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Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning | TechSpot (www.techspot.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How can I afford to buy Criterion Collection Blu-Rays for $14.99 if blu-ray discs cost $25?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's read-only, not read/write, plus they're buying bulk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Economy of scale and also slightly different, but related, media format. Criterion has them printed in bulk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah ok, but as we've established in this thread, Blu Ray discs don't cost $25 a piece. At any level. So.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Again, writable Blu-ray is a slightly different format from what you would buy with a movie on it. They are not putting Criterion movies on the same discs you could burn them to in a drive.