The fact that streaming services are unstable, along with the fact people really don't record them means at some point there'll possibly be a LOT of lost media.
You're right about all of this I don't mind watching movies/Tv shows on streaming services but there's a reason I don't trust it 100% Just like digital photos,once you delete it, it's gone forever
My father burned all my childhood photos and videos when he left which he couldn’t have done if we have had copies on the cloud, so trust me, physical media can absolutely be « gone forever » as well. Not defending digital by the way, just saying that having multiple storing solutions is better.
But they won't be lost by means of EMP or solar flares. Fires, decay, photodegredation. Books, papers, CDs, DVDs, they will last as long as you need them so long as they are kept someplace cool, dark, and dry.@@c0mpu73rguy
I wished I never got rid of my sci-fi tv show called "Continuum" I used to own all 4 seasons on dvd, but now they're out of print and can't stream it anywhere.
unless you delete on a computer then it goes into the recyle bin and you just get back from it. and found the streaming serves lie about there quality of there video when streaming them and are true 1080p or true 4K.
I babysat for a woman a few years ago and she had a whole wall of DVDs. Movies, shows, etc. There's something magical about browsing a whole wall of DVDs to find something to watch and see what a person likes that you can't really get from browsing Netflix or other streaming services. I got 2 seasons worth of Supernatural in through that babysitting gig over several sittings in one summer thanks to her having the box set. My sister also collects DVDs and it's really nice just picking out what we wanna see right away from a smaller collection of movies than scroll for an hour on a streaming service. I also used to love finding DVDs on sale over ten years ago. I didn't have much money back then as a 19 year old having just moved out, so buying DVDs and games in physical copies was how I treated myself to fun at the time. I should go back to that. There's something special about having a movie collection catered to your own interests instead of browsing endlessly on Netflix for something to watch.
There really is something beautiful about scanning your own curated collection of movies, they look cool and will always be yours. I hope you do get back into it, thanks for watching :)
I use to have a decent size dvd collection of 3-400 movies / tv shows. Just like with streaming. Decision fatigue was annoying. I ended up downsizing my collection. I now have a small collection of 4k titles of mainly just franchise films that I like and a few movies that don't have sequels. I've mainly been buying blu-rays that don't have a 4k release or tv shows.
Heads up, dvds do deteriorate over time. Something about layers separating. Soooo back up your dvds on like a hard drive or something, and _then_ they can last forever (until the hard drive breaks, at which point you would hopefully have made a backup of said backup).
As a minimalist I don't really mind not owning a lot of stuff, but when it comes to physical media it bothers me whether it be video games, music, tv shows, or movies. If I had the space I would go back to collecting again.
@@b4rs629 True specially thoses Whos either it was only released in Physical, it was only released Digital in a Digital Store that is gonna shut down soon (Like the Digital Store of the Xbox 360 the Month of July of 2024) or it has its servers all shut down (Like Overwatch 1 which was a Always Online Multiplayer game)
I initially assumed that streaming would grow until everything ever produced was available online, so I didn’t buy physical media. What I didn’t anticipate was that past films would be edited to conform to current social norms. It started with children’s cartoons, but when it reached The French Connection I changed my mind and started buying my favorite movies on discs.
Yup. I used to collect dvds fresh out of high school in 2012. I started using netflix in 2013 and it was amazing discovering movies & tv shows I would've never watched if I had to buy it. Before I would watch old & new release movies / tv shows uploaded to websites back when I was teenager b/c I didn't have money. Reminds me of when walmart censored cd's I had bought a copy of Hollywood Undead's debut album and didn't realize until I threw in my cd player it was censored. I'm glad I bought most of my favorites on 4k when I had the chance before the prices went up.
I have 805 in my collection, I also work in a second hand store where physical media is one of our best sellers I love chatting with other collectors and love it when the gen z come in wanting to start a collection, love giving them recommendations, I get to live out my dream of working in a video rental store
I can’t imagine how James Gunn and the other creators of Coyote Vs.Acme feel about their hard work, their blood, sweat and tears, thousands if not millions of hours of work all gone and they don’t even get to keep a copy of the movie.
I've started buying my favorite albums on CD. Spotify is cool and awesome for music discovery. but it just feels nice knowing you own the things you like. Music is a bit easier to "acquire" digitally (ripping CDs checked out from the library anyone?) but I'm hopeful music and movies will continue to be available physically.
I have never stopped buying cds and vinyl albums. I find it so important to look at the artistic photos that accompany the music. This side of buying music has been lost to the newer generation. It’s like missing out on the total experience of listening to a new album. I know I will not change the world, but I will support my favourite artists until it becomes impossible to buy physical music. When they stop selling albums on cds and vinyl, I have so much accumulated that I can satisfy my needs with what I have. ✌
I love movies and will keep on buying them in physical form for the following reasons 1. picture and sound quality is better 2. they can't censor the movies I own 3. you don't own anything if you buy it digitaly as they can take it back from you (yes sony I am looking at you) 4. the streaming service can remove the movie from their streaming service 5. streaming is not owning
6. Independence from rising prices. 7. No ads, although you pay for the service (I believe this will become worse over time.) or you have to put up with rising prices in an even faster way. 8. I think they even change music in series or movies sometimes due to licensing reasons. 9. If you buy a physical copy you support the creators more directly.
We own an entire VHS collection and absolutely love it. We get to display them, collect them, watch them with people we love. The vintage previews are awesome and the casings are cool. We love collecting movies from our childhood and showing it to our kids. Super cool and fun
I never got rid of my dvd collection which I started to collect as a pre-teen. While my peers moved to streaming services and threw away their physical dvds, I kept collecting. Mainly because I tried Netflix a couple of times at my friends place and it was a nightmare to find anything to watch while scrolling like it wasn't enjoyable at all, I couldn't stand the idea that suddenly one of my comfort series or movies might weren't available anymore, because it just didn't feel the same as having the physical copy on your hands, and also I'm a sucker for all the extras and couldn't believe no-one missed them while using the streaming services. It's weird to see everyone starting to collect dvds and blue rays again like a some new trend, while I was enjoying the hobby all along with a very limited budget while they kept paying their pricey monthly fees and telling me I'm outdated 😂
Me and my Brother never stopped collecting physical media, even when the streaming services started taking over, I do hope that Sony now releases Disney+ shows on Blu Ray now.
I don't have the space or money (or desire tbh) for a big collection of physical media, but with all the deleting shenanigans I've decided to start a small collection of my all time favorite shows and movies, those few comfort things that I come back to over and over
Storage is definitely the biggest factor, in my opinion, so I completely understand that. I would say it's worth owning your most favourite things though, just in case. I hate the feeling of going to watch something you love and not being able to find it anywhere, yes the high seas are available but that can be time consuming if you're not already prepped for it, so just owning even a little of what you love is definitely worth it.
I did this as well. I sold off my dvd collection in 2019 with the idea to start over with 4k. I wished I didn't though as I had some niche tv shows that are out of print and aren't available on any streaming platform.
@@kritpickproductions Have you ever seen "The Legend of the Seeker" or "Continuum"? I used to own it, but it's now out of print and not available for streaming.
Magnum PI I love to watch ( the 80’s series) not streaming or on TV in my region. So buying on DVD or blu ray is the only option. And no I’m not opening an extra streaming account to watch it. I rather buy it.
I agree. My friend recently got me into collecting DVDs, we go around charity shops and CEX type stores and I’ve bought a few on eBay. On average I’ve probably paid £1 per film and I’ve really enjoyed hunting for them. I wouldn’t be surprised in a year or two the most sought after films start becoming quite rare. Even blockbuster films like Terminator 2, I’ve only seen one copy in all the shops I’ve been in and it was a really battered copy.
Glad to hear you're getting into it, I frequent Cex, charity shops and HMV every weekend and I think sales are going to start going back up honestly. With Oppenheimer completely selling out when it dropped, I think it's clear there's still a good market and with more people like you, it's only gonna grow
I’ve seen it a couple of times since I posted that too. It was just an example of a hugely popular film that I haven’t seen around much considering it would have sold millions of copies.
not even that data rot can effect optical media sadly, unless congress forces companies to ensure a physical copy is sent to the libary of congress for data preservation then idk
When I was a teenager I used to download songs on my old computer from music and archives websites back in the 2000s, before streaming came along. On my computer there were more than 5000 songs that I downloaded more than 10 and 20 years ago, some songs even dated back from the late 90s. Now I have copied all those songs on my notebook and edited some of them, fixing the metadata such as the title of the song, the album, putting the corresponding image, the year the album was released, the genre of the song, etc. Although they are not physical media, but files, they have the same functionality, since I can listen to my songs whenever I want, without being subscribed to a streaming service or being connected to the Internet, which makes me highly value all the songs that I downloaded in particular, and physical media in general. We have to keep physical media alive.
3 years ago popular bluray titles on ebay were $3-7, now the same titles (on bluray) are $10-20 in 2024. People are realizing physical is better in pretty much every way. And that's not even mentioning 4k blurays. But I have several bluray disc's that look superior to the UHD streaming version. Audio is always better on physical as well. Pawn shops are by far the cheapest place to score blurays. They pay about .50 cents per bluray when they buy them so if you buy multiple at a time they'll likely sell then around $1-4 per movie
It's frustrating that alot of the shows and movies I WANT to own never get a physical release and the only was to watch them is to keep being stuck to more than one streaming platform.
I purchased this cheap collection of Noir films amounting to 100 movies. Then, I realized I don't have Batman:TAS and bought that now my collection is complete.
My favourite thing about Physical Media is the ability to get your favourite films/tv shows/games autographed by the people who work on or appear in them. I’ve already got six of the actors from Red Dead Redemption II to autograph my copy of the game.
I love buying physical, it’s a special event to unpack and watch something that I bought and supported myself. I feel connected with the films when I put them on my shelf and I know I’ll be going back to watch them again, and I’ll always have a variety of films in front of me that I feel connected to. I’ll always be able to find something that I know I’ll enjoy. My movie collection is at over 200 and growing and my love of cinema continues to grow as well.
I started buying Blu Ray again. I was always against relying solely on streaming for my favorite movies and shows. After what just happened with AT&T it further reinforces my belief in physical media.
I never gave up my DVD collection or switched to streaming. I like having a movie and TV library catered solely for me. I also like knowing my DVDs can't be censored or edited like so much media is now. I also don't like to rent. I like to own things, not pay the rich for what they will always own.
I never stopped collecting - I have CD, vinyl, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray, UHD BD, and a handful of VHS. My collection is always going up and down, and right now my movie / TV collection sits at around 2000 titles. My biggest problem is actually that so much non-mainstream stuff is coming out on physical media that I don't have money or space for it all.
This is why I want The Replacements TV series, The Owl House, and Amphibia to get a complete box set. All three are some of my favorite Disney TVA shows that haven't gotten a series box set. I like Gravity Falls which is why I bought the box set from Shout Factory back in 2018.
I always had a pretty large home video collection but I kinda let my collecting slide the last 10 years due to streaming. Now I have cancelled all the streaming and am back to using that same 30 to 40 dollars to just pick up dvds/blu-ray. I am sad a lot of the streaming shows will never get a legit release though.
I agree with everything in this video 100%, and would add that the preference for physical media should absolutely extend to music and video games too.
We can't let it die as an industry, private collections are the best method of preserving film now as companies definitely do not care enough to even pretend
Just the 2000's? Are you kidding? There has been physical media for over one hundred years. Record albums are physical media, so are VHS and Beta tapes, laser discs, books and many other things. You age is not an excuse to not know some very basic things.
I never got rid of my physical media collection, but I did stop buying things for a while during the golden age of streaming. About 12 months ago I started buying physical media again. It is very cheap to get used DVD's. I'm slowly cancelling streaming services, so I'm going to be relying on them more and more.
Great video and I fully agree on the importance of physical media. I have a music collection on CD that I intend to keep forever, and hopefully there will always be players available for me to enjoy it.
great video hitting all the important points! I have a small cd collection of albums I love & started this collection mainly because I didn't want to see any of these songs or albums disappear from streaming services like I've seen with random songs. I wanted to own what I love & it's so much more fulfilling listening on a cd player than opening an app
Physical media are needed for the preservation of movies and shows that will guarantee it longer lasting power. For me, personally buying a physical copies of a movie or show means that it had rightfully earned a place in my heart, while its one thing to go for digital and streaming show or movies cause it can come and go. Which is why it will always have a place in my heart. If people are saying otherwise then you can bet that they want us to suffer through another gigantic lost of movies and shows. Dont believe me, just look at how many percentage of films made in the very and very early 1900 to 1930 and you will see what I am talking about. Now I am not saying digital or streaming is bad or anything or the fact that I dislike it. I believe streaming and digital can allow people to know and watch more show. But physical media should never be pushed aside as something of the past. You never know nor appreciate what you have until its gone forever
This video explains everything about physical media. The thing about streaming is that your favorite show or movie will be on the streaming service, but then, it will get removed eventually. Another aspect, especially in Disney’s case is the theaters. People have relied on Disney Plus to add the theatrical released movies to streaming after 2 months of being in theaters. People have said, “Why see it in theaters? Just wait for it to come to Disney Plus.”. I think Streaming is bringing movies and shows into a dark aspect where it’s like the older days. You don’t get to own your favorite shows or movies, and instead, you have to wait for it to come on. I hope that doesn’t happen at all. Physical Media is better. I always knew there was something very special about it, even at the time when people didn’t realize that.
I have just come off streaming, now look for old DVDs and boxsets in charity shops for a couple of quid. Fun fact, I have found every single charity shop in the UK seems to have a full boxset of 24.
Finally someone is expressing concern and talking about this, I'm a HUGE dvd/Blu-ray/VHS fan and I have 300+ dvds/Blu-rays/VHES of my own and am still collecting them to this very day, I feel like NOBODY is expressing any concern about this or has enough appreciation for physical media anymore at this point and it saddens me that no one has enough appreciation for this, and that big stores like target, Safeway, Walmart etc. Are limiting their dvd sections more and more as days go on and it seems like the only place in my state that isn't doing that is entertainmart which just makes me sad and sorry if I sound crazy saying this but, I feel like some day all the internet across the world will go out for days and days at a time but by then everyone will have already thrown out their physical media and will have NOTHING to watch especially since streaming channels and $h!t like that requires INTERNET!!! AKA something that we will not have during that time period, while dvds and Blu-rays and VHES, all you need is a working tv (something that 95% of households have) and a dvd/Blu-ray/VHS player and barely any internet whatsoever :D Not to mention the fact that dvds/Blu-rays and VHES have sooooo many great qualities streaming won't give you like bonus features, trailers, if you have disney dvds they'll give you mini games etc. :D Thanks for spending your time reading this, bye-bye now!!!
A lot of people have been talking about this on youtube.. It's just not popular as it used to be. I started recollecting by upgrading by buying my favorites on 4k in 2019. I'm glad I did it when I did because the prices are higher than what they were.
I'm going into the digital age of movies kicking and screaming! I own over 1,000 of them on DVD, Blu-ray, and in 4K. I actually went to Etsy and got "Barbarian" on Blu-ray when I found out that it wasn't getting a physical disc because I don't want to depend on an Internet connection to watch a movie. In fact, I give my digital copies to a friend of mine since I'll never watch them when I have the disc itself. Besides, as I get older, my arthritis is making browsing through an app a painful endeavor. It's so much easier to look over my physical collection and just grabbing something to watch.
I actually recently decided to put the money I pay to streaming services towards physical media. I didn't realize how out of hand I was spending for stuff I didn't own. I now could buy multiple movies/shows a month and still have money over. And I'll love seeing them on my shelves again
Charity shops are a godsend. I frequently see them selling DVDs and CDs for 20p or even 10p each. That's 5 to 10 films and/or music albums for £1 which when you consider that they were going on for £10 each new in the 90's and 00's, it's an absolute bargain.
@@kritpickproductions Im also an allrounder and I dont buy digital at all. Have a lot of both dvds, blu rays and physical games. If a game dosnt get a physical release, then im not getting it.
After The Dune Part Two steelbook sold out in a matter of minutes, I would say, the amount of Blu-ray collections are growing. Especially Steelbooks or Special Editions.
1st physical media doesn’t buffer. 2. Removing “free” movies I haven’t bought can slip past me…. Removing something I paid extra money for to keep in my library becomes a problem
They need to put laws in place to make all movies that get cancelled become available online and become public domain. Especially if they don’t have a valid reason for it.
Yup. I hate when warner bro's introduces a good tv show and after 1 season they end it on a cliffhanger & cancel all future projects. They got me addicted to "The Secret Circle" and every tv show after followed the same formula to some degree. It made me so skeptical to watch new stuff that I would wait atleast 2-3 seasons for a new tv show before I even dial in to watch it on a streaming platform.
I've been volunteering at a charity store and we have a big collection of dvds to sell. I always end up buying one or two every time I work and it usually adds up 3 or 4 pounds for 5 dvds because of the employee discount. I already have yhe two starwars trilogies, Lord of the rings and chronicals of narnia. I highly recommend anyone who lives in England to do this, because physical media is much better and more reliable. Also buy a good dvd player. Its worth it.
Physical media is important, and I recently had a brush with why with the recent bankruptcy of Roosterteeth, a small machinima and animation studio known for RWBY and Red vs. Blue. Their stuff had once been accessible every place, and I do mean everyplace. Their own website, youtube, netflix, amazon prime, tubi, and probably others I've never heard of. Then they sold out to a large company and access slowly became more restricted particularly as their profit margins apparently dried up, and now that they're completely gone a lot of their stuff is hard to find...well...legally at least. Fans have done a decent job at archiving much of their stuff, though I'm unclear on how legal it all is. But regardless, I will always have my hard copies of Red vs. Blue and no company can take THAT away from me.
I own plenty of dvds. My niece who's a toddler loves them and often requests for me to put on avatar since we have the whole box set. She also likes looking at the art inside. Can’t do that with streaming.
I've been buying movies since the 00s started collecting early 2010s now I'm mostly just curating my collection with boutiques and 4K starting to phase out my dvds
Let me give an example from 2013 that wasn't streaming but is still technically lost media: Surviving Jack by FOX--it's never gotten a DVD release, the copies on youtube have been scrubbed, and I've only been able to find (and quickly download) the first four episodes of its eight-episode run. Recently, it's anything disney released on disney channel or XD--no DVD releases, you have to pirate it. Not to mention the fact that "complete" collections like for Kim Possible don't have the whole series--that particular example does not have the last two seasons. I have always loved physical media and felt that streaming was a scam, and my best investment was a converter so our VCRs can communicate with the new TVs. I'll concede to pirating a digital copy when I can't get a physical copy, but physical is always preferred because I love seeing it on the shelf.
The big issue I have right now with streaming is that it's slowly becoming the only way of watching films and that these companies are actively taking away the option to buy films physically. And it's not just with movies. We have a lot of Games on consoles which don't even have the full game on them. Physical games for PC have basically become abandoned, and the only way to buy them is through digital platforms. Sure, they're still around, but all they have in them is just a code of the game inside the empty cases, which makes them completely useless. Having the option really matters to me, and just removing it entirely because it's not selling as well as streaming or digital is what really makes me upset about all of this. I do hope that in the future, this will change, and these companies will finally wake up to this problem.
I was going to go into the whole gaming and music industry part of it, especially considering the rumours that Microsoft are shutting down their physical games department but since this is a film channel, I thought I'd stick to that. But yeah, I agree with everything you said. Thank you for watching homie.
I love physical media. It’s sad that people are so into streaming now. Streaming costs even more money than you think, and you have to pay and pay every month or year. Plus you don’t own any of the content. A good person like you and me should keep all of our VHS tapes, DVDs, Blu rays, etc. for the rest of our lives. I’m that way with music, too. Wish we could be just like our parents and grandparents and have a whole library of videos and audio recordings to choose from at home like the good old days. Thank you for this video.
All streaming services combined were totaling just under 30€ for me, I unsubscribed from everything except Spotify and will now buy physical movies each month.
I’ve been saying this for years! My friends would always laugh cause I’d always buy my favorite dvds, games and CDs. Now they look at my collection in awe and appreciation cause they just now are getting into buying physical media. Edit: what really woke my friends up to physical media was Community on Netflix and how they removed the DnD episode. I was able to bring my copy of the physical series to watch that episode with them.
I no longer have patience for digital streaming services and digital books. For me, all digital media is useless, it is much worse than recyclable trash. The best thing you can have is the importance of collecting physical media and books and comics in physical format. I have already canceled my Netflix subscription, my Amazon Prime subscription and of course Shudder. I no longer have the patience to tolerate low content productions in the catalogs of these platforms. As an autistic young man of almost 24 years of age, I always say this. Since I was born in the year 2000, I have always been taught that physical media (DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs) are better than physical media (DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs), thanks to my parents, grandparents, cousins, uncles and of course my friends from school and even my younger sister. DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs will be 10 thousand times better and much more evolved than digital streaming crap. Nothing will come close to the media. physics and physical comic books, long live physical media.
I'm fully on board to going back to buying physical copies where possible. Movies, TV shows, games, even music CDs, not just with the nightmare of streaming services as it is right now, but just it's kind of nice having this thing I love be in my home, to watch any time (especially even if the internet goes down). We do it for books, why not movies? I can always buy more shelves
I…*LOVE* physical media, I’ve been collecting DVDs and physical copies of games for years now (almost a decade to be exact) I had more DVDs when I was younger, but once we got to streaming my parents sold almost all of them. Luckily I still have a few, and my collection is growing. I’m trying to get back those movies that my family owned back then. And fun fact, my family used to have our own home movie theatre in our basement. It wasn’t very big, but it was so fun and cozy. I remember watching movies and playing the Wii down there for hours as a kid, I miss that theater :’( maybe someday, I can make a theater like that in my own house (if I ever get one, I wish I could get the money for it) also, I absolutely despise greedy, scummy, corruptions. We need to take a stand and get them off their high horse, bring them back to reality (because I feel like they’re so far up there but that they need a slap across the face…or a kick in the crotch)
These companies rely on subscriber growth month after month but the issue is there’s a finite amount of consumers out there. You can’t realistically expect continual growth like that. It will peak. It will tapper off. But these companies can’t comprehend that.
There are only 3 reasons why I haven't been collecting movies in physical form (I have only been watching movies more regularly for about 5 years): - I always thought physical copies are pretty expensive because I did'nt know there were good second habnd options avaible - Since I haven't started collecting them I haven't invested in a device for playing it - I still don't like the fact that they take up space because as a student I don't have a lot of space to spare but that might change soon too Thanks to videos like yours I see more and more incentive to start building my own collection
5:36 you gotta really feel for the animators. That shit takes time. Real shame, cause Willy is my favorite loony toons character. Him and Rode runner are hilarious.
The scene at the end of jumper when he goes to see his mum snow looked so real you could touch. Always remember adjust you're settings on TV as factory's setting awful. Physical forever don't get the extraS on blu ray to
There are defiantly pros and cons to both. Physical media is just cool to own alone, plus you get extras, like CD booklets or bonus film scenes or interviews, etc. I've always appreciated the box art too, not just the cover but the spine, back and even the inside when it's there. On the flip side, streaming services make it easier to discover things you might not usually have tried out, since viewing something new comes at no extra cost. As for music services, Spotify has made it so much easier for me to get into things that I couldn't find in HMV (though I could easily order online nowadays). Furthermore, I live in a tiny student room at present and I just don't have the space to store much physical media. Not will all the boxes and booklets, that's for sure. There's a discussion to be had around piracy, too. It's not optimal, but it's surprisingly good at preserving lost media.
Streaming is garbage 🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢made people lazyyyyy and want everything freee music 🎶 and movies 🎥 is a art it was meant to be bought not free alit of this new generation got used to that But at the end of the day u own a cell phone 📱 😅😅😅 not the music or movie 🫣🫣
I love it when I can have both physical and digital when buying it at the same time. I generally prefer watching through disc but sometimes I’m out of the house and want to watch something and don’t have a disc player so I’ll just pull up my digital copy 👌
I think that streaming services have a place as it allows more people to give a wide variety of films a go because they have access to it and don’t have to worry about spending money to buy or rent something they don’t like. HOWEVER, I usually find myself getting physical versions of the films I love the most just to ensure I permanently have access to them
Absolutely, I have quite a lot, and steelbooks too but it is definitely expensive, but regular collections are so awesome too, I love seeing people's collections and buys
I agree about physical media I also love it I have a ton of DVDs and blu-rays of classic movies that I like to watch and video games I only ever get physical video games if I know I'm going to play it more than once and I have quite a physical game collection that I hope continues for as long as possible as long as we support physical media
Yeah, I didn't mention it really but I have loads of retro consoles and my physical game collection is huge. I'm just a fan of physical media all round.
Not to mention that Blu-ray releases are much higher quality than even the 4K streams on the streaming services because the videos on them are on much higher bitrate.
If you're not a stickler for the condition of the box, I highly recommend thrift stores for picking up physical media. Sometimes the selection is awful, but you can find some gems in there. Even then, you can find really popular movies that you've been meaning to see - in my case, I found a copy of Watchmen on Blu-Ray at my local thrift store for $3. The case was a bit banged up, but the disc was in great shape and still played just fine. Sometimes, you'll get a disc that's a dud because it's too damaged, but it's still worth checking out. And, if you're a more serious physical media guy than me you probably either have a disc resurfacer, or know someone who can resurface your discs for you.
@@danieltaylor4185 In the UK we have a chain store called Cex which sells second hand physical media in games and movies, I get a lot from there, way cheaper than new but I still buy some stuff new too. I'm always an advocate of second-hand stuff!
Love physical media, started a collection two years ago but decided to stop and sell off some of it. I just feel like in 10/20 years time, the best way to watch movies will be with a VR type headset, or if not, it will be on a giant screen that has no outlets for blu-ray players. So basically, the movies I love would be better watched not on physical media. Returning to disks for some nostalgia every now and then will be nice, but I just didn't seem worth collecting hundreds of movies for. That was my rough thoughts around stopping my collection, I'm happy to hear other options on it though
I always prefer to get a physical release when possible. Not everything is available on streaming, and I like building my collection. The reason why I’m still rocking my iPod and use my iTunes library more than my Spotify account is that my iTunes is a library of all the music I own physically, either on CD or Vinyl (even if the latter aren’t including digital downloads as much anymore).
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I always find physical media better than streaming
Same
Same. They just made the movies stand out more.
Same
So do I.
streaming is bad quality
The fact that streaming services are unstable, along with the fact people really don't record them means at some point there'll possibly be a LOT of lost media.
It's harder to record shows on streaming service sites than to rip a cd, which is why people don't do it anymore.
Nah, not as long as pirates exist. They are the true "media historians".
@@lunayen how do they record on streaming? With screen record?
You're right about all of this
I don't mind watching movies/Tv shows on streaming services but there's a reason I don't trust it 100%
Just like digital photos,once you delete it, it's gone forever
My father burned all my childhood photos and videos when he left which he couldn’t have done if we have had copies on the cloud, so trust me, physical media can absolutely be « gone forever » as well. Not defending digital by the way, just saying that having multiple storing solutions is better.
But they won't be lost by means of EMP or solar flares. Fires, decay, photodegredation. Books, papers, CDs, DVDs, they will last as long as you need them so long as they are kept someplace cool, dark, and dry.@@c0mpu73rguy
Not true, it can be recovered. It's still there for a little bit, but it slowly gets overwritten and replaced by new data, until it's gone eventually.
I wished I never got rid of my sci-fi tv show called "Continuum" I used to own all 4 seasons on dvd, but now they're out of print and can't stream it anywhere.
unless you delete on a computer then it goes into the recyle bin and you just get back from it. and found the streaming serves lie about there quality of there video when streaming them and are true 1080p or true 4K.
I babysat for a woman a few years ago and she had a whole wall of DVDs. Movies, shows, etc. There's something magical about browsing a whole wall of DVDs to find something to watch and see what a person likes that you can't really get from browsing Netflix or other streaming services.
I got 2 seasons worth of Supernatural in through that babysitting gig over several sittings in one summer thanks to her having the box set.
My sister also collects DVDs and it's really nice just picking out what we wanna see right away from a smaller collection of movies than scroll for an hour on a streaming service.
I also used to love finding DVDs on sale over ten years ago. I didn't have much money back then as a 19 year old having just moved out, so buying DVDs and games in physical copies was how I treated myself to fun at the time. I should go back to that. There's something special about having a movie collection catered to your own interests instead of browsing endlessly on Netflix for something to watch.
There really is something beautiful about scanning your own curated collection of movies, they look cool and will always be yours. I hope you do get back into it, thanks for watching :)
I use to have a decent size dvd collection of 3-400 movies / tv shows. Just like with streaming. Decision fatigue was annoying. I ended up downsizing my collection. I now have a small collection of 4k titles of mainly just franchise films that I like and a few movies that don't have sequels. I've mainly been buying blu-rays that don't have a 4k release or tv shows.
Netflix is temporary; DVDs are eternal.
Heads up, dvds do deteriorate over time. Something about layers separating. Soooo back up your dvds on like a hard drive or something, and _then_ they can last forever (until the hard drive breaks, at which point you would hopefully have made a backup of said backup).
@@thatonepossum5766yea true but like how often does that really happen
@@johnnyo429 apparently often enough to be documented. Dvds aren’t forever, unfortunately. You can look it up if you don’t believe me.
No they're not
Until disc rot came. At 30 yr spans. Or bad disc in few years already rot
Physical media grows more and more important as times passes, they want to make sure we truly own nothing 😔😡🤬😤
True this is the so call:
"YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY"
As a minimalist I don't really mind not owning a lot of stuff, but when it comes to physical media it bothers me whether it be video games, music, tv shows, or movies. If I had the space I would go back to collecting again.
@@b4rs629 True specially thoses Whos either it was only released in Physical, it was only released Digital in a Digital Store that is gonna shut down soon (Like the Digital Store of the Xbox 360 the Month of July of 2024) or it has its servers all shut down (Like Overwatch 1 which was a Always Online Multiplayer game)
I wont happen m8 trust me the nwo wont happen
I lost my physical media in a wildfire in 2018 and switched to streaming afterward, but I’m over it. Now I’m having a ball curating a new collection!
Good luck with it! Sorry to hear you lost your last one
I initially assumed that streaming would grow until everything ever produced was available online, so I didn’t buy physical media. What I didn’t anticipate was that past films would be edited to conform to current social norms. It started with children’s cartoons, but when it reached The French Connection I changed my mind and started buying my favorite movies on discs.
Yup. I used to collect dvds fresh out of high school in 2012. I started using netflix in 2013 and it was amazing discovering movies & tv shows I would've never watched if I had to buy it. Before I would watch old & new release movies / tv shows uploaded to websites back when I was teenager b/c I didn't have money. Reminds me of when walmart censored cd's I had bought a copy of Hollywood Undead's debut album and didn't realize until I threw in my cd player it was censored.
I'm glad I bought most of my favorites on 4k when I had the chance before the prices went up.
I have 805 in my collection, I also work in a second hand store where physical media is one of our best sellers I love chatting with other collectors and love it when the gen z come in wanting to start a collection, love giving them recommendations, I get to live out my dream of working in a video rental store
That's awesome. I feel like I would really enjoy that type of work as well.
That’s great. 👍
I can’t imagine how James Gunn and the other creators of Coyote Vs.Acme feel about their hard work, their blood, sweat and tears, thousands if not millions of hours of work all gone and they don’t even get to keep a copy of the movie.
I've started buying my favorite albums on CD. Spotify is cool and awesome for music discovery. but it just feels nice knowing you own the things you like. Music is a bit easier to "acquire" digitally (ripping CDs checked out from the library anyone?) but I'm hopeful music and movies will continue to be available physically.
Yeah, the other day they removed The legend OST and now i'm fucked, You never know!
For real, the collection of my CDs (real CD-ROMs) is my library and has always been.
Pirating:🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
Yeah I get albums on CD or casette for the ones I like the most. And they're pretty cheap too
As someone who’s Autistic I will buy my comfort shows on DVD and blueray allowing me to watch them over and over again.
ive had asd
Preach
but sadly better to rip your dvds to your pc since your dvds will get disc rot.
@@azurekite3870no they won’t get disc rot. Stop blatantly lying
I have never stopped buying cds and vinyl albums. I find it so important to look at the artistic photos that accompany the music. This side of buying music has been lost to the newer generation. It’s like missing out on the total experience of listening to a new album. I know I will not change the world, but I will support my favourite artists until it becomes impossible to buy physical music. When they stop selling albums on cds and vinyl, I have so much accumulated that I can satisfy my needs with what I have. ✌
Same here Physicsl media forever movies and music is great to own 📀📀💿💿💿🙏🙏🙏💴💴💴💴
Physical Media >>>>>>> Streaming
Thanks for spreading the word!
I love movies and will keep on buying them in physical form for the following reasons
1. picture and sound quality is better
2. they can't censor the movies I own
3. you don't own anything if you buy it digitaly as they can take it back from you (yes sony I am looking at you)
4. the streaming service can remove the movie from their streaming service
5. streaming is not owning
6. Independence from rising prices.
7. No ads, although you pay for the service (I believe this will become worse over time.) or you have to put up with rising prices in an even faster way.
8. I think they even change music in series or movies sometimes due to licensing reasons.
9. If you buy a physical copy you support the creators more directly.
3. Here here!🎉
Almost point let’s keep physical media alive people 🙏🙏🙏📀📀
We own an entire VHS collection and absolutely love it. We get to display them, collect them, watch them with people we love. The vintage previews are awesome and the casings are cool. We love collecting movies from our childhood and showing it to our kids. Super cool and fun
I never got rid of my dvd collection which I started to collect as a pre-teen. While my peers moved to streaming services and threw away their physical dvds, I kept collecting. Mainly because I tried Netflix a couple of times at my friends place and it was a nightmare to find anything to watch while scrolling like it wasn't enjoyable at all, I couldn't stand the idea that suddenly one of my comfort series or movies might weren't available anymore, because it just didn't feel the same as having the physical copy on your hands, and also I'm a sucker for all the extras and couldn't believe no-one missed them while using the streaming services.
It's weird to see everyone starting to collect dvds and blue rays again like a some new trend, while I was enjoying the hobby all along with a very limited budget while they kept paying their pricey monthly fees and telling me I'm outdated 😂
Same here streaming is garbage 🗑️ 🤮🤮🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮
And let’s not forget DVDs and Blurays
Have extra stuff like Interviews or BTS of the project itself
Plus, they have the entire movie or show instead of a made for TV version
Me and my Brother never stopped collecting physical media, even when the streaming services started taking over, I do hope that Sony now releases Disney+ shows on Blu Ray now.
The Goodwill finds are always essential
That one guy’s collection in the video is pretty great.
There's a reason it was chosen
I don't have the space or money (or desire tbh) for a big collection of physical media, but with all the deleting shenanigans I've decided to start a small collection of my all time favorite shows and movies, those few comfort things that I come back to over and over
Storage is definitely the biggest factor, in my opinion, so I completely understand that. I would say it's worth owning your most favourite things though, just in case. I hate the feeling of going to watch something you love and not being able to find it anywhere, yes the high seas are available but that can be time consuming if you're not already prepped for it, so just owning even a little of what you love is definitely worth it.
I did this as well. I sold off my dvd collection in 2019 with the idea to start over with 4k. I wished I didn't though as I had some niche tv shows that are out of print and aren't available on any streaming platform.
@@kritpickproductions Have you ever seen "The Legend of the Seeker" or "Continuum"? I used to own it, but it's now out of print and not available for streaming.
Magnum PI I love to watch ( the 80’s series) not streaming or on TV in my region. So buying on DVD or blu ray is the only option. And no I’m not opening an extra streaming account to watch it. I rather buy it.
You can always check out your local library for more options that you don't have to buy
I agree. My friend recently got me into collecting DVDs, we go around charity shops and CEX type stores and I’ve bought a few on eBay. On average I’ve probably paid £1 per film and I’ve really enjoyed hunting for them. I wouldn’t be surprised in a year or two the most sought after films start becoming quite rare. Even blockbuster films like Terminator 2, I’ve only seen one copy in all the shops I’ve been in and it was a really battered copy.
Glad to hear you're getting into it, I frequent Cex, charity shops and HMV every weekend and I think sales are going to start going back up honestly. With Oppenheimer completely selling out when it dropped, I think it's clear there's still a good market and with more people like you, it's only gonna grow
I bought Terminator 2 off eBay for £2.20 earlier today.
I’ve seen it a couple of times since I posted that too. It was just an example of a hugely popular film that I haven’t seen around much considering it would have sold millions of copies.
Try finding a copy of dogma if you can.
Streaming come and goes but physical Media forever🎉
not even that data rot can effect optical media sadly, unless congress forces companies to ensure a physical copy is sent to the libary of congress for data preservation then idk
Is that a quote from person of interest?
@@travisdonotsuscribegototjs9323 That would be brilliant, but knowing our corporate politicians they won't.
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
When I was a teenager I used to download songs on my old computer from music and archives websites back in the 2000s, before streaming came along. On my computer there were more than 5000 songs that I downloaded more than 10 and 20 years ago, some songs even dated back from the late 90s. Now I have copied all those songs on my notebook and edited some of them, fixing the metadata such as the title of the song, the album, putting the corresponding image, the year the album was released, the genre of the song, etc.
Although they are not physical media, but files, they have the same functionality, since I can listen to my songs whenever I want, without being subscribed to a streaming service or being connected to the Internet, which makes me highly value all the songs that I downloaded in particular, and physical media in general. We have to keep physical media alive.
I just went to the last blockbuster store in world and I'll never forget that. I am glad I am not the only one who prefers physical ones.
Very sick. Glad we've all kind of found each other under this vid
3 years ago popular bluray titles on ebay were $3-7, now the same titles (on bluray) are $10-20 in 2024. People are realizing physical is better in pretty much every way. And that's not even mentioning 4k blurays. But I have several bluray disc's that look superior to the UHD streaming version. Audio is always better on physical as well.
Pawn shops are by far the cheapest place to score blurays. They pay about .50 cents per bluray when they buy them so if you buy multiple at a time they'll likely sell then around $1-4 per movie
It's frustrating that alot of the shows and movies I WANT to own never get a physical release and the only was to watch them is to keep being stuck to more than one streaming platform.
If they themselves refuse to release a physical version then creating one is transformative enough it should have the right to exist.
I purchased this cheap collection of Noir films amounting to 100 movies. Then, I realized I don't have Batman:TAS and bought that now my collection is complete.
Ever dance with the devil in the cool moonlight?
My favourite thing about Physical Media is the ability to get your favourite films/tv shows/games autographed by the people who work on or appear in them.
I’ve already got six of the actors from Red Dead Redemption II to autograph my copy of the game.
I love buying physical, it’s a special event to unpack and watch something that I bought and supported myself. I feel connected with the films when I put them on my shelf and I know I’ll be going back to watch them again, and I’ll always have a variety of films in front of me that I feel connected to. I’ll always be able to find something that I know I’ll enjoy. My movie collection is at over 200 and growing and my love of cinema continues to grow as well.
I started buying Blu Ray again. I was always against relying solely on streaming for my favorite movies and shows. After what just happened with AT&T it further reinforces my belief in physical media.
I never gave up my DVD collection or switched to streaming. I like having a movie and TV library catered solely for me. I also like knowing my DVDs can't be censored or edited like so much media is now. I also don't like to rent. I like to own things, not pay the rich for what they will always own.
I never stopped collecting - I have CD, vinyl, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray, UHD BD, and a handful of VHS. My collection is always going up and down, and right now my movie / TV collection sits at around 2000 titles. My biggest problem is actually that so much non-mainstream stuff is coming out on physical media that I don't have money or space for it all.
As an Infinity Train fan, I'm glad you mention it. And yes, the instability of streaming is indeed awful.
i absolutely own physical media and will continue to purchase more as often as i can . physical media for life 💯👍
Buying DVDs from and old shop wich is full of them is such a vibe
Yezzir, love that shit. Doing it in 2 days too
This is why I want The Replacements TV series, The Owl House, and Amphibia to get a complete box set. All three are some of my favorite Disney TVA shows that haven't gotten a series box set.
I like Gravity Falls which is why I bought the box set from Shout Factory back in 2018.
I always had a pretty large home video collection but I kinda let my collecting slide the last 10 years due to streaming. Now I have cancelled all the streaming and am back to using that same 30 to 40 dollars to just pick up dvds/blu-ray. I am sad a lot of the streaming shows will never get a legit release though.
I agree with everything in this video 100%, and would add that the preference for physical media should absolutely extend to music and video games too.
Dang I really thought physical media were things of the 2000s and early to mid 2010s but I guess they will be just as useful in the 2020s and 2030s.
We can't let it die as an industry, private collections are the best method of preserving film now as companies definitely do not care enough to even pretend
@@kritpickproductionsi still got the one of the first copies of X-men Days Of Future Past
Just the 2000's? Are you kidding? There has been physical media for over one hundred years. Record albums are physical media, so are VHS and Beta tapes, laser discs, books and many other things. You age is not an excuse to not know some very basic things.
You must of been born yesterday
@@iwouldntlikemeeither I was born september 1st 2010.
I never got rid of my physical media collection, but I did stop buying things for a while during the golden age of streaming. About 12 months ago I started buying physical media again. It is very cheap to get used DVD's. I'm slowly cancelling streaming services, so I'm going to be relying on them more and more.
Great video and I fully agree on the importance of physical media. I have a music collection on CD that I intend to keep forever, and hopefully there will always be players available for me to enjoy it.
They will, but probably not cheap like vinyl players.
great video hitting all the important points! I have a small cd collection of albums I love & started this collection mainly because I didn't want to see any of these songs or albums disappear from streaming services like I've seen with random songs. I wanted to own what I love & it's so much more fulfilling listening on a cd player than opening an app
Physical media are needed for the preservation of movies and shows that will guarantee it longer lasting power. For me, personally buying a physical copies of a movie or show means that it had rightfully earned a place in my heart, while its one thing to go for digital and streaming show or movies cause it can come and go. Which is why it will always have a place in my heart. If people are saying otherwise then you can bet that they want us to suffer through another gigantic lost of movies and shows. Dont believe me, just look at how many percentage of films made in the very and very early 1900 to 1930 and you will see what I am talking about.
Now I am not saying digital or streaming is bad or anything or the fact that I dislike it. I believe streaming and digital can allow people to know and watch more show. But physical media should never be pushed aside as something of the past. You never know nor appreciate what you have until its gone forever
This video explains everything about physical media. The thing about streaming is that your favorite show or movie will be on the streaming service, but then, it will get removed eventually. Another aspect, especially in Disney’s case is the theaters. People have relied on Disney Plus to add the theatrical released movies to streaming after 2 months of being in theaters. People have said, “Why see it in theaters? Just wait for it to come to Disney Plus.”. I think Streaming is bringing movies and shows into a dark aspect where it’s like the older days. You don’t get to own your favorite shows or movies, and instead, you have to wait for it to come on. I hope that doesn’t happen at all. Physical Media is better. I always knew there was something very special about it, even at the time when people didn’t realize that.
Started my collection 3 weeks ago and now I got 80 movies between dvd and blu ray same with my games collection
I have just come off streaming, now look for old DVDs and boxsets in charity shops for a couple of quid. Fun fact, I have found every single charity shop in the UK seems to have a full boxset of 24.
Finally someone is expressing concern and talking about this, I'm a HUGE dvd/Blu-ray/VHS fan and I have 300+ dvds/Blu-rays/VHES of my own and am still collecting them to this very day, I feel like NOBODY is expressing any concern about this or has enough appreciation for physical media anymore at this point and it saddens me that no one has enough appreciation for this, and that big stores like target, Safeway, Walmart etc. Are limiting their dvd sections more and more as days go on and it seems like the only place in my state that isn't doing that is entertainmart which just makes me sad and sorry if I sound crazy saying this but, I feel like some day all the internet across the world will go out for days and days at a time but by then everyone will have already thrown out their physical media and will have NOTHING to watch especially since streaming channels and $h!t like that requires INTERNET!!! AKA something that we will not have during that time period, while dvds and Blu-rays and VHES, all you need is a working tv (something that 95% of households have) and a dvd/Blu-ray/VHS player and barely any internet whatsoever :D Not to mention the fact that dvds/Blu-rays and VHES have sooooo many great qualities streaming won't give you like bonus features, trailers, if you have disney dvds they'll give you mini games etc. :D
Thanks for spending your time reading this, bye-bye now!!!
A lot of people have been talking about this on youtube.. It's just not popular as it used to be. I started recollecting by upgrading by buying my favorites on 4k in 2019. I'm glad I did it when I did because the prices are higher than what they were.
I'm going into the digital age of movies kicking and screaming! I own over 1,000 of them on DVD, Blu-ray, and in 4K. I actually went to Etsy and got "Barbarian" on Blu-ray when I found out that it wasn't getting a physical disc because I don't want to depend on an Internet connection to watch a movie. In fact, I give my digital copies to a friend of mine since I'll never watch them when I have the disc itself. Besides, as I get older, my arthritis is making browsing through an app a painful endeavor. It's so much easier to look over my physical collection and just grabbing something to watch.
I actually recently decided to put the money I pay to streaming services towards physical media. I didn't realize how out of hand I was spending for stuff I didn't own. I now could buy multiple movies/shows a month and still have money over. And I'll love seeing them on my shelves again
Charity shops are a godsend. I frequently see them selling DVDs and CDs for 20p or even 10p each. That's 5 to 10 films and/or music albums for £1 which when you consider that they were going on for £10 each new in the 90's and 00's, it's an absolute bargain.
Books are still the ultimate physical media as long as you can read it even if no cover and torn pages there's no such thing as a damaged book.
I see more people finally waking up to the importance of physical movies. I just wish the same would happen with videogames as well
I'm an all-rounder, I have a big physical game collection, vinyl, CD and books. Preservation is key, to me.
@@kritpickproductions Im also an allrounder and I dont buy digital at all. Have a lot of both dvds, blu rays and physical games. If a game dosnt get a physical release, then im not getting it.
After your video ended, a Disney, Max, and Hulu commercial popped up.
After The Dune Part Two steelbook sold out in a matter of minutes, I would say, the amount of Blu-ray collections are growing. Especially Steelbooks or Special Editions.
1st physical media doesn’t buffer. 2. Removing “free” movies I haven’t bought can slip past me…. Removing something I paid extra money for to keep in my library becomes a problem
They need to put laws in place to make all movies that get cancelled become available online and become public domain. Especially if they don’t have a valid reason for it.
Yup. I hate when warner bro's introduces a good tv show and after 1 season they end it on a cliffhanger & cancel all future projects.
They got me addicted to "The Secret Circle" and every tv show after followed the same formula to some degree.
It made me so skeptical to watch new stuff that I would wait atleast 2-3 seasons for a new tv show before I even dial in to watch it on a streaming platform.
I've been volunteering at a charity store and we have a big collection of dvds to sell. I always end up buying one or two every time I work and it usually adds up 3 or 4 pounds for 5 dvds because of the employee discount. I already have yhe two starwars trilogies, Lord of the rings and chronicals of narnia. I highly recommend anyone who lives in England to do this, because physical media is much better and more reliable. Also buy a good dvd player. Its worth it.
Physical media is important, and I recently had a brush with why with the recent bankruptcy of Roosterteeth, a small machinima and animation studio known for RWBY and Red vs. Blue. Their stuff had once been accessible every place, and I do mean everyplace. Their own website, youtube, netflix, amazon prime, tubi, and probably others I've never heard of. Then they sold out to a large company and access slowly became more restricted particularly as their profit margins apparently dried up, and now that they're completely gone a lot of their stuff is hard to find...well...legally at least. Fans have done a decent job at archiving much of their stuff, though I'm unclear on how legal it all is. But regardless, I will always have my hard copies of Red vs. Blue and no company can take THAT away from me.
I own plenty of dvds. My niece who's a toddler loves them and often requests for me to put on avatar since we have the whole box set. She also likes looking at the art inside. Can’t do that with streaming.
Which avatar? 🤨
@@freeamericanthinker558 The last Airbender. I should’ve specified 💀
I've only had like one or two Blu-rays. Everybody who likes physical media seems to like Blu-rays, but I've only had traditional DVDs.
Blu-Rays just tend to be higher quality and smaller storage, I always go Blu-Ray as standard and 4K if I can, but I still own 100s of DVDs
I've been buying movies since the 00s started collecting early 2010s now I'm mostly just curating my collection with boutiques and 4K starting to phase out my dvds
I'm doing the exact same thing, hoping to replace all of my DVDs with at least standard Blu Rays, better if I can
Let me give an example from 2013 that wasn't streaming but is still technically lost media: Surviving Jack by FOX--it's never gotten a DVD release, the copies on youtube have been scrubbed, and I've only been able to find (and quickly download) the first four episodes of its eight-episode run. Recently, it's anything disney released on disney channel or XD--no DVD releases, you have to pirate it. Not to mention the fact that "complete" collections like for Kim Possible don't have the whole series--that particular example does not have the last two seasons.
I have always loved physical media and felt that streaming was a scam, and my best investment was a converter so our VCRs can communicate with the new TVs. I'll concede to pirating a digital copy when I can't get a physical copy, but physical is always preferred because I love seeing it on the shelf.
The big issue I have right now with streaming is that it's slowly becoming the only way of watching films and that these companies are actively taking away the option to buy films physically. And it's not just with movies. We have a lot of Games on consoles which don't even have the full game on them. Physical games for PC have basically become abandoned, and the only way to buy them is through digital platforms. Sure, they're still around, but all they have in them is just a code of the game inside the empty cases, which makes them completely useless. Having the option really matters to me, and just removing it entirely because it's not selling as well as streaming or digital is what really makes me upset about all of this. I do hope that in the future, this will change, and these companies will finally wake up to this problem.
I was going to go into the whole gaming and music industry part of it, especially considering the rumours that Microsoft are shutting down their physical games department but since this is a film channel, I thought I'd stick to that. But yeah, I agree with everything you said. Thank you for watching homie.
@kritpickproductions Your welcome, and thanks for understanding my option.
I love physical media. It’s sad that people are so into streaming now. Streaming costs even more money than you think, and you have to pay and pay every month or year. Plus you don’t own any of the content. A good person like you and me should keep all of our VHS tapes, DVDs, Blu rays, etc. for the rest of our lives. I’m that way with music, too. Wish we could be just like our parents and grandparents and have a whole library of videos and audio recordings to choose from at home like the good old days. Thank you for this video.
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
Amen! Preach on, Brother! 👍
I also love the idea that if I don’t have internet service , I can still watch physical media with a player & tv over my speakers
All streaming services combined were totaling just under 30€ for me, I unsubscribed from everything except Spotify and will now buy physical movies each month.
Just realized this is a new channel, great video and good luck!
I believe shows like Infinity trains and other's weren't write offs but removed to avoid paying residual checks
I’ve been saying this for years! My friends would always laugh cause I’d always buy my favorite dvds, games and CDs. Now they look at my collection in awe and appreciation cause they just now are getting into buying physical media.
Edit: what really woke my friends up to physical media was Community on Netflix and how they removed the DnD episode. I was able to bring my copy of the physical series to watch that episode with them.
This is actually part of why I love books so much. They’re the cheapest, most accessible form of media. All you need is a library card.
I no longer have patience for digital streaming services and digital books. For me, all digital media is useless, it is much worse than recyclable trash. The best thing you can have is the importance of collecting physical media and books and comics in physical format. I have already canceled my Netflix subscription, my Amazon Prime subscription and of course Shudder. I no longer have the patience to tolerate low content productions in the catalogs of these platforms. As an autistic young man of almost 24 years of age, I always say this. Since I was born in the year 2000, I have always been taught that physical media (DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs) are better than physical media (DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs), thanks to my parents, grandparents, cousins, uncles and of course my friends from school and even my younger sister. DVDs, Blu-rays and CDs will be 10 thousand times better and much more evolved than digital streaming crap. Nothing will come close to the media. physics and physical comic books, long live physical media.
I'm fully on board to going back to buying physical copies where possible. Movies, TV shows, games, even music CDs, not just with the nightmare of streaming services as it is right now, but just it's kind of nice having this thing I love be in my home, to watch any time (especially even if the internet goes down). We do it for books, why not movies? I can always buy more shelves
I never stopped buying physical media
I…*LOVE* physical media, I’ve been collecting DVDs and physical copies of games for years now (almost a decade to be exact) I had more DVDs when I was younger, but once we got to streaming my parents sold almost all of them. Luckily I still have a few, and my collection is growing. I’m trying to get back those movies that my family owned back then. And fun fact, my family used to have our own home movie theatre in our basement. It wasn’t very big, but it was so fun and cozy. I remember watching movies and playing the Wii down there for hours as a kid, I miss that theater :’( maybe someday, I can make a theater like that in my own house (if I ever get one, I wish I could get the money for it) also, I absolutely despise greedy, scummy, corruptions. We need to take a stand and get them off their high horse, bring them back to reality (because I feel like they’re so far up there but that they need a slap across the face…or a kick in the crotch)
These companies rely on subscriber growth month after month but the issue is there’s a finite amount of consumers out there. You can’t realistically expect continual growth like that. It will peak. It will tapper off. But these companies can’t comprehend that.
Thanks for this - great video and points!
Nice, well b in put together video 👍
Thank you!
@@kritpickproductions np
There are only 3 reasons why I haven't been collecting movies in physical form (I have only been watching movies more regularly for about 5 years):
- I always thought physical copies are pretty expensive because I did'nt know there were good second habnd options avaible
- Since I haven't started collecting them I haven't invested in a device for playing it
- I still don't like the fact that they take up space because as a student I don't have a lot of space to spare but that might change soon too
Thanks to videos like yours I see more and more incentive to start building my own collection
5:36 you gotta really feel for the animators. That shit takes time. Real shame, cause Willy is my favorite loony toons character. Him and Rode runner are hilarious.
The scene at the end of jumper when he goes to see his mum snow looked so real you could touch. Always remember adjust you're settings on TV as factory's setting awful. Physical forever don't get the extraS on blu ray to
Love film and TV to hold a disc is the best, speed my days off going through charity shops
There are defiantly pros and cons to both. Physical media is just cool to own alone, plus you get extras, like CD booklets or bonus film scenes or interviews, etc. I've always appreciated the box art too, not just the cover but the spine, back and even the inside when it's there.
On the flip side, streaming services make it easier to discover things you might not usually have tried out, since viewing something new comes at no extra cost. As for music services, Spotify has made it so much easier for me to get into things that I couldn't find in HMV (though I could easily order online nowadays). Furthermore, I live in a tiny student room at present and I just don't have the space to store much physical media. Not will all the boxes and booklets, that's for sure.
There's a discussion to be had around piracy, too. It's not optimal, but it's surprisingly good at preserving lost media.
Streaming is garbage 🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢made people lazyyyyy and want everything freee music 🎶 and movies 🎥 is a art it was meant to be bought not free alit of this new generation got used to that But at the end of the day u own a cell phone 📱 😅😅😅 not the music or movie 🫣🫣
I love it when I can have both physical and digital when buying it at the same time. I generally prefer watching through disc but sometimes I’m out of the house and want to watch something and don’t have a disc player so I’ll just pull up my digital copy 👌
I think that streaming services have a place as it allows more people to give a wide variety of films a go because they have access to it and don’t have to worry about spending money to buy or rent something they don’t like. HOWEVER, I usually find myself getting physical versions of the films I love the most just to ensure I permanently have access to them
Yes, streaming is a good place to find what you love but physical is definitely the route to keeping what you love
Streaming services are basically the equivalent of the IMDB top 250, a good place to start, but physical media is where to go to continue further.
I started buying DVDs and Blu-ray again. I live my 4k but costs to much to buy everything in 4k.
Absolutely, I have quite a lot, and steelbooks too but it is definitely expensive, but regular collections are so awesome too, I love seeing people's collections and buys
Same.
I agree about physical media I also love it I have a ton of DVDs and blu-rays of classic movies that I like to watch and video games I only ever get physical video games if I know I'm going to play it more than once and I have quite a physical game collection that I hope continues for as long as possible as long as we support physical media
Yeah, I didn't mention it really but I have loads of retro consoles and my physical game collection is huge. I'm just a fan of physical media all round.
As an eBay seller, and physical media lover, more people have been buying DVDs, and also VHS from me. . I try to tell people to invest...
@@HustleMagnets You're doing the Lord's work, my friend.
Not to mention that Blu-ray releases are much higher quality than even the 4K streams on the streaming services because the videos on them are on much higher bitrate.
Great video, I think protecting art (and therefore culture) should be a core human value… but companies don’t really care :/
Thank you for watching! I also think protecting and preserving art is a priority and of course, companies don't care. That's why we must.
Good video and I love physical media too
If you're not a stickler for the condition of the box, I highly recommend thrift stores for picking up physical media. Sometimes the selection is awful, but you can find some gems in there. Even then, you can find really popular movies that you've been meaning to see - in my case, I found a copy of Watchmen on Blu-Ray at my local thrift store for $3. The case was a bit banged up, but the disc was in great shape and still played just fine.
Sometimes, you'll get a disc that's a dud because it's too damaged, but it's still worth checking out. And, if you're a more serious physical media guy than me you probably either have a disc resurfacer, or know someone who can resurface your discs for you.
@@danieltaylor4185 In the UK we have a chain store called Cex which sells second hand physical media in games and movies, I get a lot from there, way cheaper than new but I still buy some stuff new too. I'm always an advocate of second-hand stuff!
I hate rewatching content but i still collect because i like the library look. So it becomes a decor piece after usage.
Love physical media, started a collection two years ago but decided to stop and sell off some of it. I just feel like in 10/20 years time, the best way to watch movies will be with a VR type headset, or if not, it will be on a giant screen that has no outlets for blu-ray players. So basically, the movies I love would be better watched not on physical media. Returning to disks for some nostalgia every now and then will be nice, but I just didn't seem worth collecting hundreds of movies for.
That was my rough thoughts around stopping my collection, I'm happy to hear other options on it though
I always prefer to get a physical release when possible. Not everything is available on streaming, and I like building my collection. The reason why I’m still rocking my iPod and use my iTunes library more than my Spotify account is that my iTunes is a library of all the music I own physically, either on CD or Vinyl (even if the latter aren’t including digital downloads as much anymore).