According to
Home Theater Magazine, it's not yet any time soon to retire your Blu-ray player or stop buying and renting discs. A new study commissioned by Redbox, the disc rental kiosk company, concludes that discs will dominate as the top home media format for another decade. And with just only 11% of HDTVs purchased in the last three years internet-connected,
the Consumer Electronics Association anticipates a continued need for physical media.
Meanwhile, brick-
and-mortar stores, kiosks and subscription services need not shut their doors: physical rentals
are projected to have triple the market share as digital rentals in 2014. Comparing the quality of digital downloads to physical media, the study says "As Blu-ray high-definition home video becomes the norm, digital could require some consumers to downgrade their viewing experiences or opt out of new features".