With the new episodes of Doctor Who (and presumably The War Between the Land and the Sea) only being available to watch on Disney+, I was wondering if DVD and blu-ray releases will only be available on region 2 discs. Knowing how streaming services (including Disney+) have deleted Disney+ only TV shows off of the platform that have no physical media, it’s not exactly a promising precedent, and I was wondering what are your thoughts on it. The 60th anniversary specials have been released on DVD in the US (I own it, and almost squealed when I saw it at Barnes and Noble), but I don’t know about any other RTD2 era media or about any other regions.
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I don’t know. If available, I’d love to see if my library can get a copy, for those who don’t have Internet or Disney+. It’s common for people in my area not to have Internet because it doesn’t reach their home. I know people who live where the ISP will go to the end of their driveway but not down their driveway. Also, affordability is often a factor.
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I’m hoping that your library can get a copy! That’s also generally why I love physical media; libraries can have copies, and people can check it out for free!
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Can you get multi-region players?
Regions were such a bad idea. Another example of capitalism making everything worse.
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I agree with you that regions on DVDs make no sense, both from a personal standpoint (sometimes there are shows I want to watch, but can’t stream in the US, and the DVD isn’t available in my region), and even from a capitalism standpoint (I’m probably not the only person who would purchase a few more DVDs if they were compatible with their player). If I remember correctly, selling multi-region players in the US can be a bit of a legal gray area, but that owning them is legal. I can’t speak for other countries.
Edit: not to sound like a terribly boring person, but it has been a dream of mine since I was a kid to own a multi-region DVD player for those purposes.
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I have no idea. Probably online, but if you don’t have internet… There’s a reason why Wi-Fi hotspots are very popular items[1].
currently, the Verizon hotspot has 62 holds on 26 copies (individual devices), and the T-Mobile hotspot has 67 holds on 55 copies ↩︎
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It will just take one year after D+ drop in the US. 60th specials came out exactly a year after The Giggle. I’d imagine S1 including Ruby Road will be June 22nd, one year after Empire of Death.
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It looks like season one (2024 edition) is releasing in the US on DVD and bluray on June 24. @TARDIS32 was only off by two days.
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One year after D+ drop. Their standard exclusivity period.
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My cheap TV by Bush has a DVD player and plays region-free DVDs so if you have an Argos alternative that do them, then you might be able to get a region-free DVD player. (or you can Amazon one, I know there are plenty on Amazon)
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This might interest people who are in Germany: The DVD/Blu-ray for Season 1/Series 14/Season 40 will release over here on the 27th of June! One Year and a few Days after the season ended last Year. I’d imagine the same will be true for a German physical Release of Season 2/Series 15.
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