Disney To Start Limiting The Number Of 4K Titles They Release On Physical Media In Future

Disney To Start Limiting The Number Of 4K Titles They Release On Physical Media In Future

Disney is set to limit the number of 4K titles they release on physical media in future, with new films safe, but those from their back catalog now only available on Digital platforms like Disney+!

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By Nighthawk01 - Aug 11, 2020 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Disney
Source: The Digital Bits

The Digital Bits is reporting that Disney has halted production on the release of physical copies of 4K Ultra HD films from the studios's catalog. New releases, as well as a limited number of animated classics, will continue to be released, as will Star Wars and Marvel Studios projects. 

However, other catalog titles - and there are literally hundreds of those - will not receive 4K releases, with the only way of getting them being on Digital platforms and, obviously, Disney+. 

Perhaps the most disappointing part of this news is that it includes films from 20th Century Fox as well, so any classic movies from that studio which haven't been released on 4K Blu-ray will now never be. The final catalog releases to receive the 4K Ultra HD treatment are Home Alone and Hocus Pocus.

It's believed the reason behind this movie is due to both the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the downsizing of 20th Century Fox after it was acquired by Disney. There's also a strong chance that this is the studio's way of pushing consumers to Disney+ where 4K content is readily available.

The first 4K Ultra HD release from Disney was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 back in 2017. 

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/11/2020, 7:48 AM
This is disappointing, I was looking forward to a lot of old Fox movies getting a 4k treatment, especially Aliens!
PantherKing
PantherKing - 8/11/2020, 7:51 AM
I hope they change their minds because covid 19 has made studios make unnecessary changes.
Timerider84
Timerider84 - 8/11/2020, 8:00 AM
So no James Cameron films like The Abyss, Aliens or True Lies on 4k? Seriously?
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 8/11/2020, 8:30 AM
@Timerider84 - Yeah that's the "Disney Vault". I don't even think there's a True Lies blu ray version yet lol.

I doubt we will see any of those films on Disney+
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 8/11/2020, 8:06 AM
Let’s be real, if they are stopping that means people just aren’t buying them. They’d re-release them on Betamax if they thought they’d make a lot of money off of it.
Spawnnn
Spawnnn - 8/11/2020, 9:02 AM
@TheUnworthyThor - When it comes to niche backkatalog releases Disney was the bad guy even 15 years ago. The we-release-one-billion-dollars-hitter-every-single-month-Disney gives even less [frick]s. Sadly.
LameLuka
LameLuka - 8/11/2020, 8:16 AM
Yeah that still isn't going to push me on getting Disney+.
Plus I don't buy 4K all that much from Disney
AC1
AC1 - 8/11/2020, 8:41 AM
That sucks. Love Disney Plus as a concept, but for one thing there's not enough new content coming out (which can partly be blamed on Covid), and relying on it for 4K content isn't always ideal especially in places with poor internet connections. The benefit of a physical copy is that even if your internet goes down, you've always got something you can use. Lowering the quality of physical media is going to severely diminish that option.

I'm probably in the minority thinking that way, but as someone who constantly experiences buffering, loading and software crashes on streaming services - particularly Disney Plus - despite having what should be one of the top broadband packages in the UK, I really don't like the idea of becoming reliant on online streaming for the best quality content.

Thankfully it sounds like Marvel and Star Wars will continue to have 4K Blu Ray releases for the foreseeable future.
CharleyBologna
CharleyBologna - 8/11/2020, 8:51 AM
Seems to me like Disney is moving away from physical media, but not 4k. I believe We will still get 4k treatments of these films, just not on a disk.

Physical media is dying. Its darn-near dead for music, and we will in the same spot in a decade for movies/tv shows. Its just the direction things are going.

David Bowie, in 2002, said this about music.

"Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity." and "It’s terribly exciting. But on the other hand it doesn’t matter if you think it’s exciting or not; it’s what’s going to happen."

He was right then about music, and this applies to movies as well. Best listen to him.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/11/2020, 9:05 AM
It a huge deal that it’s legacy title, it’s if the is starts to extend to new releases that it becomes a big deal to me
JDL
JDL - 8/11/2020, 11:28 AM
A friend in the business told me that physical disks started dying in 2010-11. The introduction of Blu-Ray and 4K has provided short term growth spikes but the trend is still downwards.

Blu-Ray and 4K are much more expensive to master and that cuts down their viability. Blu-Ray editions of many TV shows have been going away for at least 3-4 years. Now its lower sales volume movies for 4K. No surprise here at all.
Moriakum
Moriakum - 8/11/2020, 3:41 PM
Disney stopped releasing blu-rays here in Portugal in 2018. I'm a physical format lover. I love buying blu-rays but unfortunately, the physical format will die. Streaming is the future.
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