Vinny, a 32-year-old videographer in upstate New York, told Insider he has 3,500 movie titles on his shelf in his home.Īdam, a 31-year-old from Alberta, Canada, said he has 500 DVDs. Collectors say they average $5.īen, who is 36 years old and goes by the name Cinema Adherent on Reddit, told Insider he has 5,000 titles in total. In other words, it's worth it to scoop up discs when you can, especially when they're priced so low. But 4K Blu-Rays offer the highest, with anywhere from 82 to 128 mgps. Netflix offers movies to stream up to 15.25 mgps as of last year, and Disney+ offers a similar bitrate. Bitrates refer to how much data can be processed through your TV screen: the more data, the higher quality, and vice versa.Ī photo of Godby's hundreds of physical discs.Īpple TV+ has been known to have one of the highest rates, with about 25 megabits per second for 4K. Streaming platforms may make content accessible, but movies offered on them aren't as high-quality as 4K Blu-Rays, though they're catching up quickly.
Netflix did not respond to requests for updated numbers. The streaming market, on the other hand, is a bloated, $50 billion business, with power players like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+ reigning supreme.Īnd Netflix knows that surge doesn't mean DVDs aren't profitable anymore - the company was still sending DVDs to about 2 million people in the US by mail in 2019, the last year it reported such figures. Streaming services don't have the best movie quality A photo of Godby's hundreds of physical discs.ĭVD sales have fallen more than 67% between 20, CNBC reported, and now make up less than 10% of the total movie market. "Watching a film on a 4K disc will invariably look better than streaming the same movie in 4K on a streaming site," 22-year-old Bryson Godby told Insider.