Not necesarilly true..

For instance..
Oppos are region free and is not cheap..

You can choose Sony blu-ray player if you use it to play "dvds"…

As I tested before, region 1,2,3,6 dvd able to play it, not sure about region4, 5 yet

Except that. He want cheap. Oppo is freaking expensive.

There's the LG UP870
Not sure of it's sold locally though

I've stop using bluray player for some time. Have the tech become more reliable nowadays?
I previously have 3 bluray players died on me, each around 2 years life span.

Stream online. Haha

Yeah, I believe bluray disc is a dying tech format just like we no longer have disc for PC program installation, online streaming/downloading has already taken over, unfortunately not everyone has great broadband speed even in developed countries.

I believe Ultra Blu Ray will take over the Blu Ray format and it will continue to be around until unless we can stream 4K HDR with HD Audio formats e.g. Dolby Atmos and DTS-X. HT enthusiasts will continue to support this new format for the time being. Of course, downloading is an option which will negate the need for a physical disc. My 2 sen.

Model Samsung 4K player ni paling murah setakat ni.

Online 11street : Model M8500

Link : Samsung M8500 Player 4K

Dead link

4K HDR is possible and Netflix is doing it.

Dolby Atmos and DTS-X not many have such setup I believe.

4K HDR will be very common in future.
just like 1080p we have previously.

but the physical disc cycle would continue. from cassette to current disc.
maybe in future thumb drive as a disc replacement.

As long as they actually "sell you the content", it's okay.

Nowadays the greedy businesses are moving towards "selling you the service", like in digital games consumer are buying the services, one day the game server can be shut down and the consumer will not be able to consume what they thought they have bought and owned. Nowadays songs are also sold as a service thru the like of Spotify if I'm not mistaken.

Your life is on loan just like a service.

Nothing is permanent.

Service is the trend now and possible future.

Certain movie/video for keep, I still prefer physical but for others one short watch I prefer digitize format.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Jan 9 2018, 08:28 PM

It's a clever way of making money and binding the consumer to their platform. Anyone who had bought such "service content" will unlikely jumped ship when one has thrown in considerable sum to the service provider and have big collection of online content in their personal account.

there is one problem with physical as it would spoil after certain years.
digital content can always re-download if your account still active

Actually all got risk.

Physical may spoilt.

Digitize (paid not rent) may become not accessible when the company closed.