Happy New Year! We are excited to be back for another year. On this week's show we look at five reasons why you need a 4K Blu-ray player. We also have a backlog of emails and news.

News:

• Warner Bros. Discovery Reportedly in Merger Talks With Paramount
• An update on Prime Video
• 2024 Box-Office To Drop A Billion Dollars?
• Americans are canceling their streaming subscriptions
• Netflix Viewing Declined By 17% in 2023

Other:

• I tested Blu-ray vs Netflix and Disney Plus on the same movies, and the biggest difference surprised me | TechRadar
• Sony won't take away your PlayStation-bought Discovery shows after all

5 reasons why you need a 4K Blu-ray player

It's hard to deny that streaming has overtaken disc-based formats like Blu-ray and DVD as the main method for watching movies at home. The best streaming services like HBO Max (now just Max), Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video offer a wide selection of movies, and smaller services like The Criterion Channel, Shudder, Mubi, and many others are there to fill in any gaps for film fanatics with a wide assortment of classic, genre, and independent fare. Full article here…