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<blockquote data-quote="Knots4ever" data-source="post: 339473" data-attributes="member: 4475">That is true but content owners have to make money somehow. Linear TV is dying so to get shows like Dallas, the money needs to come from somewhere. If CBS (example) doesn’t have the money to order an expensive show from Warner (example) then there won’t be a show unless Warner find other ways of making money.Printing DVDs requires an upfront investment, if that money isn’t there or if the returns don’t warrant the upfront investment then they won’t be printed.It’s a change, it’s different but things have always changed and will always change. A business has to earn money to stay viable.Content owners putting their huge catalogues of shows and movies on their owned and operated streaming services generates income which can then be invested to create new content.If there is an opportunity to generate profits from having a reduced number of box sets for die-hard collectors, then physical media will remain available. If the numbers don’t add up then that won’t be the case. Obviously other things will factor in too - if hardware to play physical discs will be phased out because no one buys them in sufficient numbers, then discs will follow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Knots4ever, post: 339473, member: 4475"] That is true but content owners have to make money somehow. Linear TV is dying so to get shows like Dallas, the money needs to come from somewhere. If CBS (example) doesn’t have the money to order an expensive show from Warner (example) then there won’t be a show unless Warner find other ways of making money. Printing DVDs requires an upfront investment, if that money isn’t there or if the returns don’t warrant the upfront investment then they won’t be printed. It’s a change, it’s different but things have always changed and will always change. A business has to earn money to stay viable. Content owners putting their huge catalogues of shows and movies on their owned and operated streaming services generates income which can then be invested to create new content. If there is an opportunity to generate profits from having a reduced number of box sets for die-hard collectors, then physical media will remain available. If the numbers don’t add up then that won’t be the case. Obviously other things will factor in too - if hardware to play physical discs will be phased out because no one buys them in sufficient numbers, then discs will follow. [/QUOTE]

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