‘We’ve seen an increase in Blu-ray orders of 10,000%’: I spoke to a Blu-ray and vinyl agency about their Blu-ray sales and it’s given me even more hope for physical media’s survival

While home physical media was on the decline, a talk with a vinyl and Blu-ray agency gave me hope for the future.

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Avatar, Interstellar, The Rolling Stones and Breakfast at Tiffany’s: I took a look at the Blu-ray reference library used by the world’s biggest AVR maker to develop its home theater gear

From Avatar to The Creator to Bon Jovi to… uh, Pixels. Twice. These are the 130 movies and concert films on the shelves of a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos test room.
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I heard a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos system in Denon and Marantz’s elite reference listening room in their Japan factory — here’s what a best-in-class system with tech from Bowers & Wilkins, Oppo, and Sony can do

Find out which movie provides the ultimate ‘AVR stress test’, and what a quarter-mill of home theater gear can do

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Sony didn’t learn from Bose’s good example: it’s ending streaming support for lots of services on tons of its speakers, soundbars and Blu-ray players — they’ll still work, but you’ll lose the likes of Netflix, Spotify, Prime Video and even Google Cast

Nothing online lasts forever, but Sony’s shutdown of services is especially severe, and affects over 70 products

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I test 4K Blu-ray for a living and these are the 4 discs I’m most looking forward to in June 2026 — one of which I think will be ‘reference quality’

June 2026 is another stacked month for 4k Blu-ray releases — I’ve picked four that I can’t wait to get my hands on.
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5 new 4K Blu-rays to add to your collection from May 2026

For May 2026, I’m looking at 5 new 4K Blu-rays that could be added to your collection, which includes one of my most anticipated discs of all time.
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The long-awaited Fight Club 4K Blu-ray has finally arrived — but not only is it missing Dolby Atmos and Vision, it’s also been the subject of controversy on Reddit due to David Fincher’s changes

Fight Club has arrived on 4K Blu-ray and while it’s been hotly anticipated, it’s been met with some controversy on Reddit
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Dolby Atmos on streaming will finally sound as good as 4K Blu-ray, based on these blind test results of audio engineers — but this still won’t cause collectors to switch from physical media

In double-blind listening tests, multiple audio experts preferred Dolby AC-4 to existing Dolby Digital+JOC audio streams
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It’s 2 for £30 on Disney 4K Blu-rays at Amazon right now — here are my top 9 picks including Star Wars and Marvel discs

Amazon’s 2 for £30 sale on 4K Blu-ray discs from Disney is live, so I’ve picked my 9 favourite discs from the sale.
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These are the 4 new 4K Blu-rays I’m most looking forward to testing in May 2026 — and one of them is ‘easily one of my most anticipated discs ever’

May 2026 has another big list of 4K Blu-ray releases, so I’ve picked the top 4 I’m most looking forward to testing.

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