I just witnessed a 16 and a 14 year old purchase an original XBOX and a handful of physical games. They explained to me that they are tired of the lack of art in new games, and that streaming feels soulless. These are just kids, and they get it.
I work with this 20 year old guy who plays alot of video games. He has a LARGE physical collection going back to the Game Cube! I see little girls come in with old band tshirts and old TV shirts like FRIENDS. Society is rejecting the social engineering of modern media.
One thing I notice that is a huge downside of streaming is (as you stated in another video) lack of intentionality when watching the media compared to physical media. I find myself scrolling on my phone and being distracted in a way that I don't when I'm intentional about my consumption like I am with physical media. Also, the downside of streamers is I find myself with serious DECISION FATIGUE when trying to figure out what to watch (even if I have a curated list of "My favorites" list in Hulu or Netflix). I really like the idea of a hybrid approach like you suggested because there's less energy in figuring out what to watch and it's much more intentional. There are a few movies that I like to revisit multiple times a year or annually and I think it would be good to invest in the physical versions of those movies/shows.
You haven't mentioned libraries. They are subscription services that are completely free, but you're still handling and enjoying physical media with all the extra material that brings in terms of behind the scenes in movies or CD folders. There is also the quality and fidelity of the physical media that the streaming services don't want to distribute because of the bandwidth it requires. A Netflix movie is 20-80 times more compressed than a bluray movie.
I tend to listen to the same music and rarely change my preferences. When I try new music, I listen first and only purchase it if I'm genuinely interested. Because of this, a subscription service doesn't suit me-I feel like I spend more than I can actually enjoy and don’t own anything by the end of the subscription period.
I like your reasoning! I think it’s important to highlight that you’ve reflected on what you’re looking for from your media and based your decision around that. It’s not a flip-flip type of thing, you’re being very intentional. Thanks for the comment!
agreed. I didn't even know about spotify until 2019 but I was fine. I find some interesting video game music from youtube, interesting normal music from movie. that's fine to me.
Definitely the storage aspect that meant I had to cut back on collecting physical media. I am now far more conscious of buying only films and tv series that have a special meaning to me. But recently I’ve also thinned out the streaming subs. Worth seeing what bundles you can get too. My bank gives me ad-supported Disney+ as part of my account.
Cds are the way to go. You own it, it's the best quality, and you can sell it if you no longer want. With your digital purchases your money can never be recuperated.
yeah cd is my pick too. but I ditched a lot of them after my cd collection hit around 200. because my room is really not that big. my digital collection is huge but the size is just 1 HDD. (there is another 1 for backup).
I’ve loved revisiting my DVD collection this past year. I love the menu design of the era and the special features, and organizing my collection. Its made me much more intentional and excited to rewatch some old favorites.
I canceled all streaming as well as internet a couple of years ago. I have unlimited data for RUclips watching on an iPad to keep up to date with current events and a little entertainment. I have a chest of drawers where I have about 100 dvds of my all time favorite movies. I have four dvd players, 3 of those are standby that family members have donated to me when they wanted to ditch them. I purchased complete sets of my two favorite series (King of Quenns and Frazier). I watch an episode at night. I’m happy and content. I love owning my dvds. I’ve had a few experiences when our town had no internet or signal…I was having a movie marathon 😊 I also have vinyl records and cds I enjoy just as much. I enjoy your videos. Thanks ☺️
Referencing Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees? A man after my own heart. Anyway, i prefer physical, but i can see a use case for streaming. As a musician, im all for buying an LP or a cd of my favorite artists because they get more for their art, as opposed to what they make from someone streaming that same song or album.
I now use hoopla and RUclips for music. Hoopla is free with the a library card. It’s nice because it’s not an endless library and you can rent a certain amount a month for usually 7 days. I love this. I’m enjoying albums in full like you’ve talked about in the past. You can download it to your device so that period too. Great free option, along with Libby and libraries in general.
I've built my physical media collection and I adore it. They're all mine and I want to be intentional about the media I consume. I've got a tone of old and new films even complete series. I bought a Blu-ray player through the store. However I forgot to consider that it needs a remote and I'll have to get one from Amazon but I want step closer to cutting the cord. You are correct when it comes to free streaming services those are where the true gems are.
Physical all the way as I find digital absolutely soulless 😅 I like something physical. I see your point though on a bit of both, trying it on steaming first and then buying it after if you like it, might try that. We have to have streaming services though as my girls love disney plus, think we have prime and Netflix too though
There's options for every lifestyle. I'm somewhere in the middle. Do I cherish my physical media? Absolutely. Do I cherish the convenience of streaming? Absolutely.
This is the exact conversation i’ve been having with myself in regards to music streaming. I still have my Spotify Premium subscription, but choose to buy only full albums that are good enough to really listen to over and over again. Physical stuff and DRM-free ownership is cool, but yes streaming allows you to try things out before committing. If I find that I haven’t used Spotify to find new stuff for quite a while, i’ll just cancel it. No problem. It’s not like cancelling my streaming will leave me with nothing because i’ve slowly been buying almbums that I enjoy. Great vid.
I'm going to only use one video streaming site at a time; I can trade out the sites every 3-4 months of so. As for music I use apple music to try things out. I will cancel once I have around 300 albums that I like and then I will buy those slowly.
Streaming quality varies a lot and some are better than others. Even with online 'purchases,' the quality varies greatly. I have been sailing the high seas for a long time and this has saved tons of money over buying discs and I just burn all my own stuff to BD-R or AVCHD.
When I buy DVDs and blu-rays I buy a single copie of the dvd or blu-ray but if I see a boxset at wal-mart or Amazon that I want I pick up the boxset then I just giveaway the single copie cause it’s pointless to own duplicate copies
Wow. It's great to see such a well thought out and balanced take on this. I've recently started to buy physical media again after a long break. Not because it's hip but to support shops etc. with intentional purchases. As well as revisiting films and spending more time thinking about them and what they mean to me. Some of the physical media channels can come across all high and mighty with their views. Essentially, they think you should only buy physical media and streaming should be frowned upon. I'm intrigued what else you might cover in your videos as this lifestyle approach is very inspiring!
I put a link in the video around 01:40 to the specific video where I discuss these sources, but specifically the ones I mainly use are Qobuz, HD Tracks, and BandCamp 👍
I would just digitize my physical media and save them to an external hard drive. Disc's will scratch overtime so having a digital copy can come in handy. To lessen clutter at home, I would just transfer all the discs to a binder and discard the covers. Only exception would be the box sets. I don't do the paid subscription services because I would be paying for everything that's on the platform and I know I won't be watching everything. Not to mention, some of the content will be removed and it won't be available anymore. Especially with a paid basic account, ads in between watches defeats the purpose and it's ripping you off compared to the free ones like Tubi and Pluto provide. Ironically, people have gone to the dark side of going the piracy way, be it torrents or other illegal streaming aps.
I don't mind ad based streaming services like Tubi and Plex or even Amazon Prime and Netflix as long as they are not intrusive. At the end of the day even physical media has ads, same as going to the movies. I'd much rather sit through a few 5-15 second ads once and a while then 1 minute or more of them like watching live TV. Plus I get to support the the things that I like that way.
The only subscription I have to RUclips premium. Every other service has gotten worse and more expensive over the years so I got rid of them. I’m not going to pay from prime and still get commercials.
Same here and it has helped me cut back on stuff I never repeat watch. Although I'm more willing to take a chance on a movie if it's on a used DVD because those are a lot cheaper than a Blu-ray or 4K (especially if it's OOP).
I just witnessed a 16 and a 14 year old purchase an original XBOX and a handful of physical games. They explained to me that they are tired of the lack of art in new games, and that streaming feels soulless. These are just kids, and they get it.
This gives me hope in my generation
I'm happy to hear this. I hope to see a lot more of this ♥
@@WeirdPenguin_09 your generation is making things right again. Keep it up.
@@Anonymous-wb3nz thanks I've been collecting cds since I was around 16
I work with this 20 year old guy who plays alot of video games. He has a LARGE physical collection going back to the Game Cube! I see little girls come in with old band tshirts and old TV shirts like FRIENDS. Society is rejecting the social engineering of modern media.
One thing I notice that is a huge downside of streaming is (as you stated in another video) lack of intentionality when watching the media compared to physical media. I find myself scrolling on my phone and being distracted in a way that I don't when I'm intentional about my consumption like I am with physical media. Also, the downside of streamers is I find myself with serious DECISION FATIGUE when trying to figure out what to watch (even if I have a curated list of "My favorites" list in Hulu or Netflix). I really like the idea of a hybrid approach like you suggested because there's less energy in figuring out what to watch and it's much more intentional. There are a few movies that I like to revisit multiple times a year or annually and I think it would be good to invest in the physical versions of those movies/shows.
You haven't mentioned libraries. They are subscription services that are completely free, but you're still handling and enjoying physical media with all the extra material that brings in terms of behind the scenes in movies or CD folders. There is also the quality and fidelity of the physical media that the streaming services don't want to distribute because of the bandwidth it requires. A Netflix movie is 20-80 times more compressed than a bluray movie.
Libby and hoopla (streaming services free with a library card) changed my life
I think he might’ve touched on this in a different video, but certainly would’ve made sense to bring up here
I tend to listen to the same music and rarely change my preferences. When I try new music, I listen first and only purchase it if I'm genuinely interested. Because of this, a subscription service doesn't suit me-I feel like I spend more than I can actually enjoy and don’t own anything by the end of the subscription period.
I like your reasoning! I think it’s important to highlight that you’ve reflected on what you’re looking for from your media and based your decision around that. It’s not a flip-flip type of thing, you’re being very intentional. Thanks for the comment!
agreed. I didn't even know about spotify until 2019 but I was fine. I find some interesting video game music from youtube, interesting normal music from movie. that's fine to me.
Still prefer my physical media 😊
We have 500+ movies in binders, my daughter has her own, the best way to keep tabs on what your kids watch.
Definitely the storage aspect that meant I had to cut back on collecting physical media. I am now far more conscious of buying only films and tv series that have a special meaning to me. But recently I’ve also thinned out the streaming subs. Worth seeing what bundles you can get too. My bank gives me ad-supported Disney+ as part of my account.
Cds are the way to go. You own it, it's the best quality, and you can sell it if you no longer want. With your digital purchases your money can never be recuperated.
It's my preference, too.
yeah cd is my pick too. but I ditched a lot of them after my cd collection hit around 200. because my room is really not that big. my digital collection is huge but the size is just 1 HDD. (there is another 1 for backup).
I still buy CDs here and there, but technically High-Resolution mp3's bitrate (9,216 kbps) is nearly seven times higher than that of CDs ...
@@MisterBrimm but isn’t there a point where the human ear can’t perceive the higher bit rate?
I’ve loved revisiting my DVD collection this past year. I love the menu design of the era and the special features, and organizing my collection. Its made me much more intentional and excited to rewatch some old favorites.
these special features on Shrek 2 and Lilo& Stitch were excellent. Shrek 2's dvd menu is hilarious.
I canceled all streaming as well as internet a couple of years ago. I have unlimited data for RUclips watching on an iPad to keep up to date with current events and a little entertainment. I have a chest of drawers where I have about 100 dvds of my all time favorite movies. I have four dvd players, 3 of those are standby that family members have donated to me when they wanted to ditch them. I purchased complete sets of my two favorite series (King of Quenns and Frazier). I watch an episode at night. I’m happy and content. I love owning my dvds. I’ve had a few experiences when our town had no internet or signal…I was having a movie marathon 😊 I also have vinyl records and cds I enjoy just as much. I enjoy your videos. Thanks ☺️
Referencing Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees? A man after my own heart. Anyway, i prefer physical, but i can see a use case for streaming. As a musician, im all for buying an LP or a cd of my favorite artists because they get more for their art, as opposed to what they make from someone streaming that same song or album.
I now use hoopla and RUclips for music. Hoopla is free with the a library card. It’s nice because it’s not an endless library and you can rent a certain amount a month for usually 7 days. I love this. I’m enjoying albums in full like you’ve talked about in the past. You can download it to your device so that period too. Great free option, along with Libby and libraries in general.
I did a roughly 20 year hiatus in listening to CDs but lately I got into it again, and I'm happy I never got rid of any of my CDs
I've built my physical media collection and I adore it. They're all mine and I want to be intentional about the media I consume. I've got a tone of old and new films even complete series. I bought a Blu-ray player through the store. However I forgot to consider that it needs a remote and I'll have to get one from Amazon but I want step closer to cutting the cord. You are correct when it comes to free streaming services those are where the true gems are.
Physical all the way as I find digital absolutely soulless 😅 I like something physical. I see your point though on a bit of both, trying it on steaming first and then buying it after if you like it, might try that. We have to have streaming services though as my girls love disney plus, think we have prime and Netflix too though
Thanks for the comment Adam! Hope you're well :)
@@spencers-adventures no worries at all 😊 yeah good thanks, hope you are 😅
There's options for every lifestyle. I'm somewhere in the middle. Do I cherish my physical media? Absolutely. Do I cherish the convenience of streaming? Absolutely.
This is the exact conversation i’ve been having with myself in regards to music streaming. I still have my Spotify Premium subscription, but choose to buy only full albums that are good enough to really listen to over and over again.
Physical stuff and DRM-free ownership is cool, but yes streaming allows you to try things out before committing. If I find that I haven’t used Spotify to find new stuff for quite a while, i’ll just cancel it. No problem. It’s not like cancelling my streaming will leave me with nothing because i’ve slowly been buying almbums that I enjoy.
Great vid.
I'm going to only use one video streaming site at a time; I can trade out the sites every 3-4 months of so. As for music I use apple music to try things out. I will cancel once I have around 300 albums that I like and then I will buy those slowly.
Streaming quality varies a lot and some are better than others. Even with online 'purchases,' the quality varies greatly. I have been sailing the high seas for a long time and this has saved tons of money over buying discs and I just burn all my own stuff to BD-R or AVCHD.
I like physical media
When I buy DVDs and blu-rays I buy a single copie of the dvd or blu-ray but if I see a boxset at wal-mart or Amazon that I want I pick up the boxset then I just giveaway the single copie cause it’s pointless to own duplicate copies
Wow. It's great to see such a well thought out and balanced take on this.
I've recently started to buy physical media again after a long break. Not because it's hip but to support shops etc. with intentional purchases. As well as revisiting films and spending more time thinking about them and what they mean to me.
Some of the physical media channels can come across all high and mighty with their views. Essentially, they think you should only buy physical media and streaming should be frowned upon.
I'm intrigued what else you might cover in your videos as this lifestyle approach is very inspiring!
Hey, Spencer: where so you get your DRM-free music?
I put a link in the video around 01:40 to the specific video where I discuss these sources, but specifically the ones I mainly use are Qobuz, HD Tracks, and BandCamp 👍
The 7 seas
@@spencers-adventures thanks! Apologies: links at times don't show up in my videos.
@@techbulb3440it's been impossible for me to find any sites specifically for high quality music for free
@@sebastiansanhueza9601 no worries at all :)
I would just digitize my physical media and save them to an external hard drive. Disc's will scratch overtime so having a digital copy can come in handy.
To lessen clutter at home, I would just transfer all the discs to a binder and discard the covers. Only exception would be the box sets.
I don't do the paid subscription services because I would be paying for everything that's on the platform and I know I won't be watching everything. Not to mention, some of the content will be removed and it won't be available anymore.
Especially with a paid basic account, ads in between watches defeats the purpose and it's ripping you off compared to the free ones like Tubi and Pluto provide.
Ironically, people have gone to the dark side of going the piracy way, be it torrents or other illegal streaming aps.
I still do both l like DVDs better
Great advice thanks
Love my discs 🎉
I don't mind ad based streaming services like Tubi and Plex or even Amazon Prime and Netflix as long as they are not intrusive. At the end of the day even physical media has ads, same as going to the movies. I'd much rather sit through a few 5-15 second ads once and a while then 1 minute or more of them like watching live TV. Plus I get to support the the things that I like that way.
Agreed! Well said 👍
I have a wall of blu-rays and 4ks and I love it. A veritable cinephile's candyland.
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Great video 📹 👍
I love digital & physical media. But I have subscriptions.
The only subscription I have to RUclips premium. Every other service has gotten worse and more expensive over the years so I got rid of them. I’m not going to pay from prime and still get commercials.
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I only buy movies/TV shows physicall that I know I will watch more than once.
Same here and it has helped me cut back on stuff I never repeat watch. Although I'm more willing to take a chance on a movie if it's on a used DVD because those are a lot cheaper than a Blu-ray or 4K (especially if it's OOP).
Hehe. 'Stream' of consciousness.
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