls" Collector's Edition, so I can see "Gravity Falls" when I WANT TO. Having TV and movies taken away by a cable TV company is not unlike a "video streaming service" cancelling/censoring/eradicating TV or movies for ANY reason whatsoever. So I still buy DVDs because I can't trust the local cable TV company any more than "cord cutting streamers" can trust their "video streaming service." Is that Clear enough? "Disney Plus"? Hasn't shown up, and I dislike their Dumpster Fire-content.

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.

I'm glad we still have DVD, I have no problem with it, much cheaper and way better picture than VHS was, plus.. there's so many films that only made it to DVD that aren't on any other format

when the person before u didnt rewind the tape and u gotta watch the movie in reverse spoilers to actually watch it properly

My situation is probably pretty niche, but I lile watching DVDs on my CRT tv on my PS2. I have a whole retro set up and enjoy watching old horror movies in the same way that I wwtched them on as a kid. Some action movies as well. On my 4K tv I do enjoy 4K mostly though.

Voluntary luddite here. I do not have internet at my house nor streaming TV. I'm a film freak and When I want to watch something, I turn to my massive collection of DVD movies. I don't even have a flat screen TV - I watch everything on CRT sets from the 90s.

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