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But what happens if and when digital video goes completely to a streaming/download model? And what about 4K/8K? Can Blu-ray as it stands even support that, or would there have to be yet another disc format?

I'm wondering if perhaps Sony won a Pyrrhic victory here.

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Ultimately, all the protons in the Universe will decay, rendering movies obsolete. I'm wondering what the point of anything is, knowing we will all become nothingness some day.

(To be less abstract: they probably made back the money already. Everything else is gravy.)

I think Blu-ray will live out its full allotted decade of life; whether Sony makes back their $4B during that time is questionable but it's their strategy tax to bear. 4K will probably be download-only (and probably fiber-only).

> 4K will probably be download-only (and probably fiber-only).

Legality aside, I'm a member of a private movie tracker. High quality 1080p rips come in at ~12GBs or more for ~1h45m of content. I have an 80Mb connection, and it still takes me about 30-35 minutes to complete the download.

1080p, let alone 4k, downloads are years away for the average consumer. What are they getting these days, 20Mb + download caps? So sure, fiber only, but my god it's a long way off.

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