I'm so glad I kept my movie collection and never sold it back in 2011. I have almost 700 movies and I OWN them all. I will always put ownership over convenience.
And it's not even convenience. I have all my DVDs under my bed in binders by genre and mostly alphabetical within a binder. I want to watch Star Wars IV, just pull out the sci-fi binder and 20-30 seconds later I have the disc. So, it can be very fast to find DVDs if you spend some time to organize them.
Yeah, and it's hardly convenience when you have to hunt through streaming services and keep subscribing, spending more and more, just to find the things you like. DVDs are the best!
@@deluxeshowandtell, yes, I organize my movies (and music) by genre and sometimes, I even have subgenres or subcategories. For example, my genres have alphabetized movie titles within each genre and they include: - Action/Adventure - Animation (with a subcategory of Anime, Disney, Depatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Walter Lantz, Warner Bros, etc.) - Comedy - Drama (with subcategories of historical dramas first followed by contemporary dramas) - Fantasy - Horror - Musicals or musical artist performances - Sci-fi - TV series - Westerns - Documentaries Other collectors also organize their movies by studio releases, so their Shout Factory titles are together, their Kino Lorber titles, Arrow Video, Synapse, Blue Underground, Code Red, etc. but I find my system is complicated enough without having to remember which company released which movie, etc. :)
I still have a lot of DVDs I bought years ago because as you say I can watch what I want when I want. Especially TV shows that were released on DVD. Trying to track them down on streaming can be annoying.
Same. + After seeing one of my favorite tv shows get taken off of streaming, go out of print, taken down digitally as well... has turned me to the old ways
One of my favourite things about DVD's is the blooper reel and extra features that you get, often with a second DVD. Physical media really is the 'whole' package. Yeah, we've definitely been duped by 'convenience', only to have several of the good things shaved off from the original experience. So glad I've kept my collection, which dates back to the early 2000s.
This guy gets it. It's atleast a good backup. Or if you want to cancel all streaming services. Right now we're using out families accts but only a matter of time before they crack down.
I've been going off and on to Goodwill bins for years and it NEVER occurred to me to just take the discs out of the cases so they'd weigh less and thus cost less. You've earned my subscription. Thanks for the pro-tip.
Exactly the same with shopping. Some malls have closed and other stores have closed because people have been doing this online shopping and now there's even stores that are not even selling physical media anymore.
I do think it's convenient that most Bluray players are backwards compatible with DVDs. Also helps that a lot of game consoles from the 2000s have players built-in so you don't need two boxes. Honestly a PS3 or PS4 might just be the best all-around media device since it's a game console AND Bluray player AND DVD player, aside from something like building a dedicated HTPC. Just kind of a shame they never made a *genuinely* small version like they did with the PS2 since at the size the PS3 and PS4 are it's pretty much the same size as just having a small BD/DVD and a PS2 or something lol.
I still love DVDs and Blu-Rays. I often buy digital so I can watch things in more places, but if I really like something, I'll always buy the Blu-Ray or DVD version as well. (As an added benefit, subtitles on DVDs and Blu-Rays are always in sync with the picture. Sadly, this is often not the case with streaming, and I rely on subtitles as a deaf viewer.)
Buying digital is good, but there is often a huge price advantage with physical media - in that you can't buy used with digital, while physical media you can buy used.
Just set up a plex server and then rip the Blurays and DVDs. Keep the same quality as the discs but now you can watch them anywhere and not have to change discs. Plus no ads, all the benefits of streaming without a monthly cost or concern of them going away. HDDs are cheap enough too as I have about 40ish Terabytes on my plex server with over 4k movies, 100s of complete TV shows and anything else I want on there.
As a collector with a huge DVD collection (litterally thousands in folders like yourself) and still buying them more than ever, this is brilliant and very well done! 😀👍
@@deluxeshowandtell Just subscribed. Great video!! Yes, love you showed binders (not all videos on this topic mention the huge benefit of binders). Great way to save space. Have all my DVDs/Blu Rays under my bed in binders. Around ~2000 of them, where the average acquisition cost was around $2.50 a disk. So about $5K total. I ditched cable in 2007 so at that time you were paying ~$60 a month (and that was pretty low back then) or saved $720 a year, so in less than 7 years of cable cost savings -- you could say I've purchased my DVD collection. Free and clear!! I am big on streaming being complementary. Used to have zero paid streaming services but I did end up getting Netflix $16 a month for my girlfriend. Don't get it for the movies -- my girlfriend likes the Netflix specific shows. So, this is an example where streaming is complementary -- but get this I'm only paying $16 a month total. And what's allowed me to do this. Physical media!! And I also use free ad-supported streaming services to some extent like Pluto and of course You Tube.
@@Lorfarius I did - got rid of both the cases and paper inserts. However, I've heard of some people storing the paper inserts in a separate binder and throwing only the plastic cases away, which is an interesting idea -- the main thing is get rid of the plastic cases, which takes up a ton of space. Now the disadvantage of getting rid of the cases is it kills any re-sale value, but I argue re-sale value is low anyway, and I am not interested in re-selling anything. I'd rather not take up the space (my priority). With binders thaht have DVD sleeves I easily can store all ~2000 of my DVDs/BluRays under my bed. Binders are organized by Genre -- and then alphabetically within a genre binder. I can find most movies in less than 30 seconds. One of the reasons I haven't digitized all my DVDs is this method works so well -- but at some point, I will digitize everything -- price of storage has dropped enough that this is very feasible. Just the work of doing it! One day. 🙂
Keep up the good work Deluxe Show and Tell. I am an avid physical media collector. Have been since my first DVD in around 1996. Most of my collection/library now is 4K UHD steel book editions, along with slipcovers of some. I do have some DVDs as well, and won't be parting ways with those, at least the ones I have not upgraded to High Grade 4K. Currently as of March 2024, I own over 1,200 movies, TV show sets, documentaries, comedies, you name it. I love all genres. Do I buy everything that comes out? Of course not, only what I really like to watch or actors/actresses that I enjoy seeing. Just because Best Buy is not going to sell physical media any longer doesn't mean that it is going away. We still have Arrow Video, Shout Factory, Amazon, Vinegar Syndrome, Diabolique, Kino Lorber, Sony/Disney, and even Wal-Mart has stepped it up to fill the gap from Best Buy. That doesn't even include the thrift shops of all types.
You've convinced me. As soon as my Prime and Netflix subscriptions run out, I'm switching to physical media. A mixture of DVD and Blu Ray, depending on cost and availability. I'm already moving my existing physical media collection into plastic sleeves to save space, which will enable me to purchase more physical media in the future without taking up a ton of room. I'll probably donate the cases to a nearby music or video store.
My goodness what a great video, I remember going to the movie store when I was younger the feeling of excitement on a Friday knowing I was going to rent 3 movies and make a commitment to watch them, oh my how times have changed, great great video!!
This video is just as funny as it is informative. At first I couldn't tell if you were making fun of DVD's. I can tell the passion is there and also appreciate how you poke fun a little bit at it all. Also I thought the voice was AI at first but then I heard some authentic breaths and lip smacks lol. At any rate keep it up, I like your style and vibe.
We had internet blackout for two weeks from a sleet storm and couldn’t play any of my streaming movies offline on my tv so was pretty glad to have my discs still.
I know this a niche scenario but I have a 65” 4K tv and I was whining about the quality of DVDs. But I learned with my PS5 in the settings you can shrink down the picture size, with it all the way shrunk down it’s about the size of a 42” tv. I mainly use my 47” LG for DVDs though and it’s great
I remember the first time I heard of dvd I was at Universal Studios Hollywood with my family when I was twelve years old. I still have my dvd and blu ray's to this day.
Yes, physical media is the way to go when you have a secure place to keep them and have the space to let your collection grow, sometimes life doesn't work like that...people move, get kicked out, get divorced, relocate for work, or are situatons where you can't physically keep media, it sucks but I can see the convenience of streaming, it fits many people's on the go lives. I still have much of my DVD and vhs collections and it is a task to up keep and preserved media, I'm also a vinyl record collector and know how complicated it can get to preserved media as an investment too lol.
I don't have much space either. It is a struggle. I reccomed the billy bookshelves from ikea. They hold thousands of pieces of media and are customizable
I have this awesome used DVD/CD store 5 miles from where I live in California called Rasputins. DVD in the bins are $1, $2, or $3 ea. with Blu Rays in the bin $3. HUGE selection, easily in the 10K+ range all of the mainstream stuff that is arounds 3 years or older. Also, I love in your video that you show binders -- yes solved the space and organization problem by using binders in sleeves. I have binders by genre (and roughly alphabetic in the binder)-- so let's say I want to watch Bladerunner. I just pull the sci-fi binder and around 15-20 seconds later -- have the DVD/Blue Ray I'm looking for.
I never got rid of my dvd collection and paying all these streaming services is really wanting me to go back to buying dvds. Think this just gave me the motivation. But I will keep my crunchy roll services lol
I loved DVDS and VHS.💿📼 ❤ I remember when I was in school we talked about Awesome movies and such.😂 You were always the cool kid when you watched an Awesome movie before everyone else. 📺😎👍💯
Love this video, thank yiu fir making it. I own over 1,000 DVD's now with many blurays too. I buy DVD'S & Blu-rays for only 50 cents at my local opportunity shop. Other op shops sell for $1, $2 etc
@@deluxeshowandtell you're welcome. Yes it's amazing. The lady who runs this second hand charity shop slashed them from $1 to 50 cents and blurays too and I got entire seasons of shows like X-Files for only 50 cents each, when normally they're $2 😂 I'm heading there now to see what's new 😊
“You’ve fully embraced the motto, you’ll own nothing and be happy” Damn I don’t think most people truly understood what you were referencing there but fair play for being aware of what’s going on in the world haha
Recently I have been watching DVDs on my CRT tv. Its a mega throwback. It looks good too. I have a nice sound bar hooked up to it with a sub. My CRT is a Sony Wega 27". DVDs look pretty bad on my flat screen but on the CRT, its a whole different experience.
I will say, on a good Blu-ray player (I swear by Panasonic) that upscales to near 'HD' most DVDs will look very good indeed. I love watching my old DVDs that way, 576p/480p...
I'm glad I have my collection from when I was younger and started buying anime DVDS (cus that was the only way i could watch glad they're still being made. Slowly encouraging my family to have their own collections. Bought my young niece a cassette player and the barbie tape and she was over the moon. Were being pen pals and exchanging tapes. Sharing art is special but sharing art you can share together physically has a special magic to it.
Anime physical media is doing more damaged than streaming and that's a fact. I'm curious when the last time you looked at the prices. They are pricing these things like they are made of gold. Aniplex can go fuck themselves in all honesty. I wanted to get gurren lagann but that's well over 100 bucks (on sale) for just 27 episodes. To get all 3 seasons of kaguya sama will cost 300 dollars. that's 36 episodes.... Every other anime is reallu bad but they price them at 60 bucks a seasons. I dont get how streaming is the villain when we've got thist to deal with.
@deluxeshowandtell corpos can't have my art till they pry it from my bloodlines cold dead hands. If they're not gonna sell it to us we should encourage people making their own and trading and selling that way at least it's been a good market for me to collect so far. To the high seas choom ☠️ 🏴☠️ 🦜
What a quote!!! "Sleep is the cousin of Death"!! At last, someone agrees with me that sleep is crap, wastes my time and my life away, and prevents me from watching movies on D.V.D.!!
This was absolutely enthralling! When you consider the content but the presentation was wonderful and the background music beautiful and compliments the spoken content without distracting from the spoken content. Perfectly composed script and it shows a real passion for collecting DVDs. I have hundreds of DVDs entire series of shows and I would never part with them never. It’s difficult for me to look through them as I am registered blind. I’m trying to use technology on my smart phone to read covers. But I would still never pull them. They will grow old with me LOL. I even have old VHS videos without the video recorded because my very old TV broke down and the ATVs don’t have any Scott facility. I have all my Disney Classics on VHS but I can bear to pay for them, in digital format that sucks. I still have a tracker cassette I still have cassette DVDs and mini display.
Thank you so much! It feels great to have my work appreciated. I'm glad you also are a proponent of physical media. I have never heard of tracker cassettes or cassette dvds, very interesting!
It's always a surprise to hear dvds commentary out of context. Like why don't I have arnold talking about the process in my version of total recall!!!!
favorite thing about dvds in the 2000s was how easy it was to make dvd-rs lol. as of now though : when it comes to ordering anything online i've abandoned dvds for blu rays, mainly because of the amount of times i have had the disc show up loose in the case/destroyed, blu rays also often show up loose buuut remain unscratched. as far as new movies go the redbox is usually pretty clutch at getting new releases for like 3 dollars a disc.
I'm at kind of a weird crossroads with physical media where I live in a single rented bedroom but don't love the idea of stuffing everything into a disc case and trashing the original packaging. I might end up just seeing what I can get on those compilation discs and build a small collection of ~15 or so I can keep on a single cube in my Kallax shelf.
I know what you mean. In a perfect world I could keep the cases too. Another idea is to keep the paper insert to go in front of your disc in your binder to see who is in the movie.
@@deluxeshowandtell Yeah, for the few DVDs I still have (that use normal cases, so exempting things like Austin Powers with the cardboard case) I pulled the inserts and put them in a box I keep in my closet for now. I did the same thing with all my classic PC games. I guess when/if I ever manage to go back to school and get a job that pays well enough that I can buy my own place I can order cases off eBay... XD
@@christopherwilliams9418 Out of necessity (got laid off but no way am I giving up my hundreds of DVDs) am about to move into a rented bedroom for a time. Melt them in a cheap summer storage facility? Uh no. Someone on another video suggested just what you're doing. Am a thrift shopper and you can get DVD empty cases for a dime a dozen there (where BTW I found the cheap-af DVD temp carrying cases) anytime you want.
DVDs are awesome! Still in 2024 I collect them and love them.❤I don't do streaming services.I dislike them.I would rather save my money. All I pay is $1.00 for each movie I buy. DVDs don't don't have medical infomercials !!!👍🏻
omg when you first showed that album i almost cried. my family had two like that and literally we would spend more time deciding what to watch than sitting through the movie because we just had so many. i don’t know where it ended up after we moved so much in so little time. i always said i was going to build my own collection but never got to it until i wanted to watch man on fire the other day and i couldn’t find it anywhere. so im starting to buy dvd again. like its so simple i don’t even own a player, i just use my stepdad’s ps4 and done. at first i was doubting because i didn’t want to have so many things (i already own many books) but i rather have a lot of things than having a company decide if i can watch my favorite movies.
i mean technically dvds have ads, they have previews at the beginning but i get what you’re saying. ironically, the amount of ads streaming services show have turned them into what they were supposed to destroy, it’s just become cable again
Heck yes. It's a life saver, Im going to do a full length video on the JFJ easy pro this month. Showing the pros and cons, and my guide on how i use it.
Personally I really only go for blu-rays and 4K blu-rays. Because the storage is much larger so there is more room for bonus features and cool stuff. And of course the most important part, the actual quality of the film is significantly higher. But the more people collecting physical media the better
@@deluxeshowandtell Yes, with the advent of 4K UHD format, the players themselves can play ALL 3 formats and look better than ever before because of the upscaling tech.
this video is Gem! love every second of it 😂 i was as surprised to see the end scene from Leave the World Behind 😂 i think we can see that in I Legend and 10 Cloverfield Lane as well
I was also going to mention ripping DVDs but I got to that point in the video lol. I only keep the media physically I truly want, then am fine selling off the rest.
Go for the combo packs. I love when they give us BD + DVD option. Or better than buying a $1 DVD, go to your local library and watch it for free without taking the shelf space. A lot of DVDs are not worth owning. We will watch it once and put it away for a long time.
0:23 That Seiki CRT TV has gotta be the best I have seen in terms of the picture quality! What is the model number? And is there a version with an Australian power plug?
The oldest DVDs I still own were purchased in 2000. The 2 disc special edition of Fight Club and the 2 disc platinum edition of SE7EN. I watched Fight Club a few months ago and just watched SE7EN a few days ago. 23 years later both films played perfectly with no degradation in the picture. The thing I like about owning movies on disc is that it is a one time purchase. You pay once and can enjoy your purchase for decades. Like the paperback book I purchased in 1991 that I read again in 2023. Most of my discs are Blu Ray but I have recently started buying some DVDs again. DVD costs less and I find I like the more retro look of the picture.
@@deluxeshowandtellI have a few CDs purchased in the late 1980s and many CDs from the 1990s. I recently played Amadeus soundtrack Vol 2 purchased in the late 1980s. So that disc is about 35 years old. It plays the same today as in 1987. I have never had a problem with a CD whether purchased in the 1980s or 2020s.
I tend to upgrade my old DVDs to Blu-Ray when I find good deals but some stuff is DVD only and also I always check, some DVDs upscale well, that always makes me happy. I've found my DVDs of The Simpsons classic years, The Wire and Parks and Recreation upscale very well and for whatever reason they never reissued and remastered classic years Simpsons for Blu-Ray but it doesn't matter, the DVDs look great! I recommend buying a multi region Blu-Ray player, it'll upscale your DVDs and give you way more choices for DVDs and Blu-Rays to get. I discovered I like the quality of the UK released Mad Men Blu-Rays better and sometimes North American shows weren't as popular in the UK or Europe so it's a cheaper way to get series sets.
People still love and collect books instead of purely reading books on Kindles or iPads or smartphones, so it only makes sense that physical media like VHS, laserdiscs, DVD's, Blu-rays, 4K's, CD's, vinyl records, and even cassettes and reel-to-reel would still be popular (some more popular than others) because people like having a personal, tactile connection with their choice of media.
I am a physical media guy (old fogey) and have tons of vinyl records, cassette tapes, reel to reel tapes, VHS tapes, CD-s, DVD-s, Blu-rays and now a smattering of 4K movies ... not to mention hundreds of books. The one thing that annoys me is that the hardware required to play the media becomes harder and harder to get. Try getting a new VHS player or a high quality cassette player. I suspect that soon it will become difficult to get a DVD player as corporations would really prefer you to pay for things via subscription rather allowing you to actually own their products.
@@Serai3upscaler or upscaling for more large screens also fwiw is kind of useful imho for if needbe using a vhs tape from a dvd recorder will upscale and put out in even 720p or 1080i or 1080p fwiw over hdmi etc.
It's funny that the disadvantages from streaming once was brought to us as a good thing. And yeah, DVDs... Are quite dead for me. But i still collect blu rays and 4k blu rays since day one, i got rid of nearly any dvds, apart from the movies you can't get on blu ray
You probably made a huge mistake there, getting rid of your DVDs believing they're 'upgraded' on Blu-ray or 4K, I've seen Blu-rays that look far worse than DVD. With most old DVD releases, you also get the closest to original color grading of movies as opposed to newer formats where the revisionists at the studios have taken over and messed around. Luckily, I've never fallen for it and stuck to DVD, the movie itself and how I like and remember it is what's important to me not what 'experts' want me to think I should suddenly like. Not going to mess with my head, they're not. ;-]
My mom has like 2 shelves filled with DVDs and I love collecting physical media and most of my Xbox 360 collection was physical media and my favorite kind of DVDs that came with some demo games for the og Xbox and I loved playing them on my friends Xbox!
I started collecting near the end of 2023 and already have 40 DVD releases and 1 VHS release! I love collecting physical media because it has allowed me to watch movies and shows that I just wouldn't have remembered or even known about otherwise (Aqua Teen Hunger Force). I love Physical media and nothing can really beat putting in the disc and seeing those menus!
I prefer physical media, you can watch it as much as you like, and you don't need a membership or the internet. You're in control what you want to watch! Greets from Marcel The Netherlands in Europe 👍🙂👊
Great video! I bought most of my collection when dvd was really in its prime. On average it would’ve been about $20 a copy. I’m such a huge movie fan that I didn’t care if I spent most of my money on them as I was in my late teens up until my late 20’s. I have roughly 5000 still in their covers and cherish that collection to this day. It was a huge investment on my part so I was never going to just sell them off cheap, they mean more to me than that.
you got me there I am too lazy to get up of my rotund rump up and put a blu-ray in the drive, that's why I rip all my blu-rays and dvd to my pc. got my very own streaming service whilst having the physical boxes displayed for that old school picking from the wall experience. wouldn't trade trade that for anything.
I have noticed I will talk about a movie, and find out my coworker never heard of it, but is interested. What to do? Hope it's streaming somewhere? I loved loaning out movies to friends. I regret downscaling my collection years back, and the last couple years have been at least trying to reacquire the movies I value, or know are controversial enough that they may disappear otherwise.
It's not too late! Next 5 years are still prime for collecting. I suspect it will be harder in the future to find older dvds. I think most people just throw away 😕
I agree with you on this! I will say personally the minimum I would do would be BluRay/1080p since that's kind of a good compromise in terms of video quality VS the actual tech stack you will need. And if buying second hand you can still get these at really great prices. Obviously not every movie is on BluRay but same goes for DVD, there is some stuff that only got VHS releases or possibly no home release at all.
Well put. I have collected movies since the late -70's when my family bought our first VCR (a Betamax... soon to be replaced with VHS). I still have a lot of rental VHS from the 80's - some 800 (the copyed ones I have no clue about the amount). The DVD hit and I had the exact reaction as you describe... and soon it was all the rage for me. Now I have aproximately 10.000. The Blurays in the 1000. I don't store them in any other way than my collection blocking my dry walls and wallpapers... their multiplied spines are as beautiful to look at as they function very well acousticly. I have thought about realeasing some of them from my grip... but gosh darnit... I just can't. My wife has started to accept my collection so I probably will die in a chamber of treasures. *Own your shit or someone else will own you!!*
I never got rid of my discs. I ripped them onto a server, so that I can stream them, but I still own the original copies and no one can censor or remove them. Best of both worlds.
I absolutely love blu-ray! I have many many blu-ray movies but when it comes to 4k, I can't hardly find any that I'm willing to spend that kind of money on. But if I see the same movie on DVD, then I feel like I hit the jackpot!!
I don't own optical disc player anymore but I have heard that some modern blu-ray players can upscale DVD picture quality much better than some older DVD players.
Trying to build a media server, have the best of both physical & digital. I remember I wanted to watch dragon ball GT, played it on Hulu, instantly said to myself “God I don’t remember it looking this terrible” then I remember that’s because I had an HD collection someone got me for my birthday as a kid. Ahh that gave me some hope for physical.
Always 💿... Streaming can't replicate I still have all my dvds from when I was 10... I'm 30 now and they still work perfectly fine... I get Blu-ray now... which is basically just upgrading my DVD versions I'm so happy that there's still love out there for Physical preservation I only practically use streaming for watching stuff I'm interested in and if I really love it, then I would look for a physical copy
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Physical media gives you authority, you are the owner not the corporate
Takes a little power back from the corporations.
@@deluxeshowandtell Blu ray is better in terms of Quality
Physical ownership >>> Piracy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Streaming/DRM-riddled digital media
Womp womp
@@deluxeshowandtell and also capitalism sucks
Physical media is a way of life
It truly is my friend... I can't wait to show off my video game collection as well.
@@deluxeshowandtell nice
The ONLY way of life for entertainment viewing 👍
I'm so glad I kept my movie collection and never sold it back in 2011. I have almost 700 movies and I OWN them all. I will always put ownership over convenience.
And it's not even convenience. I have all my DVDs under my bed in binders by genre and mostly alphabetical within a binder. I want to watch Star Wars IV, just pull out the sci-fi binder and 20-30 seconds later I have the disc. So, it can be very fast to find DVDs if you spend some time to organize them.
Yeah, and it's hardly convenience when you have to hunt through streaming services and keep subscribing, spending more and more, just to find the things you like. DVDs are the best!
Do you guys think Genre is the best method to organize cases? I need to make a video on it soon...
@@deluxeshowandtell yeah
@@deluxeshowandtell, yes, I organize my movies (and music) by genre and sometimes, I even have subgenres or subcategories. For example, my genres have alphabetized movie titles within each genre and they include:
- Action/Adventure
- Animation (with a subcategory of Anime, Disney, Depatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Walter Lantz, Warner Bros, etc.)
- Comedy
- Drama (with subcategories of historical dramas first followed by contemporary dramas)
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Musicals or musical artist performances
- Sci-fi
- TV series
- Westerns
- Documentaries
Other collectors also organize their movies by studio releases, so their Shout Factory titles are together, their Kino Lorber titles, Arrow Video, Synapse, Blue Underground, Code Red, etc. but I find my system is complicated enough without having to remember which company released which movie, etc. :)
I forgot how hypnotizing it is to watch the DVD logo bounce around on the screen.
It's like watching a fire, never gets old.
And change colour.
I still have a lot of DVDs I bought years ago because as you say I can watch what I want when I want. Especially TV shows that were released on DVD. Trying to track them down on streaming can be annoying.
Yes and you don't even need wifi!
@@deluxeshowandtell yeah
I recently started to buy DVD's and Blu-ray's again.
Because, for ownership and when the internet goes down so that I can still watch those
Same. + After seeing one of my favorite tv shows get taken off of streaming, go out of print, taken down digitally as well... has turned me to the old ways
One of my favourite things about DVD's is the blooper reel and extra features that you get, often with a second DVD. Physical media really is the 'whole' package. Yeah, we've definitely been duped by 'convenience', only to have several of the good things shaved off from the original experience. So glad I've kept my collection, which dates back to the early 2000s.
This guy gets it. It's atleast a good backup. Or if you want to cancel all streaming services. Right now we're using out families accts but only a matter of time before they crack down.
I love how you put this together. Very vaporwave, so genuine. It almost felt like an instructional video at times. Great job!
Very kind of you to say! My first time making a video like this, the response is overwhelming : )
@@deluxeshowandtellyou tried i think the video should be around 12 minutes
@@deluxeshowandtellthis video is amazing and I loved you poking the finger at the WEF and their "You'll own nothing and be happy" motto !!
I've been going off and on to Goodwill bins for years and it NEVER occurred to me to just take the discs out of the cases so they'd weigh less and thus cost less. You've earned my subscription. Thanks for the pro-tip.
Hey no problem!
Also whenever your internet goes out you still got movies to watch.
I have been saying that for years and having family members complaining that the internet is out but refuse to think of more options ahead of time.
@@night-x6793 yeah
The reason I started my Jellyfin project was, until they actually fixed it, my internet was down just as much as it was up.
Exactly
Exactly the same with shopping. Some malls have closed and other stores have closed because people have been doing this online shopping and now there's even stores that are not even selling physical media anymore.
4K & Bluray baby! Unless the movie isn't on those. Then do DVD
I do think it's convenient that most Bluray players are backwards compatible with DVDs. Also helps that a lot of game consoles from the 2000s have players built-in so you don't need two boxes. Honestly a PS3 or PS4 might just be the best all-around media device since it's a game console AND Bluray player AND DVD player, aside from something like building a dedicated HTPC. Just kind of a shame they never made a *genuinely* small version like they did with the PS2 since at the size the PS3 and PS4 are it's pretty much the same size as just having a small BD/DVD and a PS2 or something lol.
Yeah
That's nice if you have lots of money to burn. Most of us don't.
@@Serai3 some of them aren’t expensive but I can see where your coming from
@@christopherwilliams9418 Same with 4K players. They will play ALL formats.
I still love DVDs and Blu-Rays. I often buy digital so I can watch things in more places, but if I really like something, I'll always buy the Blu-Ray or DVD version as well. (As an added benefit, subtitles on DVDs and Blu-Rays are always in sync with the picture. Sadly, this is often not the case with streaming, and I rely on subtitles as a deaf viewer.)
That's a great idea. I think more people should have a physical copy of their favs!
Buying digital is good, but there is often a huge price advantage with physical media - in that you can't buy used with digital, while physical media you can buy used.
Just set up a plex server and then rip the Blurays and DVDs. Keep the same quality as the discs but now you can watch them anywhere and not have to change discs. Plus no ads, all the benefits of streaming without a monthly cost or concern of them going away. HDDs are cheap enough too as I have about 40ish Terabytes on my plex server with over 4k movies, 100s of complete TV shows and anything else I want on there.
I watch dvds on my 65 inch plasma . They still look incredible , so completely agree with you .
Whatever works for you. Just trying to dispell some common complaints of DVDs on modern TVs
If you think they look incredible then you must be blind as f
This whole video felt like a huge propaganda to buy disc, and I fell for it. Great video, I have a few of my favorite shows in disc format.
Lol, I am trying to recruit more physical media warriors for this epic battle against streaming services...
To truly own a movie or video game is truly a Privilege. You can watch it whenever you want. 😎👍💯
It is! The streaming platforms will tighten their grip every year...
As a collector with a huge DVD collection (litterally thousands in folders like yourself) and still buying them more than ever, this is brilliant and very well done! 😀👍
Thank you sir, I'm so glad people are appreciating this!
@@deluxeshowandtell Just subscribed. Great video!! Yes, love you showed binders (not all videos on this topic mention the huge benefit of binders). Great way to save space. Have all my DVDs/Blu Rays under my bed in binders. Around ~2000 of them, where the average acquisition cost was around $2.50 a disk. So about $5K total. I ditched cable in 2007 so at that time you were paying ~$60 a month (and that was pretty low back then) or saved $720 a year, so in less than 7 years of cable cost savings -- you could say I've purchased my DVD collection. Free and clear!!
I am big on streaming being complementary. Used to have zero paid streaming services but I did end up getting Netflix $16 a month for my girlfriend. Don't get it for the movies -- my girlfriend likes the Netflix specific shows. So, this is an example where streaming is complementary -- but get this I'm only paying $16 a month total. And what's allowed me to do this. Physical media!! And I also use free ad-supported streaming services to some extent like Pluto and of course You Tube.
Do you throw the covers away?
@@Lorfarius I did - got rid of both the cases and paper inserts. However, I've heard of some people storing the paper inserts in a separate binder and throwing only the plastic cases away, which is an interesting idea -- the main thing is get rid of the plastic cases, which takes up a ton of space.
Now the disadvantage of getting rid of the cases is it kills any re-sale value, but I argue re-sale value is low anyway, and I am not interested in re-selling anything. I'd rather not take up the space (my priority). With binders thaht have DVD sleeves I easily can store all ~2000 of my DVDs/BluRays under my bed. Binders are organized by Genre -- and then alphabetically within a genre binder. I can find most movies in less than 30 seconds. One of the reasons I haven't digitized all my DVDs is this method works so well -- but at some point, I will digitize everything -- price of storage has dropped enough that this is very feasible. Just the work of doing it! One day. 🙂
I'd rate this video a 10/10 if I could
Thank you so much Josh!
I still miss the good VHS days as they bring so much memories.
The fuzz and tracking adds a nostalgia no other media can touch.
i sure you also remember when we used vhs tapes to record right off the tv
@@erikamccreary2614 yes but I never did that but my friends friend would.
@@deluxeshowandtellSame thing with the record's and CD'S debate people had. I still have DVD's and VHS tapes
Keep up the good work Deluxe Show and Tell. I am an avid physical media collector. Have been since my first DVD in around 1996. Most of my collection/library now is 4K UHD
steel book editions, along with slipcovers of some. I do have some DVDs as well, and won't be parting ways with those, at least the ones I have not upgraded to High Grade 4K.
Currently as of March 2024, I own over 1,200 movies, TV show sets, documentaries, comedies, you name it. I love all genres.
Do I buy everything that comes out? Of course not, only what I really like to watch or actors/actresses that I enjoy seeing.
Just because Best Buy is not going to sell physical media any longer doesn't mean that it is going away. We still have Arrow Video, Shout Factory, Amazon, Vinegar Syndrome,
Diabolique, Kino Lorber, Sony/Disney, and even Wal-Mart has stepped it up to fill the gap from Best Buy. That doesn't even include the thrift shops of all types.
That's great! Thanks for listing those resources too, it's good for people to know. Keeping DVD alive...
You've convinced me. As soon as my Prime and Netflix subscriptions run out, I'm switching to physical media. A mixture of DVD and Blu Ray, depending on cost and availability. I'm already moving my existing physical media collection into plastic sleeves to save space, which will enable me to purchase more physical media in the future without taking up a ton of room. I'll probably donate the cases to a nearby music or video store.
God bless, another converted soul! 👍
Noooo, keep the cases. Down the line you'll regret not having the art.
@@EmeraldHill-vo1cs I still have the art. The sleeves I got are designed for the art to fit inside.
@DreadfulUtopia That's great.Putting ur dvds in white envelopes will save you lots of space indeed.Plus donating ur cases is a excellent idea.🙂✌️❤️
@@EmeraldHill-vo1cs Not really , if you want the art , you can always buy the poster of the artwork.
Great pacing and content. I cam see this channel blowing up one day. Glad I got I'm early
Thank you so much! I've been trying different content styles and really enjoy making this kind of video.
My goodness what a great video, I remember going to the movie store when I was younger the feeling of excitement on a Friday knowing I was going to rent 3 movies and make a commitment to watch them, oh my how times have changed, great great video!!
Thank you so much!
Nostalgia And Nostalgic Forever
This video is just as funny as it is informative. At first I couldn't tell if you were making fun of DVD's. I can tell the passion is there and also appreciate how you poke fun a little bit at it all. Also I thought the voice was AI at first but then I heard some authentic breaths and lip smacks lol. At any rate keep it up, I like your style and vibe.
Thanks Micah! Yeah I did record it myself tried to enunciate clearly and professionally, mabye came off too stiff.
'This video was sponsored by WinX DVD Ripper Platinum...' No man, loved your video. Great upload.
And I've sold 0 of then lol I'm a bad salesman
Thanks for watching, I have my entire dvd collection video on my page and more dvd related videos coming soon!
Another thing is showing the old media to a new generation
Seriously, you can save way more content on vhs than a dvd. up to at least 6 hours on a single tape. Plus you could record Anything!
We had internet blackout for two weeks from a sleet storm and couldn’t play any of my streaming movies offline on my tv so was pretty glad to have my discs still.
They come in handy in alot of situations!
but you could simply play the movies stored on your NAS and local HDDs/SSDs.
@@svr5423 I love the ritual and physical aspect of collecting and playing dvd
Old tech is God level you own the movie
Exactly. Hard to own anything now days.
I know this a niche scenario but I have a 65” 4K tv and I was whining about the quality of DVDs. But I learned with my PS5 in the settings you can shrink down the picture size, with it all the way shrunk down it’s about the size of a 42” tv. I mainly use my 47” LG for DVDs though and it’s great
I'm hearing Ps5 is good for DVD, I will have to try that soon!
This guy is a revolutionary bring back the dvds
Join the Revolution!
I remember the first time I heard of dvd I was at Universal Studios Hollywood with my family when I was twelve years old. I still have my dvd and blu ray's to this day.
That's great, and your able to keep that as a physical memory!
I am still a fan of DVDs.
Good, keep it up!
the thing about the Aladdin song is that the original version is only in the theatrical print while every home video release has it changed
Ohhhhh... okay.
Yes, physical media is the way to go when you have a secure place to keep them and have the space to let your collection grow, sometimes life doesn't work like that...people move, get kicked out, get divorced, relocate for work, or are situatons where you can't physically keep media, it sucks but I can see the convenience of streaming, it fits many people's on the go lives. I still have much of my DVD and vhs collections and it is a task to up keep and preserved media, I'm also a vinyl record collector and know how complicated it can get to preserved media as an investment too lol.
I don't have much space either. It is a struggle. I reccomed the billy bookshelves from ikea. They hold thousands of pieces of media and are customizable
@deluxeshowandtell I'll look into those, definitely need some logistical solutions lol
Yeah ive still gotta get rid of boxes of mutilated classical 33's. I'm hoping someone can use them for art, just not bin em.
I have this awesome used DVD/CD store 5 miles from where I live in California called Rasputins. DVD in the bins are $1, $2, or $3 ea. with Blu Rays in the bin $3. HUGE selection, easily in the 10K+ range all of the mainstream stuff that is arounds 3 years or older. Also, I love in your video that you show binders -- yes solved the space and organization problem by using binders in sleeves. I have binders by genre (and roughly alphabetic in the binder)-- so let's say I want to watch Bladerunner. I just pull the sci-fi binder and around 15-20 seconds later -- have the DVD/Blue Ray I'm looking for.
I haven't organized my DVDs yet just through them in cases, I wonder what the best way is? Genre does seem good.
Even retro games are getting harder to find, especially if the prices are super high nowadays 😢. Never get rid of physical media ❤
I am thankful I bought a majority of my games 5-7 years ago. They are even crazier now
Great video! Also, great choice of music! Could you share which music you used?
I used music from the now defunct media site digital juice.
I never got rid of my dvd collection and paying all these streaming services is really wanting me to go back to buying dvds. Think this just gave me the motivation. But I will keep my crunchy roll services lol
Yeah just slowly start adding to your collection here and there. You can still find good deals out there!
I am so happy I kept mine through the years. Feel sad about the 200 VHS original VHS tapes I threw away.
They are in a better place now lol
I loved DVDS and VHS.💿📼 ❤
I remember when I was in school we talked about Awesome movies and such.😂
You were always the cool kid when you watched an Awesome movie before everyone else. 📺😎👍💯
And if you owned it and could loan it to a friend, you were very valuable!
Love this video, thank yiu fir making it.
I own over 1,000 DVD's now with many blurays too.
I buy DVD'S & Blu-rays for only 50 cents at my local opportunity shop. Other op shops sell for $1, $2 etc
Thank you! 50 cents is amazing for blu rays and dvds!
@@deluxeshowandtell you're welcome. Yes it's amazing. The lady who runs this second hand charity shop slashed them from $1 to 50 cents and blurays too and I got entire seasons of shows like X-Files for only 50 cents each, when normally they're $2 😂
I'm heading there now to see what's new 😊
“You’ve fully embraced the motto, you’ll own nothing and be happy”
Damn I don’t think most people truly understood what you were referencing there but fair play for being aware of what’s going on in the world haha
Just a small example of it, there are much bigger more important examples out there.
Recently I have been watching DVDs on my CRT tv. Its a mega throwback. It looks good too. I have a nice sound bar hooked up to it with a sub. My CRT is a Sony Wega 27". DVDs look pretty bad on my flat screen but on the CRT, its a whole different experience.
I agree, sounds like you have the complete 2005 DVD experience! Never let it go.
@@deluxeshowandtell for sure!
I will say, on a good Blu-ray player (I swear by Panasonic) that upscales to near 'HD' most DVDs will look very good indeed. I love watching my old DVDs that way, 576p/480p...
Power Of Nostalgia And Nostalgic
I've ripped so much of my collection for backups, so I can stream it and keep the physical disc!
That's a great option, I use the DVD ripper in the description of this video to rip mine. Now my dvds can live on forever!
Every one of the excuses, and your answers to them, are spot on.
Thank you sir, I tried to think of everything.
I'm glad I have my collection from when I was younger and started buying anime DVDS (cus that was the only way i could watch glad they're still being made. Slowly encouraging my family to have their own collections. Bought my young niece a cassette player and the barbie tape and she was over the moon. Were being pen pals and exchanging tapes. Sharing art is special but sharing art you can share together physically has a special magic to it.
And one day they will stop making DVDs : (
Anime physical media is doing more damaged than streaming and that's a fact. I'm curious when the last time you looked at the prices. They are pricing these things like they are made of gold.
Aniplex can go fuck themselves in all honesty. I wanted to get gurren lagann but that's well over 100 bucks (on sale) for just 27 episodes. To get all 3 seasons of kaguya sama will cost 300 dollars. that's 36 episodes....
Every other anime is reallu bad but they price them at 60 bucks a seasons.
I dont get how streaming is the villain when we've got thist to deal with.
@@ben99ny69 I mean bootlegs are a pretty affordable option.
@deluxeshowandtell corpos can't have my art till they pry it from my bloodlines cold dead hands. If they're not gonna sell it to us we should encourage people making their own and trading and selling that way at least it's been a good market for me to collect so far. To the high seas choom ☠️ 🏴☠️ 🦜
I started collecting again, going on 2 years now.
The hunt is the funnest part!
What a quote!!! "Sleep is the cousin of Death"!! At last, someone agrees with me that sleep is crap, wastes my time and my life away, and prevents me from watching movies on D.V.D.!!
Mabye a bit extreme, but you get my point!
This was absolutely enthralling! When you consider the content but the presentation was wonderful and the background music beautiful and compliments the spoken content without distracting from the spoken content. Perfectly composed script and it shows a real passion for collecting DVDs. I have hundreds of DVDs entire series of shows and I would never part with them never. It’s difficult for me to look through them as I am registered blind. I’m trying to use technology on my smart phone to read covers. But I would still never pull them. They will grow old with me LOL. I even have old VHS videos without the video recorded because my very old TV broke down and the ATVs don’t have any Scott facility. I have all my Disney Classics on VHS but I can bear to pay for them, in digital format that sucks. I still have a tracker cassette I still have cassette DVDs and mini display.
Thank you so much! It feels great to have my work appreciated. I'm glad you also are a proponent of physical media. I have never heard of tracker cassettes or cassette dvds, very interesting!
From 1979 onwards to this day I have my VHS tapes, vinyl's, cassette tapes,CDs,dvd,blue rays and still have them today and still collecting them
I'm glad you didn't sell them in a yard sale!
My town’s largest thrift store sells VHS tapes for 0.06 cents a piece and DVDs/Blu-Ray/4Ks are a whopping dime. I consider myself very lucky 📼📀
That's awesome. I would go everyday!
4Ks for a dime?! You better get them all! Lol
@@LeeTheVet I do!
a DIME?!? holy crap. my local goodwill sells them for $4 a pop and $6 for larger sets and blu ray! but maybe i just live in california lol
Do you live in a cave? lol Those prices are wild. $1 each is the best I’ve ever seen in my life. Buy everything!!
It's always a surprise to hear dvds commentary out of context. Like why don't I have arnold talking about the process in my version of total recall!!!!
Arnold doing commentary on anything is a tough listen lol
@@deluxeshowandtell Hey!
I love DVDs.
Don't we all?
favorite thing about dvds in the 2000s was how easy it was to make dvd-rs lol. as of now though : when it comes to ordering anything online i've abandoned dvds for blu rays, mainly because of the amount of times i have had the disc show up loose in the case/destroyed, blu rays also often show up loose buuut remain unscratched. as far as new movies go the redbox is usually pretty clutch at getting new releases for like 3 dollars a disc.
I'm at kind of a weird crossroads with physical media where I live in a single rented bedroom but don't love the idea of stuffing everything into a disc case and trashing the original packaging. I might end up just seeing what I can get on those compilation discs and build a small collection of ~15 or so I can keep on a single cube in my Kallax shelf.
I know what you mean. In a perfect world I could keep the cases too. Another idea is to keep the paper insert to go in front of your disc in your binder to see who is in the movie.
@@deluxeshowandtell Yeah, for the few DVDs I still have (that use normal cases, so exempting things like Austin Powers with the cardboard case) I pulled the inserts and put them in a box I keep in my closet for now. I did the same thing with all my classic PC games. I guess when/if I ever manage to go back to school and get a job that pays well enough that I can buy my own place I can order cases off eBay... XD
@@christopherwilliams9418 Out of necessity (got laid off but no way am I giving up my hundreds of DVDs) am about to move into a rented bedroom for a time. Melt them in a cheap summer storage facility? Uh no. Someone on another video suggested just what you're doing. Am a thrift shopper and you can get DVD empty cases for a dime a dozen there (where BTW I found the cheap-af DVD temp carrying cases) anytime you want.
I live in a very small flat and have put all my single DVD's in folders.
DVDs are awesome! Still in 2024 I collect them and love them.❤I don't do streaming services.I dislike them.I would rather save my money. All I pay is $1.00 for each movie I buy. DVDs don't don't have medical infomercials !!!👍🏻
Yes sir! I enjoy collecting them, finding new ones I don't have all the time!
@@deluxeshowandtell Me 2 👍🏻🙂
very useful information gonna start my DVD collection as well and hopefully collect all the ones I personally like👍
That's a great start! checkout you're local thrift shops
omg when you first showed that album i almost cried. my family had two like that and literally we would spend more time deciding what to watch than sitting through the movie because we just had so many. i don’t know where it ended up after we moved so much in so little time. i always said i was going to build my own collection but never got to it until i wanted to watch man on fire the other day and i couldn’t find it anywhere. so im starting to buy dvd again. like its so simple i don’t even own a player, i just use my stepdad’s ps4 and done. at first i was doubting because i didn’t want to have so many things (i already own many books) but i rather have a lot of things than having a company decide if i can watch my favorite movies.
That's great! Gotta get dvds while you still can and they are still cheap! Start with your favorites and get a cd book!
i mean technically dvds have ads, they have previews at the beginning but i get what you’re saying. ironically, the amount of ads streaming services show have turned them into what they were supposed to destroy, it’s just become cable again
That's true there are alot of movie trailers and such. I enjoy some of them, sometimes there are way too many!
If you had your internet access cancelled for downloading a Disney cartoon in 480p, you could be the worst pirate in the history of piracy.
Lol
That Phillips DVD player is super cool!
Oh yes I found this on ebay and I was like I must have this!
JFJ easy pro...im a reseller ...really glad I watched this! 👍
Heck yes. It's a life saver, Im going to do a full length video on the JFJ easy pro this month. Showing the pros and cons, and my guide on how i use it.
@@deluxeshowandtell nice, i'll be looking for it
Personally I really only go for blu-rays and 4K blu-rays. Because the storage is much larger so there is more room for bonus features and cool stuff. And of course the most important part, the actual quality of the film is significantly higher. But the more people collecting physical media the better
I will get a blu ray if I find it for cheap enough. We are all on the same side of this battle against centralized media
@@deluxeshowandtell Yes, with the advent of 4K UHD format, the players themselves can play ALL 3 formats and look better than ever before because of the upscaling tech.
I don’t know about that. I have some recent Disney Blu Rays that have less bonus content than my 20 year old DVDs… 😔
@@princesspikachu3915 well that's just because Disney sucks
@@the7569 Of course they do. That’s the point I was intending but wasn’t sure if there were any “pixie dusters” on this channel.
this video is Gem! love every second of it 😂 i was as surprised to see the end scene from Leave the World Behind 😂 i think we can see that in I Legend and 10 Cloverfield Lane as well
Thanks! Thought it was a perfect ending for the video : )
When they first came out, the neatest thing about DVDs was the menu screen. Also it felt so strange to not have to rewind.
LOL I agree It was a huge jump from VHS!
My local pawn shop sells blu rays for $1 and DVDs for 50c. It can be great c:
I was also going to mention ripping DVDs but I got to that point in the video lol. I only keep the media physically I truly want, then am fine selling off the rest.
That is amazing! No deals as good as that where I live...
I in joy buying DVDs still today than ever because there not easy to find anymore.
True! But get them while u still can!
Go for the combo packs. I love when they give us BD + DVD option. Or better than buying a $1 DVD, go to your local library and watch it for free without taking the shelf space. A lot of DVDs are not worth owning. We will watch it once and put it away for a long time.
That is true but I am kind of a fanatical collector/hoarder so I like the idea of always having access to a personal library.
0:23 That Seiki CRT TV has gotta be the best I have seen in terms of the picture quality! What is the model number? And is there a version with an Australian power plug?
It is very unique! I don't know the model number off top.
@@deluxeshowandtell Well if you find out about the model number any time soon, please let me know.
I totally agree I still have hundreds of DVDs. And the same thing goes for video games.
Yep I can't wait to show my 1500+ Physical Game collection too!
The oldest DVDs I still own were purchased in 2000. The 2 disc special edition of Fight Club and the 2 disc platinum edition of SE7EN. I watched Fight Club a few months ago and just watched SE7EN a few days ago. 23 years later both films played perfectly with no degradation in the picture. The thing I like about owning movies on disc is that it is a one time purchase. You pay once and can enjoy your purchase for decades. Like the paperback book I purchased in 1991 that I read again in 2023. Most of my discs are Blu Ray but I have recently started buying some DVDs again. DVD costs less and I find I like the more retro look of the picture.
They say dvds will last like 40-70 years but I have a feeling if kept in good condition will last alot longer.
@@deluxeshowandtellI have a few CDs purchased in the late 1980s and many CDs from the 1990s. I recently played Amadeus soundtrack Vol 2 purchased in the late 1980s. So that disc is about 35 years old. It plays the same today as in 1987. I have never had a problem with a CD whether purchased in the 1980s or 2020s.
wow the conversations to watch movies so that is how you make friends no wonder i had none.
I'm just saying it used to help lol
I tend to upgrade my old DVDs to Blu-Ray when I find good deals but some stuff is DVD only and also I always check, some DVDs upscale well, that always makes me happy. I've found my DVDs of The Simpsons classic years, The Wire and Parks and Recreation upscale very well and for whatever reason they never reissued and remastered classic years Simpsons for Blu-Ray but it doesn't matter, the DVDs look great! I recommend buying a multi region Blu-Ray player, it'll upscale your DVDs and give you way more choices for DVDs and Blu-Rays to get. I discovered I like the quality of the UK released Mad Men Blu-Rays better and sometimes North American shows weren't as popular in the UK or Europe so it's a cheaper way to get series sets.
That's the way to go! I do recommend watching on tv smaller than 48" makes the DVD quality look better too.
People still love and collect books instead of purely reading books on Kindles or iPads or smartphones, so it only makes sense that physical media like VHS, laserdiscs, DVD's, Blu-rays, 4K's, CD's, vinyl records, and even cassettes and reel-to-reel would still be popular (some more popular than others) because people like having a personal, tactile connection with their choice of media.
Yes, it feels more meaningful and impactful to have your media in hand.
It doesn't. Because we have HDDs and SSD upon which we can store thousands of optical media on.
I am a physical media guy (old fogey) and have tons of vinyl records, cassette tapes, reel to reel tapes, VHS tapes, CD-s, DVD-s, Blu-rays and now a smattering of 4K movies ... not to mention hundreds of books. The one thing that annoys me is that the hardware required to play the media becomes harder and harder to get. Try getting a new VHS player or a high quality cassette player. I suspect that soon it will become difficult to get a DVD player as corporations would really prefer you to pay for things via subscription rather allowing you to actually own their products.
Stock up on a couple cheap models if you can find, then you can replace parts if need be.
Only reason to own DVD's is to collect the movies that haven't made it to Blu-ray. Which is quite a lot.
Good enough for me.
Yeah I know
Honey, I have TAPES with movies that were never released to DVD. NEVER get rid of your media. You have no idea when it'll drop out of publication!
@@Serai3upscaler or upscaling for more large screens also fwiw is kind of useful imho for if needbe using a vhs tape from a dvd recorder will upscale and put out in even 720p or 1080i or 1080p fwiw over hdmi etc.
*DVDs. Punctuation is hard.
It's funny that the disadvantages from streaming once was brought to us as a good thing. And yeah, DVDs... Are quite dead for me. But i still collect blu rays and 4k blu rays since day one, i got rid of nearly any dvds, apart from the movies you can't get on blu ray
Thank you for donating your dvds.
You probably made a huge mistake there, getting rid of your DVDs believing they're 'upgraded' on Blu-ray or 4K, I've seen Blu-rays that look far worse than DVD. With most old DVD releases, you also get the closest to original color grading of movies as opposed to newer formats where the revisionists at the studios have taken over and messed around. Luckily, I've never fallen for it and stuck to DVD, the movie itself and how I like and remember it is what's important to me not what 'experts' want me to think I should suddenly like. Not going to mess with my head, they're not. ;-]
Well, i kept an eye on good dvds or bad blu rays. But most dvds are just unwatchable on my projector, so.. no big deal.
@@LarryFleetwood8675
Great video! How many hard drives did you need to buy to store all of your movies? Thanks for all the effort in this video! keep it up 😊
man when you broke down the number i was like woa. thanks
I was shocked myself.
My mom has like 2 shelves filled with DVDs and I love collecting physical media and most of my Xbox 360 collection was physical media and my favorite kind of DVDs that came with some demo games for the og Xbox and I loved playing them on my friends Xbox!
I have a huge game collection I will show one day on herr
I do this with books and video games too, I'm currently collecting as many tor fantasy books from the 80s and 90s
Thats great, I love physical media!
One question, will Winx let you rip DVDs even if they are copy protected?
I do believe so.
I still have my dvds and i will buy more for my future
Keep physical media alive!
I started collecting near the end of 2023 and already have 40 DVD releases and 1 VHS release! I love collecting physical media because it has allowed me to watch movies and shows that I just wouldn't have remembered or even known about otherwise (Aqua Teen Hunger Force). I love Physical media and nothing can really beat putting in the disc and seeing those menus!
I prefer physical media, you can watch it as much as you like, and you don't need a membership or the internet. You're in control what you want to watch! Greets from Marcel The Netherlands in Europe 👍🙂👊
Greeting Marcel! My grandfather was born in the Netherlands! My people...
Ow my eye why’d you punch me
Never stooped collectin ' em ~ still have my LOTR and Hobbit trilogies BOTH in extended edition form from back in the day
Good man!
Great video! I bought most of my collection when dvd was really in its prime. On average it would’ve been about $20 a copy. I’m such a huge movie fan that I didn’t care if I spent most of my money on them as I was in my late teens up until my late 20’s. I have roughly 5000 still in their covers and cherish that collection to this day. It was a huge investment on my part so I was never going to just sell them off cheap, they mean more to me than that.
How do you repair your discs that get scratched up?
you got me there I am too lazy to get up of my rotund rump up and put a blu-ray in the drive, that's why I rip all my blu-rays and dvd to my pc. got my very own streaming service whilst having the physical boxes displayed for that old school picking from the wall experience. wouldn't trade trade that for anything.
I can respect that. Atleast you are a man of Physical Media!
I have noticed I will talk about a movie, and find out my coworker never heard of it, but is interested. What to do? Hope it's streaming somewhere? I loved loaning out movies to friends. I regret downscaling my collection years back, and the last couple years have been at least trying to reacquire the movies I value, or know are controversial enough that they may disappear otherwise.
It's not too late! Next 5 years are still prime for collecting. I suspect it will be harder in the future to find older dvds. I think most people just throw away 😕
I agree with you on this! I will say personally the minimum I would do would be BluRay/1080p since that's kind of a good compromise in terms of video quality VS the actual tech stack you will need. And if buying second hand you can still get these at really great prices. Obviously not every movie is on BluRay but same goes for DVD, there is some stuff that only got VHS releases or possibly no home release at all.
Yeah, it is a throwback watching 480p but I still can enjoy the movie on dvd. blu rays are awesome too just a bit more costly.
DVD is awesome
Preaching to the Choir!
Well put. I have collected movies since the late -70's when my family bought our first VCR (a Betamax... soon to be replaced with VHS). I still have a lot of rental VHS from the 80's - some 800 (the copyed ones I have no clue about the amount). The DVD hit and I had the exact reaction as you describe... and soon it was all the rage for me. Now I have aproximately 10.000. The Blurays in the 1000. I don't store them in any other way than my collection blocking my dry walls and wallpapers... their multiplied spines are as beautiful to look at as they function very well acousticly. I have thought about realeasing some of them from my grip... but gosh darnit... I just can't. My wife has started to accept my collection so I probably will die in a chamber of treasures.
*Own your shit or someone else will own you!!*
This video was so awesome
You are awesome 👌
This video is 100 percent accurate
Thank you! I put alot of thought into this!
I never got rid of my discs. I ripped them onto a server, so that I can stream them, but I still own the original copies and no one can censor or remove them. Best of both worlds.
That is my plan as well. It's gonna take some time but will do it!
@@deluxeshowandtell My collection takes a few weeks to rip 😬
I absolutely love blu-ray! I have many many blu-ray movies but when it comes to 4k, I can't hardly find any that I'm willing to spend that kind of money on. But if I see the same movie on DVD, then I feel like I hit the jackpot!!
Godbless.
I don't own optical disc player anymore but I have heard that some modern blu-ray players can upscale DVD picture quality much better than some older DVD players.
I will have to look into that.
Trying to build a media server, have the best of both physical & digital. I remember I wanted to watch dragon ball GT, played it on Hulu, instantly said to myself “God I don’t remember it looking this terrible” then I remember that’s because I had an HD collection someone got me for my birthday as a kid. Ahh that gave me some hope for physical.
Always 💿... Streaming can't replicate
I still have all my dvds from when I was 10... I'm 30 now and they still work perfectly fine...
I get Blu-ray now... which is basically just upgrading my DVD versions
I'm so happy that there's still love out there for Physical preservation
I only practically use streaming for watching stuff I'm interested in and if I really love it, then I would look for a physical copy
In the future more people will be wishing they kept their DVDs. Good on you!