Oh my gosh, I can't even count how many people have asked me why I've been searching for dvds and blu rays. Other than the fact of not being able to watch everything I want on streaming services, there's just something about having the physical copy that feels better than scrolling a catalog
Same. Have over a thousand between dvd/Blu ray/4k from over the past 15 years. Lots of out of prints ones at this point and now accelerating my buying to get anything I grew up on before it's gone
Dont forget that your enjoyment of these movies or TV shows is based on the signal from several other sources. If your signal gets lost, you lose your favorite movie until they re-establish the signal. Your enjoyment depends on others. That's no good
Liking your username. True confession, I have only seen the original trilogy. I have been watching every single extra and I am going to be doing a marathon of the Hobit movies with 3D and the Atmos sound from the 4K's. I don't care if they are not as good. I know I am going to love them. I cannot get enough of these Peter Jackson extras! The 4K's are DNR'd to death, but they still look so damn good! His dedication is admirable indeed.
Here in the UK there is a store called HMV which called in the receivers a couple of times in the last 10 years but now is back into making a profit because of vinyl over the last few years and also stocks massive blueray and 4k. My wife and I always pop into one of these shops to buy our 4k as we love browsing what offers they have and it helps support this wonderful company that's been going for over 100 years and keeps the staff in a job.
Totally agree with you. Love exploring HMV for bluray and 4k ...and the odd cd! They always have some sort of deals. We should support them to keep them in business. Physical media is the best!
HMV stores are fantastic. Also, when i order online, i always use HMV's online shop - great service, always on time and well packaged. Long live HMV and long live the 12cm disc - in all its iterations.
@@Itiswrittenkjv1611 I recently bought all the Star Trek TNG Blu-rays because I want to watch the extras, including the interviews with the cast. Shoutout to Robert Meyer Burnett who conducted them; he also has a regular show about physical media on his channel.
just yesterday i spent 30 minutes watching the special content of The Game. It's really a plus factor for those who dont want to just watch the film but want to go deeper. And the new titanic? My wife is super happy to have +15 hours of new special content!
4K players are starting to sneak into the market on gaming consoles, as well. One reason the PS2 sold so well, recall, was because it played DVD's at a time when standalone DVD players were sometimes pricier than a PS2. With 4K players now available on Series X and PS5, we may start seeing even more demand for 4K discs.
I'm old school, so I'll always purchase discs. My recent favorite 4k purchases are Oppenheimer, Face/Off, Point Break, Ronin, 3 Days of the Condor and The Fugitive.
I really want that KL Studio Classics "3 Days of the Condor" disc that just came out. I own the Eureka disc so I'm not tripping over myself yet. Soon though. I want it. I just bought their release of Milos Forman's "Valmont" a few days ago. Haven't found time to watch it yet but I'm looking forward to it. I love the work KL Studio Classics has been doing. Every month they're digging up deserved films like "Valmont" and "3 Days of the Condor" and giving them a new lease on life.
Yep. I was just saying in my own comment, unless it is absolutely impossible otherwise, I will not watch any film streaming. Blurays don't buffer and they don't automatically downgrade their quality according to connection issues. It's just lovely cinema, as is.
I flat out refuse to purchase digital media, if my internet goes down then it's completely useless. Plus if I'm gonna spend money on something I want to be able to actually hold it.
Yep. I own thousands of blurays and thousands of dvds. I don't own a single digital film, lol... I love having a large library of cinema that I know I can depend on, that isn't beholden to buffering or connection issues.
I appreciate the higher resolution and audio that the discs provide and get family members telling me it’s not worth getting because streaming is better when most titles are not online love physical media and collecting movies
A sign of the market in the UK is the HMV record store opening in its famous old location on Oxford Street in London. It’s got a full floor for movies and all of their stores have nicely curated stock and helpful, knowledgeable staff.
We've been anticipating the collapse of many streaming services, so we've been stockpiling thrift store dvds like they were a box of Charmin in April 2020.
As a hardcore collector of physical media, specifically 3D blu-rays, I am well acquainted with the struggle of the hunt, as 3D blu-rays are rarely released domestically, aren't usually available in stores and require importing expensive releases from all over the globe... If they get released at all. Which is why I have been imploring the home entertainment divisions of each major studio to implement "On demand" physical media publishing, which would maximize their own profits while providing collectors with what they want.
I appreciate the series of videos on the topic of physical media. For the last few years, I've amped up my DVD/Blu-ray purchases because films are disappearing. I think studios have made a big mistakes going all-in on streaming. Streaming is not a cash generator long term and the ransom TV approach, i.e.: you can only watch it on our platform approach, doesn't endear you to your customer basis. The VHS/video shop rental gave studios an added additional income stream and it's crazy that they are abandoning physical media after all these yrs.
I've been collecting movies since the Beta vs Vhs days and I'm really happy that I own my favorite films on Dvd, Blu-ray and now 4K and have never been into streaming as a whole. 2024 might have fewer avenues for collectors but we will survive. My favorite recent 4K release is The Warriors, great presentation from Arrow which by the way is another Paramount film that the rights were given to a boutique distributor.
I got my husband the Universal Essentials 4K/Blu special edition of THE BIG LEBOWSKI and he got me the new BARBARELLA Arrow special edition Blu-ray for Christmas, both are must-haves for fans of those films!
Last year I tracked down and purchased the US DVD box sets of the James Bond series. Why? The menus. The menu design is amazing. Call me crazy, but DVD menus wipe the floor with Blu Ray and 4K. Menu design was an art form. Sadly lost. Whether or not it’s something to do with the way Blu Ray players handle menus is a mystery. But DVD menus really set the mood for the movie. The best menu I’ve ever seen is for the collectors edition DVD of Chris Nolan’s “Memento” I had to print out a guide to navigate some of it. Ingenious.
Arrow's "Weird Science" was one of the first discs I bought during Covid lockdown. I will always be grateful to Arrow for getting me through the opening stages of the end of the world, lol... Love the box art for "Weird Science". I bought their release of "Flatliners" this past summer and the slipcase is made of the same material with that odd texture. Love it. So cool.
The wife n I started buying dvd's n blurays probably 5 yrs ago and just started buying the 2for $10 deals whatever kinda deal was on at pharmacies or supermarkets and then we started getting into it more and started a catalogue and started buying new releases and searching out classics from my childhood and hers and now we have about 1200-1300 movies/blurays here at home. There's sumthing to be said about actually owning the physical property of dvd as opposed to digital. We've filled 2 7foot tall 5 level shelves and still have 2 6foot piles around our televisions so we need to buy another shelf or 2 just to store what we have.
This makes me think of when TV and cable became popular. The film industry started getting desperate. They started making fantastical films like Cleopatra just to draw audiences back to the theater. But these companies seem to be embracing these streaming services and throwing cinemas out the window. Its really f***ing sad. But we need to remember why we embraced VHS or DVD in the first place. It was far better to own your favourite films than rely on TV or cable companies.
Hail physical media!!! Shout out to the boutique labels like Arrow, Shout, Kino Lorber, Vinegar Syndrome, Indicator, 88Films, Second Sight, Radiance, Criterion, Blue Underground...
Not boutique, but my number one company is Sony. The defacto in quality and very much supporting 4K. Though not the best MVD visuals has been doing ok and Ronin for one premier 4K that is master class, but the biggest oversight of all. Curzon for bringing us the 3 Color (and Double Life) in the best 4K!!! Oh yeah BFI. Hoping Ozu gets some love on the Noriko Trilogy in 4K too!
I've dumped a king's ransom into the coffers of every company you list, lol....Bless them, they do excellent work. Actually Radiance is the only company listed that I don't own any discs of. They're relatively new and only recently caught my attention. Several of their films sound very interesting (particularly "Red Sun") and I'm considering a few blind buys in the near future. If nothing else their cover art is amazing. I really like what I've seen.
Yes, I would also say 4K disc is the new laserdisc. Those were always a niche market and even more expensive but were made with care for the film lover and were the best presentation of the movie one could get at the time.
Censorship and manipulation like what they did with television is another reason to hold onto physical media. These companies can rewrite history so to speak. Once the content is written on a disc, it's there forever. But if they tweak a movie ever so slightly they stream, they could act like it's always been that way. They'll blame it all on BS like the Mandella effect. I don't want to give these companies that kind of power
I literally watched my Arrow copy of "Witness" last night. It looked gorgeous. All the various extras are excellent, as is the box art. The book has some of the best essays I've read included with a bluray in a while. I also own Arrow's deluxe boxes of "Robocop", "Major Dundee", "Crash", "Legend", "True Romance", "The Wolf of Wall Street", and Lynch's "Dune". Of their slipcase releases I own dozens of discs, including the recently released "The Desperate Hours". They do great work via their imprint "Arrow Academy" as well, which I also own many dozens of. Their Kieslowski box set is one of my favorites. Powerhouse Indicator, Eureka, 88 Films, Warner Archive, Vinegar Syndrome, of course Criterion, and many other fine companies are keeping cinema alive in ways streaming cannot. I own several thousands of blurays. I will not watch any film streaming unless there is absolutely no other way. Viva "physical media".
Some great recent movies with sound effects I've discovered that most people do not mention: - Superman in 4k 5 disc collection - Amazing Spiderman 1 and 2 - Legend of Hercules - Legend of Tarzan - Life - Kong skull island - Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 - Ghost Rider / Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance - xXx: Return Of Xander Cage - Gladiator/Braveheart 2-Movie Collection (4K Ultra HD + Digital) - Bumblebee,Transformers - The Revenant Top Blu-Ray: - Grand Prix (starring James Garner) - House of Flying Daggers - Need for Speed - Wyatt Earp (1994) - John Carter ==== Best music streaming = Apple Music lossless
I’d buy Bond in a heartbeat but it’s been caught up at a time when MGM had gone through the mangle again and the appetite for physical diminished. The first 20 films need a full remaster from the negative with the latest technology IMO… so a massive project
In my opinion part of the problem is it the best format 4K never really went down in price. Maybe due to cost or demand. It is kind of turn the market into a premium market. I'm kind of happy that we're getting higher quality releases that are celebration I'm just going to have to budget one to two movies a month. Back in the DVD days I could afford to get 5 to 10 movies maybe 15 or 20 if I bought them used. I'm just going to have to scale back my collecting. But I own all the classics anyway. Some movies I don't even upgrade to. But I am really excited about the Conan movies. The Blu-rays were a big improvement audio wise. It'll probably be my one big purchase one month. because the reality is this is a hobby and a celebration of the films we love!
I was born in the 80's and was taught to take care of my things so that I wouldn't have the need to buy them again. You know...save money...so with those teachings, I still have my first VCR (still works) with my favorite movies in VHS. I have a record player and a few vinyl records. I also have many DVD movies. For me if it is a movie that I really love, that I can watch a billion times without getting tire of it, I would buy the movie...but if it is a passing fad or a one time thing then I would rent or see it in the theaters. I am glad to see the new generation embracing old media...it is very fun to find your forever gem and use it years later. Those physical memories are priceless in my opinion.
Streaming will be an issue one day, and digital will be a problem when people can’t watch a movie they love anytime. Physical media is ownership, never give that concept up.
This is true 90% of streaming services will play the cut version if one exists with no availability of the uncut version. Secondly they almost always play the theatrical version of films even though a number have extended or directors cut versions. When you buy physical you generally get both cuts if one exists (extended, uncut, directors cut whatever the case may be) and you own it therefore it cant be removed never to be seen again. @@bigdreams5554
Going to my local movie store once a week is like a treasure hunt. I have found discs that were never released in the US for great prices, filled gaps in my collection with discs that were only previously sold in box sets, found great deals on used 4K discs, etc. You can't recreate this experience with digital. There are a lot of us middle aged collectors out here, we have money and want to spend it on quality releases! Let's see if 2024 can keep the momentum going...
Just thought 4K discs were going to be it. Thought that was just going to be the new Blu-Ray. I have rented movies digitally but rarely bought it for digital download. I love physical media, DVD, Blu-Ray 4K Discs, and even yes record/vinyl. Makes me very mad Best Buy stopped having physical media. People go crazy for collector's editions. Me ? I'm a proud collector and agree with filmmaker Christopher Nolan when it comes to digital purchasing. For the last 4 years I've been renting movies out from the library. They say movie rental stores are closed and there is only 1 Blockbuster left. Libraries still have physical media. Whatever I missed in the movies I rent on Blu-Ray from the library. I've been loving it :-) Just last year I finally got a Blu-Ray player, don't have a 4K player. Like you said at the end, I do feel there will be a comeback for physical media just like vinyl. I will stay strong and keep my head up. Strong supporter of physical media, in my book, that's just the way to go.
This Video is wildly Wrong. He is Wrong about Everything he said. Just so you know for the last 10 years the Best place to buy Physical Media has been online. Retail Stores have stopped selling Physical Media because consumers do Not want to pay for overpriced Physical Media. So their sales amount dropped off. Online Physical Media sales are a lot less expensive. DVDs sales are currently a worldwide Multi-Billon dollar Industry so is Vinyl neither are Niche. A Niche Market is a small market. Neither Vinyl or DVD sales are a small Market. As far as 4K goes the Movie / TV Studios have never made a real effort to sell 4K Blu-rays. They will produce / Make 20,000 New DVD titles every year, even more than that, while maybe releasing 200 new 4K titles in a year. For many years there have been only around 70 New 4K releases. That is Not putting any effort into 4K. The only way for 4K prices to come down is volume manufacturing and sales.
Still enjoy collecting physical media, and thankful for those that are still working to get it alive, especially boutique labels like Arrow Video and Shout Factory.
I absolutely adore physical media and collecting physical media. Further plugging a company you mentioned, my most recent pickups happen to be the Arrow Video Hellraiser Quartet of Torment 4k box set and the Psycho 1-4 4k Boxset. Also have recently gotten into NovaMedia steelbooks but those are a pretty penny. I’ll buy physical media til the day I die.
For me as a cinema fan and a camera man. I value two things, quality and the ability to go back to it at any point. Streaming is convenient but doesn’t offer best quality. (A 1080p Blu ray has a higher bit rate than a 4K streaming video file) As so its value for money is in delivering these files in the smallest digital footprint possible.
I was heavy into DVD's in my time, don't know how many hundred, but several cabinets full. Now my younger brother grew up during blueray and is heavily into 4K, he doesn't have nearly as many movies, like maybe 30 4K movies, but I have to say man they are so much better. The 4K versions have much more behind the scenes, and one reason I bought DVD's back in the day is because of DVD extras such as commentary, interviews, how practical effects were made etc, I love all that stuff and 4K really elevates it. And the 4K disc sets usually come in elaborate and often beautiful collector style edition sets, with artwork and everything, looks beautiful. I'm too poor to start a 4k collection, and my DVD's are just gathering dust as I just stream all movies instead. But you don't get all the extra's or 4K quality.
I bought my first ever 4k disc after collecting my favorite movies on Dvd and Blu-ray for the past 15 years! It was the Dawn of the Dead (1978) Second Sight Box set! I remember trying to find the Midnight Factory Blu-ray set (Zombi) that was only released overseas when I visited Japan back in 2018, but with no luck. It was your last physical media video that pushed me to finally pulling the trigger on getting it!
My wife just bought me the Casino Royale 4K collectors edition for Christmas. Huge Bond fan and my favourite Bond film. There are a handful of 4K Bond films out there but I'd love for them to do the collection in 4K. They remastered the original negatives 10 years ago when they released the blu ray 50th anniversary boxset, so I imagine it wouldn't be as huge of a project
I will always support physical media no matter what. I just recently got a ps5 and thought about getting some 4k movies someday and if my local stores no longer sell them, then ill always go to ebay and get them there since that's the place i usually get my DVDs and blu rays and games i cant always find at my local retro gaming store called Game exchange. I feel like physical media is something i prefer to preserve since digital will not always be around forever.
Certainly not 4K but DVD just might do it because to the general public it still looks very good and that's what counts, we still get the OAR and authentic color schemes for the most part (particularly older releases) none of the trendy uniformed smear that stuck-up revisionists throw at the titles these days and ultimately at us. Movies don't need to look overly new to be enjoyed by the public at large, especially vintage movies.
I think DVDs are done. Blu-ray only like 2 or $3 more. I also saw one of the boutique labels say their DVD titles going out of print. Blu-ray will probably be the one that most people get. 4K for enthusiasts.
@@shinycheeto5779 DVDs are a lot less expensive than Blu-rays. You don't even understand that every year there are more than 20,000 New Titles released on DVDs compared to only 1,000 on Blu-ray and around 500 on 4K. DVDs are the overwhelming choice of the Consumer. Online, the best place to buy Physical Media. The AVERAGE price for a Blu-ray Movie is around $18.00 that includes New Releases that often cost $25.00 even more. New Movies on DVDs are typically $10.00 which is a lot less than the $25.00 you have to pay for the Blu-ray version.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 I mentioned something about Blu-ray to my wife last night and she looked at me really confused. Then she said "They still make those? I'd assumed that was just some gimmick they tried to push a long time ago and it never went anywhere." Now, in a way she is right. If you look at the sales numbers, DVD is STILL king. It way outsells both Blu-ray and 4k. Blu-ray came out way back in 2006 and the fact that it STILL hasn't overtaken DVD makes me think that it never will. The fact DVD still outsells these "better" formats even today makes me think it may actually (crazy to think) beat them in the long term.
88, Arrow and Eureka is the only reason why I bother with physical media these days - lots of care put into it, always the best quality and they're the type of titles that simply don't show up anywhere on streaming or even locally. Digital content always has a high chance of disappearing for whatever reason
I just snagged the original Poltergeist on 4K and glad I did. For awhile I stopped collecting blu-ray/4K, but I think I’m going to start doing that again with some of my old favorites.
Old DVDs are great for movies, that keep changing for "the message" of today. I realised it when Dawn of the dead (2004) on Netflix was missing few scenes from DVD, like zombie baby execution etc. I know why they cut it of from Netflix release, but still... what else keeps changing?
I still buy physical cd’s for bands that I really like because I just enjoy not having my stuff be reliant on a streaming service. And I do the same with blu rays of movies and shows that I really like, games too. I just hate how split up everything has become in this streaming era, plus I love having a bookshelf full of dvd’s, cd’s, games and books. Maybe I’m just weird but I will always go for physical if I can. My favorite physical release that I own right now is a nice James Bond blu ray box set that has everything from Dr. No to Spectre, I absolutely love it and the insane amount of special features. It was like $80 but I’d say it’s worth it because the Bond films are all over the place with streaming.
I've been collecting these, and I love them. I hope the trend continues. I have collected physical media for decades just because I enjoy having physical copies. I have media all the way back to CED disc's with players for each format. Then again I'm old so I was around when these formats were cutting edge. That combined with having friends that worked at Suncoast and media play means it was easy to feed the addiction.
Laserdisc players and discs were incredibly expensive, even into the early days of DVD. Standard release Laserdiscs were $40-$50 in the early 1990s. That's well over $100 in today's money. Collecting 4K Blu Rays is much more accessible to the average person, especially since many already own a gaming system that can play the discs.
With physical media you're not relying on an internet connection, you pay $20 for something that's YOURS TO KEEP instead of paying monthly subscription fees for something that might be there for a month before it gets taken down, you don't have to worry about your favourite TV shows and movies being ruined by censorship, you have access to a whole bunch of behind-the-scenes special features, and you're not being interrupted by annoying ads!!
Very cool video man. I've been a physical media collector for years. This is great news. I do enjoy a good 4K movie or a good old fashioned DVD but stopped collecting VHS
UHD steelbooks of classic movies are defintely worth collecting. Will be worth plenty of money one day if in mint condition but I am never selling mine. Some steelbooks now fetch £100 plus on ebay!
there has been headlines in the news that a lot of streaming services are finding people are stopping there subscriptions because the prices are raising and getting to costly to have and on top of that they are cutting a lot of there catalog titles
I love reading the comments made by phyiscal media enthusiasts. I always get unique and interesting perspectives why collecting makes sense. Kudos to you.
Thank you so much for those video!! Conan is iconic and in my top 5 movies of all time. i have ordered my first physical media in over 10 years. Amazing
I buy physical media when ever I can, I'm in the UK. Watching "The Martian" on the BBC over Christmas. 45 minutes was cut from the movie, Too many movies on streaming services -even some TV shows have way to much cut from them, and I love the extras and deleted content.
There's another thing about 4K discs that very few videos on TH-cam mention is that unlike standard Blu Rays, 4K discs are region free and not restricted to a specific region code. Even the old Xbox One S has the capability to play 4K discs, although it does struggle with some Dual Layer 4K discs apparently.
The wife and I own and love that last black box Bond collection on Blu and are waiting it out for the 4K complete collection and not just the Craig collection by themselves on 4K that are currently available
I’m just happy we still have dvds and Blu rays. But I would love remastered movies and in box set, like the acters box set they used to do back in 2010
Me and mi nephew watched Ringu today and he loved it and was on board to watch the American remake immediately BUT while ringu was free to watch on amazon, the ring was a rental. Then I put out my old blu ray player (2012!) and watched the movie there… and honestly I felt like I saved a couple bucks honestly 😂
I chose the best of both worlds route. I started buying DVDs in 1999, and since then including Blu-Rays I have amassed somewhere around 1,200 movies and around 200 TV shows, and I’m still buying more every week from Thrift Stores now. What I started doing about 2 years ago was ripping them to an external storage drive, and added them all to a private media server (currently I’m using Plex). That way I can stream them from wherever and whenever I want, and can even download to my phone, iPad, or MacBook for offline viewing if I know I’m going somewhere that doesn’t have cellular or WiFi. It was actually because of Netflix losing “That ‘70s Show” that I started looking into doing it. I already had the show on DVD, and refused to pay Amazon’s outrageous price to “purchase” each season digitally.
I own over 2000-2500 physical discs between dvd, blu ray, 4k and HD dvds. 75% are not even available on streaming services. The quality of 4k discs is much better. Much higher bitrate for video and audio. I often was movies on a 4k Projector with 150inch screen and 11 speaker atmos setup. So quality is import for me. I also dont like the fact of series and movies being taken down. Another thing i hate is movies or series being altered or "banned" episodes because they suddenly arent acceptable for the woke people anymore...
I have over 2,000 films in total across DVD and Blu ray and really love how accessible the films I have purchased are. I don't need to subscribe to 5+ services for the offchance of a low quality stream. My all time favourite blu ray release is the new Lars Von Trier collection in the UK, which contains all but 1 of his films.
Just pre ordered Hellraiser 4k from Arrow, been waiting to buy just the first film on its own for a while. I am in the UK but will import a copy of the Abyss from wherever. A lot of these youtube videos for some reason never mention the much improved picture, sound and frame rate etc by watching a film on disc. Its a much better experience
I’ve been ripping all of my discs to a Plex server so for me that is the best of both worlds. I have my discs but can stream the movie to any screen in the house (especially when older movies I have on Blu-ray didn’t come with a digital copy).
Streaming signed too many cheques it’s arse could not cash. “Find everything online” - *searches online to find particular titles unavailable and finds out that the purchased digital downloads are gone because there was no ownership in the first place*. That’s why I continue to buy physical media especially on Native 4K Blu-Ray Disc that won’t dip in quality due to a dip in Internet Streaming Connection due to a moment of Connectivity BS
The Bond series is definitely something I would want to see in a format we can own and continue to use even if the IP owner goes bankrupt....also the tv show The West Wing.... One thing about 4k Ultra HD is that you can't play it on a modern PC; you have to have a processor from the gneration before 4k ultra HD came out. Because it needs a security feature from that generation of processor. I have seen software that will strip the DRM from iTunes video....maybe we can get The West Wing via that and strip the DRM, then have it always available. It's fine to strip the DRM as long as you're not posting the stripped file online, only use it on your own PC. 🙂
I only bought Special Editions & Extent ed cuts od Films on DVD that were all Region 1 & came out 6 months before normal reesed of standard film in UK . Original did this with Videos .
My guess is that many studio's don't want to sell their films on disk because it undermines their goal to migrate to streaming 100%. IMO this is purely about money, they make money from each DVD/Blueray/4k disk sold buy its a 1 time thing - they dont profit if you sell it on or loan it to a friend or family. With streaming they cut out any middle man and monetise each view you cannot share or sell a "stream" the only way for someone else to view is to also have a subscription. The revenue per watch is lower than a disk sale but its a constant over time.
I think part of the problem besides "convenience" is ignorance. People born after the 90's don't care or know anything about compression, bitrate, bit depth, codec, format and so on and so forth. All these people care about is pressing play and it's there on the screen even if streaming it uses only about 1/3 of the Blu-Ray disc bitrate. By analogy, streaming looks like an CBR 320 Kbit/s MP3 sold as "AUDIO-CD", people doesn't know the difference.
Great video and very informative. I would only add this: BUY PLAYERS NOW. That is while they are still relatively affordable and available. I speak mainly of DVD and Blu Ray. Get three or four and keep in a cool, dry place before trying to find one later when your current player inevitably dies and all you can find is 4k or Blu Ray and most of your DVDs become the Beta-Max of the 21st century.
I heard a few months ago that Physical Media was going to go extinct. I hope not I'm a collector too. I have a limited edition to 3000 copies of "The Hound of the Baskervilles". I hope they never stop pressing discs.
I’m all physical media be it games , cd or Blu Ray . I still have my massive DVD and Blu-Ray collection and just ordered True lies and Abyss on 4K disc . Cancelled all my streaming services apart from paramount for the new season of Star Trek Discovery. Physical media means not relying on internet, If I want to watch jaws or the shining i can go spin a disc in my cinema room and not have to rent older movies I already own . Long live physical media .
Oh my gosh, I can't even count how many people have asked me why I've been searching for dvds and blu rays. Other than the fact of not being able to watch everything I want on streaming services, there's just something about having the physical copy that feels better than scrolling a catalog
Same. Have over a thousand between dvd/Blu ray/4k from over the past 15 years. Lots of out of prints ones at this point and now accelerating my buying to get anything I grew up on before it's gone
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Dont forget that your enjoyment of these movies or TV shows is based on the signal from several other sources. If your signal gets lost, you lose your favorite movie until they re-establish the signal. Your enjoyment depends on others. That's no good
Liking your username. True confession, I have only seen the original trilogy. I have been watching every single extra and I am going to be doing a marathon of the Hobit movies with 3D and the Atmos sound from the 4K's. I don't care if they are not as good. I know I am going to love them. I cannot get enough of these Peter Jackson extras! The 4K's are DNR'd to death, but they still look so damn good! His dedication is admirable indeed.
You know those shelves that swung open and shut? I have one of those from back in the day and its amazing
Here in the UK there is a store called HMV which called in the receivers a couple of times in the last 10 years but now is back into making a profit because of vinyl over the last few years and also stocks massive blueray and 4k. My wife and I always pop into one of these shops to buy our 4k as we love browsing what offers they have and it helps support this wonderful company that's been going for over 100 years and keeps the staff in a job.
Totally agree with you. Love exploring HMV for bluray and 4k ...and the odd cd! They always have some sort of deals. We should support them to keep them in business. Physical media is the best!
💯I’ll be very sad if they go I bought my first album on cassette from hmv my first dvd first blu-ray and my first 4k.
Love HMV i get a big chunk of my blu ray and 4K from them, brilliant deals, and awesome in store experience.
HMV stores are fantastic. Also, when i order online, i always use HMV's online shop - great service, always on time and well packaged. Long live HMV and long live the 12cm disc - in all its iterations.
One overlooked aspect of physical media are the special features, which most people nowadays don’t get to see anymore.
Yeah and that's another point that is great about dvds. On some special edition dvds they went all out on special features.
@@Itiswrittenkjv1611 I recently bought all the Star Trek TNG Blu-rays because I want to watch the extras, including the interviews with the cast. Shoutout to Robert Meyer Burnett who conducted them; he also has a regular show about physical media on his channel.
just yesterday i spent 30 minutes watching the special content of The Game. It's really a plus factor for those who dont want to just watch the film but want to go deeper. And the new titanic? My wife is super happy to have +15 hours of new special content!
4K players are starting to sneak into the market on gaming consoles, as well. One reason the PS2 sold so well, recall, was because it played DVD's at a time when standalone DVD players were sometimes pricier than a PS2.
With 4K players now available on Series X and PS5, we may start seeing even more demand for 4K discs.
I'm old school, so I'll always purchase discs. My recent favorite 4k purchases are Oppenheimer, Face/Off, Point Break, Ronin, 3 Days of the Condor and The Fugitive.
How is the face off transfer?
@@zzygyy Excellent, one of the best 4K discs that came out in 2023.
I really want that KL Studio Classics "3 Days of the Condor" disc that just came out. I own the Eureka disc so I'm not tripping over myself yet. Soon though.
I want it.
I just bought their release of Milos Forman's "Valmont" a few days ago. Haven't found time to watch it yet but I'm looking forward to it. I love the work KL Studio Classics has been doing. Every month they're digging up deserved films like "Valmont" and "3 Days of the Condor" and giving them a new lease on life.
An overlooked feature of physical media is that it’s actually there in front of you and you don’t have to wait for the thing to buffer.
The other benefit is bringing a movie to a friend or relatives' house and watching together.
Yep. I was just saying in my own comment, unless it is absolutely impossible otherwise, I will not watch any film streaming.
Blurays don't buffer and they don't automatically downgrade their quality according to connection issues. It's just lovely cinema, as is.
Buffer how slow is your internet?
@@commiatoha ha ha that was my question😉
Which is offset by the time to put the disc in the player and wait for it to load. So no not really.
I flat out refuse to purchase digital media, if my internet goes down then it's completely useless. Plus if I'm gonna spend money on something I want to be able to actually hold it.
Yep. I own thousands of blurays and thousands of dvds. I don't own a single digital film, lol...
I love having a large library of cinema that I know I can depend on, that isn't beholden to buffering or connection issues.
I appreciate the higher resolution and audio that the discs provide and get family members telling me it’s not worth getting because streaming is better when most titles are not online love physical media and collecting movies
A sign of the market in the UK is the HMV record store opening in its famous old location on Oxford Street in London.
It’s got a full floor for movies and all of their stores have nicely curated stock and helpful, knowledgeable staff.
HMV is reopening in Canada also. Customers are driving the demand.
We've been anticipating the collapse of many streaming services, so we've been stockpiling thrift store dvds like they were a box of Charmin in April 2020.
Teepee comes in 'boxes'?
Insert Keanu Reeves "Whoa!"
@@aevangel1 they do when you buy in bulk!
I just recently picked up the Dogma blu-ray @ a thrift store for $4. Best movie deal I have ever found.
@@nickwest932 same! Those are hard to find!
@@DPhoenixPoet absolutely!
As a hardcore collector of physical media, specifically 3D blu-rays, I am well acquainted with the struggle of the hunt, as 3D blu-rays are rarely released domestically, aren't usually available in stores and require importing expensive releases from all over the globe... If they get released at all. Which is why I have been imploring the home entertainment divisions of each major studio to implement "On demand" physical media publishing, which would maximize their own profits while providing collectors with what they want.
I appreciate the series of videos on the topic of physical media. For the last few years, I've amped up my DVD/Blu-ray purchases because films are disappearing. I think studios have made a big mistakes going all-in on streaming. Streaming is not a cash generator long term and the ransom TV approach, i.e.: you can only watch it on our platform approach, doesn't endear you to your customer basis. The VHS/video shop rental gave studios an added additional income stream and it's crazy that they are abandoning physical media after all these yrs.
They should pull all of it so video stores will come back.
I've been collecting movies since the Beta vs Vhs days and I'm really happy that I own my favorite films on Dvd, Blu-ray and now 4K and have never been into streaming as a whole. 2024 might have fewer avenues for collectors but we will survive. My favorite recent 4K release is The Warriors, great presentation from Arrow which by the way is another Paramount film that the rights were given to a boutique distributor.
Classic old school movies we grew up on, must own on physical media. Especially since streaming services are editing older movies.
I spent three years with no internet access whatsoever (2017-2020). The experience left me with a newfound appreciation for physical media.
I got my husband the Universal Essentials 4K/Blu special edition of THE BIG LEBOWSKI and he got me the new BARBARELLA Arrow special edition Blu-ray for Christmas, both are must-haves for fans of those films!
Barbarella is a top 5 4K of 2023!
Last year I tracked down and purchased the US DVD box sets of the James Bond series. Why? The menus. The menu design is amazing. Call me crazy, but DVD menus wipe the floor with Blu Ray and 4K. Menu design was an art form. Sadly lost. Whether or not it’s something to do with the way Blu Ray players handle menus is a mystery. But DVD menus really set the mood for the movie. The best menu I’ve ever seen is for the collectors edition DVD of Chris Nolan’s “Memento” I had to print out a guide to navigate some of it. Ingenious.
I absolutely LOVE ARROW!!! I've gotten Weird Science, Rollerball and Robocop thru them....hope to get more eventually
Arrow's "Weird Science" was one of the first discs I bought during Covid lockdown. I will always be grateful to Arrow for getting me through the opening stages of the end of the world, lol...
Love the box art for "Weird Science". I bought their release of "Flatliners" this past summer and the slipcase is made of the same material with that odd texture.
Love it. So cool.
The wife n I started buying dvd's n blurays probably 5 yrs ago and just started buying the 2for $10 deals whatever kinda deal was on at pharmacies or supermarkets and then we started getting into it more and started a catalogue and started buying new releases and searching out classics from my childhood and hers and now we have about 1200-1300 movies/blurays here at home. There's sumthing to be said about actually owning the physical property of dvd as opposed to digital. We've filled 2 7foot tall 5 level shelves and still have 2 6foot piles around our televisions so we need to buy another shelf or 2 just to store what we have.
This makes me think of when TV and cable became popular. The film industry started getting desperate. They started making fantastical films like Cleopatra just to draw audiences back to the theater. But these companies seem to be embracing these streaming services and throwing cinemas out the window. Its really f***ing sad. But we need to remember why we embraced VHS or DVD in the first place. It was far better to own your favourite films than rely on TV or cable companies.
Hail physical media!!! Shout out to the boutique labels like Arrow, Shout, Kino Lorber, Vinegar Syndrome, Indicator, 88Films, Second Sight, Radiance, Criterion, Blue Underground...
Not boutique, but my number one company is Sony. The defacto in quality and very much supporting 4K. Though not the best MVD visuals has been doing ok and Ronin for one premier 4K that is master class, but the biggest oversight of all. Curzon for bringing us the 3 Color (and Double Life) in the best 4K!!! Oh yeah BFI. Hoping Ozu gets some love on the Noriko Trilogy in 4K too!
I've dumped a king's ransom into the coffers of every company you list, lol....Bless them, they do excellent work.
Actually Radiance is the only company listed that I don't own any discs of. They're relatively new and only recently caught my attention. Several of their films sound very interesting (particularly "Red Sun") and I'm considering a few blind buys in the near future.
If nothing else their cover art is amazing. I really like what I've seen.
Long live physical media thank to these companies for releasing them
Just ordered the Conan movies in 4K - can't wait for the release!! Thanks for the video!
Yes, I would also say 4K disc is the new laserdisc. Those were always a niche market and even more expensive but were made with care for the film lover and were the best presentation of the movie one could get at the time.
Censorship and manipulation like what they did with television is another reason to hold onto physical media. These companies can rewrite history so to speak. Once the content is written on a disc, it's there forever. But if they tweak a movie ever so slightly they stream, they could act like it's always been that way. They'll blame it all on BS like the Mandella effect. I don't want to give these companies that kind of power
I literally watched my Arrow copy of "Witness" last night. It looked gorgeous. All the various extras are excellent, as is the box art. The book has some of the best essays I've read included with a bluray in a while.
I also own Arrow's deluxe boxes of "Robocop", "Major Dundee", "Crash", "Legend", "True Romance", "The Wolf of Wall Street", and Lynch's "Dune". Of their slipcase releases I own dozens of discs, including the recently released "The Desperate Hours".
They do great work via their imprint "Arrow Academy" as well, which I also own many dozens of. Their Kieslowski box set is one of my favorites.
Powerhouse Indicator, Eureka, 88 Films, Warner Archive, Vinegar Syndrome, of course Criterion, and many other fine companies are keeping cinema alive in ways streaming cannot.
I own several thousands of blurays. I will not watch any film streaming unless there is absolutely no other way.
Viva "physical media".
Some great recent movies with sound effects I've discovered that most people do not mention:
- Superman in 4k 5 disc collection
- Amazing Spiderman 1 and 2
- Legend of Hercules
- Legend of Tarzan
- Life
- Kong skull island
- Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2
- Ghost Rider / Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance
- xXx: Return Of Xander Cage
- Gladiator/Braveheart 2-Movie Collection (4K Ultra HD + Digital)
- Bumblebee,Transformers
- The Revenant
Top Blu-Ray:
- Grand Prix (starring James Garner)
- House of Flying Daggers
- Need for Speed
- Wyatt Earp (1994)
- John Carter
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Best music streaming = Apple Music lossless
I’d buy Bond in a heartbeat but it’s been caught up at a time when MGM had gone through the mangle again and the appetite for physical diminished. The first 20 films need a full remaster from the negative with the latest technology IMO… so a massive project
In my opinion part of the problem is it the best format 4K never really went down in price. Maybe due to cost or demand. It is kind of turn the market into a premium market. I'm kind of happy that we're getting higher quality releases that are celebration I'm just going to have to budget one to two movies a month. Back in the DVD days I could afford to get 5 to 10 movies maybe 15 or 20 if I bought them used. I'm just going to have to scale back my collecting. But I own all the classics anyway. Some movies I don't even upgrade to. But I am really excited about the Conan movies. The Blu-rays were a big improvement audio wise. It'll probably be my one big purchase one month. because the reality is this is a hobby and a celebration of the films we love!
I still have my DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
I was born in the 80's and was taught to take care of my things so that I wouldn't have the need to buy them again. You know...save money...so with those teachings, I still have my first VCR (still works) with my favorite movies in VHS. I have a record player and a few vinyl records. I also have many DVD movies. For me if it is a movie that I really love, that I can watch a billion times without getting tire of it, I would buy the movie...but if it is a passing fad or a one time thing then I would rent or see it in the theaters. I am glad to see the new generation embracing old media...it is very fun to find your forever gem and use it years later. Those physical memories are priceless in my opinion.
Streaming will be an issue one day, and digital will be a problem when people can’t watch a movie they love anytime. Physical media is ownership, never give that concept up.
Censorship is real. Owning is better than renting
This is true 90% of streaming services will play the cut version if one exists with no availability of the uncut version. Secondly they almost always play the theatrical version of films even though a number have extended or directors cut versions. When you buy physical you generally get both cuts if one exists (extended, uncut, directors cut whatever the case may be) and you own it therefore it cant be removed never to be seen again. @@bigdreams5554
Going to my local movie store once a week is like a treasure hunt. I have found discs that were never released in the US for great prices, filled gaps in my collection with discs that were only previously sold in box sets, found great deals on used 4K discs, etc. You can't recreate this experience with digital. There are a lot of us middle aged collectors out here, we have money and want to spend it on quality releases! Let's see if 2024 can keep the momentum going...
Got a copy of True Romance 4k from Arrow and Fear and Loathing from Criterion both in the mail today! Excited to watch
Absolutely love Arrow Video. And their recent release of Bruce Lee at the Golden Harvest 4K is insane.
Just thought 4K discs were going to be it. Thought that was just going to be the new Blu-Ray. I have rented movies digitally but rarely bought it for digital download. I love physical media, DVD, Blu-Ray 4K Discs, and even yes record/vinyl. Makes me very mad Best Buy stopped having physical media. People go crazy for collector's editions. Me ? I'm a proud collector and agree with filmmaker Christopher Nolan when it comes to digital purchasing.
For the last 4 years I've been renting movies out from the library. They say movie rental stores are closed and there is only 1 Blockbuster left. Libraries still have physical media. Whatever I missed in the movies I rent on Blu-Ray from the library. I've been loving it :-) Just last year I finally got a Blu-Ray player, don't have a 4K player.
Like you said at the end, I do feel there will be a comeback for physical media just like vinyl. I will stay strong and keep my head up. Strong supporter of physical media, in my book, that's just the way to go.
This Video is wildly Wrong. He is Wrong about Everything he said.
Just so you know for the last 10 years the Best place to buy Physical Media has been online.
Retail Stores have stopped selling Physical Media because consumers do Not want to pay for overpriced Physical Media. So their sales amount dropped off.
Online Physical Media sales are a lot less expensive.
DVDs sales are currently a worldwide Multi-Billon dollar Industry so is Vinyl neither are Niche.
A Niche Market is a small market. Neither Vinyl or DVD sales are a small Market.
As far as 4K goes the Movie / TV Studios have never made a real effort to sell 4K Blu-rays.
They will produce / Make 20,000 New DVD titles every year, even more than that, while maybe releasing 200 new 4K titles in a year. For many years there have been only around 70 New 4K releases. That is Not putting any effort into 4K.
The only way for 4K prices to come down is volume manufacturing and sales.
Still enjoy collecting physical media, and thankful for those that are still working to get it alive, especially boutique labels like Arrow Video and Shout Factory.
Well since your getting adds on streaming so it avoid this buy physical media it’s better quality as well
I absolutely adore physical media and collecting physical media. Further plugging a company you mentioned, my most recent pickups happen to be the Arrow Video Hellraiser Quartet of Torment 4k box set and the Psycho 1-4 4k Boxset. Also have recently gotten into NovaMedia steelbooks but those are a pretty penny. I’ll buy physical media til the day I die.
I finally own a great copy of Mad Max (79). It was released by Kino Lorber in 2020 on blu-ray. A big step up from my twenty five year old VHS tape.
For me as a cinema fan and a camera man.
I value two things, quality and the ability to go back to it at any point.
Streaming is convenient but doesn’t offer best quality. (A 1080p Blu ray has a higher bit rate than a 4K streaming video file)
As so its value for money is in delivering these files in the smallest digital footprint possible.
I was heavy into DVD's in my time, don't know how many hundred, but several cabinets full. Now my younger brother grew up during blueray and is heavily into 4K, he doesn't have nearly as many movies, like maybe 30 4K movies, but I have to say man they are so much better. The 4K versions have much more behind the scenes, and one reason I bought DVD's back in the day is because of DVD extras such as commentary, interviews, how practical effects were made etc, I love all that stuff and 4K really elevates it. And the 4K disc sets usually come in elaborate and often beautiful collector style edition sets, with artwork and everything, looks beautiful.
I'm too poor to start a 4k collection, and my DVD's are just gathering dust as I just stream all movies instead. But you don't get all the extra's or 4K quality.
I bought my first ever 4k disc after collecting my favorite movies on Dvd and Blu-ray for the past 15 years! It was the Dawn of the Dead (1978) Second Sight Box set! I remember trying to find the Midnight Factory Blu-ray set (Zombi) that was only released overseas when I visited Japan back in 2018, but with no luck. It was your last physical media video that pushed me to finally pulling the trigger on getting it!
Bought Goonies, Mortal Engines, shape of water, the Munsters,, all the Indiana films but the last, really want universals classic monsters box set..
Long live physical media!!!!!!!!
🙌🏻😃💜
I cut back on buying DVDs in the past but never stopped & bought both, new & used ones. I still buy both vinyl & CDs as well.
Still haven’t upgraded to 4K and have no plans to do so. 1080P Blu-rays are my sweet spot
I have a million cd.s in case social media & streaming goes down i.m covered besides the bloopers bonuses & other features are cool sometimes 😎👍
I collect physical media . I have about 50 4ks as part of my movie collection. I think the 35mm movies are the best in 4K.
The Hellraiser Quartet of torment 4k release by arrow video was awesome
My wife just bought me the Casino Royale 4K collectors edition for Christmas. Huge Bond fan and my favourite Bond film. There are a handful of 4K Bond films out there but I'd love for them to do the collection in 4K. They remastered the original negatives 10 years ago when they released the blu ray 50th anniversary boxset, so I imagine it wouldn't be as huge of a project
i m in the same boat. Skyfall look stunning in 4k by the way. Still waiting for Goldeneye...
I will always support physical media no matter what. I just recently got a ps5 and thought about getting some 4k movies someday and if my local stores no longer sell them, then ill always go to ebay and get them there since that's the place i usually get my DVDs and blu rays and games i cant always find at my local retro gaming store called Game exchange. I feel like physical media is something i prefer to preserve since digital will not always be around forever.
Certainly not 4K but DVD just might do it because to the general public it still looks very good and that's what counts, we still get the OAR and authentic color schemes for the most part (particularly older releases) none of the trendy uniformed smear that stuck-up revisionists throw at the titles these days and ultimately at us. Movies don't need to look overly new to be enjoyed by the public at large, especially vintage movies.
I think DVDs are done. Blu-ray only like 2 or $3 more. I also saw one of the boutique labels say their DVD titles going out of print.
Blu-ray will probably be the one that most people get. 4K for enthusiasts.
DVDs will outlive them all, there's a lot of people that never came on board for Blu-ray.
@@shinycheeto5779
DVDs are a lot less expensive than Blu-rays.
You don't even understand that every year there are more than 20,000 New Titles released on DVDs compared to only 1,000 on Blu-ray and around 500 on 4K.
DVDs are the overwhelming choice of the Consumer.
Online, the best place to buy Physical Media. The AVERAGE price for a Blu-ray Movie is around $18.00 that includes New Releases that often cost $25.00 even more. New Movies on DVDs are typically $10.00 which is a lot less than the $25.00 you have to pay for the Blu-ray version.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 I mentioned something about Blu-ray to my wife last night and she looked at me really confused. Then she said "They still make those? I'd assumed that was just some gimmick they tried to push a long time ago and it never went anywhere." Now, in a way she is right. If you look at the sales numbers, DVD is STILL king. It way outsells both Blu-ray and 4k. Blu-ray came out way back in 2006 and the fact that it STILL hasn't overtaken DVD makes me think that it never will. The fact DVD still outsells these "better" formats even today makes me think it may actually (crazy to think) beat them in the long term.
@@shinycheeto5779literally everyone I know uses DVDs. I know a lot of people, so just stop.
88, Arrow and Eureka is the only reason why I bother with physical media these days - lots of care put into it, always the best quality and they're the type of titles that simply don't show up anywhere on streaming or even locally. Digital content always has a high chance of disappearing for whatever reason
I just snagged the original Poltergeist on 4K and glad I did. For awhile I stopped collecting blu-ray/4K, but I think I’m going to start doing that again with some of my old favorites.
Old DVDs are great for movies, that keep changing for "the message" of today. I realised it when Dawn of the dead (2004) on Netflix was missing few scenes from DVD, like zombie baby execution etc. I know why they cut it of from Netflix release, but still... what else keeps changing?
I still buy physical cd’s for bands that I really like because I just enjoy not having my stuff be reliant on a streaming service. And I do the same with blu rays of movies and shows that I really like, games too. I just hate how split up everything has become in this streaming era, plus I love having a bookshelf full of dvd’s, cd’s, games and books. Maybe I’m just weird but I will always go for physical if I can. My favorite physical release that I own right now is a nice James Bond blu ray box set that has everything from Dr. No to Spectre, I absolutely love it and the insane amount of special features. It was like $80 but I’d say it’s worth it because the Bond films are all over the place with streaming.
I've been collecting these, and I love them. I hope the trend continues. I have collected physical media for decades just because I enjoy having physical copies. I have media all the way back to CED disc's with players for each format. Then again I'm old so I was around when these formats were cutting edge. That combined with having friends that worked at Suncoast and media play means it was easy to feed the addiction.
I think laserdisc is a better comparison. Small market share, but devoted following that kept it going.
Laserdisc players and discs were incredibly expensive, even into the early days of DVD. Standard release Laserdiscs were $40-$50 in the early 1990s. That's well over $100 in today's money. Collecting 4K Blu Rays is much more accessible to the average person, especially since many already own a gaming system that can play the discs.
With physical media you're not relying on an internet connection, you pay $20 for something that's YOURS TO KEEP instead of paying monthly subscription fees for something that might be there for a month before it gets taken down, you don't have to worry about your favourite TV shows and movies being ruined by censorship, you have access to a whole bunch of behind-the-scenes special features, and you're not being interrupted by annoying ads!!
Exactly. Intelligent people understand this. Sheep rent forever.
Very cool video man. I've been a physical media collector for years. This is great news. I do enjoy a good 4K movie or a good old fashioned DVD but stopped collecting VHS
UHD steelbooks of classic movies are defintely worth collecting. Will be worth plenty of money one day if in mint condition but I am never selling mine. Some steelbooks now fetch £100 plus on ebay!
there has been headlines in the news that a lot of streaming services are finding people are stopping there subscriptions because the prices are raising and getting to costly to have and on top of that they are cutting a lot of there catalog titles
I love reading the comments made by phyiscal media enthusiasts. I always get unique and interesting perspectives why collecting makes sense. Kudos to you.
My latest 4k pick up is The nightmare before Christmas and i never noticed before that Zero's nose is a jack o lantern lol.
Thank you so much for those video!! Conan is iconic and in my top 5 movies of all time. i have ordered my first physical media in over 10 years. Amazing
I buy physical media when ever I can, I'm in the UK. Watching "The Martian" on the BBC over Christmas. 45 minutes was cut from the movie, Too many movies on streaming services -even some TV shows have way to much cut from them, and I love the extras and deleted content.
I’ve had my Conan 4K movies on order for months!
There's another thing about 4K discs that very few videos on TH-cam mention is that unlike standard Blu Rays, 4K discs are region free and not restricted to a specific region code.
Even the old Xbox One S has the capability to play 4K discs, although it does struggle with some Dual Layer 4K discs apparently.
4K has always been a "niche" format, a lot of people still watch DVDs in 2024. Took me a while to realize that but it's true.
DVDs look horrible on 4k tvs. those people need to get w/the times...nobody uses pagers or leeches anymore
@@badboy-gn8fugrow the hell up.
The wife and I own and love that last black box Bond collection on Blu and are waiting it out for the 4K complete collection and not just the Craig collection by themselves on 4K that are currently available
I’m just happy we still have dvds and Blu rays. But I would love remastered movies and in box set, like the acters box set they used to do back in 2010
Physical media all the way !!!❤
Always!
Me and mi nephew watched Ringu today and he loved it and was on board to watch the American remake immediately BUT while ringu was free to watch on amazon, the ring was a rental. Then I put out my old blu ray player (2012!) and watched the movie there… and honestly I felt like I saved a couple bucks honestly 😂
He also loved how good and popping the blu ray image was!
Great video and very informative
I chose the best of both worlds route. I started buying DVDs in 1999, and since then including Blu-Rays I have amassed somewhere around 1,200 movies and around 200 TV shows, and I’m still buying more every week from Thrift Stores now. What I started doing about 2 years ago was ripping them to an external storage drive, and added them all to a private media server (currently I’m using Plex). That way I can stream them from wherever and whenever I want, and can even download to my phone, iPad, or MacBook for offline viewing if I know I’m going somewhere that doesn’t have cellular or WiFi. It was actually because of Netflix losing “That ‘70s Show” that I started looking into doing it. I already had the show on DVD, and refused to pay Amazon’s outrageous price to “purchase” each season digitally.
I own over 2000-2500 physical discs between dvd, blu ray, 4k and HD dvds.
75% are not even available on streaming services. The quality of 4k discs is much better. Much higher bitrate for video and audio. I often was movies on a 4k Projector with 150inch screen and 11 speaker atmos setup. So quality is import for me.
I also dont like the fact of series and movies being taken down. Another thing i hate is movies or series being altered or "banned" episodes because they suddenly arent acceptable for the woke people anymore...
I enjoy collecting DVD's and Blu-Rays. My recent buy was the complete Blu-Ray Walking Dead series set.
Should released TV series Combat! in 4K!😊
I enjoyed this commentary very much. Thank you.
Not available on digital and then reaches for a dvd or bluray, both of which are digital too.
I have over 2,000 films in total across DVD and Blu ray and really love how accessible the films I have purchased are. I don't need to subscribe to 5+ services for the offchance of a low quality stream. My all time favourite blu ray release is the new Lars Von Trier collection in the UK, which contains all but 1 of his films.
Just pre ordered Hellraiser 4k from Arrow, been waiting to buy just the first film on its own for a while. I am in the UK but will import a copy of the Abyss from wherever.
A lot of these youtube videos for some reason never mention the much improved picture, sound and frame rate etc by watching a film on disc. Its a much better experience
The better image and sound quality of Disc and the revolving door/missing titles on streaming will keep physical media relevant for the long term.
I’ve been ripping all of my discs to a Plex server so for me that is the best of both worlds. I have my discs but can stream the movie to any screen in the house (especially when older movies I have on Blu-ray didn’t come with a digital copy).
Streaming signed too many cheques it’s arse could not cash. “Find everything online” - *searches online to find particular titles unavailable and finds out that the purchased digital downloads are gone because there was no ownership in the first place*. That’s why I continue to buy physical media especially on Native 4K Blu-Ray Disc that won’t dip in quality due to a dip in Internet Streaming Connection due to a moment of Connectivity BS
The Bond series is definitely something I would want to see in a format we can own and continue to use even if the IP owner goes bankrupt....also the tv show The West Wing....
One thing about 4k Ultra HD is that you can't play it on a modern PC; you have to have a processor from the gneration before 4k ultra HD came out. Because it needs a security feature from that generation of processor.
I have seen software that will strip the DRM from iTunes video....maybe we can get The West Wing via that and strip the DRM, then have it always available. It's fine to strip the DRM as long as you're not posting the stripped file online, only use it on your own PC. 🙂
I still say dvd and blu ray is a better choice over streaming and 4k disc
You share the opinion of 90% of the Physical Media buying community.
DVDs sales numbers blows away the sales numbers for 4Ks.
Great Comment 👍
Ive picked up around 30 new discs for my collection in the past year
Same here!!!
I have over 1500 dvds the vast majority cost me less than five bucks at resell shops and pawn shops
I only have around 40, but I'm proud of my small collection.
Amazon unlike the other streamers sell physical media, so they might get into putting Bond on 4K if they perceive a market.
I love Prey on Blu Ray and 4K
I only bought Special Editions & Extent ed cuts od Films on DVD that were all Region 1 & came out 6 months before normal reesed of standard film in UK . Original did this with Videos .
My guess is that many studio's don't want to sell their films on disk because it undermines their goal to migrate to streaming 100%. IMO this is purely about money, they make money from each DVD/Blueray/4k disk sold buy its a 1 time thing - they dont profit if you sell it on or loan it to a friend or family. With streaming they cut out any middle man and monetise each view you cannot share or sell a "stream" the only way for someone else to view is to also have a subscription. The revenue per watch is lower than a disk sale but its a constant over time.
I think part of the problem besides "convenience" is ignorance. People born after the 90's don't care or know anything about compression, bitrate, bit depth, codec, format and so on and so forth. All these people care about is pressing play and it's there on the screen even if streaming it uses only about 1/3 of the Blu-Ray disc bitrate. By analogy, streaming looks like an CBR 320 Kbit/s MP3 sold as "AUDIO-CD", people doesn't know the difference.
I have the James Bond Collection on bot on DVD and Bluray.
Great video and very informative. I would only add this: BUY PLAYERS NOW. That is while they are still relatively affordable and available. I speak mainly of DVD and Blu Ray. Get three or four and keep in a cool, dry place before trying to find one later when your current player inevitably dies and all you can find is 4k or Blu Ray and most of your DVDs become the Beta-Max of the 21st century.
I need TV Show 4K Ultra need comeback now is time
Thanks for posting this!👍
I heard a few months ago that Physical Media was going to go extinct. I hope not I'm a collector too. I have a limited edition to 3000 copies of "The Hound of the Baskervilles". I hope they never stop pressing discs.
My favorite recent physical release is the Hellraiser 4k box
I’m all physical media be it games , cd or Blu Ray .
I still have my massive DVD and Blu-Ray collection and just ordered True lies and Abyss on 4K disc .
Cancelled all my streaming services apart from paramount for the new season of Star Trek Discovery.
Physical media means not relying on internet, If I want to watch jaws or the shining i can go spin a disc in my cinema room and not have to rent older movies I already own .
Long live physical media .