Anyone else done with physical media?
 

I sold off all my DVDs/blu-rays except for a very small handful of stuff mostly of sentimental value. Anything I want to watch or rewatch I can just watch online on the various illegal streaming websites on HD. So many movies, TV shows, or cartoons/anime are all online now that there's no reason to buy anything anymore.

I still have physical videogames of course, but even there I'm reducing my collection besides some classic games.

Okay, listen, I know how convenient steaming is and I like it too, but do NOT get rid of your physical copies. Because in the later future, millions of movies, TV shows, books, and comics will be censored and rewritten, and the younger generation won’t know how good entertainment used to be. Movies and TV shows are being censored on streaming services, if they haven’t been removed yet.

The Goosebumps situation is very serious and grim. Scholastic actually censored and rewrote some of R.L. Stine’s books, and the guy’s not even dead yet. That’s why I bought a couple of the original Goosebumps books from the 90’s on eBay.

I got rid of the vast majority of my DVDs and blu-rays. I am recollecting select movies in UHD/4k blu-ray, however. I don't see any reason I'd want to watch movies in 480p again if I don't have to.

Yeah. Our physical movie collection collects dust in the closet. We don't even have our blu-ray player hooked up. But we rarely watch tv period these days, and probably shouldn't be paying for as many streaming services as we are.

Not really, for example Disney+ doesn't have The Simpsons episode with Michael Jackson in it from Season 3. However if you go to any other streaming website, you can watch the Season 3 Michael Jackson ep singing, "Lisa it's your birthday" episode right now.

Anytime an official company bans/skips an episode, you can find it easily anywhere else.

For now. Not taking any chances though.

Besides, preserving physical copies and collectibles could one day benefit you financially. There are people who will pay good money for relics from the past.

Or I could just pop in my season 3 DVD and watch it.

I still collect Physical Media of movies and TV Shows. I don't trust Streaming services at all. I like watching stuff I physically own and I like supporting the stuff I like.

Music is the only thing I go digital for.

I never really bought too much physical media; most of what I have are gifts, inheritance, or purchased with gift cards. However, on the off chance there's downs on the web, will hold on to the physical copies for backup.

Eh, it all depends. Digital is easier and more convenient, but even today, sometimes I'd still rather have the physical copy. I'm glad I never sold my 2003 Turtles dvds. I definitely would've regretted that!

On the one hand, there's the very real threat of digital media censoring or editing or just removing certain movies or episodes... on the other, when you're sitting around chained to 400 DVDs/blu-rays dragging them around with their racks every time you move and realize you haven't popped any of them in for years? Eh. It wasn't too tough of a decision, albeit painful when considering how much money was spent.

I’m 100% FOR physical media.

Not really worried about censorship. Nothing ever really stays banned or edited. It’s just things can be removed or change hands. Plus I love bonus features and collector stuff.

I don’t have a 4K player so for now I’m just on Blu Rays. Can’t fully forget DVDs though because certain things are not on BR like FW TMNT.

It’s just better to actually own stuff.

I recently bought a new disc drive for my computer so I can play/burn/rip discs easier, including 4K discs, but for the most part, I am continually decreasing my dependence on discs over time in favor of digital. My new drive is top of the line and works great, but in the process of using it after not having messed with discs too much for a few years, I'm reminded why I am pretty much over discs.

Discs are simply not convenient. The only way it's convenient is when you are sitting at home, front of your dvd shelf, can pluck one off, put it in your home video disc player, and watch the output on your couch. any other scenario and you are going to run into increasing levels of difficulty and resistance. Want to play your content on your new computer that doesn't even have a disc drive? What about your tablet? Phone? What about when you are away from home? You are very limited with discs.

If you are fine just having one decent and easy way to watch your collection then fine, but that's not going to work for everyone. It's very restrictive.

Discs are also just inconvenient by nature. It's a big improvement over VHS but it's still a chore to locate the disc you want, physically put it inside the player, then wait for the disc to read, then fiddle with the remote in the various menues, skipping the ads and the logo ******** (or being forced to sit through some of them), then finding the right chapter on the disc, then waiting for that to load, then doing it all over again if you want to swap discs.

Let's take the digital version of TMNT 2012 as one example, which I own on iTunes. What if I want to watch a highlight from a particular episode? It takes very little time to scroll through the episodes, click play, and move the seek bar to whatever I want to see. If I wanted to do the same thing with a dvd set of 2012, there's a lot more to it to get what I want.

Convenience always will win over time if you ask me.

At one time Netflix had the majority, if it was not in streaming form it was a physical rental. Then when streaming became more prevalent it became countless streaming services to keep up with just to watch everything. Now, it seems that an increasing percentage of original program is on a streaming service. It seems like a limitation of viewership instead of just turning on a television set.

Similarly, I would like to be able to watch something when I want to. Owning a physical copy allows me to do just that. If something is digital it can be pulled tomorrow. Something can be switched from a streaming service I have to one that I don't. Streaming may be coinvent for now, but it's not a sure thing. Disney Plus is losing money and I wonder how other services are doing as Warner Bros. continues to reformat it's streaming service(s).

People keep saying digital can pull shows/movies whenever they want, but everything is uploaded somewhere. I find it hard to believe anyone can't find any popular movie, TV show or cartoon online right now if they wanted to watch something.

I actually think the reverse is happening to an extent. Streaming growth has finally slowed down over the last few quarters which probably is a small part of it as well.

People are remembering that it’s nice to just own the things you love.

I try to use both physical and streaming to my advantage and I love the combination. If I truly love a piece of media, I own it. With everything else, even things I just *really* like, I’m happy to just stream it when possible.

I've been clearing out a lot of my CDs, DVDs, and blu-rays I know I'll never care to put on — more limited pressing or weirdo stuff I've been keeping around.

I still actively buy vinyl and cassette tapes.

My Nintendo Switch is the only current console I will pursue a physical cartridge if it's a game I like. My PS4 is basically my streaming device until we move and get a new smart TV.

I love my physical media and only get rid of my DVDs when I can get a Blu Ray upgrade.

Same here, except I'll also give up a Blu-ray when it gets a 4K release. I'm only done with CDs.

So far this year, I've bought a DVD, two Blu-rays, and a 4K release. There are five more known upcoming releases that I plan on getting in the future, and I'm sure it won't just end with them.

I donated a DVD to Goodwill earlier this year once I got its Blu-ray counterpart. I'm almost surprised they took it though. I also have DVDs that still haven't gotten Blu-ray releases, but I hope they will someday.

Now get this. People actually seek out VHS releases to this day.

Even some CDs are getting more expensive. Didn't see that coming but I guess it's their turn to ride the nostalgia market.

I have been into digital media since the PS3 first made it widely possible for anyone to have a home media server in the house. After that I added a MyCloud media server at home which has run reliably for a little more than a decade now.

But I still pick up physical media for 4k movies, the occasional cd that I love as a hard copy and an off and on record collection. I believe in owning hard copies of the stuff you love because streamers have been and will continue to turn their movies and games into "licensing" and simply take them away from you.

I'll never be done with physical media. When video games finally go digital only is when I'll stop play new games lol

For videogames, this may be it. Playstation 6 and the next Xbox will probably be digital only. Digital sales of games are much higher than physical games, and the PS5 without a disc drive has sold a lot more.

Nintendo will likely stick with physical games a few more gens, but I think for Sony and Microsoft this is the last gen.

With or without the original writer's permission?

Without his permission. He didn’t even know about it until someone brought it up to him on Twitter.

Like all things, the "insanity censorship" will be phased out by future adjustments going forward. Writers will have to have things in contract deals that expressly prohibits censoring their work.

Simple fact is that once that starts happening, even the large publishers will have to comply or they won't get the books.

My problem is finding BluRay players that will last a while. Now, I'm lucky if I can get them to last a year when they used to last a good decade.

Because of that, I stopped by DVD's and BluRays. But I'm not planning on selling my hard copies anytime soon.

You definitely get what you pay for, man. I bought my OPPO UDP-203 in Summer 2017 and it's still running perfectly without noise.

I can't remember the last time I put a disc into a blu ray player.

I bought a Sony 4K player back before I had a capable console, and it's one of the worst pieces of tech I've bought.

Yes, it plays the 4K discs and they look great, but the functionality is terrible. The system is unresponsive and I need to re-connect to the wi-fi every time I turn the thing on, for some reason. It's like they weren't even trying. It wasn't cheap either. If you need a 4K player, just buy a console.

I can't even remember what the last Blu ray player I owned was. I know it was a Sony one.

I just use my PS5 as the 4K blu-ray player.

Just bought the 2012 tmnt complete series, now they need to release 2k3

I remember going to Best Buy and seeing stacks of DVDs. I haven't stepped one foot into Best Buy in 10 years.

It hit me odd going into a Best Buy about 2 years ago after not going to one after a few years and seeing them have more isles of action figures/toys than the coupe small isles of movies /tv shows. I know times have changed but I can remember going into Best Buys and seeing them stacked to the brim with isles and isles of movies.


Good times!

I can't remember the last time I stepped into a brick and motor store to buy electronics.

Just bought the Nick TMNT complete series. I had digital copies I..."acquired" during its run but felt I should go a head and own it outright. And physical media is a great back up in my case, because I usually rip them to my PC any way.

As surprising as it may sound, I never really had much physical media in general past Beta/VHS stuff and unfortunately, most of those got damaged when the house flooded. I have some tapes still, though. My father still has some physical media (like his records, some CDs), but just like with our tapes, a lot were damaged from flooding and had to be tossed. I have some DVDs here, but not many. Lost quite a few CDs as well.

For me, personally, when it came to DVDs anyway (and I've never had a Blu-ray player, but I do have an external one for my computer), I would only buy them if I felt they had rewatch value (or for nostalgia purposes to share with my cousins' kids since I wasn't planning on having any). There aren't too many shows for me that I can just rewatch compared to when I was a kid. Same with some movies. There are some I can watch over and over without ever getting bored and may do a yearly watch of it, but others, it's once in a blue moon. I think the main thing that kind of killed the rewatch thing was my being in Japan and not having access to my DVDs and stuff so I started watching things less and less.

I guess, for me, I was more into trying to collect CDs and Concert DVDs...but, they were mostly Japanese artists/bands/groups/musicians. I used to use my PS2 to watch my Region 2 DVDs, as I'd change the region using my Action Replay disc.

I'd buy the Nick show and replace my "digital copies" as well but I know that as soon as I cave and do it they will turn around and announce the series in HD.

That or the little DVD/blu-ray stores that also sold music like in the malls. Aisles and aisles of them. It's almost becoming like a Toys 'R' Us nostalgia thing now, as they've all but dried up into nothing. If those DVD/blu-ray stores that sell music still exist, they're mostly only selling vinyl records to hipsters, Funko Pop figures, and some random DVDs/blu-rays in "Buy 2 Get 4 Free" bins.