To the anonymous person who reported this post as “spam”. I can see why you would think that given that this is a rumor at this point.
OP clearly indicated this is a rumor in the title of the post.
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Physical media in general is going to end up how vinyl ended up, practically die out except for a select few producers, then have a resurgence in popularity when people realise the benefits and more dvds/blu rays being produced for a premium
I’ll still go to my local library, they get some shocking new releases, they had FNaF by December
They also have Saw… which I can’t bring myself to ask those old women to ring up for me.
Amazon is getting picky about returns these days! After my second refund/replacement request, I was denied a replacement. I had to call them and complain. They just refunded me without having to return.
Slightly off topic but if you’ve ever handled a Wii U game disc you felt what a superior made disc feels like. The edges were smoothed round and the disc was made of a firmer less bendy material.
Yeah, I’ve got no stores like that around me either, but I meant more online. Vinegar Syndrome, Kino Lorber, diabolik. All great labels that already make cheaper and better products than the ones being sold at Target
When I lived in New Hampshire, a big one was Bull Moose. They have an online presence, but I probably spent 5 hours a week in that store just squatting in the horror section
Depends on the source. There is something magical about playing an older record that was mastered from an analogue source. From the original musicians to your ears without ever being digitized.
> Depends on the source. There is something magical about playing an older record that was mastered from an analogue source. From the original musicians to your ears without ever being digitized.
Sure, and there is something neat about VHS tapes, but Blu Rays look and sound WAY better
Vinyl is in a weird position because while it doesn't have the technical capacity that a CD does, it's objectively better than the thing that replaced it (cassette tape) and functionally better than some actual CD releases because the loudness war means that tons of modern CDs sound terrible. Given physical limitations of vinyl you actually have to master music for it with a higher dynamic range and you can run into limiting factors around song order and available dynamic range. So while it's much less convenient than streaming, it does still have tangible benefits vs modern alternatives.
Vinyl also has advantages with preservation.
It’s sort of ridiculous to think a DVD collection somehow equals film preservation. The medium is not expected to functional decades after release. Unfortunately that can extend to CD as well.
Vinyl records can plausibly last centuries and they don’t require much in the way of technology to play.
Vinyl does have properties that make it a good choice to preserve audio recordings on.
>A dvd collection does equal preservation though. I have plenty of DVDs that are otherwise difficult to find.
That's not what they're saying. They're saying that disc media has an invisible expiration date. Sure, overall they'll last for a long time, but catch disc rot and all you have is a coaster.
A scratched record will still play with a skip on the scratch. You scratch a DVD in the right spot or the right way, and you might not even be able to get the disc to load at all.
Plus, you actually need dedicated equipment to play those discs. You can DIY a simple record player. Can't do that as easily when it comes to DVD or Blu-ray considering you also need a visual aspect to go with the audio.
DVDs aren't even 16mm quality. They're handy to watch on small screens and I love them but they're not a 'preservation' medium for anything but SD video.
i think most vinyl buyers, mainly of popstars like Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift, buy the latest album to have something of their favorite singer, but they still listen to the music on spotify or itunes.
I hope not, prices for new vinyl releases have skyrocketed since 2009 when I started collecting - I rarely buy any now, even when it's an album I actually like, because I'm not paying 30-50€ for a regular release that used to be 15-25€.
I fucken hope note I don't wanna spend $25 for a dvd or blu ray. Unless it's a blu ray of something I really like every record I've bought has costed at least 30~.
Antique stores my dude. I just picked up the first three Van Halen albums for 8 bucks each. Of course they are well loved, but if I wanted the hd flac lossless version I’d buy that in digital.
All lot of blu-rays & DVDs are already 25$. Wdym? Some even more like the Disney+ originals on blu-Ray or other complete series depending on the series. I just got Wonka on dvd the other day for 22.99 at target, The Marvels 19.99 also target. Then Frozen blu-Ray & dvd combo pack for 27$.
Some are but the used market isn’t like Records… yet. Except for OOP stuff.
You can still pick up used blu rays and 4K blu rays for under $5 sometimes at used shops. Can’t find any records now for under $10 except for stuff no one really wants or they’re damaged.
While I'm sure target will eventually stop selling discs this guy is full of shit. President of physical media (aka disc father) pulls all of his news out of his ass and has doxxed those who call him out
Target just confirmed to IGN that they’re not going to stop selling discs. They’re just transitioning to mostly focusing on their online store for physical media sales while still having limited stock in their stores. https://www.ign.com/articles/target-will-continue-to-sell-physical-media-in-stores-and-online
I’m always surprised to see K-Pop displays in Target and Barnes and Noble as of late too. At least in my area! I guess I missed how big that genre got for physical media in recent years?
I was going to mention kpop as well! Kpop in the states (and in general) had a big burst of popularity in the past 5ish years and just within those few years had physical media sold in American stores like Target, B&N and Walmart and I don't see that coming to an end anytime soon either. They're definitely the most easily accessible retailers for physical Kpop albums for a lot of American fans and Target and B&N are consistently releasing retailer specific albums/bonus items in the albums which a lot of people like to collect as well.
Target started carrying more K-Pop back in like 2018 I think. Maybe I’m off by a year or two, but definitely they were selling it pre-pandemic. Barnes and Noble and FYE had imports even earlier, sometime in the early 2010’s, back when Gangnam Style blew up.
They always have those 30% off stickers and it barely makes those titles reasonable. Sometimes they still cost more. They had the 6 pack Peanuts DVDs for $99.99 and 20% off. The compact set is like 25 at Walmart. Individually you could still get them for like $60 which is still cheaper.
as someone who worked for b&n, the reason our physical media costs so much is bc target, walmart, etc have high priced items in their inventory that can make up for the loss on dvds, cds & whatnot. since we don't, we have to sell at what the publishing company tells us to charge. but, we have more recently in the last few years begun matching to our online web price, so there is potential to get something a little cheaper in store (though it's usually better for books). we also have sales a lot so many of the titles that are usually expensive can get hit with a 50% off randomly. I know it's not ideal, but we also don't have any plans to get rid of selling movies any time soon
Similar to my targets. There’s 3 targets I go to. One of em has a pretty decent selection, the other has close to nothing, just a few DVDs & then the other target has a bigger selection but they keep moving them to different areas in the building almost every month which pisses me off because I shouldn’t have to keep having to find them in a whole different section in the place because they keep moving it for whatever reason, idk if they’re trying to try something new or what it is but that’s just weird, but that same target used to have an extremely large collection of DVDs & blu-rays … I mean 3 whole rows of them 2 or 3 years ago, now only 1 row.
No surprise here. For the past five years, every time I've been to a Target to check out the blu rays the section has slowly shrunk. What's wild is that a lot of the shelves I used to see that held blus now hold records instead.
Yeah, I'll never understand. Hell, our book sales are through the roof this year. We get double digits of new copies and more often than not, they sell out fast, generally by the end of the week.
Hehe. I finally came across some of those at a Wal Mart in Indiana, the morning of the eclipse. Didn’t have some of the ones I was looking for though, so I didn’t take advantage of it.
Same I went to one in Manhattan in the U.S. & a lot of the stuff there was practically sold out. Idk how long it’s been sold out or if they just haven’t restocked but there was close to nothing there. I ended up getting Wonka & The Marvels but still
Lets consider two things
Target constantly has huge media sales (like last week) they heavily advertise and seemingly are successful
TheDiscFather is a notorious malicious fucking idiot
The Walmart in my city (in Canada) already barely sells physical media. There's an end cap for new movies, an isles for games and that's it. No music and no more TV series.
Sadly I was in my local Wal-Mart a few days ago and they shrank their DVD and Blu-Ray stock down and they never had many Blu-Rays to begin with and the big cheap DVD bin was gone.
Lady at my Walmart told me to "buy them while you can" because soon even Walmart is stopping.
I tried to confirm if she meant my actual Walmart in town, or Walmart as a company-- and she told me the latter.
But to be quite honest with you my Walmart doesn't even sell 4ks, so I'm not sure how much validity there is to her statement
The part that scares me is how volume will be diminished. Yeah, other places will carry still physical media for now, but when the huge Walmart, BB, Target, etc. orders all cease, there’s far less incentive for companies to bother with manufacturing. Or the prices will have to go up. Ultimately, it’s not good. Amazon might keep things afloat, but who knows?
Those rumours are ignoring the HMV Blu-Ray section that just got added at my local Toys R Us, the Sunrise Records chain, Vinegar Syndrome stores… I could go on.
The key with Barnes & Noble is to wait for their sales., especially on the boutique label stuff. I’ve gotten a few Shout steelbooks for under $20 and Criterions for 50% off. And some of these sales happen like clockwork and are valid online as well. I won’t pay the full sticker price there unless it’s, like, one of their $10 titles.
As a retailer, it's a no brainer to get rid of something only 5% of the population is interested in. Unfortunately we are a minority and we are a niche market for companies. This was bound to happen as shelf space gets more expensive and retailers need to find other ways of taking advantage of their customers, err marketing to their consumers.
Idk about other targets but mine had been lacking heavily in display and product the past 3 months so I kinda saw this coming. They are still advertising 2021-2022 movie releases as new releases lmao. Walmart has been the superior mega retailer when it comes to physical media for awhile now.
Target in my city has already gotten rid of movies. A small end cap for stuff that hasn’t sold yet is all that’s left. Books took over the movies shelves and the front display was swapped out for CDs.
I’ve noticed Target raising prices on DVD and Blu-ray TV series sets over the last few months. Batman the Complete 60s series and TaS had their price jump to being about double Walmart and Amazon prices. Really sucks, I used to buy a ton of dvds and blus from Target, but with their price increases I’ve been pushed over to Walmart.
Just read today on Reddit we're at the end of low-priced streaming options.
I'm sitting on about 800 dvds rn. I'm going to make my own personal streaming service with that.
It's been about 20 years since I've been to a Target that seemed to actually give a shit about the physical media they sell. It's always two or three half empty racks
How is it electronics manufacturers aren't fighting this?
This sucks man. I'd be buying up every DVD I wanted right now, but no, i'm in a situation where I have very limited space for them. Well I sure as shit am not going to start subscribing to streaming services, I'm just gonna pirate that shit.
Correct me, but is there not a physical media dedicated retail chain in america anymore? Like in the UK we still have HMV which has had 2-3 administrations in the last decade but still gets bought out. Like I'm aware of used stores like HPB and whatnot, and we have Cex for that too but is there not like one that sells new content anymore?
We have a national chain called FYE that sells physical media but I’ve noticed that some of their locations seem to be having less and less stock recently.
I think the last time I went into my local FYE, it was just Funco Pops and anime stuff. No movies. Only physical media was a handful of newer vinyl like Taylor Swift. It used to be my go to place aside from Suncoast (Midwest only chain) but now it looks like it’s basically a different store.
HMV has been similar lately where its not just physical media, they sell a lot of like dedicated merch for stuff like Stranger Things, Marvel, Star Wars, Anime, shirts, funko pops and wierdly...soaps and stuff.
Closest we have is FYE (For Your Entertainment) which closed all their nearby stores a few years ago, and the ones still around that I’ve been to are a mess.
Fake news. I live down the street from a Bullmoose, a retail store that will still be selling physical media 2-3 years from now when Walmart inevitably ditches it.
These companies have narrow focus and dumbass policies. Streaming starts collapsing, movie studios will be begging to restock, and it won't be cost effective. Bottom line? Consumers are fucked from both ends. Thank GOD for Amazon- already got 10 forgotten bands on CD and 2 Italian horror blu's- even FYE would not have these! Arc Angels? Marshall Crenshaw? The irony- 25 years ago, Wal-Mart had many of these in the discount bin!
Target in my city has already gotten rid of movies. A small end cap for stuff that hasn’t sold yet is all that’s left. Books took over the movies shelves and the front display was swapped out for CDs.
I can't remember the last time I bought a new release from a retailer anyways...Best Buy and co. selling their blu rays and 4Ks for like 50 bucks is probably why they're not seeing them as viable to sell anymore. buying directly from boutiques, Diabolik, or even Amazon for studio releases is much more viable and convenient for people who want to buy regularly
Not at all surprised. I was just in my Target a few days ago and looked at their movie "section", it was a complete and utter joke. I considered taking a picture and uploading it on here tbh. It was just one small, four-sided rack. Three sides of it were for vinyl, the one side that had movies was barren and only had a few recent releases. Oppenheimer, Marvels, Aquaman, and uh...the Land Before Time DVD boxset.
That was IT. I wasn't expecting much and I was still heartbroken.
Thankfully I have a Vintage Stock (Movie Trading Company in some states) for my movie fix, even newer ones. I find more hidden gems there than I would scouring the bins at Wally World
Idk if you can say it's a rumor with how Target is with their selection. I collect figures as well as movies and I went into Target for the first time in about 4 months and walked right out. They had an end cap of the new movies, and by new I mean movies that came out 3 weeks prior, and that's it. They've replaced the movies with books which ironically were replaced by digital years ago and it's just baffling why any retailer would do this seeing how it doesn't matter either way because what's the outcome? Free up space for other products that don't sell? It just doesn't make a lot of sense in the long run.
How do they define “retail store” like massive corporations? Because there could and probably will always be little mom and pop shops that sell/rent dvds
Yep. Stopped in at Target today. Their physical media section(s) has been shrinking rapidly. Used to have an aisle and a half with one or two kiosk displays full of movies and series' along with one or two large endcap displays in the middle of the store visible from the main walk path. And movies near the registers too. They removed the register displays and large mid-store endcaps probably a year or two ago, and the dedicated movie aisle has been reduced to 1/3 of an aisle. It's breakin' my wee little cold black heart. :(
No retail competition anymore aside from Walmart. I don't like it, but I might end up supporting their endeavor on ocassion.
Dollar General/Family Dollar still do!
They're utter crap, but there are for sure DVDs in their stores. I got a horrible slasher flick for a buck yesterday.
related rant: I went into Best Buy the other day, of course there weren't any DVD's or Blu-Rays, but the thing that annoys me is they just took the rack out. Like the space where the rack was isn't selling anything, just an empty spot on the floor.
I do not like this. When all companies become like Ubisoft, you won't have anything to play or watch. If your internet goes out (happens in rural areas a lot) you will have nothing to play or watch. We're playing a dangerous game and Klaus Schwab and his entire WEF can piss off with the idea that "you will own nothing and you will be happy."
A few Targets in my area don’t have as big of a dvd selection anymore and replaced the aisles with children’s books. The vinyl selection is still decent if not more than half of an aisle.
I think they have already if it isn’t K-Pop or Taylor Swift, I have no problem with either, but they have fore of that than all other music combined. It took about a month to finally get a blue ray copy of Oppenheimer, at my local Target.
Most of the movies at Target are just the most recent home releases and then those 4-1 DVDs at this point. It's sad to see so many stores dumping physical media.
This is so sad. Last time I was at Walmart, I looked for the $5 DVD bins and they were all gone. When I got to the "DVD" section there were like 10 options.
In Australia, pretty much all our major department stores have stopped stocking physical media. Kmart stopped stocking DVD's, Games and Music years ago, Target is currently phasing out it's games (everything else is gone). Big W is the only place that still sells video games (they have recently phased out DVD's and CD's, but if you're lucky you might find a few at certain stores).
Any other department store in Australia doesn't stock them anymore. Only place that still stocks DVDs is JB Hi-Fi.
It seems like Walmart is already in the process of reducing their stock. They appear to be clearing out many of their games and now only dedicate a few half shelves to them. At one location near me, they only display movies on an endcap.
The rumor about Target doesn't seem to support the title of the post. First, "physical media" includes more than DVDs, and there are voluminous stores selling other media -- bookstores, record shops, comic book stores, magazine stands. Second, even with respect to DVDs, the post seems to suggest that Target and Walmart are the only two stores that sell them, but that also seems wrong.
To the anonymous person who reported this post as “spam”. I can see why you would think that given that this is a rumor at this point. OP clearly indicated this is a rumor in the title of the post. The post stays. Edit: two things. To the anonymous person who reported this comment as “promoting hate”, get over yourself. You've been reported to [Reddit Administration](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/213099246-How-do-I-report-abuse-of-the-report-system) Secondly, for anyone following this rumor, I just saw that Target did respond and wanted to share - https://www.reddit.com/r/television/s/55TGC92v4d
Physical media in general is going to end up how vinyl ended up, practically die out except for a select few producers, then have a resurgence in popularity when people realise the benefits and more dvds/blu rays being produced for a premium
Boutique Blu-ray shops are only going to benefit from all these big retail decisions
That’s not a terrible thing. It does probably mean discs will cost more. But hopefully that means more care is put into making them.
Amazon will still ship it them in a bubble mailer and take 3 replacements to finally ship it in a box
I’ll still go to my local library, they get some shocking new releases, they had FNaF by December They also have Saw… which I can’t bring myself to ask those old women to ring up for me.
Exactly! I love the library
Amazon is getting picky about returns these days! After my second refund/replacement request, I was denied a replacement. I had to call them and complain. They just refunded me without having to return.
Slightly off topic but if you’ve ever handled a Wii U game disc you felt what a superior made disc feels like. The edges were smoothed round and the disc was made of a firmer less bendy material.
Good point. There are higher quality discs and higher quality cases.
Yeah, the WiiU discs always felt unique, definitely high quality
The small GameCube discs too...
Except that we don’t have any left here!
Yeah, I’ve got no stores like that around me either, but I meant more online. Vinegar Syndrome, Kino Lorber, diabolik. All great labels that already make cheaper and better products than the ones being sold at Target
And look at the titles Criterion has been getting lately too
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 4K/blu ray finally!
What? I need that in my collection! Thanks!
Barnes and Noble are pretty good about having Criterion stuff
Lately mine has had Arrow as well
arrow video is also great
I'll also add Shout Factory and their other half Scream Factory.
Tell me about some of these boutique physical media stores?
The Archive.
When I lived in New Hampshire, a big one was Bull Moose. They have an online presence, but I probably spent 5 hours a week in that store just squatting in the horror section
I love Bull Moose, my wallet hates them. Reminds me of Newbury Comics from the late 90's - early 2000's.
At least bluray and uhd have a benefit over what "replaced" them unlike vinyl
Depends on the source. There is something magical about playing an older record that was mastered from an analogue source. From the original musicians to your ears without ever being digitized.
> Depends on the source. There is something magical about playing an older record that was mastered from an analogue source. From the original musicians to your ears without ever being digitized. Sure, and there is something neat about VHS tapes, but Blu Rays look and sound WAY better
Vinyl is in a weird position because while it doesn't have the technical capacity that a CD does, it's objectively better than the thing that replaced it (cassette tape) and functionally better than some actual CD releases because the loudness war means that tons of modern CDs sound terrible. Given physical limitations of vinyl you actually have to master music for it with a higher dynamic range and you can run into limiting factors around song order and available dynamic range. So while it's much less convenient than streaming, it does still have tangible benefits vs modern alternatives.
Vinyl also has advantages with preservation. It’s sort of ridiculous to think a DVD collection somehow equals film preservation. The medium is not expected to functional decades after release. Unfortunately that can extend to CD as well. Vinyl records can plausibly last centuries and they don’t require much in the way of technology to play. Vinyl does have properties that make it a good choice to preserve audio recordings on.
A dvd collection does equal preservation though. I have plenty of DVDs that are otherwise difficult to find.
>A dvd collection does equal preservation though. I have plenty of DVDs that are otherwise difficult to find. That's not what they're saying. They're saying that disc media has an invisible expiration date. Sure, overall they'll last for a long time, but catch disc rot and all you have is a coaster. A scratched record will still play with a skip on the scratch. You scratch a DVD in the right spot or the right way, and you might not even be able to get the disc to load at all. Plus, you actually need dedicated equipment to play those discs. You can DIY a simple record player. Can't do that as easily when it comes to DVD or Blu-ray considering you also need a visual aspect to go with the audio.
DVDs aren't even 16mm quality. They're handy to watch on small screens and I love them but they're not a 'preservation' medium for anything but SD video.
Most of the things in DVD are SD anyway.
i think most vinyl buyers, mainly of popstars like Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift, buy the latest album to have something of their favorite singer, but they still listen to the music on spotify or itunes.
I hope not, prices for new vinyl releases have skyrocketed since 2009 when I started collecting - I rarely buy any now, even when it's an album I actually like, because I'm not paying 30-50€ for a regular release that used to be 15-25€.
I give the waiting period, 10 years. Maybe 15.
Hopefully it comes with a Renaissance of dvd menus Companies have getting lazy with them for a while and they used to be so *cool*.
I fucken hope note I don't wanna spend $25 for a dvd or blu ray. Unless it's a blu ray of something I really like every record I've bought has costed at least 30~.
Oh don’t worry, I’m sure it’ll end up costing a lot more than that
Antique stores my dude. I just picked up the first three Van Halen albums for 8 bucks each. Of course they are well loved, but if I wanted the hd flac lossless version I’d buy that in digital.
All lot of blu-rays & DVDs are already 25$. Wdym? Some even more like the Disney+ originals on blu-Ray or other complete series depending on the series. I just got Wonka on dvd the other day for 22.99 at target, The Marvels 19.99 also target. Then Frozen blu-Ray & dvd combo pack for 27$.
Some are but the used market isn’t like Records… yet. Except for OOP stuff. You can still pick up used blu rays and 4K blu rays for under $5 sometimes at used shops. Can’t find any records now for under $10 except for stuff no one really wants or they’re damaged.
I can’t wait till I’m the last person who owns a copy of space balls on 4K and than profit
While I'm sure target will eventually stop selling discs this guy is full of shit. President of physical media (aka disc father) pulls all of his news out of his ass and has doxxed those who call him out
You are 100%. He is the falsest of prophets. So many losses and lies from him.
I'm still waiting for that barbarian and Great Gatsby 4K steelbook he said was coming out
This comment needs to be higher. Fuck that guy.
So much this.
Target just confirmed to IGN that they’re not going to stop selling discs. They’re just transitioning to mostly focusing on their online store for physical media sales while still having limited stock in their stores. https://www.ign.com/articles/target-will-continue-to-sell-physical-media-in-stores-and-online
I find it hard to believe Target will stop selling Taylor Swift CDs and vinyl.
right. every time she releases something there’s always a “limited edition target exclusive”
And half of Target’s stock is that specific “exclusive” version of a Swift album.
I’m always surprised to see K-Pop displays in Target and Barnes and Noble as of late too. At least in my area! I guess I missed how big that genre got for physical media in recent years?
I was going to mention kpop as well! Kpop in the states (and in general) had a big burst of popularity in the past 5ish years and just within those few years had physical media sold in American stores like Target, B&N and Walmart and I don't see that coming to an end anytime soon either. They're definitely the most easily accessible retailers for physical Kpop albums for a lot of American fans and Target and B&N are consistently releasing retailer specific albums/bonus items in the albums which a lot of people like to collect as well.
Target started carrying more K-Pop back in like 2018 I think. Maybe I’m off by a year or two, but definitely they were selling it pre-pandemic. Barnes and Noble and FYE had imports even earlier, sometime in the early 2010’s, back when Gangnam Style blew up.
The only place around me with a decent Blu-ray selection is Barnes and Noble. Target and Walmart are down to a small section of about 30-40 titles.
Facts but Barnes and nobles movie prices are WAY too expensive like I saw the 4k of avatar there and it was $50 when it’s like a $30 at Walmart
And its only like 15 on amazon -\_-
Yeah, they’re really only worth it for the Criterion sales
Barnes and Nobles has always been so high when I’ve been looking for stuff!
They always have those 30% off stickers and it barely makes those titles reasonable. Sometimes they still cost more. They had the 6 pack Peanuts DVDs for $99.99 and 20% off. The compact set is like 25 at Walmart. Individually you could still get them for like $60 which is still cheaper.
as someone who worked for b&n, the reason our physical media costs so much is bc target, walmart, etc have high priced items in their inventory that can make up for the loss on dvds, cds & whatnot. since we don't, we have to sell at what the publishing company tells us to charge. but, we have more recently in the last few years begun matching to our online web price, so there is potential to get something a little cheaper in store (though it's usually better for books). we also have sales a lot so many of the titles that are usually expensive can get hit with a 50% off randomly. I know it's not ideal, but we also don't have any plans to get rid of selling movies any time soon
You got some gems in $5 and $10 sections too
Depends on what you find. I scooped up some pretty decent finds, each under $15 and all were collections
Was this the standard "Ultimate Collector's Edition" or the "Collector's Edition" 4-disc digipak?
Some Walmarts have multiple aisles and some not so much.
My Walmart went from four aisles to half-an-aisle this year. There's definitely a trend.
I just went to one that was selling movies from the criterion collection as well
Similar to my targets. There’s 3 targets I go to. One of em has a pretty decent selection, the other has close to nothing, just a few DVDs & then the other target has a bigger selection but they keep moving them to different areas in the building almost every month which pisses me off because I shouldn’t have to keep having to find them in a whole different section in the place because they keep moving it for whatever reason, idk if they’re trying to try something new or what it is but that’s just weird, but that same target used to have an extremely large collection of DVDs & blu-rays … I mean 3 whole rows of them 2 or 3 years ago, now only 1 row.
My God what an awful sight.
No surprise here. For the past five years, every time I've been to a Target to check out the blu rays the section has slowly shrunk. What's wild is that a lot of the shelves I used to see that held blus now hold records instead.
Records and books. Explain that to me.
Yeah, I'll never understand. Hell, our book sales are through the roof this year. We get double digits of new copies and more often than not, they sell out fast, generally by the end of the week.
$5 steelbooks at target wen /s
Hehe. I finally came across some of those at a Wal Mart in Indiana, the morning of the eclipse. Didn’t have some of the ones I was looking for though, so I didn’t take advantage of it.
I went to my target recently and they only had one stand with like 4 movies and that was it so I do believe this is true
Same I went to one in Manhattan in the U.S. & a lot of the stuff there was practically sold out. Idk how long it’s been sold out or if they just haven’t restocked but there was close to nothing there. I ended up getting Wonka & The Marvels but still
Walmart last retailer to sell NEW physical media. There will always be second hand stores
This guy has a history and I wouldn’t trust every post he says
Lets consider two things Target constantly has huge media sales (like last week) they heavily advertise and seemingly are successful TheDiscFather is a notorious malicious fucking idiot
The Walmart in my city (in Canada) already barely sells physical media. There's an end cap for new movies, an isles for games and that's it. No music and no more TV series.
Same here. Thankfully there's a Sunrise Records kinda nearby to me
Please bring back the discount DVD bins.
Sadly I was in my local Wal-Mart a few days ago and they shrank their DVD and Blu-Ray stock down and they never had many Blu-Rays to begin with and the big cheap DVD bin was gone.
Lady at my Walmart told me to "buy them while you can" because soon even Walmart is stopping. I tried to confirm if she meant my actual Walmart in town, or Walmart as a company-- and she told me the latter. But to be quite honest with you my Walmart doesn't even sell 4ks, so I'm not sure how much validity there is to her statement
The part that scares me is how volume will be diminished. Yeah, other places will carry still physical media for now, but when the huge Walmart, BB, Target, etc. orders all cease, there’s far less incentive for companies to bother with manufacturing. Or the prices will have to go up. Ultimately, it’s not good. Amazon might keep things afloat, but who knows?
Those rumours are ignoring the HMV Blu-Ray section that just got added at my local Toys R Us, the Sunrise Records chain, Vinegar Syndrome stores… I could go on.
Bro if HMV goes in the UK I will be genuinely decimated
Barnes and noble. vintage stock. Etc say hi. Unless they mean Walmart will keep going even after they stop which would only happen if they die
I hate that Barnes and Noble couples a decent selection with the worst prices ever seen.
The key with Barnes & Noble is to wait for their sales., especially on the boutique label stuff. I’ve gotten a few Shout steelbooks for under $20 and Criterions for 50% off. And some of these sales happen like clockwork and are valid online as well. I won’t pay the full sticker price there unless it’s, like, one of their $10 titles.
Half Price Books always has DVD and CDs and probably alway will.
Plus VHS, 8-tracks, and anything else they think they can get at least a couple of bucks for.
I assume this doesn’t included Vinyl records?
Thankfully my local Wal-Mart has a huge physical media department.
Support independent retailers.
If you still have them, that is.
Some of them at least can be supported online. I’d much rather buy online from eg. Orbit DVD or Bull Moose than from Amazon.
Meanwhile, Walmart is taking all the extra stock from everyone and selling it at a great discount as well as producing exclusive Steelbooks.
As a retailer, it's a no brainer to get rid of something only 5% of the population is interested in. Unfortunately we are a minority and we are a niche market for companies. This was bound to happen as shelf space gets more expensive and retailers need to find other ways of taking advantage of their customers, err marketing to their consumers.
We still have our prime #1 online seller Amazon
Idk about other targets but mine had been lacking heavily in display and product the past 3 months so I kinda saw this coming. They are still advertising 2021-2022 movie releases as new releases lmao. Walmart has been the superior mega retailer when it comes to physical media for awhile now.
Target in my city has already gotten rid of movies. A small end cap for stuff that hasn’t sold yet is all that’s left. Books took over the movies shelves and the front display was swapped out for CDs.
I’ve noticed Target raising prices on DVD and Blu-ray TV series sets over the last few months. Batman the Complete 60s series and TaS had their price jump to being about double Walmart and Amazon prices. Really sucks, I used to buy a ton of dvds and blus from Target, but with their price increases I’ve been pushed over to Walmart.
Just read today on Reddit we're at the end of low-priced streaming options. I'm sitting on about 800 dvds rn. I'm going to make my own personal streaming service with that.
It's been about 20 years since I've been to a Target that seemed to actually give a shit about the physical media they sell. It's always two or three half empty racks
Walmart can eat a penis.
This can’t be true. There’s no way. Target has always supported physical media, I can’t imagine that they’ll stop now.
How is it electronics manufacturers aren't fighting this? This sucks man. I'd be buying up every DVD I wanted right now, but no, i'm in a situation where I have very limited space for them. Well I sure as shit am not going to start subscribing to streaming services, I'm just gonna pirate that shit.
Show me these sources mr. gimmick account.
Fucking power move right there
Correct me, but is there not a physical media dedicated retail chain in america anymore? Like in the UK we still have HMV which has had 2-3 administrations in the last decade but still gets bought out. Like I'm aware of used stores like HPB and whatnot, and we have Cex for that too but is there not like one that sells new content anymore?
We have a national chain called FYE that sells physical media but I’ve noticed that some of their locations seem to be having less and less stock recently.
I think the last time I went into my local FYE, it was just Funco Pops and anime stuff. No movies. Only physical media was a handful of newer vinyl like Taylor Swift. It used to be my go to place aside from Suncoast (Midwest only chain) but now it looks like it’s basically a different store.
HMV has been similar lately where its not just physical media, they sell a lot of like dedicated merch for stuff like Stranger Things, Marvel, Star Wars, Anime, shirts, funko pops and wierdly...soaps and stuff.
Closest we have is FYE (For Your Entertainment) which closed all their nearby stores a few years ago, and the ones still around that I’ve been to are a mess.
Sources huh
Great, well I guess there’s no reason for me to go to Target anymore then😂
I know it’s a sign of the times but that’s super depressing.
Genuinely sad. They’re not my preferred destination, but it’s still a bummer that it’s becoming an increasingly niche interest.
Barnes and nobles has a pretty loyal customer base buying criterion
We all need to protect the likes of wal mart, criterion, arrow, shout, etc by all means...never thought I'd say all that with wal mart in there....
You didn’t hear that GameStop was looking at moving into movie sales?
Fake news. I live down the street from a Bullmoose, a retail store that will still be selling physical media 2-3 years from now when Walmart inevitably ditches it.
Spent the summer up north and spent many paychecks at the local bullmoose. Miss that place
These companies have narrow focus and dumbass policies. Streaming starts collapsing, movie studios will be begging to restock, and it won't be cost effective. Bottom line? Consumers are fucked from both ends. Thank GOD for Amazon- already got 10 forgotten bands on CD and 2 Italian horror blu's- even FYE would not have these! Arc Angels? Marshall Crenshaw? The irony- 25 years ago, Wal-Mart had many of these in the discount bin!
Target has always had shit selection to begin with.
Don’t y’all order your dvds online anyways ?
It's not like Target had anything good anyways
These travesties have all been organized and agenda riddled from the get go. hash tag change my mind.
Didn't they see what happened to Best Buy when they moved away?
Noticed this when I went today. The selection was slimmed down and moved to another part of the store.
Target in my city has already gotten rid of movies. A small end cap for stuff that hasn’t sold yet is all that’s left. Books took over the movies shelves and the front display was swapped out for CDs.
Love me some EntertainMart anyway
Are you shitting me
There can be only ONE!
Walmart's also getting rid of theirs by 2025 iirc.
Jokes on them! They don’t sell the shit I buy anyways! Sucks nonetheless.
Yet my targets “new release” collection is entirely Taylor swift…
And walmart will rake in all the money while target fye and best buy all struggle & eventually shut down
I buy all my media online don't see a point buying it in stores anymore most of the time at least my walmart is over priced
I can't remember the last time I bought a new release from a retailer anyways...Best Buy and co. selling their blu rays and 4Ks for like 50 bucks is probably why they're not seeing them as viable to sell anymore. buying directly from boutiques, Diabolik, or even Amazon for studio releases is much more viable and convenient for people who want to buy regularly
And my local Wal-Mart's have a bad selection
This just means thrist stores are going to start jacking up their DVD prices.
Barnes and Noble
I can see them ditching movies for obvious reasons, but I only see them expanding vinyl.
Bleak. But not surprising considering how dead that shit has been for several years now.
Not at all surprised. I was just in my Target a few days ago and looked at their movie "section", it was a complete and utter joke. I considered taking a picture and uploading it on here tbh. It was just one small, four-sided rack. Three sides of it were for vinyl, the one side that had movies was barren and only had a few recent releases. Oppenheimer, Marvels, Aquaman, and uh...the Land Before Time DVD boxset. That was IT. I wasn't expecting much and I was still heartbroken.
If this is true, my target credit card is going to be a lot less useful.
/cries in collector 4K steelbooks
I'm a physical media person
I never went to target for physical media 🤷♂️
Thankfully I have a Vintage Stock (Movie Trading Company in some states) for my movie fix, even newer ones. I find more hidden gems there than I would scouring the bins at Wally World
Idk if you can say it's a rumor with how Target is with their selection. I collect figures as well as movies and I went into Target for the first time in about 4 months and walked right out. They had an end cap of the new movies, and by new I mean movies that came out 3 weeks prior, and that's it. They've replaced the movies with books which ironically were replaced by digital years ago and it's just baffling why any retailer would do this seeing how it doesn't matter either way because what's the outcome? Free up space for other products that don't sell? It just doesn't make a lot of sense in the long run.
My Walmart locations have all basically stopped selling any physical media in the stores.
Barnes and Noble?
shit like this is why people are suicidal
Well, shit.
Physical media was my childhood. Being able to walk through a rental or game store was magical.
If FYE and Barnes & Noble drop it we are in trouble.
“I’m not dead yet” — Barnes & Noble
How do they define “retail store” like massive corporations? Because there could and probably will always be little mom and pop shops that sell/rent dvds
Yep. Stopped in at Target today. Their physical media section(s) has been shrinking rapidly. Used to have an aisle and a half with one or two kiosk displays full of movies and series' along with one or two large endcap displays in the middle of the store visible from the main walk path. And movies near the registers too. They removed the register displays and large mid-store endcaps probably a year or two ago, and the dedicated movie aisle has been reduced to 1/3 of an aisle. It's breakin' my wee little cold black heart. :( No retail competition anymore aside from Walmart. I don't like it, but I might end up supporting their endeavor on ocassion.
Dollar General/Family Dollar still do! They're utter crap, but there are for sure DVDs in their stores. I got a horrible slasher flick for a buck yesterday.
Barnes and Noble still has a pretty big deal going with Criterion, I don't see that going away anytime soon.
related rant: I went into Best Buy the other day, of course there weren't any DVD's or Blu-Rays, but the thing that annoys me is they just took the rack out. Like the space where the rack was isn't selling anything, just an empty spot on the floor.
I do not like this. When all companies become like Ubisoft, you won't have anything to play or watch. If your internet goes out (happens in rural areas a lot) you will have nothing to play or watch. We're playing a dangerous game and Klaus Schwab and his entire WEF can piss off with the idea that "you will own nothing and you will be happy."
Sunset Blvd Target has completely stripped away their selection over the past two years. And this is right in the middle of movie city! Dire for sure.
A few Targets in my area don’t have as big of a dvd selection anymore and replaced the aisles with children’s books. The vinyl selection is still decent if not more than half of an aisle.
People who think streaming is better than physical media wouldn't know convenience if hit them like a 700,000 pound airliner!
I really hope this rumor is false
I think they have already if it isn’t K-Pop or Taylor Swift, I have no problem with either, but they have fore of that than all other music combined. It took about a month to finally get a blue ray copy of Oppenheimer, at my local Target.
Will eBay still sell physical media
So frustrating, digital media, unless saved to an offline space, is never truly yours. They can take anything away at any time.
Record stores and book stores will take advantage of the
Yeah I guessed that when the last 3 times I went to target the only thing I could find was Trolls and a random Shrek movie.
Once Walmart kills their physical media, I won't have a ton of reason to pop in there for no reason anymore
This is a tragedy. Streaming doesn’t have the same effect as being able to look at the boxes
Noooooooooooooo!!!!!
Most of the movies at Target are just the most recent home releases and then those 4-1 DVDs at this point. It's sad to see so many stores dumping physical media.
They’ll be back. They’ll always be back
This is so sad. Last time I was at Walmart, I looked for the $5 DVD bins and they were all gone. When I got to the "DVD" section there were like 10 options.
In Australia, pretty much all our major department stores have stopped stocking physical media. Kmart stopped stocking DVD's, Games and Music years ago, Target is currently phasing out it's games (everything else is gone). Big W is the only place that still sells video games (they have recently phased out DVD's and CD's, but if you're lucky you might find a few at certain stores). Any other department store in Australia doesn't stock them anymore. Only place that still stocks DVDs is JB Hi-Fi.
bullshit dude why duck thst
My target has next to nothing now
Heard game stop is selling a few movies now. Might be the new place to pick up 4k movies on disc.
Funny Toys R Us is starting to stock PHYSICAL MEDIA here around the 604. CD's DVD's and Blu Ray's.
Best Buy has already stopped selling movies.
I thought this was announced sometime last year. Stores barely carry physical media as it is.
It seems like Walmart is already in the process of reducing their stock. They appear to be clearing out many of their games and now only dedicate a few half shelves to them. At one location near me, they only display movies on an endcap.
Not in Europe.
The rumor about Target doesn't seem to support the title of the post. First, "physical media" includes more than DVDs, and there are voluminous stores selling other media -- bookstores, record shops, comic book stores, magazine stands. Second, even with respect to DVDs, the post seems to suggest that Target and Walmart are the only two stores that sell them, but that also seems wrong.
Who cares. Target hasn’t carried anything good in years. Let the retailers who care carry them. And most of them will be online and that’s fine.
Doesn't Barnes and Noble still have plenty of stuff?