The Cultural Review

Physical Media

2 articles

A collector's room filled with shelves of vintage DVDs and CDs, highlighting the tangible appeal and growing value of physical media.
Media

The value and appeal of physical media for collectors

The Consumer Price Index reported a striking price increase of nearly 29% for DVDs in the twelve months leading up to April 2024, a figure that defies expectations in a world seemingly dominated by ep

Claire Donovan·May 29, 2026
A diverse group of Gen Z individuals enthusiastically browsing a wall of CDs in a sunlit vintage record store, highlighting the generation's unexpected embrace of physical music.
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Gen Z Now Buys More CDs Than Any Other Generation

In the last 12 months, Gen Z purchased more CDs than millennials, Gen X, and baby boomers combined, according to livenowfox and theguardian .

Andre Silva·May 12, 2026