Just record the audio or video from the streaming service... "audio" extract audio from the video , edit and put it on a CD.. or edit the video and put it on a DVD... then end your streaming service
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
I found a physical copies of “Idiocracy” and Dave Chapelle a few weeks ago at a garage sale for less than a dollar USD. This made me want to go on a quest and future “cancel proof” my media collection and seek out other physical media.
I never stopped collecting physical media. I just bought new CD's from Ghost, Lucius, and Coheed & Cambria and pick up old TV shows on DVD that appeal to me (South Park and It's Always Sunny in particular). I don't need anyone telling me what I can't watch or listen to.
Physical media never went out of style in my house. It never will. Streaming services have their place, but there's just something special about actually owning a copy of a film, TV show, music album or video game that you really love.
There's also something special about an old stereo system to play it on. My home is a tribute to the 1970s to the year 2010, and there's something far more fun and satisfying about turning knobs, sliding sliders and enjoying a classic cassette, record or even 8-track cart on such a system.
I agree it just feels awesome not to mention you own the product you bought nobody can take it away from you and you can play it whenever you want which is a big plus a physical media in my opinion
I've been saying this for YEARS on end to people. Paying for a movie or video game digitally thru a streaming service is like paying for air. I rather have a physical copy of something I buy.
I'm the same with music. It's actually stored on my phone. People still think I'm crazy though. I'll be laughing last when they can't play anything one day.
To be fair any show, movie or documentary I stream from Amazon or back in the day iTunes I like enough to keep I burn and file away a DVD-R copy of anyhow.
For me I’m either buying the physical copy or I’m pirating it. I’m not paying for the time limited opportunity to watch a show or movie that can be so easily taken away or changed. If it’s pirated at least there’s a real possibility that the original version will be retained. But even with pirating there’s still the issue of internet.
As someone whose enjoyed DVDs and sometimes Blu-Rays I say this. I'm perfectly happy with a Physical media renaissance. In fact both my girlfriend and I are fans of physical media.
Same here. I never believed in streaming services and I never will. Long live physical media. You actual own something. Not just a bloody licence that can be revoked at any time. I still buy CDs (and vinyls) and blu-rays.
@@tairak3923 It goes even further. When you pass away your digital collection is worthless while a physical media collection could be worth thousands of dollars. Especially if you some of those hard to find DVDs or CDs. Digital collection are just wasted money while a physical media collection could almost be an investment. At lesat it is something that has value to your heirs.
I believe in neither, but something more hybrid. I don't want a DVD and I don't want to stream. I just want a copy of my movie or album. I'll take it from there. Physical media is a waste
I have over 4,000 DVDs/Blu-Rays with a lot of them episodic TV. I digitized the entire collection with my son about 6 years ago and set up a private LAN using Plex. We always have TV to watch even if the cable goes out and we can see the original shows without edits or changes made for political correctness. My wife always looks for DVDs and Blu-Rays at garage sales and thrift stores. We picked up 10 seasons of Blue Bloods on DVD for 2 bucks a season last year. I got all of Fraiser on DVD for 5 bucks a few weeks ago.
DVD's can't be ALTERED, but plenty of DVDs and Blu-rays have been censored over the years. Try finding a non-special edition of Star Wars Original Trilogy...it doesn't exist outside of really old VHS tapes.
@@femsplainer with the expected “reboot” of the Original Star Wars trilogy by the arch-vandal Kathleen Kennedy, better hang onto your discs regardless which version... they killed Luke’s future, now watch them kill his past...
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
Especially with them being a physical media one gets a sense of pride looking at the work it takes to collect and maintain them plus you can have them for a longer duration and not have to pay a subscription every month as in the case of audiobooks and movies
"it’s easier to browse and a huge shelf of movies/games/books just looks cool" 1) It's not easier to browse at all. Backing up/ripping everything to HDD allows you to just search through your content library on your PC without causing wear and tear on discs everytime you remove them from the case. 2) Not everyone has the space for "a huge shelf of movies/games/books". A single 12 TB HDD can hold the equivalent of >200x 50 GB blurays (not accounting for HDD error bits it's more like 240). That being said NAS HDD's (long term networked storage) can be bought today at as high as 20 TB capacity. As you can get NAS boxes that have 4 HDD bays and up that's at least 80 TB, or theoretically 1600x 50 GB blurays all in a box about half the volume of the average PC tower case.
Definitely am moving back to physical media. I don't like that I'm paying for something, but do not own it. Ownership is important. Thanks for the video, even if I'm just discovering it now.
“I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by me on the Net, and I said, 'If you can make something that has a nice jacket, nice paper with that nice smell, then we'll talk.' All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read books. Books smell good. They look good. You can press it to your bosom. You can carry it in your pocket.” ~Ray Bradbury
I used to feel that way but I just really like my tablet. Maybe I'll feel differently in the future. But being able to get a title immediately rather than waiting for 3 weeks for delivery, or being able to find it on my electronic shelf right away rather than trying to hunt for it through my paperbacks, is just so much easier. Not to mention it's easier to read, and I can increase the font size or type, or brightness. I will never agree though to use a kindle. I don't want to 'rent' my books or allow a service to revoke my purchase.
Oh yes! I have a collection of books here at the house and new releases by Larry Correia and Jim Butcher are always welcome here. It's a banner day for me when a new Dresden Files book is released (and no, I do not acknowledge that series SyFy tried and failed with).
There's a reason why I own an extensive physical collection. I was wondering when people might wake up and realize that they've spent tons of money and all they have to show for it is a subscription.
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
You still don't own it. You purchased the right to view it on a physical format. There may not be much of a difference in your mind, but remember the studios fought to have it interpreted that way into law.
Terribly late comment but while I agree for the most part, there are services that allow you to buy and download music and do whatever you want with it except sharing it.
@@LastTimer457 If there is no DRM and you can download it, and it is on your hard drive or SD card, or music player, are you not holding it in your hands? While I find that an acceptable compromise, what happens when the service gets shut down, or they don't carry the song you are looking for, or (most likely) they charge outrageous prices for you to download a song (at practically no cost to them), what do you do then?
@@aevangel1 If the service gets shut down, I'll still have my downloaded files on my computer. So as long as i manage my harddrive well they are safe and sound. I still collect physical cd's mostly, but I'm a classical music fan and sometimes I can't find a physical copy of a specific recording I like, in that case I buy it via a website that let's me download it in flac format. No it's not my standard way of buying media, it is expensive. But this is a solution to common arguments against physical media like "I don't have space for it" or "I can't find a particular record I like in store" Cheers
I already grew up "owning nothing" because of people who had too much trust in government services and insisted on not buying things as long as public libraries existed. My reaction to that was to start buying books and DVDs at the first chance that I got, that's how well it went with having to grow up relying on the public library for everything. And I received major criticism from the majority of people for how "wasteful" that was as subscriptions started taking off. I'm still buying as much as I can in physical media and won't stop.
Yes! Always support physical media, whether it's DVDs, Blu-Rays, books, music CDs etc.. I've always held the opinion that if you can't hold the thing you purchased in your hands, you don't truly own it. I've been collecting since I was a teenager and not planning to stop any time soon, especially considering the state of modern world and streaming services.
Having a film and tv series "collection" on a streaming service is like a bank account. If you don't physically have it in your possession, then you don't have it at all. One of my biggest regrets in recent years was getting rid of my DVD and CD collection because was "taking too much space"... until one of my 1TB hard drives got damaged and lost thousands of pictures, movies and music albums! Physical media is already making a comeback. A lot of bands recently are releasing albums on cd, vinyl and even cassette tape now. And analogue photography in on the rise. People are realising that owning analogue/physical media is the way to go to preserve content,
The price of second hand film cameras that were considered cheap consumer point and shoot ones is sky rocketing.. I sold a 90s Olympus from a car boot sale to someone in the US for 70quid
"one of my 1TB hard drives got damaged and lost thousands of pictures, movies and music albums!" Backup. Maybe you went this way when those drives were much more expensive.
I've been made fun of many times for my ridiculously large DVD collection. I don't care; as soon as I started hearing about Netflix editing out parts of movies that don't fit our modern "sensibilities", I was glad for my hobby
They can laugh at us all they want. I will bet any amount of money that down the line, when they are very limited to what they can watch. We will have the last laugh!
I haven't owned a regular TV in over 2 decades. I was over at someone's house and it was showing a 90 minute movie that I really like, so I thought "cool", let's see what kind of commercials exist now. But they had extended the movie to 3 hours AND they had censored out a whole bunch of parts. I couldn't believe how bad the experience was.
I'm already collecting DVDs and Blu Rays of UK programmes that have been dropped by streaming services because they are deemed inappropriate. I just completed my DVD collection of Little Britain, for example.
We own thousands of movies & hundreds of our favorite TV series on DVD & Blu-Ray for this very reason. No matter what those in power may decide for online content, WE will still be able to watch what we want, when we want.
You forgot one: There's always the risk of them altering and editing classic work to "fix" 'incorrect thoughts and ideals' of the past or to 'update' a work. This is why I buy Blu-Ray's, DVD's and CDs. Cause if I physically own the copy, there's no way you can come up to me and say "You're not allowed to see that part anymore".
- hmm didn't really think of that, but yeah no doubt they will start doing that. Can't have any unwoke scenes in the old dirty harry or some bullshit like that.
The most prized item in my collection is the pre-Special Edition version of Star Wars in widescreen format. The only widescreen on VHS without the increasingly intrusive alterations George Lucas came up with..
I was the guy who would buy up Blockbuster's old VHS tapes. New laptops have no DVD drive, new cars have no cd player, DVD & Blu-ray players are getting harder to find. Best get what you want in physical media and get something to play it on, now.
I have one BluRay multi drive in use and another one as a backup (both internal 3.5" drives in USB 3 cases). I'm seriously thinking about getting a second backup, just in case...
I've got a couple of spare audio CD players, spare head unit with a CD player, a few spare PC DVD drives, one spare Blu-Ray drive, and I'm thinking about getting a spare 4K Blu-Ray player or two if and when Panasonic stop making them.
This is something that I have been saying for years. We either have to save digital media into our own hard drives or we have to buy hard copies of the media we want to consume. Soon they will be able to digitally remove anything from the internet. The issue is, once everything is digital they might make it harder for people to download or burn or torrent it. We need to demand physical media otherwise, they can delete, change or disappear anything they want.
good thing about digital stuff is even if they try everything to stop you, worst case you can just record the screen while playing it on a website and you'll have close to the original video
@@dgenaraition the problem is that AI will get so advanced that it Might not allow you to do it in real time. The AI will be able to block you from Taking photos or videos in specific locations. They’re testing that. AI will recognize the audio and the image in real time and block you. That’s why they want to go digital. Let’s hope they can’t get to it.
@@dgenaraition Most streaming service already come with some copyright protection feature. Try doing what you're talking about using OBS on Netflix and you'll see you cannot record it directly.
You have some great points. Some weeks ago, I overheard a couple of guys at a table next to mine in a restaurant, talking about loving their 4K this and super sound system that, and the TV shows they watch. One of them said he was so glad to get rid of all his physical media, only to complain a few minutes later about how not a single streaming service is running a movie he really wants to watch. Well, congratulations. You've literally stranded yourself back in the 1970's, where, as I remember well, if there was an old movie you really liked and wanted to watch, just wait and hope that someday in the near future it pops up on a Saturday afternoon on one of the UHF channels way at the end of the dial. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll keep my DVDs and Blu-Rays. Especially certain older movies and shows I have that may become "problematic" with the onset of newer, more fragile generations.
Agreed. I feel the same about books and manga. Eventually someone will find manga for older teens like elfen lied and gantz to be 'too much' and somehow get it banned for good. Or every new rerelease will be censored forever. No thanks.
When I found out that Disney had altered the movie Splash for their streaming service, I started collecting all my favorite 80s and 90s movies on dvd. Because once that starts it will never stop.
I just bought teen witch on blu ray as well as hocus pocus. I hope to one day have all of my favorites. I'm thinking of grabbing buffy and practical magic next.
@@Cardsmaster 1) SOUL MAN 2) BATMAN (1989) 3) THE BLOB (1987) 4) TERMINATOR 2 5) CHILD'S PLAY 3 (THE ONE WHERE WE FIND OUT CHUCKY USED TO BE A VIETNAM VET!)
It's funny that you are mentioning this now as I was just recently explaining this to my nephew on why I still collect DVD's. I showed him movies in my personal collection that can't even be found anymore. I'm glad now that I started my collecting over 22 years ago before I needed people in Hollywood deciding what's too "problematic" for me to watch.
I have also been collecting DVDs for the past twenty years and I own plenty of films that have disappeared from circulation. Plus I also print DVDs with either VHS rips or RUclips downloads so my collection is one of the best you can possibly find. Keep on collecting - it is always worth it.
I've been buying my favorite movies and shows on Blu-Ray for years now. Not only do I have the advantages talked about here, but it has the cool side effect of making for a nice display :) I don't want my house to be bare and minimalist. I like showing my character throughout the house, and my favorite media and artwork is definite a big part of that.
Family and friends said I was wasting money. For the most part they don't care that they can't find a specific movie. They'll watch something else. But for us, it matters.
I still loving collecting blu-rays. Having a big library of them looks really cool and is always good when you have friends over (or pretend to have friends over in my case lmao)
I started buying physical when my internet wouldn't work and streaming services kept removing my favorite shows. Now I have a nice collection that I can watch uninterrupted at any time.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE!! Ive been trying to tell people this for years....its very relevant in the "video game" space. Keeping people from realizing how serious an issue "not owning" your media is -- has become part of the scam. Keep speaking the truth Dave!
Moving to digital sales was the seed of a lot of things that are wrong with video games these days. Massively bloated code that doesn't work may come partly from being overstaffed, but it also comes from a lack of space concerns that you have with a disc. Microtransactions came from DLC, which came from digital sales, because a physical expansion had to be worth the effort of actually buying, but five bucks from your credit card and a few minutes of download time didn't. Day one patches are a result of the "live """service"""" model, an attitude that could not have developed if there was no confidence you could download the entire game.
@@itsmatt517 back in the golden age of video games the programmers took their time to iron out all the bugs before releasing a game. Couldn't do a patch for cartridge games or ps1, ps2, dreamcast.
I miss going into a place and renting a physical movie and making friendly banter with the guy that worked at the local store about which cult classics were actually good or not.
Another reason to own physical media is that it is a one-time cost. Perfectly for me who doesn't very often watch movies, but have my favorites. If it was on a subscription service i would probably pay for months when i didn't even watched it, just to have access to it.
One could feel it in the air. I'm still buying LaserDiscs. The sound on them is absolutely magnificent. On the main, if you can hold it and store it... you own it. It's yours.
I would love to get into the hobby but the players and discs in my area have been extinct since the mid-90s like everyone just up and tossed the whole lot. None even in a flea market (but 8-tracks and vintage wax cylinder records still exist, wtf?) I think the one time I recall seeing a LaserDisc anyting was when Kmart had Cool World discs sitting on display next to a then-new LaserDisc player back in 1991.
I find that really hard to believe that Blu-ray’s, DVDs and even books are considered going out of style. Physical media is the perfect alternative for whenever Wi-Fi is not available. And not to mention the bonus features on Blu-ray’s and DVDs as well, which streaming does NOT have.
I never stream or buy digital content. Everything I watch or listen to for entertainment purposes (movies, games, music) is on either a Blu-ray or a DVD/CD. Everything. I’ve got a vast range of physical media, and it means I’ve always got something to show for my money. It’s there in front of me as opposed to, “I have bought a digital license to play it.” It’s almost like they want us to own nothing and be happy about it. The worst argument that I’ve heard for pro digital content is that you have to get out of your chair to swap the disc over if it’s physical media!
I'll gladly get out of my chair for physical media. Also I only pay for it once, with digital media you could pay $5.99 every time you watch the movie. I'd rather pay $10 for the DVD/Blue Ray and have it permanently.
I work in the Blu-Ray industry (appearing in bonus content for discs -- clips on my YT), and this has been my busiest year yet. I'm very encouraged. If you had told me, when I started this work eight years ago, that '22 would be a stronger time for Blu than '14, I would've called you a crackpot. But turns out, the format just had to find its raison d'etre as a *collector's* format instead of a *mainstream* format.
It's also still the best format quality wise. You don't get 30 mbit/s for 1080p on streaming services, let alone DTS-HD-MA uncompressed audio. Even more so with the 4K/UHD stuff, the bitrate on Blurays is just significantly higher. It matters for a lot of enthusiasts who built themselves a nice home theater.
Microsoft and Sony won't be able to stop for the better part of a decade -- given what Sony did to MS the last time it tried to make content require an internet connection, whoever attempts to stop producing consoles with discs first will get blasted and lose a lot of market share.
It feels like we've come full circle -- to the days when VHS (and home video rental) were arguably the mainstream format, while collector's knew that things like Criterion's laserdisc were their choice. I feel like that's us in a nutshell in 2022. Streaming has replaced the Blockbuster video of old, you pay to 'rent' your favourite shows or movies for as long as the service determines you the right to watch them, while Blu Rays and Ultra HD discs are supported by a thriving collector's market.
Every now and then I am reminded how I actually miss the inconvenient but satisfying ritual of going to the video store to choose DVDs to watch. I was always a sucker for weekly deals and watched a lot of good movies for a bargain.... back when movies were actually good.
I definitely miss it. It would often be a social event for me and my friends. Hang out, grab a burger, and physically browse the isles of video stores, book stores, and music shops. You would also get to talk with other enthusiasts of these things minus the garbage comments you have to sift through online. Even met a girlfriend or two that way. Good times.
I don't know if I'd say the media was better, but I absolutely loved to physically browse through racks of cycling content. Really tickled my hunter-gatherer brain and it was easier to talk myself into trying new things because, "It's what they have right now that I haven't watched." On-demand media is great when you want something, well, on demand, but it's not as fun or rewarding to browse through just for something to watch.
I'd hesitate to call the dreck churned out in the 80's and especially the 90's 'good' but I will grant that they were 'better' than the vapid swill the overwhelming majority of this new crap is.
I'll be totally honest - I am still kind of living in 2013, which is why I still buy DVDs, books, and such. I don't have any streaming services (my sister does), and I just like the idea of having hard copies available. But recently, what you said about the possibility of censoring, editing, or even outright banning many so-called "problematic" shows and books has been on my mind. I've been thinking about this over the last three or so years, long before Biden (peace be upon his holy and righteous name) ascended to his glorious throne. What you said has pretty much cemented it for me- while I have zero problem right now with streaming, I will do all I can to never rely on it. And they can't change it if I have the hard copy. Thanks for the reminder, sir. I wish you well.
Do not purchase movies off of RUclips! A friend of mine had his old RUclips account deleted and the dozens of movies he purchased through them vanished. They would not give him a refund either. If you purchase a movie through RUclips or Amazon and they delete your account then you can say goodbye to all those films. Buy only physical media. That way you truly own it.
I can never go all digital. As a gamer when I say how Ubisoft exposed that any of your games can be instantly pull from your STEAM library at any time I had to draw a line in the sand.
Same here. My approach is a bit weird, but I've discovered the value of external hard drives, and I used to them to store, backup movies and games. Free from any constant online verification. Just c'mon... you buy the game, it should be yours for good. I get most of my games from GOG.
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
It's worse on consoles. PCs are open, you still have a fair chance to reacquire lost games with piracy and able to play. Consoles can be jailbroken, but depending on your firmware version you can't play or have quite a risk to be banned. Then your digital version of a game is basically a virtual paperweight. Luckily, Communities are being able to fix these things. This is why I don't spend much on digital versions and wait on comparison sites till a game hits my lower than 20 euro requirement.
Bring it in on our Dave! Buying second hand CDs and DVDs and waiting for them to be delivered by post was something for me to look forward to during the world’s longest lockdown.
Absolutely agree! For all the reasons you have stated. I have kept and continue to add to my dvd and cd library!! How infuriating is it to "buy" something and then get a message saying, sorry you can't view this right now!!!
True! Last week they dug in a glassfiber tv cable in the street, but ripped my telephone line, who is used for internet and tv. So there you are with nothing, but i still have my HD drives filled with movies, so that day wasno problem. To be short, you are completly correct!
Great video! As a physical media supporter and as someone who does a lot of content on the subject, it makes me feel good to see so many wake up and start coming back to it. I don't think physical media has gone it's just become more important than ever.
I have a large collection of DVDs, but got tired of the space they took up so I transferred them all to binders and got rid of the boxes. Now they just take up a shelf instead of an entire bookcase.
💯 I prize my physical media. I have an enormous collection of DVD's, CD's and books. When we have guests people always end up exploring them. A 8'x14' wall of movies makes for a great conversation piece.
I love physical media and treasure my massive collection of CDs, DVDs, and Blu Rays. I just hope someone keeps manufacturing the players! Already, low-cost CD players are pretty much gone.
@@milesipka not the PS4 or Game Wave, pretty sure the PS5 doesn’t either. As soon as possible after I move out, I plan to get a Roberts Radio that plays CDs and has Bluetooth!
@@adultmoshifan87 As for consoles, I've only ever owned a PS2 and a PS3. I recorded my games' playthroughs on DVD so once my consoles die, I can relive my game playing on DVD (like personal movies where I am the hero), which I'm also doing on my Windows 10 laptop through video capture software. As for CDs, just buy a portable DVD player if you can - you can take those anywhere (although their rechargeable batteries are rather sh!tty - I always just plug mine into AC power) and play CDs on them easy.
I concur with the "been saying this for years" sentiment echoed by several others, but the thing is... the sort of people who mindlessly go through life not questioning anything and who have zero concern about being victims of a system that can't wait to throw them under the bus are also not going to have any concern about being in a situation where their entire consumer existence revolves around subscription models of heavily curated content. The same kind of people who can't wait to "own nothing and be happy" are the same sort of semi-functional automatons who are content to let their shiny new thing tell them what to watch, and there's not likely to be a second thought going on in their heads about it.
You went too heavy and too fast on the pseudo-intellectualism kiddo, and your comment entered the domain of unintended comedy. Well, to your credit, you didn't call anyone "sheeple" so well done on that at least.
the problem is those people, the "normal people" are the majority. they are even offended or agressive when they find out you still have something that's seen as "old" or "baaaad". I've been laughed at and called stupid for still having CDs and DVDs. I hate that kind of people, it's because of them that we can't have nice things and lots of things gets ruined or lost. it applies to everything. when a worse shitty version of a software gets released, they accept it, even if it makes things harder or you can't do something that could be done in a previous version. they think it's better because it's new. if you keep using the previous version, you are baaaad, they look at you like you are a freak for not having the latest one and they say "but it's old!!!", like it's obvious or a law that "older is baaaad, the latest version is the beeest" and can't understand reason or logic. AND THEY ARE THE MAJORITY!!!. AAAAARGH!!!!!.
I've been trying to tell people for years to buy physical copies of their media. Its amazing how much push back I get on this. The state we are in now and where we are going in the future has been so incredibly obvious from the outset. I still get in arguments with people who are dumb enough to "rent" a copy of Die Hard for 5.99 every time they want to watch it. When streaming first became a big thing with Netflix I tried to tell people that eventually it would be nothing but trash when the company decided it didn't want to pay to have all these different licenses or whenever those companies decided to stream their movies themselves. And now here we are, where people are spending hundreds of dollars a month to subscribe to 10 different streaming services and they still end up paying an extra 5.99 to rent a new release. All because they thought it was dumb to pay $10-$15 for a blu ray.
I've seen this too. I cannot believe people shell out this kind of money multiple times. I barely like spending money on a Redbox. If I cannot Redbox a movie that I am uncertain of, I typically wait until it is on cable. If I love a movie, I may buy it when it is brand new, but even with those I wait a few months since it will be marked down quickly.
DVD and Blu-ray needs its revival like Vinyl and CD. Because there are many movies that never were available in Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, like The Man Who Saw Tomorrow starring Orson Wells and Pink Floyd The Wall directed by Alan Parker.
I have never stopped buying DVD's and CD's. In fact, now that Netflix killed their DVD Mail Service, I'm buying more DVD's than ever before. There is no way for the internet to transfer the number of bits, to create the quality, that is available on the Blu-Ray discs. And, like you said, I don't have to worry about the content disappearing from the subscription.
I still have a huge DVD and CD collection. I considered getting rid of it once or twice but I came to the conclusion that I much prefer having physical, hard copies. I do not subscribe to any streaming service any longer (I have Amazon Prime, but do not use the streaming service, plus I am trying to find a way out of Amazon itself since I hate that it has such a monopoly) as I deleted my Netflix over the Cuties controversy...as well as '13 reasons why' (the most despicable TV show I think I have ever seen). I'm glad I listened to my instincts and held on to my collections.
I've been having this argument with a roommate lately, he's about ten years younger than I am, so, when I started picking up DVDs of movies and series I wanted to watch, he would ask why I don't just stream it. My usual response goes: "If I end up liking it, I have a copy I can go to even when the streaming service goes down, plus, these have already been released, there's no way for the streaming service to edit parts of it out as the culture changes. Oh, and hey, it actually supports the creators!"
My partner and I went through a renaissance over the last year because we kept finding our favourite films and TV shows being edited on subscription platforms. Whole episodes would be missing and in films many of our favourite scenes and lines were just gone. We cancelled all our subscriptions and started buying our favourites one by one.
Well done u....my boyfriend's pal found a huge collection in a skip(they're spotless) of all episodes boxed(almost all the series over years) of Last of the Summer Wine....great old fashioned innocent relaxing silly TV....
100% agreed. Same goes with books. There was an incident a few years ago where Amazon suddenly removed purchased Kindle copies of a book from customer's libraries and devices because of a dispute with the publisher. If you can't hold it in your hand, you don't actually own it. You have just leased the right to use it. While I have streaming music services, if I find an album I really like, I buy it on vinyl or CD to make sure I own it forever. Movies and books are the same way.
You forgot one key element: Data Harvesting! By constantly using their services, they collect a lot of data from you: places, hours, devices, genres, gender, age and a lot more! They could make a list of who watches certain movies that may be considered bad for the ideas they portray! Nuff Said!
Interesting, that would almost incentivize them to include some "bad" content in what they offer in order to maintain a list of deviants. But of course, it would be a trap...
I always liked them for the directors cuts and extra bonus content. Sure they take up space but if you organize it right they aren't that bad. Same with games I like old and new games and prefer physical copies over digital.
God I certainly hope so! I'm getting seriously annoyed once I figured out how lucky I am I kept my Babylon 5 dvd set and the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition even going so far as to pick up a blu ray copy. After the mess with Disney + and Amazon Prime's mishandling of the Tolkien IP I'm not sure I want to resubscribe to any streaming service!
I'm also very happy to own a B5 dvd set. Sadly I bought an older set that came in boxes that didn't secure the disks, and a bunch of them had come loose inside the boxes and gotten scratched. I was able to get most of the scratches removed but a few episodes still pause and skip forward slightly.
I went back to physical books, music, and videos 2 years ago when I saw what was happening. Personally, I think books and music deserve their physical space.
Absolutely right. I have been collecting for a few years. Classic movies, classic and re-watchable TV series, etc. The same goes for books. Collect what you want to be able to get a hold of.
It never went away for me mate. Charity shops, eBay, carboot sales are great places to find great media for ridiculous prices - and you will own it and be happy.
Totally agree. I bought three Lord of Rings dvds for £6 at a charity shop. Amazon Prime wants me to pay to rent £9 all three. Costs more to buy. I can re-watch as much as I want. For free!
In addition to having the physical media, you will also need to make sure that your media player, the physical or digital reader of that media will continue to function without the internet. Over the years, I've seen these players get more and more neutered by needing to update their digital rights protection. More than once, when I was using a blu-ray built into my PC did I have to buy a new and updated piece of player software because the older one was unable to verify that I had the right to watch my own discs. The update process is usually an internet based approach, so a player that doesn't need that would be ideal...
An argument I've used that works is: streaming is like an all-you-can-eat Blockbuster subscription; you can have whatever you want, so long as the store decides to have it.
This reminds me of how i used to buy and enjoy new music as a kid and young man. Comfy chair, high volume, listen and read along with the lyrics. Take in the whole album from begining to end appreciating it as a unified project. Much different from how I have been doing it lately listening to a song divorced from its context. I just bought a record player and it definitely makes for a more enjoyable and intentional listening experience. Plus used records are easily found super cheap. Thanks for the video!
I got a Centrex by Pioneer system from the 1970s for $25! It's got a record auto-changer that just needed some un-jamming and an 8-track player. They're too fun to replace with cheap, crap quality 'chinese' Crosley garbage. It's just so satisfying seeing and using an old Hifi system. I'm on the belief they even sound better than modern stuff.
From the time that I first became a serious music fan in the late '70s, it was full albums for me. There is just no substitute for that immersive experience. While almost everyone I know seems to have moved away from listening to full albums, I've never wanted to make that change. I can certainly listen to a single song, at times, and enjoy it, but the album experience can't be beat!
Back in 1997 I sold my music collection of about 200 CDs at the urging of my ex-wife who was anxious about a bill being paid on time. It was a total waste because I wound up having the money just before the bill had to be paid. I have regretted this decision for 25 years. I saw those CDs as the Story of My Life since I had been collecting them since like 1989. When I started collecting DVDs in 1999 I said I don't give a damn if I'm broke hungry or homeless I will never sell my DVD collection. I have kept to that promise and now I have over 3,000 titles. I have about 500 PS2 PS3 and PS4 titles as well. When I first subscribed to a streaming service back in 2011 I thought it was fascinating because I finally got to watch Lost for the first time. I have traveled for business for 20 years and I totally missed the Lost phenomenon. I had been saying since then that one day everyone was going to have a streaming service and they we're going to start pulling their media off certain platforms and you were going to have to pay for several of them if you were going to continue to watch your favorite shows. It didn't happen to me until I tried to watch Person of Interest about a year ago. It is good to hear other commenters have done what I said I was going to do years ago and digitize my entire collection and buy a NAS so I could access it on any device. That is an absolutely fascinating solution to a coming problem. At this point when I want to watch my shows I have to take the dusty cases out of storage and put it in DVD player. Everyone should be concerned about this coming digital dystopia. It will be just like George Orwell said when the political winds blow you will be told 180° opposite of what you were told the day before. We are already at the point where the word truth has no meaning and telling it is a revolutionary Act. I do not want endless streams of government propaganda coming through my telescreen. None of us should want that
You and I would get along perfectly man! I feel exactly the same way you do and my wife would never dare try to get me to get rid of my physical media. Happy collecting and enjoying!
@@nafnaf0 yeah, that’s like giving away your vinyl collection. Why do people insist you do it with CDs. They’re a digital version so in theory more valuable.
I've been building my physical media collection for a while, I'd like to have complete unedited access to my media, without it being taken on a whim. DVD, BlueRay, & VHS are the way to go, looks nice on the shelf too
Also, remember these companies are ok with editing or deleting entire films from existing so getting original physical copies are probably the best idea, especially with titles you can see being “problematic” like White Christmas or Ace Ventura or any Tarantino film. How long before they cut out the Dennis Hopper monologue from True Romance?
I have a hybrid approach. I have some physical DVDs, CDs and games, and digital backups of stuff stored on my own local drives. I learned to not trust the internet for stuff I want to keep long term from having horrible unreliable service providers in the past.
I personally, like ripping to my NAS and streaming across my network. Jellyfin offers up an interface that's quite polished at this point and I can even have the bonus features with the movie if I want to. It's a lot of work to get the files ripped, converted and transferred, but once it's done, it's an incredibly smooth experience, and the interface even recommends other things that are in my collection to watch.
I've realized this a while ago. I paid every month for my netflix subscribtion but hardly ever watched. I can use that money to buy 10 movies or more per year. After a few years you have a nice collection. And when you are really old you can watch with your grandkids.
I truly wish I could give a super like to this video. You’re voicing the concluding I came to back in 2012. When I first started building my collection and realizing what the value and advantages were to owning your stories. I couldn’t stand the thought of losing access to something so precious just because of a calendar date or lagging internet. I’m one of the only people I know who isn’t a subscriber if at least 4 services. And I’m glad I’m not. I may have to pay more up front to get the shows and movies I want. But I still can watch them at any time or anyplace thanks to owning them in the real world vs renting them from a corporation.
It's so hard to say. For years, I saved my videotape and my DVDs for my own, personal collection. Then I discovered streaming. Then I discovered when streaming goes away. I mean, I just don't know what tomorrow holds. But I still have my tapes and DVDs.
i'm a 90s kid and physical media has always been the cooler idea for me compared to streaming. but the thing is that gen-z and gen-alpha have grown up or are growing up almost entirely on streaming content. i wouldn't be surprised if their generations just en masse reject physical media. they've been "groomed" so to speak to think of entertainment culture in its entirety as being online.
Hell I’m a ‘70s kid and it’s not lost on even me how much easier it is to just start streaming something I already own on disk, compared to finding the right box and firing up the player and waiting through the interminable warnings and menus and all that… Except that with streaming they can take it away from you at any moment.
Turns out the grooming is back firing because supposedly Gen Z thinks CDs and cassette tapes are hip/retro, just like Millennials discovering vinyl 15 years ago.
@@palgotzoona I don't know how many know this but the 'chapter skip' buttons can skip past all the warnings/previews on a DVD or Blu-Ray. Only the fast forward/rewind buttons are blocked. Just chapter skip all the way until the menu shows then hit Play and enjoy!
I’ve been building my library more intensely lately between buying Blu-ray’s and other resources with the way Disney and other companies have been acting. I mean if they don’t want my money I’ll just catalogue it myself but it’s their loss
A lot of people just need to be educated better on the subject everything you said I agree with but also part of the problem is people are unaware of how superior movies are on Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray compared to streaming!!! The quality is night and day if you have the right equipment.
I've never subscribed to Netflix & Amazon Prime etc as I knew (for the longest time) that they had little that interests me. My Blu Ray collection was continually growing while most people were singing the praises of such services. I suppose I'm fortunate in that I've not cared about American/British films for about 25 years. When I viewed their collection of titles which I may be interested in, I laughed and continued with my life as before :) This so-called Physical Media Renaissance started at least 10 years ago for a considerable number of people.
Think about it...u could technically(I think it's illegal to but f that!) have parties and show these movies to groups for a small fee....ie you could soon b raking it in....u coukd b your own small local cinema...it could b a 'thing'.. people pay4such shite now...I mean look at the coffee thing....the ammount of cafés in Dublin.. .the money people spend....I just saw a cafe online that 'during lockdown'(someone stop me from vomiting)was set up in someone's fucking back garden out in some posh Dublin area...and these masked fucks (Dartmouth square it's in)went there daily masked with their dogs to pay a fucking fortune 4coffee...next to bins.... overlooking a construction site next door....just to have a sense of 'community'
For me, there was no renaissance. I never was interested in jumping through 675 flaming hoops to open an account on some "service" just so I could be preached at, condescended to, & generally ordered around by brainwashed college dipshits half my age who don't know shit. Yeahhh...soooo convenient.
Agree, and thank you for this. I have a modest DVD collection of favorite genres: pre -J Abrams Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, B5, Jackson LOTR and The Hobbit, and favorite fantasy and SF movies. I truly enjoy these gems while munching on a bowl of popcorn. Being older I can appreciate the artistry, wonderful dialog, innovation, and meaning of these treasures. It is also painfully clear that more modern efforts, remakes lesser quality or chock full of ham-fisted messaging. Recently my BluRay player stopped working properly with skipping, and my savvy brother in law explained that specks of dust at the laser interface causes glitches. A puff of air fixes the problem, and he was right!
i own everything u mentioned, Al of B5, Star treks films and all the series on TV, now i dont bother to watch them anymore on the DvDs i just stream them or watch them on TV BUT at least i have it all on DVD if they ever take str trek of netflix
Heck yeah! The last re-edits of the Star Wars trilogy, and Disney's alterations of Lilo and Stitch and Toy Story 2's end credits were the breaking point for me. Don't let them memory hole the classics. Editing and altering art is vandalism, pure and simple.
@@AchtungEnglander "For the 2019 home media reissue, Disney removed an outtake scene from the film's mid-credits mock outtake reel that featured the Prospector suggestively enticing a pair of Barbie dolls with a role in Toy Story 3." - Wikipedia
It's interesting to note that those most able to afford "all" the streaming services to access the collective content they want (in the absense of physical media) are probably too busy working for the money to pay for it all to actually be able to watch it. Meanwhile... got my physical media collection on a low budget and enjoying it all just fine! ;-)
It's sadder than that, I fear. Most of the social media commentators who brag about being subscribed to almost EVERY service have their habit financed by someone else, usually parents or overworked partners.
Right? Why pay for a service when you’re working and you end up watching 3 hours of content by the end of the month? I have about 100 movies and I will never go back. Same with videogames will never stream
A lot of people (myself in included) where probably a bit naive back in the early days of steaming sites. I remember I got rid of so many DVDs because Netflix had those shows and films. Then as the months and years went by, they dropped or lost the rights of those shows and films. It's the same as with computer games.
Way ahead of ya bud. I've got several books full of DVDs and Blu-ray discs. I cleaned up getting DVDs for $1 each at Game Xchange and thrift stores when people started selling their collections to watch everything on streaming services.
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Just record the audio or video from the streaming service... "audio" extract audio from the video , edit and put it on a CD.. or edit the video and put it on a DVD... then end your streaming service
They can't stop you from doing that
@TheDaveCullenShow this vid has not aged well for Us Australians, Disney has just pulled the pin on releasing dvd/bluray here
I've been saying this for years. While physical media takes up space, it can't be removed on a whim by a streaming service.
One day those lasers and other mechanism components all fail
Or edited to reflect modern sensibilities.
Nor can a p*rated movie library in a plex server.
Well then at least we have old fashioned print media along with the theater of the mind.
And in particular on M-Discs! (Not affiliated, but a fan!)
Physical Media has always been the best. I’ve never stopped buying Blu-Rays or DVDs.
Good. I don't like streaming at all.
Same here. Just like how I like to collect physical comics. I do the same with Dvds.
Same here physical media forever..
Me too
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
I found a physical copies of “Idiocracy” and Dave Chapelle a few weeks ago at a garage sale for less than a dollar USD. This made me want to go on a quest and future “cancel proof” my media collection and seek out other physical media.
You were overcharged 😛 , but it's good that you found backup.
I never stopped collecting physical media. I just bought new CD's from Ghost, Lucius, and Coheed & Cambria and pick up old TV shows on DVD that appeal to me (South Park and It's Always Sunny in particular). I don't need anyone telling me what I can't watch or listen to.
Good luck
The copy of Idiocracy is redundant, just turn on CNN. =)
@@Pentti_Hilkuri forget that just look outside your window 😔😪
Physical media never went out of style in my house. It never will. Streaming services have their place, but there's just something special about actually owning a copy of a film, TV show, music album or video game that you really love.
There's also something special about an old stereo system to play it on. My home is a tribute to the 1970s to the year 2010, and there's something far more fun and satisfying about turning knobs, sliding sliders and enjoying a classic cassette, record or even 8-track cart on such a system.
So pleased to see these comments
I'm with you. Give me hard copy. It is the ultimate "on demand" media!!!
I agree it just feels awesome not to mention you own the product you bought nobody can take it away from you and you can play it whenever you want which is a big plus a physical media in my opinion
Yep, and then ripping it to your Plex server so you don't have to mess with the discs.
I've been saying this for YEARS on end to people. Paying for a movie or video game digitally thru a streaming service is like paying for air. I rather have a physical copy of something I buy.
I say the exact same thing man! Digital is buying air and I am all about the physical media, which I can hold in my hand! And feel I own something.
I'm the same with music. It's actually stored on my phone. People still think I'm crazy though. I'll be laughing last when they can't play anything one day.
To be fair any show, movie or documentary I stream from Amazon or back in the day iTunes I like enough to keep I burn and file away a DVD-R copy of anyhow.
For me I’m either buying the physical copy or I’m pirating it. I’m not paying for the time limited opportunity to watch a show or movie that can be so easily taken away or changed. If it’s pirated at least there’s a real possibility that the original version will be retained. But even with pirating there’s still the issue of internet.
@@biker0777 Easily. There's phone apps that will let you do it.
As someone whose enjoyed DVDs and sometimes Blu-Rays I say this. I'm perfectly happy with a Physical media renaissance. In fact both my girlfriend and I are fans of physical media.
Same here. I never believed in streaming services and I never will. Long live physical media. You actual own something. Not just a bloody licence that can be revoked at any time. I still buy CDs (and vinyls) and blu-rays.
@@Trygvar13 It's not just the removal, physical media also cannot be changed in response to modern sensitivities.
@@tairak3923 It goes even further. When you pass away your digital collection is worthless while a physical media collection could be worth thousands of dollars. Especially if you some of those hard to find DVDs or CDs. Digital collection are just wasted money while a physical media collection could almost be an investment. At lesat it is something that has value to your heirs.
I believe in neither, but something more hybrid. I don't want a DVD and I don't want to stream. I just want a copy of my movie or album. I'll take it from there. Physical media is a waste
@@Trygvar13 I agree but technically you don’t own the movie on disc either. You have a license for home use. You are under copyright restrictions.
I have over 4,000 DVDs/Blu-Rays with a lot of them episodic TV. I digitized the entire collection with my son about 6 years ago and set up a private LAN using Plex. We always have TV to watch even if the cable goes out and we can see the original shows without edits or changes made for political correctness. My wife always looks for DVDs and Blu-Rays at garage sales and thrift stores. We picked up 10 seasons of Blue Bloods on DVD for 2 bucks a season last year. I got all of Fraiser on DVD for 5 bucks a few weeks ago.
I love PLEX
If they're in good quality then that's a good dewl
I love my Plex. My wife does not understand it and will regularly watch the HP moves on other services.
Is there any software that allows you to setup a Cable TV like interface to get a channel surfing experience?
Kevin Ive got a pawn shop across street from me and they sell DVDs 50 cents each. I load up once a week!! I'm with ya Brother!
I've been saying this for years. DVDs can't be censored, edited or deleted and you own that copy. Not repeatedly paying to rent it over and over.
DVD's can't be ALTERED, but plenty of DVDs and Blu-rays have been censored over the years. Try finding a non-special edition of Star Wars Original Trilogy...it doesn't exist outside of really old VHS tapes.
@@femsplainer with the expected “reboot” of the Original Star Wars trilogy by the arch-vandal Kathleen Kennedy, better hang onto your discs regardless which version... they killed Luke’s future, now watch them kill his past...
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
@@femsplainer I am lucky enough to have it on VHS & DVD. If my house burns down it is the first thing I am grabbing. 😉
Truth!
I’ve always preferred physical media, not only is it always there, it’s easier to browse and a huge shelf of movies/games/books just looks cool
Same.
Especially with them being a physical media one gets a sense of pride looking at the work it takes to collect and maintain them plus you can have them for a longer duration and not have to pay a subscription every month as in the case of audiobooks and movies
Paying for digital access is like paying to play a mobile game. Equally abhorrent and idiotic.
"it’s easier to browse and a huge shelf of movies/games/books just looks cool"
1) It's not easier to browse at all.
Backing up/ripping everything to HDD allows you to just search through your content library on your PC without causing wear and tear on discs everytime you remove them from the case.
2) Not everyone has the space for "a huge shelf of movies/games/books".
A single 12 TB HDD can hold the equivalent of >200x 50 GB blurays (not accounting for HDD error bits it's more like 240).
That being said NAS HDD's (long term networked storage) can be bought today at as high as 20 TB capacity.
As you can get NAS boxes that have 4 HDD bays and up that's at least 80 TB, or theoretically 1600x 50 GB blurays all in a box about half the volume of the average PC tower case.
@@mnomadvfx There is also the dark art of magnet tape drives. Lto drive 6tb/15tb compressed for 40 pound on amazon...
Definitely am moving back to physical media. I don't like that I'm paying for something, but do not own it. Ownership is important. Thanks for the video, even if I'm just discovering it now.
I've already rediscovered my love for reading books. Like... physical books, and enjoying that feel of the turned page. 👍🏾
Now I'm Starting to buy Manga.
“I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by me on the Net, and I said, 'If you can make something that has a nice jacket, nice paper with that nice smell, then we'll talk.' All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read books. Books smell good. They look good. You can press it to your bosom. You can carry it in your pocket.” ~Ray Bradbury
I love physical books but since I move often I just can’t. I only have physical of my favorite books and the rest are on kindle
I used to feel that way but I just really like my tablet. Maybe I'll feel differently in the future. But being able to get a title immediately rather than waiting for 3 weeks for delivery, or being able to find it on my electronic shelf right away rather than trying to hunt for it through my paperbacks, is just so much easier. Not to mention it's easier to read, and I can increase the font size or type, or brightness. I will never agree though to use a kindle. I don't want to 'rent' my books or allow a service to revoke my purchase.
Oh yes! I have a collection of books here at the house and new releases by Larry Correia and Jim Butcher are always welcome here. It's a banner day for me when a new Dresden Files book is released (and no, I do not acknowledge that series SyFy tried and failed with).
There's a reason why I own an extensive physical collection. I was wondering when people might wake up and realize that they've spent tons of money and all they have to show for it is a subscription.
FWIW I -woke- -up- awakened in the 1990's...
Just goes to show, when you spend Money For Nothing, you're in Dire Straits.
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
I’m already sick of how I have to sub to multiple streaming services to watch a handful of shows.
If you can't physically hold it in your hand, you don't actually own it.
If it's a Xbox game you still don't own it
You still don't own it. You purchased the right to view it on a physical format. There may not be much of a difference in your mind, but remember the studios fought to have it interpreted that way into law.
Terribly late comment but while I agree for the most part, there are services that allow you to buy and download music and do whatever you want with it except sharing it.
@@LastTimer457 If there is no DRM and you can download it, and it is on your hard drive or SD card, or music player, are you not holding it in your hands?
While I find that an acceptable compromise, what happens when the service gets shut down, or they don't carry the song you are looking for, or (most likely) they charge outrageous prices for you to download a song (at practically no cost to them), what do you do then?
@@aevangel1 If the service gets shut down, I'll still have my downloaded files on my computer. So as long as i manage my harddrive well they are safe and sound. I still collect physical cd's mostly, but I'm a classical music fan and sometimes I can't find a physical copy of a specific recording I like, in that case I buy it via a website that let's me download it in flac format.
No it's not my standard way of buying media, it is expensive. But this is a solution to common arguments against physical media like "I don't have space for it" or "I can't find a particular record I like in store"
Cheers
I already grew up "owning nothing" because of people who had too much trust in government services and insisted on not buying things as long as public libraries existed.
My reaction to that was to start buying books and DVDs at the first chance that I got, that's how well it went with having to grow up relying on the public library for everything. And I received major criticism from the majority of people for how "wasteful" that was as subscriptions started taking off.
I'm still buying as much as I can in physical media and won't stop.
Nice.
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Piece of advice. Don't listen to the digital fanboys. They are just jealous.
Yes! Always support physical media, whether it's DVDs, Blu-Rays, books, music CDs etc.. I've always held the opinion that if you can't hold the thing you purchased in your hands, you don't truly own it. I've been collecting since I was a teenager and not planning to stop any time soon, especially considering the state of modern world and streaming services.
I still use VHS 📼
@@treystephens6166 I still have VHS tapes but sadly any and all VHS tape players that I had, have stopped working for me a long time ago.
@@wisdomvisionf. search at thrift stores.
Having a film and tv series "collection" on a streaming service is like a bank account. If you don't physically have it in your possession, then you don't have it at all. One of my biggest regrets in recent years was getting rid of my DVD and CD collection because was "taking too much space"... until one of my 1TB hard drives got damaged and lost thousands of pictures, movies and music albums! Physical media is already making a comeback. A lot of bands recently are releasing albums on cd, vinyl and even cassette tape now. And analogue photography in on the rise. People are realising that owning analogue/physical media is the way to go to preserve content,
Wow I used2love the cassette tape. Remember rolling it with your biro....
I need to pick up vinyls of my favorite bands.
The price of second hand film cameras that were considered cheap consumer point and shoot ones is sky rocketing.. I sold a 90s Olympus from a car boot sale to someone in the US for 70quid
"one of my 1TB hard drives got damaged and lost thousands of pictures, movies and music albums!"
Backup. Maybe you went this way when those drives were much more expensive.
You backup your drive dude it’s not hard.
I've been made fun of many times for my ridiculously large DVD collection. I don't care; as soon as I started hearing about Netflix editing out parts of movies that don't fit our modern "sensibilities", I was glad for my hobby
Amen to that. I've been laughed at for the same reason, but guess who's laughing now?
They can laugh at us all they want. I will bet any amount of money that down the line, when they are very limited to what they can watch. We will have the last laugh!
I haven't owned a regular TV in over 2 decades. I was over at someone's house and it was showing a 90 minute movie that I really like, so I thought "cool", let's see what kind of commercials exist now. But they had extended the movie to 3 hours AND they had censored out a whole bunch of parts. I couldn't believe how bad the experience was.
I'm already collecting DVDs and Blu Rays of UK programmes that have been dropped by streaming services because they are deemed inappropriate. I just completed my DVD collection of Little Britain, for example.
We own thousands of movies & hundreds of our favorite TV series on DVD & Blu-Ray for this very reason. No matter what those in power may decide for online content, WE will still be able to watch what we want, when we want.
You forgot one: There's always the risk of them altering and editing classic work to "fix" 'incorrect thoughts and ideals' of the past or to 'update' a work. This is why I buy Blu-Ray's, DVD's and CDs. Cause if I physically own the copy, there's no way you can come up to me and say "You're not allowed to see that part anymore".
- hmm didn't really think of that, but yeah no doubt they will start doing that. Can't have any unwoke scenes in the old dirty harry or some bullshit like that.
@@Babidi111 They already put warnings on old TV shows like Gunsmoke, which I find hilarious.
I got my copy of “Gone with the Wind”
Remember that time when Darth Vader made an appearance on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Sith?
The most prized item in my collection is the pre-Special Edition version of Star Wars in widescreen format. The only widescreen on VHS without the increasingly intrusive alterations George Lucas came up with..
I was the guy who would buy up Blockbuster's old VHS tapes. New laptops have no DVD drive, new cars have no cd player, DVD & Blu-ray players are getting harder to find. Best get what you want in physical media and get something to play it on, now.
I have one BluRay multi drive in use and another one as a backup (both internal 3.5" drives in USB 3 cases). I'm seriously thinking about getting a second backup, just in case...
well said. I bet the next generation of Playstation and Xbox won't even have an option for optical drive
I've got a couple of spare audio CD players, spare head unit with a CD player, a few spare PC DVD drives, one spare Blu-Ray drive, and I'm thinking about getting a spare 4K Blu-Ray player or two if and when Panasonic stop making them.
This is something that I have been saying for years. We either have to save digital media into our own hard drives or we have to buy hard copies of the media we want to consume. Soon they will be able to digitally remove anything from the internet. The issue is, once everything is digital they might make it harder for people to download or burn or torrent it.
We need to demand physical media otherwise, they can delete, change or disappear anything they want.
good thing about digital stuff is even if they try everything to stop you, worst case you can just record the screen while playing it on a website and you'll have close to the original video
@@dgenaraition the problem is that AI will get so advanced that it
Might not allow you to do it in real time. The AI will be able to block you from
Taking photos or videos in specific locations. They’re testing that. AI will recognize the audio and the image in real time and block you. That’s why they want to go digital. Let’s hope they can’t get to it.
@@dgenaraition Most streaming service already come with some copyright protection feature. Try doing what you're talking about using OBS on Netflix and you'll see you cannot record it directly.
@@Ebani They build a better lock, we build a better lock pick. It's a tale as old as time.
@@Ebani Then don't use OBS.
There's plenty of other programs out there to use.
You have some great points. Some weeks ago, I overheard a couple of guys at a table next to mine in a restaurant, talking about loving their 4K this and super sound system that, and the TV shows they watch. One of them said he was so glad to get rid of all his physical media, only to complain a few minutes later about how not a single streaming service is running a movie he really wants to watch. Well, congratulations. You've literally stranded yourself back in the 1970's, where, as I remember well, if there was an old movie you really liked and wanted to watch, just wait and hope that someday in the near future it pops up on a Saturday afternoon on one of the UHF channels way at the end of the dial. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll keep my DVDs and Blu-Rays. Especially certain older movies and shows I have that may become "problematic" with the onset of newer, more fragile generations.
Agreed. I feel the same about books and manga. Eventually someone will find manga for older teens like elfen lied and gantz to be 'too much' and somehow get it banned for good. Or every new rerelease will be censored forever. No thanks.
When I found out that Disney had altered the movie Splash for their streaming service, I started collecting all my favorite 80s and 90s movies on dvd. Because once that starts it will never stop.
I just bought teen witch on blu ray as well as hocus pocus. I hope to one day have all of my favorites. I'm thinking of grabbing buffy and practical magic next.
Hi, I’m in an 80s and 90s movie binge. If you can only put 5 in a time capsule for the future which would you pick?
@@Cardsmaster
1) SOUL MAN
2) BATMAN (1989)
3) THE BLOB (1987)
4) TERMINATOR 2
5) CHILD'S PLAY 3 (THE ONE WHERE WE FIND OUT CHUCKY USED TO BE A VIETNAM VET!)
@@JoseMorales-lw5nt Those Vietnam Vets are amazing! Imagine working on animals in those conditions.
It's funny that you are mentioning this now as I was just recently explaining this to my nephew on why I still collect DVD's. I showed him movies in my personal collection that can't even be found anymore. I'm glad now that I started my collecting over 22 years ago before I needed people in Hollywood deciding what's too "problematic" for me to watch.
I have also been collecting DVDs for the past twenty years and I own plenty of films that have disappeared from circulation. Plus I also print DVDs with either VHS rips or RUclips downloads so my collection is one of the best you can possibly find.
Keep on collecting - it is always worth it.
But let’s say you don’t want dvd’s taking up space in your home. Let’s go back to the 90’s. BLOCKBUSTER!!!!!
I've been buying my favorite movies and shows on Blu-Ray for years now. Not only do I have the advantages talked about here, but it has the cool side effect of making for a nice display :) I don't want my house to be bare and minimalist. I like showing my character throughout the house, and my favorite media and artwork is definite a big part of that.
Same here!! They’ve started conversations when people come over for the first time too :)
@AF, and keep buying real books, you can take them anywhere and they never need batteries.
really? I love minimalism. this clutter drives me nuts.
@@averagejoe9040it's called shelving units. You don't have to have clutter, just because you have stuff.
I’ve been buying physical media for ages and always will
Same here.
Me as well.
Family and friends said I was wasting money. For the most part they don't care that they can't find a specific movie. They'll watch something else. But for us, it matters.
@@stevebirk6399 funny thing is that most of the series that i like isnt on streaming services like little britian
@@Gypsygeekfreak17 a lot of the cartoons from my childhood are nowhere to be found.
I still loving collecting blu-rays. Having a big library of them looks really cool and is always good when you have friends over (or pretend to have friends over in my case lmao)
Who needs friends when you have ALL the movies? 🤣
@@colormedubious4747 Good point :-D
I'm at 1,931 blurays. My goal is to hit 2000 by the end of the year
@@hulkfan97 how many so far
@@matthewsengendo6302
Black Friday just pushed me over my limit. I'm at 2,010 now
I started buying physical when my internet wouldn't work and streaming services kept removing my favorite shows. Now I have a nice collection that I can watch uninterrupted at any time.
I have always bought physical copies of movies, shows, books, music, comics, et al, and I always will.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE!! Ive been trying to tell people this for years....its very relevant in the "video game" space. Keeping people from realizing how serious an issue "not owning" your media is -- has become part of the scam. Keep speaking the truth Dave!
But video games are massively reliant on downloading a patch after release these days
Moving to digital sales was the seed of a lot of things that are wrong with video games these days. Massively bloated code that doesn't work may come partly from being overstaffed, but it also comes from a lack of space concerns that you have with a disc. Microtransactions came from DLC, which came from digital sales, because a physical expansion had to be worth the effort of actually buying, but five bucks from your credit card and a few minutes of download time didn't. Day one patches are a result of the "live """service"""" model, an attitude that could not have developed if there was no confidence you could download the entire game.
@@itsmatt517 back in the golden age of video games the programmers took their time to iron out all the bugs before releasing a game. Couldn't do a patch for cartridge games or ps1, ps2, dreamcast.
@@ahwayzcool4630 hence my use of the term "these days"
Some disk games still require and internet connection for license verification. Nintendo does this on the switch.
100% agreed. I used to have a good-sized collection, and I look forward to rebuilding my personal library.
You've got good videos on modern issues against woke, im definitely subscribing.
I miss going into a place and renting a physical movie and making friendly banter with the guy that worked at the local store about which cult classics were actually good or not.
Yeah, and sometimes you could even try to invite the girl behind the counter over to watch the movie with you. 40% of the time, it worked every time.
I knew there was a reason I kept all my old DVDs! It makes perfect sense, thanks Dave!
Another reason to own physical media is that it is a one-time cost. Perfectly for me who doesn't very often watch movies, but have my favorites. If it was on a subscription service i would probably pay for months when i didn't even watched it, just to have access to it.
One could feel it in the air. I'm still buying LaserDiscs. The sound on them is absolutely magnificent.
On the main, if you can hold it and store it... you own it. It's yours.
I would love to get into the hobby but the players and discs in my area have been extinct since the mid-90s like everyone just up and tossed the whole lot. None even in a flea market (but 8-tracks and vintage wax cylinder records still exist, wtf?) I think the one time I recall seeing a LaserDisc anyting was when Kmart had Cool World discs sitting on display next to a then-new LaserDisc player back in 1991.
WAAAY ahead of you, Dave.
I find that really hard to believe that Blu-ray’s, DVDs and even books are considered going out of style. Physical media is the perfect alternative for whenever Wi-Fi is not available. And not to mention the bonus features on Blu-ray’s and DVDs as well, which streaming does NOT have.
I never stream or buy digital content. Everything I watch or listen to for entertainment purposes (movies, games, music) is on either a Blu-ray or a DVD/CD. Everything. I’ve got a vast range of physical media, and it means I’ve always got something to show for my money. It’s there in front of me as opposed to, “I have bought a digital license to play it.”
It’s almost like they want us to own nothing and be happy about it.
The worst argument that I’ve heard for pro digital content is that you have to get out of your chair to swap the disc over if it’s physical media!
I'll gladly get out of my chair for physical media. Also I only pay for it once, with digital media you could pay $5.99 every time you watch the movie. I'd rather pay $10 for the DVD/Blue Ray and have it permanently.
I work in the Blu-Ray industry (appearing in bonus content for discs -- clips on my YT), and this has been my busiest year yet. I'm very encouraged.
If you had told me, when I started this work eight years ago, that '22 would be a stronger time for Blu than '14, I would've called you a crackpot. But turns out, the format just had to find its raison d'etre as a *collector's* format instead of a *mainstream* format.
It's also still the best format quality wise. You don't get 30 mbit/s for 1080p on streaming services, let alone DTS-HD-MA uncompressed audio. Even more so with the 4K/UHD stuff, the bitrate on Blurays is just significantly higher. It matters for a lot of enthusiasts who built themselves a nice home theater.
but samsung not makjng blu ray players has me worried tho, if other companys follow suit the its over
Microsoft and Sony won't be able to stop for the better part of a decade -- given what Sony did to MS the last time it tried to make content require an internet connection, whoever attempts to stop producing consoles with discs first will get blasted and lose a lot of market share.
It feels like we've come full circle -- to the days when VHS (and home video rental) were arguably the mainstream format, while collector's knew that things like Criterion's laserdisc were their choice. I feel like that's us in a nutshell in 2022. Streaming has replaced the Blockbuster video of old, you pay to 'rent' your favourite shows or movies for as long as the service determines you the right to watch them, while Blu Rays and Ultra HD discs are supported by a thriving collector's market.
Every now and then I am reminded how I actually miss the inconvenient but satisfying ritual of going to the video store to choose DVDs to watch. I was always a sucker for weekly deals and watched a lot of good movies for a bargain.... back when movies were actually good.
back when movies had to actually sell rather than being stuffed onto a big bargain streaming service
I definitely miss it. It would often be a social event for me and my friends. Hang out, grab a burger, and physically browse the isles of video stores, book stores, and music shops. You would also get to talk with other enthusiasts of these things minus the garbage comments you have to sift through online. Even met a girlfriend or two that way. Good times.
I don't know if I'd say the media was better, but I absolutely loved to physically browse through racks of cycling content. Really tickled my hunter-gatherer brain and it was easier to talk myself into trying new things because, "It's what they have right now that I haven't watched." On-demand media is great when you want something, well, on demand, but it's not as fun or rewarding to browse through just for something to watch.
I'd hesitate to call the dreck churned out in the 80's and especially the 90's 'good' but I will grant that they were 'better' than the vapid swill the overwhelming majority of this new crap is.
You found that inconvenient?!
I'll be totally honest - I am still kind of living in 2013, which is why I still buy DVDs, books, and such. I don't have any streaming services (my sister does), and I just like the idea of having hard copies available.
But recently, what you said about the possibility of censoring, editing, or even outright banning many so-called "problematic" shows and books has been on my mind. I've been thinking about this over the last three or so years, long before Biden (peace be upon his holy and righteous name) ascended to his glorious throne.
What you said has pretty much cemented it for me- while I have zero problem right now with streaming, I will do all I can to never rely on it. And they can't change it if I have the hard copy.
Thanks for the reminder, sir. I wish you well.
Do not purchase movies off of RUclips! A friend of mine had his old RUclips account deleted and the dozens of movies he purchased through them vanished. They would not give him a refund either. If you purchase a movie through RUclips or Amazon and they delete your account then you can say goodbye to all those films. Buy only physical media. That way you truly own it.
I can never go all digital. As a gamer when I say how Ubisoft exposed that any of your games can be instantly pull from your STEAM library at any time I had to draw a line in the sand.
The best games don't belong to Ubishit
@@gavcarl Ubisoft only makes the same copy and paste shit anyway. The last time I bought a Ubisoft game was Scott Pilgrim.
Same here. My approach is a bit weird, but I've discovered the value of external hard drives, and I used to them to store, backup movies and games. Free from any constant online verification. Just c'mon... you buy the game, it should be yours for good. I get most of my games from GOG.
Same here. I've discovered the value of external hard drives over 10 years ago, and have since bought several and used them to store & backup loads of downloaded movies and games. Free from any constant online verification.
It's worse on consoles. PCs are open, you still have a fair chance to reacquire lost games with piracy and able to play.
Consoles can be jailbroken, but depending on your firmware version you can't play or have quite a risk to be banned. Then your digital version of a game is basically a virtual paperweight.
Luckily, Communities are being able to fix these things.
This is why I don't spend much on digital versions and wait on comparison sites till a game hits my lower than 20 euro requirement.
Bring it in on our Dave! Buying second hand CDs and DVDs and waiting for them to be delivered by post was something for me to look forward to during the world’s longest lockdown.
I'm already Streets Ahead by collecting Physical games,movies,and tv shows.
Absolutely agree! For all the reasons you have stated. I have kept and continue to add to my dvd and cd library!! How infuriating is it to "buy" something and then get a message saying, sorry you can't view this right now!!!
True!
Last week they dug in a glassfiber tv cable in the street, but ripped my telephone line, who is used for internet and tv.
So there you are with nothing, but i still have my HD drives filled with movies, so that day wasno problem.
To be short, you are completly correct!
Far as I am concerned physical media has always been the way to go, never stopped buying them.
I've been championing owning your physical media for years and the more censorship and edits on digital happens more and more people are agreeing
Great video! As a physical media supporter and as someone who does a lot of content on the subject, it makes me feel good to see so many wake up and start coming back to it. I don't think physical media has gone it's just become more important than ever.
I have a large collection of DVDs, but got tired of the space they took up so I transferred them all to binders and got rid of the boxes. Now they just take up a shelf instead of an entire bookcase.
💯 I prize my physical media. I have an enormous collection of DVD's, CD's and books. When we have guests people always end up exploring them. A 8'x14' wall of movies makes for a great conversation piece.
I love physical media and treasure my massive collection of CDs, DVDs, and Blu Rays. I just hope someone keeps manufacturing the players! Already, low-cost CD players are pretty much gone.
They still manufacture turntables so I would imagine there'll be one or two
Once upon a time, you couldn't get a new record player. That changed in more recent years!
If you want to play your CDs, simply put into your DVD player - ALL DVD players, no matter what model or price, can perfectly play CDs.
@@milesipka not the PS4 or Game Wave, pretty sure the PS5 doesn’t either. As soon as possible after I move out, I plan to get a Roberts Radio that plays CDs and has Bluetooth!
@@adultmoshifan87 As for consoles, I've only ever owned a PS2 and a PS3. I recorded my games' playthroughs on DVD so once my consoles die, I can relive my game playing on DVD (like personal movies where I am the hero), which I'm also doing on my Windows 10 laptop through video capture software. As for CDs, just buy a portable DVD player if you can - you can take those anywhere (although their rechargeable batteries are rather sh!tty - I always just plug mine into AC power) and play CDs on them easy.
I concur with the "been saying this for years" sentiment echoed by several others, but the thing is... the sort of people who mindlessly go through life not questioning anything and who have zero concern about being victims of a system that can't wait to throw them under the bus are also not going to have any concern about being in a situation where their entire consumer existence revolves around subscription models of heavily curated content. The same kind of people who can't wait to "own nothing and be happy" are the same sort of semi-functional automatons who are content to let their shiny new thing tell them what to watch, and there's not likely to be a second thought going on in their heads about it.
Then we few who do care must be like the monks in "A Canticle for Leibowitz" and preserve it ~despite~ them.
And with those people, separating oneself from them and a knowledge that if it comes down to it, it's going to be them or us, is absolutely necessary.
There definitely won't ne a second thought in their heads, cos there won't be a first thought, either. Only response to commands.
You went too heavy and too fast on the pseudo-intellectualism kiddo, and your comment entered the domain of unintended comedy. Well, to your credit, you didn't call anyone "sheeple" so well done on that at least.
the problem is those people, the "normal people" are the majority. they are even offended or agressive when they find out you still have something that's seen as "old" or "baaaad". I've been laughed at and called stupid for still having CDs and DVDs.
I hate that kind of people, it's because of them that we can't have nice things and lots of things gets ruined or lost.
it applies to everything. when a worse shitty version of a software gets released, they accept it, even if it makes things harder or you can't do something that could be done in a previous version. they think it's better because it's new. if you keep using the previous version, you are baaaad, they look at you like you are a freak for not having the latest one and they say "but it's old!!!", like it's obvious or a law that "older is baaaad, the latest version is the beeest" and can't understand reason or logic.
AND THEY ARE THE MAJORITY!!!. AAAAARGH!!!!!.
I've been trying to tell people for years to buy physical copies of their media. Its amazing how much push back I get on this. The state we are in now and where we are going in the future has been so incredibly obvious from the outset. I still get in arguments with people who are dumb enough to "rent" a copy of Die Hard for 5.99 every time they want to watch it. When streaming first became a big thing with Netflix I tried to tell people that eventually it would be nothing but trash when the company decided it didn't want to pay to have all these different licenses or whenever those companies decided to stream their movies themselves. And now here we are, where people are spending hundreds of dollars a month to subscribe to 10 different streaming services and they still end up paying an extra 5.99 to rent a new release. All because they thought it was dumb to pay $10-$15 for a blu ray.
$5.99 every time you want to watch the film? Even if the DVD/Blue Ray costs $15 just buy it and only pay once.
I've seen this too. I cannot believe people shell out this kind of money multiple times. I barely like spending money on a Redbox. If I cannot Redbox a movie that I am uncertain of, I typically wait until it is on cable. If I love a movie, I may buy it when it is brand new, but even with those I wait a few months since it will be marked down quickly.
Books are great, they are better than any of the movies made about them and you don't even need electricity to enjoy one.
@@robertjohnston8690 great but that’s not the topic.
I just torrent everything
DVD and Blu-ray needs its revival like Vinyl and CD. Because there are many movies that never were available in Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, like The Man Who Saw Tomorrow starring Orson Wells and Pink Floyd The Wall directed by Alan Parker.
CDs have had a revival. News to me. I read the sales of CDs are worst ever been.
I have never stopped buying DVD's and CD's. In fact, now that Netflix killed their DVD Mail Service, I'm buying more DVD's than ever before. There is no way for the internet to transfer the number of bits, to create the quality, that is available on the Blu-Ray discs. And, like you said, I don't have to worry about the content disappearing from the subscription.
I still have a huge DVD and CD collection. I considered getting rid of it once or twice but I came to the conclusion that I much prefer having physical, hard copies. I do not subscribe to any streaming service any longer (I have Amazon Prime, but do not use the streaming service, plus I am trying to find a way out of Amazon itself since I hate that it has such a monopoly) as I deleted my Netflix over the Cuties controversy...as well as '13 reasons why' (the most despicable TV show I think I have ever seen). I'm glad I listened to my instincts and held on to my collections.
I've been having this argument with a roommate lately, he's about ten years younger than I am, so, when I started picking up DVDs of movies and series I wanted to watch, he would ask why I don't just stream it. My usual response goes: "If I end up liking it, I have a copy I can go to even when the streaming service goes down, plus, these have already been released, there's no way for the streaming service to edit parts of it out as the culture changes. Oh, and hey, it actually supports the creators!"
Ever buy preowned?
@@suroguner Yes. But not in my current city, no preowned movie stores here any more.
@@blankadams3120 That sucks.
My partner and I went through a renaissance over the last year because we kept finding our favourite films and TV shows being edited on subscription platforms. Whole episodes would be missing and in films many of our favourite scenes and lines were just gone.
We cancelled all our subscriptions and started buying our favourites one by one.
Well done u....my boyfriend's pal found a huge collection in a skip(they're spotless) of all episodes boxed(almost all the series over years) of Last of the Summer Wine....great old fashioned innocent relaxing silly TV....
Can you say, what specific series on which plattform were that heavily edited?
@@davidhimmelfahrt3732 disney plus removed whole episodes of Bluey and the simpsons as an example.
I've experienced that with community, Netflix removed the dungeons and dragons episode, I'm glad I have the 3 first seasons
@@benevans7564 bluey is amazing, I recommend it to every parent, it's the only cartoon I actually enjoy watching with my daughter
C'mon people. Let's keep Physical Media alive
I love buying 4k Blue Rays DVDs CDs... ❤
100% agreed. Same goes with books. There was an incident a few years ago where Amazon suddenly removed purchased Kindle copies of a book from customer's libraries and devices because of a dispute with the publisher.
If you can't hold it in your hand, you don't actually own it. You have just leased the right to use it.
While I have streaming music services, if I find an album I really like, I buy it on vinyl or CD to make sure I own it forever. Movies and books are the same way.
You forgot one key element: Data Harvesting!
By constantly using their services, they collect a lot of data from you: places, hours, devices, genres, gender, age and a lot more! They could make a list of who watches certain movies that may be considered bad for the ideas they portray!
Nuff Said!
Excellent point. For streaming services, you are the product.
Not sure how any of that data harvesting is relevant unless you are trying to go of election and then your pornhub history "acciently" get leaked
What YT channels do you subscribe to? What news websites do you read? How often? Etc.
I dont mind it because sometimes they make very good recommendations of what to watch.
Data harvesting is here
Interesting, that would almost incentivize them to include some "bad" content in what they offer in order to maintain a list of deviants. But of course, it would be a trap...
I always liked them for the directors cuts and extra bonus content. Sure they take up space but if you organize it right they aren't that bad. Same with games I like old and new games and prefer physical copies over digital.
God I certainly hope so!
I'm getting seriously annoyed once I figured out how lucky I am I kept my Babylon 5 dvd set and the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition even going so far as to pick up a blu ray copy.
After the mess with Disney + and Amazon Prime's mishandling of the Tolkien IP I'm not sure I want to resubscribe to any streaming service!
I'm also very happy to own a B5 dvd set. Sadly I bought an older set that came in boxes that didn't secure the disks, and a bunch of them had come loose inside the boxes and gotten scratched. I was able to get most of the scratches removed but a few episodes still pause and skip forward slightly.
I’ve been a huge fan of physical media movement. I’m glad to see a video by you on it.
I went back to physical books, music, and videos 2 years ago when I saw what was happening. Personally, I think books and music deserve their physical space.
I'm with you, I collect DVD's and will continue to do so
Absolutely right. I have been collecting for a few years. Classic movies, classic and re-watchable TV series, etc. The same goes for books. Collect what you want to be able to get a hold of.
It never went away for me mate.
Charity shops, eBay, carboot sales are great places to find great media for ridiculous prices - and you will own it and be happy.
Totally agree. I bought three Lord of Rings dvds for £6 at a charity shop. Amazon Prime wants me to pay to rent £9 all three. Costs more to buy. I can re-watch as much as I want. For free!
LOVE it!!...u will own it and b happy...I needed this...thanks 😂🤣
In addition to having the physical media, you will also need to make sure that your media player, the physical or digital reader of that media will continue to function without the internet. Over the years, I've seen these players get more and more neutered by needing to update their digital rights protection. More than once, when I was using a blu-ray built into my PC did I have to buy a new and updated piece of player software because the older one was unable to verify that I had the right to watch my own discs. The update process is usually an internet based approach, so a player that doesn't need that would be ideal...
Id just use open source software.
MakeMKV for the win
An argument I've used that works is: streaming is like an all-you-can-eat Blockbuster subscription; you can have whatever you want, so long as the store decides to have it.
And for as long as it doesn't go belly-up like BlockBuster. Cloud-based anything, much like real clouds, eventually dissipate.
This reminds me of how i used to buy and enjoy new music as a kid and young man. Comfy chair, high volume, listen and read along with the lyrics. Take in the whole album from begining to end appreciating it as a unified project. Much different from how I have been doing it lately listening to a song divorced from its context. I just bought a record player and it definitely makes for a more enjoyable and intentional listening experience. Plus used records are easily found super cheap. Thanks for the video!
I got a Centrex by Pioneer system from the 1970s for $25! It's got a record auto-changer that just needed some un-jamming and an 8-track player. They're too fun to replace with cheap, crap quality 'chinese' Crosley garbage. It's just so satisfying seeing and using an old Hifi system. I'm on the belief they even sound better than modern stuff.
From the time that I first became a serious music fan in the late '70s, it was full albums for me. There is just no substitute for that immersive experience. While almost everyone I know seems to have moved away from listening to full albums, I've never wanted to make that change. I can certainly listen to a single song, at times, and enjoy it, but the album experience can't be beat!
Back in 1997 I sold my music collection of about 200 CDs at the urging of my ex-wife who was anxious about a bill being paid on time. It was a total waste because I wound up having the money just before the bill had to be paid. I have regretted this decision for 25 years. I saw those CDs as the Story of My Life since I had been collecting them since like 1989. When I started collecting DVDs in 1999 I said I don't give a damn if I'm broke hungry or homeless I will never sell my DVD collection. I have kept to that promise and now I have over 3,000 titles. I have about 500 PS2 PS3 and PS4 titles as well. When I first subscribed to a streaming service back in 2011 I thought it was fascinating because I finally got to watch Lost for the first time. I have traveled for business for 20 years and I totally missed the Lost phenomenon. I had been saying since then that one day everyone was going to have a streaming service and they we're going to start pulling their media off certain platforms and you were going to have to pay for several of them if you were going to continue to watch your favorite shows. It didn't happen to me until I tried to watch Person of Interest about a year ago. It is good to hear other commenters have done what I said I was going to do years ago and digitize my entire collection and buy a NAS so I could access it on any device. That is an absolutely fascinating solution to a coming problem. At this point when I want to watch my shows I have to take the dusty cases out of storage and put it in DVD player. Everyone should be concerned about this coming digital dystopia. It will be just like George Orwell said when the political winds blow you will be told 180° opposite of what you were told the day before. We are already at the point where the word truth has no meaning and telling it is a revolutionary Act. I do not want endless streams of government propaganda coming through my telescreen. None of us should want that
You and I would get along perfectly man! I feel exactly the same way you do and my wife would never dare try to get me to get rid of my physical media. Happy collecting and enjoying!
A person with a brain is a rare thing these days.
Why didn't you rip your CDs to your hard drive before selling them?
That is crazy, I would never do that. I am sure the CD collection was much more valuable to you than it could be to anyone else
@@nafnaf0 yeah, that’s like giving away your vinyl collection. Why do people insist you do it with CDs. They’re a digital version so in theory more valuable.
I've been building my physical media collection for a while, I'd like to have complete unedited access to my media, without it being taken on a whim. DVD, BlueRay, & VHS are the way to go, looks nice on the shelf too
I still prefer physical media, streaming is a convenience for shows I don’t have on physical media
I kept all my physical DVDs boxed sets I can see the internet coming down very soon
Vinyl Records came back, and now CD's have been riding a wave.
The physical media wave is still going. And it's likely to get stronger now
Also, remember these companies are ok with editing or deleting entire films from existing so getting original physical copies are probably the best idea, especially with titles you can see being “problematic” like White Christmas or Ace Ventura or any Tarantino film.
How long before they cut out the Dennis Hopper monologue from True Romance?
I have a hybrid approach. I have some physical DVDs, CDs and games, and digital backups of stuff stored on my own local drives. I learned to not trust the internet for stuff I want to keep long term from having horrible unreliable service providers in the past.
They should keep both open for digitalists and physicalists alike.
I personally, like ripping to my NAS and streaming across my network. Jellyfin offers up an interface that's quite polished at this point and I can even have the bonus features with the movie if I want to. It's a lot of work to get the files ripped, converted and transferred, but once it's done, it's an incredibly smooth experience, and the interface even recommends other things that are in my collection to watch.
I've realized this a while ago. I paid every month for my netflix subscribtion but hardly ever watched. I can use that money to buy 10 movies or more per year. After a few years you have a nice collection. And when you are really old you can watch with your grandkids.
I truly wish I could give a super like to this video. You’re voicing the concluding I came to back in 2012. When I first started building my collection and realizing what the value and advantages were to owning your stories. I couldn’t stand the thought of losing access to something so precious just because of a calendar date or lagging internet. I’m one of the only people I know who isn’t a subscriber if at least 4 services. And I’m glad I’m not. I may have to pay more up front to get the shows and movies I want. But I still can watch them at any time or anyplace thanks to owning them in the real world vs renting them from a corporation.
🥃...And it forces you to be more discerning with what you spend good dosh on.
Plus the rising costs of streaming services is especially not making it worth it
It's so hard to say. For years, I saved my videotape and my DVDs for my own, personal collection. Then I discovered streaming. Then I discovered when streaming goes away. I mean, I just don't know what tomorrow holds. But I still have my tapes and DVDs.
i'm a 90s kid and physical media has always been the cooler idea for me compared to streaming. but the thing is that gen-z and gen-alpha have grown up or are growing up almost entirely on streaming content. i wouldn't be surprised if their generations just en masse reject physical media. they've been "groomed" so to speak to think of entertainment culture in its entirety as being online.
Hell I’m a ‘70s kid and it’s not lost on even me how much easier it is to just start streaming something I already own on disk, compared to finding the right box and firing up the player and waiting through the interminable warnings and menus and all that…
Except that with streaming they can take it away from you at any moment.
Turns out the grooming is back firing because supposedly Gen Z thinks CDs and cassette tapes are hip/retro, just like Millennials discovering vinyl 15 years ago.
@@palgotzoona I don't know how many know this but the 'chapter skip' buttons can skip past all the warnings/previews on a DVD or Blu-Ray. Only the fast forward/rewind buttons are blocked. Just chapter skip all the way until the menu shows then hit Play and enjoy!
I’ve been building my library more intensely lately between buying Blu-ray’s and other resources with the way Disney and other companies have been acting. I mean if they don’t want my money I’ll just catalogue it myself but it’s their loss
A lot of people just need to be educated better on the subject everything you said I agree with but also part of the problem is people are unaware of how superior movies are on Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray compared to streaming!!! The quality is night and day if you have the right equipment.
I've never subscribed to Netflix & Amazon Prime etc as I knew (for the longest time) that they had little that interests me. My Blu Ray collection was continually growing while most people were singing the praises of such services. I suppose I'm fortunate in that I've not cared about American/British films for about 25 years. When I viewed their collection of titles which I may be interested in, I laughed and continued with my life as before :) This so-called Physical Media Renaissance started at least 10 years ago for a considerable number of people.
Think about it...u could technically(I think it's illegal to but f that!) have parties and show these movies to groups for a small fee....ie you could soon b raking it in....u coukd b your own small local cinema...it could b a 'thing'.. people pay4such shite now...I mean look at the coffee thing....the ammount of cafés in Dublin.. .the money people spend....I just saw a cafe online that 'during lockdown'(someone stop me from vomiting)was set up in someone's fucking back garden out in some posh Dublin area...and these masked fucks (Dartmouth square it's in)went there daily masked with their dogs to pay a fucking fortune 4coffee...next to bins.... overlooking a construction site next door....just to have a sense of 'community'
For me, there was no renaissance. I never was interested in jumping through 675 flaming hoops to open an account on some "service" just so I could be preached at, condescended to, & generally ordered around by brainwashed college dipshits half my age who don't know shit. Yeahhh...soooo convenient.
I have my discs and my digital back ups too .
Agree, and thank you for this.
I have a modest DVD collection of favorite genres: pre -J Abrams Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, B5, Jackson LOTR and The Hobbit, and favorite fantasy and SF movies. I truly enjoy these gems while munching on a bowl of popcorn. Being older I can appreciate the artistry, wonderful dialog, innovation, and meaning of these treasures. It is also painfully clear that more modern efforts, remakes lesser quality or chock full of ham-fisted messaging.
Recently my BluRay player stopped working properly with skipping, and my savvy brother in law explained that specks of dust at the laser interface causes glitches. A puff of air fixes the problem, and he was right!
I'm not sure I can trust a man who calls the Hobbit movies a gem.
@@robertlewis6915 After Amazon's "Rings of BS" is released, it will be.
@@stxrobstar In comparison, maybe, but I'd still burn it in ritual, maybe do an auto de fe for it.
i own everything u mentioned, Al of B5, Star treks films and all the series on TV, now i dont bother to watch them anymore on the DvDs i just stream them or watch them on TV BUT at least i have it all on DVD if they ever take str trek of netflix
Never stopped buying DVD and bluray, 99% of them from charity shops, recently bought 10 DVDs for £1. Easy to amass a large collection
And thus, it is coming to pass. DVD and BluRay sales are rising in sales as we speak.
A big review is coming, don't forget it.
Heck yeah! The last re-edits of the Star Wars trilogy, and Disney's alterations of Lilo and Stitch and Toy Story 2's end credits were the breaking point for me. Don't let them memory hole the classics. Editing and altering art is vandalism, pure and simple.
what happened with Toy Story 2 ending?
@@AchtungEnglander "For the 2019 home media reissue, Disney removed an outtake scene from the film's mid-credits mock outtake reel that featured the Prospector suggestively enticing a pair of Barbie dolls with a role in Toy Story 3." - Wikipedia
@@CountZero78 dear God.....
@@AchtungEnglander yeah I know, it was a response to the #metoo thing.
They altered Lilo and Stitch?!
It's interesting to note that those most able to afford "all" the streaming services to access the collective content they want (in the absense of physical media) are probably too busy working for the money to pay for it all to actually be able to watch it.
Meanwhile... got my physical media collection on a low budget and enjoying it all just fine! ;-)
It's sadder than that, I fear. Most of the social media commentators who brag about being subscribed to almost EVERY service have their habit financed by someone else, usually parents or overworked partners.
Ive got my physical media collection on a low budget as well! Movies and shows galore.
Right? Why pay for a service when you’re working and you end up watching 3 hours of content by the end of the month? I have about 100 movies and I will never go back. Same with videogames will never stream
A lot of people (myself in included) where probably a bit naive back in the early days of steaming sites. I remember I got rid of so many DVDs because Netflix had those shows and films. Then as the months and years went by, they dropped or lost the rights of those shows and films. It's the same as with computer games.
Way ahead of ya bud. I've got several books full of DVDs and Blu-ray discs. I cleaned up getting DVDs for $1 each at Game Xchange and thrift stores when people started selling their collections to watch everything on streaming services.