@@LUCKO2022Yeah but buying physical means you can do that without relying on another device for it to exist, without being at risk, and also without committing a crime
I ran into this problem recently. I wanted to watch The Abyss (hadn't seen it yet) but it wasn't streaming anywhere. I found out that not only was it not on any streaming platforms, but it was never converted to blu-ray. I ended up having to order a dvd off ebay just to finally watch it. That being said, I've been buying more dvds lately to help built my physical collection. They may not be Blu-ray quality, but at least they're in my library (and for a much lower cost)
Yeah, The Abyss is in Cameron’s catalogue of no Blu-Ray release movies, along with True Lies. The Abyss is such a great iconic movie, it’s crazy that it’s so hard to track down and watch.
That ABYSS DVD was non-anamorphic as well. I remember it being a huge deal when it was released in DVD because it was a direct port of the legendary laserdisc.
The #1 best reason to own any physical copy of a movie is the first reason you listed off: After all of the years of preaching against piracy, these studios have made it so that, after you've been to theaters to see it, bought it on vhs, then dvd, then blu ray, well now you're expected to pay a monthly fee to be allowed to watch your movie you've legitimately paid for, and a portion of the time, you still don't have anywhere to watch it, you still have to pay to rent John Carpenter's 'the Thing', among other titles, through RUclips because no one is currently streaming it. To make it a little more relevant to your video here, as someone who celebrated the 2010 DVD release of X-Men, there are still the 5 or 6 Spider-Man episodes that crossover with that particular X-Men series. There's no legitimate release of these episodes, that I'm aware of. There are a few sellers on Amazon offering an unofficial release of two of the episodes, but. Hey, I would really like to not have to pay a monthly fee to still not be able to watch those particular episodes the first time they get taken down if they actually are streaming anywhere.
How I do it is: - Is it only on DVD? I'll buy it. - Is there a Blu-Ray release, but the Blu-Ray is out of print, or I can get the dvd very cheap from a flea market or pawn shop? I'll buy it. - Is the DVD a Special Edition with cool extras, but the Blu-Ray is just the movie/show? I'll buy it. - Is it a Tokusatsu DVD that comes with a pack-in toy? I'll buy it. Hell, I sometimes even buy VHS. In fact, there are some films/shows, where VHS is the only option.
100%. Especially if you love low budget and obscure horror and action films. Quite a few never made it past vhs level. Keeping these old films and shows on past formats is really tv and film conservation.
Ive been so frustrated with streaming services and such that i just started buying blurays and dvds again and its been alot of fun. Its great knowing i own what i buy, and some of the cool trinkets that come with physical media
I still have all my DVDs and keeping them, when watched on a good Blu-ray player 'HD' upscaling the picture that is perfectly fine for me. In fact, in many cases I prefer that to Blu-ray because Blu-ray may not always be super sharp or it has a bad new grading, hence I'll just prefer the old DVD because I know in most cases it's not been tampered with by some goofy revisionist, thus being closer to how it's actually supposed to look. 4K, I'm never jumping on that bandwagon no siree.
Had the great honor of ordering the OPPENHEIMER 2 DVD set. When I received the set, I cracked that package open and popped the first disc into my 2020 Sony DVD player. Man, what an experience. Lot better than critics made it out to be. I've been collecting DVDs for 22 years now. No regrets....❤
Its so nice buying DVDs haha It has something special about It rather than go ultra 4k hdr dolby visionatmos and all that crap, just plein old good dvd 😍♥️
I spent $380 on the Dark Shadows Collection new and on sale. It is 1,250 episodes on 131 DVDs. Took me a year to watch it. I loved it and started watching it again. So yes, I will continue to collect dvds.
This is a very nice video - thank you for sharing your reasons for buying DVDs - I fully agree! There are so many movies - especially old ones - you can't stream anywhere or even buy on Blu-ray. It's really sad that sometimes extremely expensive DVDs on the second-hand market are the only option to somehow watch a specific movie, but at least it's possible LOL
As of July 2023, these are the following numbers for total individual title released media: DVD: 297,000+ Blu Ray: 39,000+ 4K: 1,200+ Blu Ray has been around for nearly 25 years and it still only has about 1/8 of the DVD library that exists. Needless to say, Blu Ray is NEVER going to catch up to DVD with all of its titles. There will always be DVD titles that will never appear on Blu Ray. 4K is even worse. It has arrived in a time where physical media is beginning to become a thing of the past. Major distributors are moving to digital media purchases. Not to mention for every great 4K transfer that we get, we get at least 1 or 2 TERRIBLE transfers of something else. DVD’s will always be the bulk of my media collection. They have never been more affordable then now and the same goes for Blu Ray.
@@GeekTruth64 Just to let you know , that if you had a region free Blu ray player you could have , had your favorite films on blu ray from other countrys and still be able to play them
@@HappyBuddhaBoydI think the best is to buy the physical. Back it up to your pc then from there back up your data to a home nas or a cloud service of some time. I know it’s the 321 rule.
The difference price between DVDs vs Blu-rays can be staggering. I love Blu-rays but DVDs still look decent projected to an 8-foot screen and I can't always justify the higher price. And i just found flight of the navigator at a pawn shop! What a coincidence.
No worries, i still collect dvds and blurays too. I own over 4000 titles in my collection. I dont see much difference between the formats and even though others prefer a HD format like 4k or if its in a steelbook, I'm satisfied with just owning the movies in general. Such is the reason i don't do streaming. You don't own any of the programming and they can pull it from streaming at any time without warning. I prefer dvd as my go-to format because those will play on ANY player no matter what it is.
One of my reasons to own the DVD is the director's cut is only on DVD or the theatrical cut is only on DVD. occasionally there's other special features and I really love the movie and I originally bought the DVD and it has different artwork sometimes I want to have both artworks. I started with DVD and I thought it was good enough till I got into audio. There are some movies where there's a big jump in audio and picture quality with the Blu-ray. Honestly a lot of modern movies on DVD look pretty good because the technology is more advanced or maybe they're dual layer.For straight to video action movies, I've started to just stick with DVD.
I'm a young collector with about 200 boxsets to my name. Mostly Blu-ray of course, but every DVD I have so far has been relegated to "it looks better on DVD." I compared Teen Titans (2003) on DVD and Blu-Ray and the DVD quality was "better" because DC did a lazy upscale for the Blu-Ray. I thought this would be true for Batman: The Animated Series, but apparently, they did proper remastering to the color and scans to the animated film that actually make the Blu-rays worth buying. Makes MY JOB HARDER when I can't tell if a Blu-ray is worth it or not.
Sometimes DVD is the only option AND it's expensive. I love the show MXC that used to show on SpikeTV. I was able to cop all 5 seasons but they were hard to come by and they cost me and arm and a leg. Worst part is that there are some episodes missing from the official release like the "Almost Live" episode guest starring Tony Hawk and the Halloween episodes due to licensing/IP issues on the characters they dressed up as. (Don't worry, I still got those episodes on digital bootlegs LOL). Sometimes older formats like DVD, VHS, Laser Disc, etc. are the only way to get some releases, we just got to deal with it as it is available. That's why I'm a proponent of people making everything digital and uploading it online for the sake of conserving some things from becoming lost media. Kinda jealous of your X-men cartoon collection. X-men, The Tick, and the 90s Spiderman series are like the holy trinity of 90s cartoons for me.
What's expensive is paying a monthly fee to rent a movie that can be taken away for any number of reasons while you're still renting it, rather than paying once or twice to own a physical copy.
@@alexoblivion9295 True, but if I pay $15 to Hbo max. If I wanted a 4k copy of a new release it be $15-50 depending on the title. So If I watch more than 1 movie I'm essentially saving my self $15 per movie I watch. If I paid $15 to netflix and binged watch 7 -9 seasons of the walking dead while also watching other content within that monthly period instead of paying almost $90 to own all of it on dvd I'd say it's well worth it.
There's a lot of movies and shows that look better on DVD than the new Blu Ray versions. A good example is a lot of retro anime that has this all the film grain removed and colors tampered with for the blu ray version. I honestly can't believe how bad some traditional cel anime looks on blue ray.
I'm a Blu-ray collector for the most part, and I refuse to attempt "upgrading" my collection to 4k. Blu-ray is perfect for me. I do own some 4k titles from gifts I got, and if the 4k happened to be cheaper than the actual Blu-ray. It happens often actually. I do still own many DVD titles that I do slowly upgrade to DVD as well. DVD is a great format. All of the reasons you've listed here are spot on. Great vid!
The algorithm sent your post to me (a little late, but totally entertaining). About a third of my collection is on DVD, of which about 100 have never had a Blu Ray release. I find myself searching for movies that I enjoyed on DVDs that have never been upgraded for whatever reason. Sometimes I'll purchase a DVD even if a Blu Ray is available but too expensive. Sometimes I'll keep my DVD even if a Blu Ray has been released because the source used to make the DVD is near perfect. Why double dip when i can get 2-3 different, used DVDs for the price of one Blu Ray? Im collecting for my entertainment, not for keeping up with the Jones.
I just found both cocoon movies on DVD within the past couple months and I somehow found the Japanese Blu-ray of Flight of the Navigator at a Goodwill last year. I also found Jedi Junkies at Dollar Tree.
I’m a big physical media fan myself & I’ve just purchased A Bronx Tale on dvd for £6 as the blu-ray is so expensive here in the uk! Cheapest I could find was £30 on blu-ray (used as well)
DVDs are perfectly fine in the absence of a higher definition release or if there is no other way to own/watch a particular title. Everything won't make it to Bluray. Sometimes the dvd will have nicer cover art or packaging and more extensive extras too.
Many movies I can only watch once or twice. $1 DVDs at thrift stores can be a great option for that. The theatrical cut of Amadeus (1984) never made it to Blu-ray or streaming, DVD only. Sometimes an out-of-print Blu-ray like Splash (1984) is extremely expensive, but the DVD is not.
I collect modern movies on DVD (2000 - ) and older movies on Blu Ray (1950s - 1990s). Getting older movies on BR makes more sense and really sells what makes Blu Ray great
One dvd set I own that Warner Bros only released the first season of is The Drew Carey Show, loved it when I was a kid and still enjoy watching that show now.
I stopped buying DVD in 2008. Went over to HD-DVD, then Blu-Ray, then 4K UHD. Physical is more important than ever, because streaming services can easily censor movies digitally any time they want.
Awesome video, I see you like physical media, I love collecting movies and games. Those are my two favorite things to collect. Great video my friend! :)
I recently ran into the "not available" problem when I went to get The Village on Blu-Ray. To my shock, it was not available, even though many of Shyamalan's lesser films have made the jump. Why in the world is The Village not on Blu-Ray? I have no idea. But I ended up buying the DVD instead. One other thing I can comment is that the validity of watching DVDs in 2023 has a LOT to do with your player. On my Xbox One they look terrible but on my dedicated 4K player they look much better.
Being a dvd collector if I'm in the mood to watch a good thriller I'll just go to my dvd shelf and pop in silence of the lambs or seven and kick back and enjoy and it turns you into a film historian of sorts.
Whrn l first started to get movies from the goodwill I was getting DVD & Blu-ray but after a while I was only getting blu-rays. It was to limit what I was getting and I only wanted the better quality, but lately I haven't been seeing many blu-rays appear and getting more DVDs because I'm still finding a lot of good movies on DVD. One of the most recent ones was the DVD of Death to Smoochie with Robert Williams.
I got rid of all my DVDs. Most of them were burned anyway 😂I have mostly 4k blu rays, it’s the last frontier for physical media and I feel like it’s worth owning the best available quality for each of my favorite movies - and they may be worth more in the future.
I still have a growing collection of movies on blu ray dvd and in 4K and have for over two decades now and love home cinema and would love to upgrade more
I also have a large collection of DVD's (800+ & counting) ranging from dramas, historical, documentaries, comedies, comedian's, old classics (gone with the wind, African queen,...to name a few), Westerns, tv series, cartoons, war movies, sci-fi,... We can watch to our hearts content when ever we want & we try to buy older ones to have uncut by today's PC police! 🧐
Reason #5 is that ripping DVDs onto your computer is more convenient. More softwares available, they take up less hard drive space, portable DVD drives are cheaper than portable blu-ray drives. You can rip the entire thing (menus and all) to a .ISO for both to burn later, but fewer programs play blu-ray ISO files for some reason. It's not that compelling of a reason, but it is one.
It will take a long time before every movie will be available for streaming, especially the lesser known movies. Same reason people still collect VHS. Some version of movies can only be found on VHS. Also, i bet AI will be able to upscale dvd video to high resolution with high quality in the near future.
My pros and cons for physical media. Pros Yours to keep forever. Don't have to rely on WiFi. You can watch them in your own time. Nostlagic. Cons Scratch easily if not handed correctly. Some films are impossible to buy on DVD or Bluray. Too much space and you end up watching the same films instead of watching every single film.
I remember being stunned when I saw that DVDs STILL account for about 2/3 of disc sales. I was stunned since virtually everyone has a 4K TV by now because 4K TVs are so dirt cheap. I don't know if it's because DVDs cost less or if people think DVDs look good enough.
The step from Vhs to DVD, they tried to release as many films as were available on VHS to DVd, but with Bluray, it was more focused on things that sold well on DVD or had a market behind them that were released again on Bluray. And now with Bluray 4k, they seem to be a marginal part of the films that were released on DVD that were released again on Bluray 4k. Which for me is quite a strong reason why I buy DVD movies, as many movies were never released in newer formats.
If there's one reason why I would still continue to buy DVDs in this day and age it's because even with the higher definition picture that Blu-ray has to offer you can't always be sure that any older media produced in the days before digital is going to come out looking right after being remastered (case in point the amount of people I've seen already criticizing the new 4K remaster of True Lies).
I collect DVDs not Blu-rays because they are easier to back up. Physical discs don't last forever (despite the sales pitch), perhaps as little as 20 or 30 years in some cases, but it will depend greatly on the manufacturing process of each disc, as well as how they are stored. e.g. The metallic layer can become oxidised, and that happened quickly in the case of some early CDs with bad manufacturing, or the plastic disc could become brittle & snap when you remove it from the case (plastic does age!), or the clear plastic could become opaque (which cleaning may or may not fix).
Depends on the film. Sometimes you don’t need amazing quality, especially if the film already looks good, or doesn’t have to look better. Dvd quality can be nostalgic. Flight of the Navigator is great. Have a lot of good memories of that
Been on a bit of a buying spree lately. Picked up all of these on various formats Ichi The Killer Wolf of Wall Street Ghost World Three Extremes The Happiness of the Katakuris John Wick 3 Ong Bak Trilogy Shinya Tsukamoto’s Solid Metal Nightmares box set Paris Texas The Man Who Wasn’t There Ghost in the Shell 2 Rorouni Kenshin 2 and 3 Fubar Wild at Heart The Wild Bunch Perfect Blue Vampire’s Kiss 13 Assassins/Blade of the Immortal Oldboy The Man From Nowhere Lucky The Piano Teacher I Saw the Devil
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a much better viewing experience on DVD than it is on streaming because it's not the bullshit HD "remaster" with bad color grading and bad cropping.
There are still a lot of movies that are on DVD but not Blu-ray. Then some do get a Blu-ray release but it's very limited and goes out of print before you can even blink.
Another reason for me personally why I still use DVDs today is the nostalgia factor. If you grew up with VHS then you also grew up with a certain picture quality, such as the film grain in films, which with newer formats, especially 4K, no longer affects today's viewing habits as it is more about the better picture quality than anything else, which in itself is not a bad thing, I just want to have the choice of how I want to continue to watch films. I was a big Star Wars fan of the original trilogy until the special edition came out, which pretty much ruined my enjoyment when strange CGI creatures suddenly appeared that didn't contribute to the story at all and of course the infamous Han Solo shoots first, that should never have been changed if you ask me, they are still products of their time and luckily I now have at least the DVD versions with the theatrical versions :)
I prefer ownership and physical possession of property. I never even bought a Blue Ray player and have no intention at this point of getting one. I can't see the need. I totally satisfied with my large library of DVD. I also still collect VHS programing and buy VHS players and recorders so I never have worry if one stops functioning. I get them CHEAP! I like that. I'm not a geek at all so the things important to geeks aren't to me. I don't need lots of bells and whistles for my viewing pleasure. I'm 71 and proof you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
I like DVDs, I have finally rebuit my Collection from the old VHS days! It's taken me 15-18 years to rebuild my Collection. I have no interest in starting all over again in Blu-Ray! And the fact that some stuff is only out on Blu-Ray ticks me off.
The VERY First DVD release: TWISTER by Jan de Bont was available in late 90s. The 4K was released this month July 2024 (more than 25 years later) and probably because of the sequel that is premiering this month on theaters. Many New movies get a 4k release several years later after the Bluray release. Hate streaming services😡. Oh! by the way that Two Brothers movie is awesome and I don't think there was no CGI on it with the Tigers which makes it more awesome. Worth watching it.😊
Of course, is still a bias option and upscaled still looks great. Recently bought The Monsters TV series and still some other films to be released on BD.
I scored a region free import blu-ray of Flight of the Navigator a year or so ago for around 15 bucks. Not sure if it still goes for that but if you find it, it works.
When i hunt for the shopping list i generally just land where i land, if its on the shelf for 1-5 dollars and its a dvd, i’ll pick it up with no intention of upgrading. Thats just where my collection is at, who knows in 10-15 years if blu rays are stacking up in thrift stores, then ill upgrade. Although i do enjoy the older cases with the older cover art in some cases.
One plus with dvd's imo is that in some movies it hides imperfections(bad cgi etc), thanks to the lesser detail and softer image, where a bluray can make them very obvious. I still have all my dvd's, didn't bother with upgrading them, they're fine enough.
The majority of Television shows from the golden age until the 90s were all on DVD. All the Norman Lear and other shows were filmed on tape and are perfectly fine on DVD. I have the Wonder Years and a dozen or so other classic shows on DVD that Im happy if they dont end up on blu ray
I had a weird experience a while back. Pretty much the only DVDs I still buy are TV shows and they normally come in those large multi-disc jumbo cases or some kind of a special packaging, so when I got one that just came in a standard keepcase, I couldn't help but to feel a little bit nostalgic. I've thought about going back and buying some DVDs I always wanted back in the day but couldn't either find or afford, like the Anchor Bay 2-disc limited edition of Bad Taste, or this really cheap, bootleg-looking European release of Cutthroats Nine. While the latter I think already exists on a proper blu-ray release, it was that DVD cover with the yellow banner that I'd first even heard of the movie. Or even that huge box set of Showgirls that came with tat like shot glasses and nipple tassles 😁 (make note: buy that one sealed)
Remember a lot of the time a lot of the shows were shot on tape which maximum output is DVD resolution (480i 60HZ for NTSC or 576i 50Hz for PAL) which honestly look best on CRTs in my opinion, shows like the first 7 series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Star Trek not to mention the vast majority of the pre-2000s cartoons were traditionally animated and shot on film, there's a reason why the first Jon Pertwee Doctor Who was the first on Blu-Ray, if the companies wanted to they can even put it on 4K if capable. Also some of the earlier Hanna-Barbera TV shows like The Flintstones and The Jetsons got a Blu-Ray release, I will say that I have seen some Blu-Rays that are under the label of SD on Blu-Ray, which as some of you know 1 Blu-Ray disc is the equivalent of 5 DVDs so a Blu-Ray can fit a lot more on one disc, at first sight I thought it was strange with shows like Fist of the North Star which probably would have benefited from a full 1080p transfer and maybe even a 4K transfer, while Sonic X you can get not only the entire dub on SD Blu-Ray but also the Japanese version on SD Blu-Ray gotta buy those separately but it's cool you can get those particularly the latter in the USA, wish Pokemon did that as well with the Japanese versions for anyone outside of Japan (I live in the UK by the way so I gotta import some of this stuff and get a multi region player if I am to watch some of the US or other stuff particularly if it's not compatible with the UK players and I know that's the case with the other collectors in the world, remember you're more likely to find a Blu-Ray compatible with your region that's not from your region than a DVD noticed this with Disney Blu-Rays to be fair
The Disney Movie Club is a good deal. I joined 4 times and have all the exclusives I want. Ended up avg price was 10 bucks per blu-ray. The club has changed now, so I do know now..
That last reason: "not available on Blu-ray or 4K" is why I still get lots of DVDs. Not going to find Star Trek DS9 on Blu-ray. Tons of foreign films never released in the US are DVD-only as well.
Blueray players have great up coverting DVD features through the HDMI cable, look way better than older DVD players. I tested DVD players side by side... Up conversation players kept DVD's alive.
I like collecting nature documentaries and about half of the discs I have are DVDs. BBC documentaries are consistently put on Blu-ray but for some reason Nat Geo and PBS nature rarely release on Blu-ray. I would definitely prefer the better picture quality and audio, but I am forced to take what I can get.
My reason to buy DVD over BD or 4K, the price. If I am in the mood to watch a random movie that I don't love, I will buy the DVD. Why pay $25 - $40 for a HD movie when I am only going to watch it once? Or go to the library first before I blind buy.
Found my kind of people!
I'll never stop buying physical media!
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@@kurtrussell5228 excuse me ?
@@kurtrussell5228 grow up.
@@IndigoRaven-zx8hp ....you don't even know what that means
I have and always will buy physical media. I want to own my content and be in charge of the content I consume
Same here
I can just pirate the same files from the internet and still be in charge of consuming it.
Simple as that.
@@LUCKO2022Yeah but buying physical means you can do that without relying on another device for it to exist, without being at risk, and also without committing a crime
@thefoxcritic1
You still need another device to watch your physical media. So there.
@@LUCKO2022 so what if you're not broke it's not a big deal
I ran into this problem recently. I wanted to watch The Abyss (hadn't seen it yet) but it wasn't streaming anywhere. I found out that not only was it not on any streaming platforms, but it was never converted to blu-ray. I ended up having to order a dvd off ebay just to finally watch it.
That being said, I've been buying more dvds lately to help built my physical collection. They may not be Blu-ray quality, but at least they're in my library (and for a much lower cost)
Yeah, The Abyss is in Cameron’s catalogue of no Blu-Ray release movies, along with True Lies. The Abyss is such a great iconic movie, it’s crazy that it’s so hard to track down and watch.
Both movies will be on 4k after a month on digital purchase and later on disc.
Yes😮
That ABYSS DVD was non-anamorphic as well.
I remember it being a huge deal when it was released in DVD because it was a direct port of the legendary laserdisc.
I agree.
I will never stop buying dvds/blu-rays!
Same with me!
I buy blu ray and 4k blu ray and dvd but only when its on dvd.
The #1 best reason to own any physical copy of a movie is the first reason you listed off: After all of the years of preaching against piracy, these studios have made it so that, after you've been to theaters to see it, bought it on vhs, then dvd, then blu ray, well now you're expected to pay a monthly fee to be allowed to watch your movie you've legitimately paid for, and a portion of the time, you still don't have anywhere to watch it, you still have to pay to rent John Carpenter's 'the Thing', among other titles, through RUclips because no one is currently streaming it.
To make it a little more relevant to your video here, as someone who celebrated the 2010 DVD release of X-Men, there are still the 5 or 6 Spider-Man episodes that crossover with that particular X-Men series. There's no legitimate release of these episodes, that I'm aware of. There are a few sellers on Amazon offering an unofficial release of two of the episodes, but. Hey, I would really like to not have to pay a monthly fee to still not be able to watch those particular episodes the first time they get taken down if they actually are streaming anywhere.
How I do it is:
- Is it only on DVD? I'll buy it.
- Is there a Blu-Ray release, but the Blu-Ray is out of print, or I can get the dvd very cheap from a flea market or pawn shop? I'll buy it.
- Is the DVD a Special Edition with cool extras, but the Blu-Ray is just the movie/show? I'll buy it.
- Is it a Tokusatsu DVD that comes with a pack-in toy? I'll buy it.
Hell, I sometimes even buy VHS. In fact, there are some films/shows, where VHS is the only option.
100%. Especially if you love low budget and obscure horror and action films. Quite a few never made it past vhs level. Keeping these old films and shows on past formats is really tv and film conservation.
Ive been so frustrated with streaming services and such that i just started buying blurays and dvds again and its been alot of fun. Its great knowing i own what i buy, and some of the cool trinkets that come with physical media
I still have all my DVDs and keeping them, when watched on a good Blu-ray player 'HD' upscaling the picture that is perfectly fine for me. In fact, in many cases I prefer that to Blu-ray because Blu-ray may not always be super sharp or it has a bad new grading, hence I'll just prefer the old DVD because I know in most cases it's not been tampered with by some goofy revisionist, thus being closer to how it's actually supposed to look. 4K, I'm never jumping on that bandwagon no siree.
Had the great honor of ordering the OPPENHEIMER 2 DVD set. When I received the set, I cracked that package open and popped the first disc into my 2020 Sony DVD player. Man, what an experience. Lot better than critics made it out to be. I've been collecting DVDs for 22 years now. No regrets....❤
@@geggy310 Yeah... i bet it would look even better on a 12" Black and White Magnavox TV.
Its so nice buying DVDs haha It has something special about It rather than go ultra 4k hdr dolby visionatmos and all that crap, just plein old good dvd 😍♥️
Dude, same here with Oppenheimer!
@@geggy310VHS sucks and thank god it’s dead except for the nerds who didn’t actually live through the 80’s that are obsessed with it.
@@HappyBuddhaBoydthese VHS nerds are the same people who collect cassette tapes and still use cordless phones at home.
I spent $380 on the Dark Shadows Collection new and on sale. It is 1,250 episodes on 131 DVDs. Took me a year to watch it. I loved it and started watching it again. So yes, I will continue to collect dvds.
Nice!!
I buy 1 dvd a week at the walmart bin for $5. The last 3 weeks I picked up John Wick 1 2 and 3.
Yeah I buy DVDs still too . Since it’s so cheap . Makes me able to have physical copies of movies I love and not break the bank
This is a very nice video - thank you for sharing your reasons for buying DVDs - I fully agree! There are so many movies - especially old ones - you can't stream anywhere or even buy on Blu-ray. It's really sad that sometimes extremely expensive DVDs on the second-hand market are the only option to somehow watch a specific movie, but at least it's possible LOL
As of July 2023, these are the following numbers for total individual title released media:
DVD: 297,000+
Blu Ray: 39,000+
4K: 1,200+
Blu Ray has been around for nearly 25 years and it still only has about 1/8 of the DVD library that exists. Needless to say, Blu Ray is NEVER going to catch up to DVD with all of its titles. There will always be DVD titles that will never appear on Blu Ray.
4K is even worse. It has arrived in a time where physical media is beginning to become a thing of the past. Major distributors are moving to digital media purchases.
Not to mention for every great 4K transfer that we get, we get at least 1 or 2 TERRIBLE transfers of something else.
DVD’s will always be the bulk of my media collection. They have never been more affordable then now and the same goes for Blu Ray.
RESPECT! Love seeing others collect physical media.
I collect DVDs as well. I prefer physical media to streaming
Definitely creates a more stable library than relying on streaming’s constant rotation.
@@GeekTruth64 Just to let you know , that if you had a region free Blu ray player you could have , had your favorite films on blu ray from other countrys and still be able to play them
@@GeekTruth64 ....simple solution. Home NAS.
@@HappyBuddhaBoydI think the best is to buy the physical. Back it up to your pc then from there back up your data to a home nas or a cloud service of some time. I know it’s the 321 rule.
The difference price between DVDs vs Blu-rays can be staggering. I love Blu-rays but DVDs still look decent projected to an 8-foot screen and I can't always justify the higher price. And i just found flight of the navigator at a pawn shop! What a coincidence.
Hellraiser (2022) only got a DVD release here in the UK. It didn't get a physical release at all in the US.
Just wait...it'll be released on blu-ray once the studios figure out that physical media is coming back with a vengeance.
No worries, i still collect dvds and blurays too. I own over 4000 titles in my collection. I dont see much difference between the formats and even though others prefer a HD format like 4k or if its in a steelbook, I'm satisfied with just owning the movies in general. Such is the reason i don't do streaming. You don't own any of the programming and they can pull it from streaming at any time without warning. I prefer dvd as my go-to format because those will play on ANY player no matter what it is.
One of my reasons to own the DVD is the director's cut is only on DVD or the theatrical cut is only on DVD. occasionally there's other special features and I really love the movie and I originally bought the DVD and it has different artwork sometimes I want to have both artworks. I started with DVD and I thought it was good enough till I got into audio. There are some movies where there's a big jump in audio and picture quality with the Blu-ray. Honestly a lot of modern movies on DVD look pretty good because the technology is more advanced or maybe they're dual layer.For straight to video action movies, I've started to just stick with DVD.
I still collect DVDs and Blu Rays!
I'm a young collector with about 200 boxsets to my name. Mostly Blu-ray of course, but every DVD I have so far has been relegated to "it looks better on DVD."
I compared Teen Titans (2003) on DVD and Blu-Ray and the DVD quality was "better" because DC did a lazy upscale for the Blu-Ray. I thought this would be true for Batman: The Animated Series, but apparently, they did proper remastering to the color and scans to the animated film that actually make the Blu-rays worth buying. Makes MY JOB HARDER when I can't tell if a Blu-ray is worth it or not.
Sometimes DVD is the only option AND it's expensive. I love the show MXC that used to show on SpikeTV. I was able to cop all 5 seasons but they were hard to come by and they cost me and arm and a leg. Worst part is that there are some episodes missing from the official release like the "Almost Live" episode guest starring Tony Hawk and the Halloween episodes due to licensing/IP issues on the characters they dressed up as. (Don't worry, I still got those episodes on digital bootlegs LOL).
Sometimes older formats like DVD, VHS, Laser Disc, etc. are the only way to get some releases, we just got to deal with it as it is available. That's why I'm a proponent of people making everything digital and uploading it online for the sake of conserving some things from becoming lost media.
Kinda jealous of your X-men cartoon collection. X-men, The Tick, and the 90s Spiderman series are like the holy trinity of 90s cartoons for me.
I’d love to get my hands on some old MXC DVDs. Haven’t seen that show in years. Also hope to complete my 90s X-men DVD collection soon.
What's expensive is paying a monthly fee to rent a movie that can be taken away for any number of reasons while you're still renting it, rather than paying once or twice to own a physical copy.
@@alexoblivion9295 True, but if I pay $15 to Hbo max. If I wanted a 4k copy of a new release it be $15-50 depending on the title. So If I watch more than 1 movie I'm essentially saving my self $15 per movie I watch. If I paid $15 to netflix and binged watch 7 -9 seasons of the walking dead while also watching other content within that monthly period instead of paying almost $90 to own all of it on dvd I'd say it's well worth it.
@@GeekTruth64Those are on DVD? Why am I bothering with D+ for 90s X-Men?
There's a lot of movies and shows that look better on DVD than the new Blu Ray versions. A good example is a lot of retro anime that has this all the film grain removed and colors tampered with for the blu ray version. I honestly can't believe how bad some traditional cel anime looks on blue ray.
I'm a Blu-ray collector for the most part, and I refuse to attempt "upgrading" my collection to 4k. Blu-ray is perfect for me. I do own some 4k titles from gifts I got, and if the 4k happened to be cheaper than the actual Blu-ray. It happens often actually. I do still own many DVD titles that I do slowly upgrade to DVD as well. DVD is a great format. All of the reasons you've listed here are spot on. Great vid!
Christmas is a big reason. Some years you would not have been able to watch Home Alone or Elf here. Always keep a recorded copy on PVR.
The algorithm sent your post to me (a little late, but totally entertaining). About a third of my collection is on DVD, of which about 100 have never had a Blu Ray release. I find myself searching for movies that I enjoyed on DVDs that have never been upgraded for whatever reason. Sometimes I'll purchase a DVD even if a Blu Ray is available but too expensive. Sometimes I'll keep my DVD even if a Blu Ray has been released because the source used to make the DVD is near perfect. Why double dip when i can get 2-3 different, used DVDs for the price of one Blu Ray? Im collecting for my entertainment, not for keeping up with the Jones.
I just found both cocoon movies on DVD within the past couple months and I somehow found the Japanese Blu-ray of Flight of the Navigator at a Goodwill last year. I also found Jedi Junkies at Dollar Tree.
I’m a big physical media fan myself & I’ve just purchased A Bronx Tale on dvd for £6 as the blu-ray is so expensive here in the uk! Cheapest I could find was £30 on blu-ray (used as well)
I love that movie.
DVDs are perfectly fine in the absence of a higher definition release or if there is no other way to own/watch a particular title. Everything won't make it to Bluray. Sometimes the dvd will have nicer cover art or packaging and more extensive extras too.
Many movies I can only watch once or twice. $1 DVDs at thrift stores can be a great option for that. The theatrical cut of Amadeus (1984) never made it to Blu-ray or streaming, DVD only. Sometimes an out-of-print Blu-ray like Splash (1984) is extremely expensive, but the DVD is not.
I collect modern movies on DVD (2000 - ) and older movies on Blu Ray (1950s - 1990s). Getting older movies on BR makes more sense and really sells what makes Blu Ray great
Out 7 months now. Just viewed and found this channel entertaining.
There are a few VHS that was not moved over to DVD either.
I enjoy watching older movies on dvd as the lower resolution makes it look more dated so it can sometimes feel more of its time which is nice.
I still collect DVD and also VHS 😊
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One dvd set I own that Warner Bros only released the first season of is The Drew Carey Show, loved it when I was a kid and still enjoy watching that show now.
Yep same. I'm sick of this greedy digital rip off world
same here.
Jericho has two additional seasons that exist solely in comic book format. It is a great show, need to get it on DVD myself.
I also picked up Flight of the Navigator from a thrift store in Melbourne Australia.
I stopped buying DVD in 2008. Went over to HD-DVD, then Blu-Ray, then 4K UHD.
Physical is more important than ever, because streaming services can easily censor movies digitally any time they want.
I've decided I'm not going to bother with 4k. The cost of upgrading just isn't worth it to me.
1080p Blu-ray looks stellar on my 55" TV.
Awesome video, I see you like physical media, I love collecting movies and games. Those are my two favorite things to collect. Great video my friend! :)
No music? Sad.
@@IndigoRaven-zx8hp I love collect music on vinyl , cassettes too. They're actually my third favorite things to collect!
I recently ran into the "not available" problem when I went to get The Village on Blu-Ray. To my shock, it was not available, even though many of Shyamalan's lesser films have made the jump. Why in the world is The Village not on Blu-Ray? I have no idea. But I ended up buying the DVD instead.
One other thing I can comment is that the validity of watching DVDs in 2023 has a LOT to do with your player. On my Xbox One they look terrible but on my dedicated 4K player they look much better.
Being a dvd collector if I'm in the mood to watch a good thriller I'll just go to my dvd shelf and pop in silence of the lambs or seven and kick back and enjoy and it turns you into a film historian of sorts.
I still buy dvds and blue rays too and I will still buy physical media only
Whrn l first started to get movies from the goodwill I was getting DVD & Blu-ray but after a while I was only getting blu-rays. It was to limit what I was getting and I only wanted the better quality, but lately I haven't been seeing many blu-rays appear and getting more DVDs because I'm still finding a lot of good movies on DVD. One of the most recent ones was the DVD of Death to Smoochie with Robert Williams.
I got rid of all my DVDs. Most of them were burned anyway 😂I have mostly 4k blu rays, it’s the last frontier for physical media and I feel like it’s worth owning the best available quality for each of my favorite movies - and they may be worth more in the future.
I still have a growing collection of movies on blu ray dvd and in 4K and have for over two decades now and love home cinema and would love to upgrade more
I'll still buy DVDs of catalogue titles I don't necessarily need to have on Blu-ray. Especially if they're only about $6.
I also have a large collection of DVD's (800+ & counting) ranging from dramas, historical, documentaries, comedies, comedian's, old classics (gone with the wind, African queen,...to name a few), Westerns, tv series, cartoons, war movies, sci-fi,... We can watch to our hearts content when ever we want & we try to buy older ones to have uncut by today's PC police! 🧐
I go for the DVD version when it is much cheaper or when there is simply no Blu-Ray version available. So still collecting DVDs as well. Bless them.
Cocoon was indeed released on Bluray in the US in 2010 and was in the bargin bin at Walmart by 2013. Went out of print in 2015.
Reason #5 is that ripping DVDs onto your computer is more convenient. More softwares available, they take up less hard drive space, portable DVD drives are cheaper than portable blu-ray drives. You can rip the entire thing (menus and all) to a .ISO for both to burn later, but fewer programs play blu-ray ISO files for some reason.
It's not that compelling of a reason, but it is one.
Two of the BEST series we've ever watched: New Tricks and Upstairs, Downstairs. Available on DVD only.
If you don't buy DVD's, you're an idiot.
I still buy DVD too
It will take a long time before every movie will be available for streaming, especially the lesser known movies. Same reason people still collect VHS. Some version of movies can only be found on VHS. Also, i bet AI will be able to upscale dvd video to high resolution with high quality in the near future.
True; with every new format tons of movies never make the jump. So even older formats have worth.
My pros and cons for physical media.
Pros
Yours to keep forever.
Don't have to rely on WiFi.
You can watch them in your own time.
Nostlagic.
Cons
Scratch easily if not handed correctly.
Some films are impossible to buy on DVD or Bluray.
Too much space and you end up watching the same films instead of watching every single film.
I remember being stunned when I saw that DVDs STILL account for about 2/3 of disc sales. I was stunned since virtually everyone has a 4K TV by now because 4K TVs are so dirt cheap. I don't know if it's because DVDs cost less or if people think DVDs look good enough.
Actually Flight of the Navigator was released on Blu Ray OUTSIDE of the Disney Club. I found it and have it. It was a region free release
I got really lucky at Goodwill and found the Japanese Blu-ray of Flight of the Navigator.
I haven’t seen Cocoon since I was a kid. It always reminded me of The Twilight Zone episode, Kick The Can.
Cocoon 2 is on blu-ray in Germany
The step from Vhs to DVD, they tried to release as many films as were available on VHS to DVd, but with Bluray, it was more focused on things that sold well on DVD or had a market behind them that were released again on Bluray. And now with Bluray 4k, they seem to be a marginal part of the films that were released on DVD that were released again on Bluray 4k.
Which for me is quite a strong reason why I buy DVD movies, as many movies were never released in newer formats.
My first dvd I ever bought was Spider-man in 2002.
I think I saw Cocoon on Pluto TV or something within the past month or two?
If there's one reason why I would still continue to buy DVDs in this day and age it's because even with the higher definition picture that Blu-ray has to offer you can't always be sure that any older media produced in the days before digital is going to come out looking right after being remastered (case in point the amount of people I've seen already criticizing the new 4K remaster of True Lies).
I collect DVDs not Blu-rays because they are easier to back up. Physical discs don't last forever (despite the sales pitch), perhaps as little as 20 or 30 years in some cases, but it will depend greatly on the manufacturing process of each disc, as well as how they are stored. e.g. The metallic layer can become oxidised, and that happened quickly in the case of some early CDs with bad manufacturing, or the plastic disc could become brittle & snap when you remove it from the case (plastic does age!), or the clear plastic could become opaque (which cleaning may or may not fix).
Depends on the film. Sometimes you don’t need amazing quality, especially if the film already looks good, or doesn’t have to look better. Dvd quality can be nostalgic. Flight of the Navigator is great. Have a lot of good memories of that
Been on a bit of a buying spree lately. Picked up all of these on various formats
Ichi The Killer
Wolf of Wall Street
Ghost World
Three Extremes
The Happiness of the Katakuris
John Wick 3
Ong Bak Trilogy
Shinya Tsukamoto’s Solid Metal Nightmares box set
Paris Texas
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Ghost in the Shell 2
Rorouni Kenshin 2 and 3
Fubar
Wild at Heart
The Wild Bunch
Perfect Blue
Vampire’s Kiss
13 Assassins/Blade of the Immortal
Oldboy
The Man From Nowhere
Lucky
The Piano Teacher
I Saw the Devil
Almost an Angel is another really good Paul Hogan movie.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a much better viewing experience on DVD than it is on streaming because it's not the bullshit HD "remaster" with bad color grading and bad cropping.
There are still a lot of movies that are on DVD but not Blu-ray. Then some do get a Blu-ray release but it's very limited and goes out of print before you can even blink.
Another reason for me personally why I still use DVDs today is the nostalgia factor. If you grew up with VHS then you also grew up with a certain picture quality, such as the film grain in films, which with newer formats, especially 4K, no longer affects today's viewing habits as it is more about the better picture quality than anything else, which in itself is not a bad thing, I just want to have the choice of how I want to continue to watch films.
I was a big Star Wars fan of the original trilogy until the special edition came out, which pretty much ruined my enjoyment when strange CGI creatures suddenly appeared that didn't contribute to the story at all and of course the infamous Han Solo shoots first, that should never have been changed if you ask me, they are still products of their time and luckily I now have at least the DVD versions with the theatrical versions :)
Yeah, that's the reason why I only watch fan edits of the original trilogy. Some of them are available as BluRay ISOs.
I prefer ownership and physical possession of property. I never even bought a Blue Ray player and have no intention at this point of getting one. I can't see the need. I totally satisfied with my large library of DVD. I also still collect VHS programing and buy VHS players and recorders so I never have worry if one stops functioning. I get them CHEAP! I like that. I'm not a geek at all so the things important to geeks aren't to me. I don't need lots of bells and whistles for my viewing pleasure. I'm 71 and proof you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
I like DVDs, I have finally rebuit my Collection from the old VHS days! It's taken me 15-18 years to rebuild my Collection. I have no interest in starting all over again in Blu-Ray! And the fact that some stuff is only out on Blu-Ray ticks me off.
The VERY First DVD release: TWISTER by Jan de Bont was available in late 90s. The 4K was released this month July 2024 (more than 25 years later) and probably because of the sequel that is premiering this month on theaters. Many New movies get a 4k release several years later after the Bluray release. Hate streaming services😡. Oh! by the way that Two Brothers movie is awesome and I don't think there was no CGI on it with the Tigers which makes it more awesome. Worth watching it.😊
Of course, is still a bias option and upscaled still looks great. Recently bought The Monsters TV series and still some other films to be released on BD.
I scored a region free import blu-ray of Flight of the Navigator a year or so ago for around 15 bucks. Not sure if it still goes for that but if you find it, it works.
When i hunt for the shopping list i generally just land where i land, if its on the shelf for 1-5 dollars and its a dvd, i’ll pick it up with no intention of upgrading. Thats just where my collection is at, who knows in 10-15 years if blu rays are stacking up in thrift stores, then ill upgrade. Although i do enjoy the older cases with the older cover art in some cases.
One plus with dvd's imo is that in some movies it hides imperfections(bad cgi etc), thanks to the lesser detail and softer image, where a bluray can make them very obvious. I still have all my dvd's, didn't bother with upgrading them, they're fine enough.
I just brought Tron the original.. sealed with the Disney sticker... would this be valuable?
Lightening Jack, the Paul Hogan western
The majority of Television shows from the golden age until the 90s were all on DVD. All the Norman Lear and other shows were filmed on tape and are perfectly fine on DVD. I have the Wonder Years and a dozen or so other classic shows on DVD that Im happy if they dont end up on blu ray
I’m a music guy first and finding old concerts, instructional videos, and interviews on DVD is way easier.
Also ,don’t know if it makes much difference but us Brits have an extra 100:horizontal lines on picture quality.Just 100 short of 760 hd…??
I have the 2009 U.S. blu-ray release of Cocoon that came out in 2009.
I had a weird experience a while back. Pretty much the only DVDs I still buy are TV shows and they normally come in those large multi-disc jumbo cases or some kind of a special packaging, so when I got one that just came in a standard keepcase, I couldn't help but to feel a little bit nostalgic.
I've thought about going back and buying some DVDs I always wanted back in the day but couldn't either find or afford, like the Anchor Bay 2-disc limited edition of Bad Taste, or this really cheap, bootleg-looking European release of Cutthroats Nine. While the latter I think already exists on a proper blu-ray release, it was that DVD cover with the yellow banner that I'd first even heard of the movie.
Or even that huge box set of Showgirls that came with tat like shot glasses and nipple tassles 😁 (make note: buy that one sealed)
I buy blu ray and dvd as well i don't feel like having streaming services because the bill would be high
Remember a lot of the time a lot of the shows were shot on tape which maximum output is DVD resolution (480i 60HZ for NTSC or 576i 50Hz for PAL) which honestly look best on CRTs in my opinion, shows like the first 7 series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Star Trek not to mention the vast majority of the pre-2000s cartoons were traditionally animated and shot on film, there's a reason why the first Jon Pertwee Doctor Who was the first on Blu-Ray, if the companies wanted to they can even put it on 4K if capable. Also some of the earlier Hanna-Barbera TV shows like The Flintstones and The Jetsons got a Blu-Ray release, I will say that I have seen some Blu-Rays that are under the label of SD on Blu-Ray, which as some of you know 1 Blu-Ray disc is the equivalent of 5 DVDs so a Blu-Ray can fit a lot more on one disc, at first sight I thought it was strange with shows like Fist of the North Star which probably would have benefited from a full 1080p transfer and maybe even a 4K transfer, while Sonic X you can get not only the entire dub on SD Blu-Ray but also the Japanese version on SD Blu-Ray gotta buy those separately but it's cool you can get those particularly the latter in the USA, wish Pokemon did that as well with the Japanese versions for anyone outside of Japan (I live in the UK by the way so I gotta import some of this stuff and get a multi region player if I am to watch some of the US or other stuff particularly if it's not compatible with the UK players and I know that's the case with the other collectors in the world, remember you're more likely to find a Blu-Ray compatible with your region that's not from your region than a DVD noticed this with Disney Blu-Rays to be fair
The Disney Movie Club is a good deal. I joined 4 times and have all the exclusives I want. Ended up avg price was 10 bucks per blu-ray. The club has changed now, so I do know now..
DVD still outsells bluray and 4k combined.
Yea!!! Hard to find cocoon,flight of the navigator.
The only way I’ll buy a dvd is if it’s that the only way to watch it
That last reason: "not available on Blu-ray or 4K" is why I still get lots of DVDs. Not going to find Star Trek DS9 on Blu-ray. Tons of foreign films never released in the US are DVD-only as well.
Blueray players have great up coverting DVD features through the HDMI cable, look way better than older DVD players. I tested DVD players side by side... Up conversation players kept DVD's alive.
I buy 4 for £1 from charity shops. Got about 900 now.
I like collecting nature documentaries and about half of the discs I have are DVDs. BBC documentaries are consistently put on Blu-ray but for some reason Nat Geo and PBS nature rarely release on Blu-ray. I would definitely prefer the better picture quality and audio, but I am forced to take what I can get.
Heard the Dizzy Movie Club was shut down.
Also heard Sony will decide if Cocoons come out on BD, not Dizzy.
My reason to buy DVD over BD or 4K, the price. If I am in the mood to watch a random movie that I don't love, I will buy the DVD. Why pay $25 - $40 for a HD movie when I am only going to watch it once? Or go to the library first before I blind buy.
Subscriptions are not on my radar, dvds and blu ray are my go to.