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  1. #Movies #DVD #BluRay

    It's curious to me that some movies now being released for general distribution for home use are ONLY being released in BluRay but not basic DVD format.

    #ACompleteUnknown & #TheAmateur are current examples or this.

    I also just bought a copy of #LoveMe -- a peculiar post-appopcalytic love story between a buoy & satellite voiced by Steven Yuen & Kristen Stewart -- that I saw at the theater & which also has only been released in BluRay.

    Price doesn't seem to be the reason because the BluRay copy of the same movie released in DVD is often LESS than the cost of DVD.

    I've got a BluRay player but many people do not &, while DVDs are upward compatible with BluRay players, DVD players cannot play BluRay discs.

    This is the reason that I prefer to buy movies in DVD format, even though the image & sound quality of BluRay is arguably better.

    So, it would make more sense to distribute movies mainly in DVD format & to do otherwise will just limit distribution.

    Is that the "plan?" 🤔