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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing
In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, "streaming anxiety" is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.
Deep into the streaming era, where physical media can sometimes feel like a distant memory, the Blu-ray home video release of Nolan's Oppenheimer – one of 2023's biggest box office success stories – sparked a buying frenzy. Yet there have even been glimmers that even they might be having a revival, driven partly by fans buying them from merch tables at concerts, as well as artists like Taylor Swift and BLACKPINK releasing multiple collectible editions of their albums on CD. In the UK, sales of vinyl are now at their highest levels since 1990 (Credit: Getty Images)Neave, who is also the director of a hoarding research group, says our emotional attachment to objects means it can be incredibly difficult to let go of our possessions.
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