Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)

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Guillermo del Toro's response to the comment about evil streaming companies. (feddit.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I guess I'm in the minority as I was kind of glad to get rid of the CDs which I wasn't listening to anymore.

I rarely watch the same thing over again. I find there's some much stuff to watch these days, I couldn't possibly watch it all.

I did digitize my CDs before giving them away which was hard to go as not many wanted them. This was just after Google Music took over Songza. I uploaded all my rips to GM then it was changed into YouTube Music and I'm not even sure how to access any of it now.

So I can see a world where the physical is important. Perhaps in the after times when things are being rebuilt again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Physical is important now. A lot of the movies I watch just are not available on streaming services. You don't notice they aren't there because you don't see them.

I know you see this as a "I like what I currently see, so it doesn't matter" kind of equation, but it's a real problem today.

It doesn't help that the video quality of streaming is just not as good, too, so physical is preferable even in situations where things are available.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Great points. There are series I can't stream that I've had to use alternative methods to view. Mr Belvedere and Parker Lewis isn't on any streaming services. I've watched some pretty poor quality releases of them as a result and it's tough to find the physical copies for these alone. I can't imagine the rest that aren't available. The worst is when digital copies purchased are not available due to changes in vendor rights in certain counties.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I'm likely to ever go back to physical media, but I do maintain a collection of my own stuff on hard drives which is not something I can say for music any more. Fuck that reminds me, I probably need to dig out my dogma dvd and digitize that if it hasn't already melted in my garage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's a journey, I went away from physical media. Got mad, came running back. I'm tired of the streamers and their bullshit. Life is easier when you can buy something and you have it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Oh I get it, the problem with this for me is the type of physical media. I'd much rather just have a bunch of hard drives and never have to worry about getting up from the couch or bringing a movie with me or any of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So I can see a world where the physical is important. Perhaps in the after times when things are being rebuilt again.

Now that sounds familiar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This sounds very good, I'm going to check it out, thank you.