I got back into bluray because of the video / audio quality (as well as the extras) and also 99% of the films I enjoy are just not readily available on any of the streaming platforms (perhaps in some obscure corner of Amazon prime) so I can now watch a lot of my favourite 60s and 70s films and TV shows. I must admit blurays does mean I intend to go off into things such as Giallo or Hammer or Tigon films etc so can be expensive. It can get a little out of hand. Some of the packaging is pretty hopeless for blurays, the disks often are impossible to move or they fall out too easily. I agree, they could make them even more visually impressive. I like the 4Ks coming with blurays as well, always great as a backup
As someone in the physical media community who has seen many breakdowns of it's pros and cons, this video was perfectly paced and still managed to go deeper than most physical media channels. Great stuff.
So happy you’re diving into collection physical media AGAIN. Loved this video. Hope to see more PM content in the future. Either way you have another subscriber here! 💯🤘🏻📀
I had a huge DVD collection, but paired it down with my BluRay collection. I made a list of the top 50 films that i love and want to rewatch over and over. I miss the days of going to BestBuy and Tower Records and browsing the DVD’s and CD’s. I also miss the days of Blockbuster Video and renting a movie.
Me, too! Still have my Blockbuster card in a mementos box. Life and weekends were simpler then, weren’t they? I need to get back into buying vinyl. (Lived my teen years in the ‘80s.)
I’ve jumped back into collecting physical media . Not paying for streaming anymore. I think covid was the reason streaming took off . But with internet not stable I prefer to watch my blu rays and dvds now
Can't imagine being born into a world of streaming🤔Always been physical; from VHS to DVD to Bluray to 4K. It's not making a "comeback", it's always been there. There's a reason it's never gone away, people like ownership (loaning, selling, gifting stc).
Agreed! I still have my parents' Blockbuster card from 1998 (lol) and I remember going there on weekends to rent movies in the early 2000s. But by the time iTunes came around neither me nor my friends gave a damn because digital media was so hyped up-sad that the Gen Z and younger kids didn't get to have that experience at all.
Agree with everything! I’ve been going back and collecting my favorite movies physically too. I really regret giving them up for streaming now. But you definitely can’t collect everything and streaming has it’s place for that.
I've been collecting dvd/bluray since 2008 and don't plan on stopping. I don't trust digital collecting or streaming, any streaming service could just remove your favorite show or movie at anytime without explanation, not to mention censorship issues arising.
A problem i am seeing with new 4K releases is too much detail and image manipulation using "A.I." which alters the original. I prefer Blu-ray myself, 4K only seems necessary if you have larger screens (50" plus).
yes, physical media is making a comeback . Ive had friends go over CDs, DVDs, and Vinyl records also . oh, just a side note. You may want to check your audio recording. there's a bit of a "hummm" that can be heard. over all, good video.
Ah, thanks for letting me know-I'll double check audio next time. It was my first video in years so I'm definitely a bit rusty. Filmed like three times before I was even semi-happy with it, haha!
I've missed seeing you and your uploads! I got into collecting DVDs of my ult faves a few years back once I noticed not every season is available through streaming sites. Total buzzkill when trying to binge watch...I'm also trying to be mindful of what I get so it's quite a curated collection atm.
Hey! Glad to be back! Life got in the way with family stuff the past few years so that's why I went MIA :( But I agree, it's annoying when you're on a roll binge watching and suddenly it's like falling off a cliff halfway through a show or season, haha.
It’s never stopped but it has slowed down for me. It’s just harder to buy physical media on the fly. Most of the stuff I get is online. Recently, I did try to make it to the Criterion Closet in NYC but those lines were way too long. Although it is interesting seeing people willing to wait 6-7 hours just to buy 3 movies max.
For me physical media never left. I buy everything that has the slightest chance of some blue hair gender studies maker taking off the servers, like Blazing Saddles or Animal House. And beautiful movies like they don't make anymore. A copy of Silver Streak on bluray cost me fifty bucks😅
Same. One other issue is versioning. To get the original cut of Amadeus recently for an anniversary write-up, I had to get an old flipper DVD through ebay as no current release includes the original edit. Similar applies to Apocalypse Now, The Exorcist (though that was recently redeemed with a 4K), The Tin Drum and so many more as tampered versions of films replace rather than augment the originals. Oh, on Star Trek, if you get it on blu-ray you can choose the original effects rather than the CG interpolations. Thanks for this video, you make some essential points.
@@cubsfan-l9x You can but you have to pay for an expensive edition to get it. Maybe it's different where I am (Australia) where the BD and 4Ks only have the Final Cut. My point was more about the limits on versions. In the 2000s the only version you could buy new was Redux.
The main pro is owning a collection that has value. You can sell it, loan things out to friends. Digital purchases are like flushing money down the drain, it's worth nothing at all, and there's a good chance someday the studios will find a way to steal it from you.
I mean, physical media sales are down from a $10bn industry to a $1.5bn industry since 2010. Don’t forget, back in the mid ‘00s almost everyone was buying DVDs
We’ll look at records made a huge comeback soooo let’s pray 🙏 cds 💿 make a comeback in 2025 the cd 💿 revival is real Streaming is garbage Not everyone can pay for internet is getting to expensive same with Netflix 😅😅😅😅
Some people actually do that’s the point of physical media owning ur favorite movies and tv 📺 shows and watching a lot until the disc breaks 😅😅😅😅 Dong have to worry about internet 🛜 or streaming reliving ur favorite tv shows or movies and most of the time theg don’t have everything 😅
I think so? Can't decide because I was mostly devastated that the show was over, lol. Tom definitely played the long game well. My heart hurt for Kendall though :( What'd you think?
@@NeelouGoodarzi haha that's true, but definitely would rather it end than drag on for useless storylines, especially with the major passing. Yeh i was rooting for Kendall aswell, it felt like a triumphant ending but it may have been too expected of an ending, thus i think the ending fit well tbh. The chaos of the family wins out. Essentially Logan wins lol. Side note, glad you getting into physical media, huge collector myself and i dont regret it despite its often hardwork behind it. Well worth it.
Over here all local distributors have stopped releasing physical content, and the worst thing... it's not available digitally either (not for streaming, not for buying on Apple Store / Prime). Many shows I'd like to see are 'not available in my country' (fan of EU / British crime shows). It's driving me crazy....
You are beautiful. I own a Panasonic bluray disc player. My favourite movies are on bluray disc. Bluray disc is the SWEET SPOT. Affordable price for HD AUDIO LOSSLESS and HD picture at 1080p that my Samsung 4K upscales very well. I don't buy random movies. Just my favourites. Everything else you want to watch that you don't know, just rent it digitally if it's not a streaming platform.
HEYYYY! So glad to hear from you. I'm doing well-had a lot of family stuff happen the past few years so I fell off the TH-cam bandwagon but I'm glad to be back. How are you?!
Nothing beats physical media. But it’s getting too expensive for me because we don’t have any stores that still sells them in my country , even online! So I have to import everything and it’s really not an ideal situation. Physical media is actually dead in Saudi arabia. People have completely went to streaming.
Just like I found out - at some point you will run out of space and then Apple or some other online service becomes that much more convenient. Apple is actually quite good in terms of quality and I'm surprised more people don't purchase through them.
4K can be worth it depending on if it's a new and better master vs a previous Blu-ray release. With newer movies, I would agree that there is very little difference.
@@andrewholmes3133 Why is it your first choice? I just don't see the point to buying many of these movies, again, for yet a third or fourth time. I likely already bought it once on DVD, then again on Blu-ray, sometimes a second time for a remastered Blu-ray, now they want me to buy something again in 4K? This is why I have switched to Apple. Free 4K upgrades and the quality is actually quite good. I have not lost anything I have bought directly through them. On top of that, companies can't seem to make 4KBD players that are worth a crap, they all freeze, and the discs are nearly always scratched.
Buying physical media has never gone away as far as I’m concerned. I always buy 4Ks and Blu Rays.
I got back into bluray because of the video / audio quality (as well as the extras) and also 99% of the films I enjoy are just not readily available on any of the streaming platforms (perhaps in some obscure corner of Amazon prime) so I can now watch a lot of my favourite 60s and 70s films and TV shows. I must admit blurays does mean I intend to go off into things such as Giallo or Hammer or Tigon films etc so can be expensive. It can get a little out of hand. Some of the packaging is pretty hopeless for blurays, the disks often are impossible to move or they fall out too easily. I agree, they could make them even more visually impressive. I like the 4Ks coming with blurays as well, always great as a backup
Great video Neelou, I always appreciate physical media proponents putting out vids like this. Keep up the great work! 👍
This is an awesome video, love to see that collecting films isn’t just a boys club
Hah, for real! Thanks :)
Glad to see another collector😍
I love that you physical media enough to make this video about it. This sort of passion needs to be documented. You have a new follower!
Thanks so much!
As someone in the physical media community who has seen many breakdowns of it's pros and cons, this video was perfectly paced and still managed to go deeper than most physical media channels. Great stuff.
Thank you, I'm so glad to hear that! It's the first video I've posted in years so I was flustered haha
I love my Blu-ray and DVD they are the best I don’t even have streaming, I don’t like streaming great review ❤
You sound like an old loser.
So happy you’re diving into collection physical media AGAIN. Loved this video. Hope to see more PM content in the future. Either way you have another subscriber here! 💯🤘🏻📀
I had a huge DVD collection, but paired it down with my BluRay collection. I made a list of the top 50 films that i love and want to rewatch over and over.
I miss the days of going to BestBuy and Tower Records and browsing the DVD’s and CD’s. I also miss the days of Blockbuster Video and renting a movie.
Me, too! Still have my Blockbuster card in a mementos box. Life and weekends were simpler then, weren’t they?
I need to get back into buying vinyl. (Lived my teen years in the ‘80s.)
I’ve jumped back into collecting physical media .
Not paying for streaming anymore.
I think covid was the reason streaming took off .
But with internet not stable I prefer to watch my blu rays and dvds now
Can't imagine being born into a world of streaming🤔Always been physical; from VHS to DVD to Bluray to 4K. It's not making a "comeback", it's always been there. There's a reason it's never gone away, people like ownership (loaning, selling, gifting stc).
Agreed! I still have my parents' Blockbuster card from 1998 (lol) and I remember going there on weekends to rent movies in the early 2000s. But by the time iTunes came around neither me nor my friends gave a damn because digital media was so hyped up-sad that the Gen Z and younger kids didn't get to have that experience at all.
queen of physical media
Subscribed! Loved the message-and your name! Second generation Assyrian-American here (Maternal grandparents emigrated to U.S. from Persia). 👍🏻
Agree with everything! I’ve been going back and collecting my favorite movies physically too. I really regret giving them up for streaming now.
But you definitely can’t collect everything and streaming has it’s place for that.
Exactly! It's a balance. But I regret getting rid of my DVDs too :/
I've been collecting dvd/bluray since 2008 and don't plan on stopping. I don't trust digital collecting or streaming, any streaming service could just remove your favorite show or movie at anytime without explanation, not to mention censorship issues arising.
A problem i am seeing with new 4K releases is too much detail and image manipulation using "A.I." which alters the original. I prefer Blu-ray myself, 4K only seems necessary if you have larger screens (50" plus).
Long live physical media
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Neelou on TH-cam comeback?! Love it
hahah SHE'S BACK (and flustered as hell)
yes, physical media is making a comeback . Ive had friends go over CDs, DVDs, and Vinyl records also . oh, just a side note. You may want to check your audio recording. there's a bit of a "hummm" that can be heard. over all, good video.
Ah, thanks for letting me know-I'll double check audio next time. It was my first video in years so I'm definitely a bit rusty. Filmed like three times before I was even semi-happy with it, haha!
I've missed seeing you and your uploads! I got into collecting DVDs of my ult faves a few years back once I noticed not every season is available through streaming sites. Total buzzkill when trying to binge watch...I'm also trying to be mindful of what I get so it's quite a curated collection atm.
Hey! Glad to be back! Life got in the way with family stuff the past few years so that's why I went MIA :(
But I agree, it's annoying when you're on a roll binge watching and suddenly it's like falling off a cliff halfway through a show or season, haha.
It’s never stopped but it has slowed down for me. It’s just harder to buy physical media on the fly. Most of the stuff I get is online. Recently, I did try to make it to the Criterion Closet in NYC but those lines were way too long. Although it is interesting seeing people willing to wait 6-7 hours just to buy 3 movies max.
hey girr, u got some good movies. I like my movie collection so far, growing every month :)
I wondered why I have so many BD's
Grl! Where u been??
For me physical media never left.
I buy everything that has the slightest chance of some blue hair gender studies maker taking off the servers, like Blazing Saddles or Animal House. And beautiful movies like they don't make anymore.
A copy of Silver Streak on bluray cost me fifty bucks😅
I'm a fan of 4K, the only downside for me is the price of 4Ks, even on eBay some of the prices are insane.
YESSSS
Same. One other issue is versioning. To get the original cut of Amadeus recently for an anniversary write-up, I had to get an old flipper DVD through ebay as no current release includes the original edit. Similar applies to Apocalypse Now, The Exorcist (though that was recently redeemed with a 4K), The Tin Drum and so many more as tampered versions of films replace rather than augment the originals. Oh, on Star Trek, if you get it on blu-ray you can choose the original effects rather than the CG interpolations. Thanks for this video, you make some essential points.
You can't get the original cut of Apocalypse Now anymore? Is that not the 1979 Original? Both my Blu-rays have that.
@@cubsfan-l9x You can but you have to pay for an expensive edition to get it. Maybe it's different where I am (Australia) where the BD and 4Ks only have the Final Cut. My point was more about the limits on versions. In the 2000s the only version you could buy new was Redux.
The main pro is owning a collection that has value. You can sell it, loan things out to friends. Digital purchases are like flushing money down the drain, it's worth nothing at all, and there's a good chance someday the studios will find a way to steal it from you.
Exactly! Especially when there's both a 4K disc and Bluray, I've given a few of those away to friends and family and kept the other disc.
I like collecting physical blu rays. I'm not a fan of the cheap, recyclable elite cases. I prefer the thicker and more sturdy amaray UK cases.
just like me i still have NO cable tv . yes . i still buy 16mm film. vhs . laserdisc .dvd . blu ray & 4K s .. maybe i am crazy.who knows.
Physical media never went away, how can something that's been stronger then streaming this whole time maje a comeback when never died down
I mean, physical media sales are down from a $10bn industry to a $1.5bn industry since 2010.
Don’t forget, back in the mid ‘00s almost everyone was buying DVDs
We’ll look at records made a huge comeback soooo let’s pray 🙏 cds 💿 make a comeback in 2025 the cd 💿 revival is real Streaming is garbage Not everyone can pay for internet is getting to expensive same with Netflix 😅😅😅😅
Hell yes
I have some blue ray disks but the problem I have is……how many times are you going to watch the same movie? I doubt I will buy any more disks.
Some people actually do that’s the point of physical media owning ur favorite movies and tv 📺 shows and watching a lot until the disc breaks 😅😅😅😅 Dong have to worry about internet 🛜 or streaming reliving ur favorite tv shows or movies and most of the time theg don’t have everything 😅
Did you like successions ending?
I think so? Can't decide because I was mostly devastated that the show was over, lol. Tom definitely played the long game well. My heart hurt for Kendall though :(
What'd you think?
@@NeelouGoodarzi haha that's true, but definitely would rather it end than drag on for useless storylines, especially with the major passing. Yeh i was rooting for Kendall aswell, it felt like a triumphant ending but it may have been too expected of an ending, thus i think the ending fit well tbh. The chaos of the family wins out. Essentially Logan wins lol. Side note, glad you getting into physical media, huge collector myself and i dont regret it despite its often hardwork behind it. Well worth it.
Over here all local distributors have stopped releasing physical content, and the worst thing... it's not available digitally either (not for streaming, not for buying on Apple Store / Prime). Many shows I'd like to see are 'not available in my country' (fan of EU / British crime shows). It's driving me crazy....
I look at the censored Adventures in Babysitting on streaming and then I hug my physical copy
I have never seen that movie!
What did they censor in it?
I think I will cease buying physical media only when it's not available any longer. I still have laserdiscs, believe it or not.
You are beautiful. I own a Panasonic bluray disc player. My favourite movies are on bluray disc. Bluray disc is the SWEET SPOT. Affordable price for HD AUDIO LOSSLESS and HD picture at 1080p that my Samsung 4K upscales very well. I don't buy random movies. Just my favourites. Everything else you want to watch that you don't know, just rent it digitally if it's not a streaming platform.
Who doesn’t collect physical media it’s the real way
Hey stranger
How are you???
HEYYYY! So glad to hear from you. I'm doing well-had a lot of family stuff happen the past few years so I fell off the TH-cam bandwagon but I'm glad to be back. How are you?!
Nothing beats physical media. But it’s getting too expensive for me because we don’t have any stores that still sells them in my country , even online! So I have to import everything and it’s really not an ideal situation. Physical media is actually dead in Saudi arabia. People have completely went to streaming.
Is the internet strong in south Arabia I doubt it
@@RobertQuant yeah it’s super fast in the Major cities
@@fhood2011 some other countries they don’t have internet that’s why they buy DVDs 📀
Just like I found out - at some point you will run out of space and then Apple or some other online service becomes that much more convenient. Apple is actually quite good in terms of quality and I'm surprised more people don't purchase through them.
U still don’t own the movies streaming is garbage Physical media forever 🤙🤙🤙🤙
4k not worth it, blu ray always look better over all, dvds good to
4K can be worth it depending on if it's a new and better master vs a previous Blu-ray release. With newer movies, I would agree that there is very little difference.
You have absolutely NO IDEA what you’re talking about. Not a clue.
4ks are definitely worth it. My first choice every time.
@@bassage13 Who hasn’t a clue?
@@andrewholmes3133 Why is it your first choice? I just don't see the point to buying many of these movies, again, for yet a third or fourth time. I likely already bought it once on DVD, then again on Blu-ray, sometimes a second time for a remastered Blu-ray, now they want me to buy something again in 4K? This is why I have switched to Apple. Free 4K upgrades and the quality is actually quite good. I have not lost anything I have bought directly through them. On top of that, companies can't seem to make 4KBD players that are worth a crap, they all freeze, and the discs are nearly always scratched.