# ‘If Blu-ray has a successor, it may not be something you can hold in your hand’: I spoke to movie player makers and organization behind 4K Blu-ray about the future of physical media — and why it looks like today's physical media isn’t getting replaced any time soon

> Blu-ray turned 20 this year, and although streaming is now the way most people watch films, physical media is dead is far from dead.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/televisions/blu-ray/the-future-of-4k-blu-ray-according-to-the-experts?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a6cc3f07af11b894b6b4984)
- **Published:** 2026-07-31
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #media #physical #replaced #behind #dead #films #future #getting
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a6cc3f07af11b894b6b4984

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