I've got a tenth of your collection, but I'm out every week buying DVDs and even rare VHS. My friends are always on me about the worthlessness of DVDs. They're into the streaming and the Ice films. But I love the physical disc. I love having a constant cache of films in my home that I haven't seen and I'm excited to see. You guys, Cooldude and Wetmovie1, inspire me to keep the collection going. Thanks for your videos. You're not the only dvd geeks out there.
Blu-rays and movies will be around or as long as consumers buy them en masse. Blu-rays especially will last because the hard core movie fans want the extras, the ability to collect, and the ability to "show" their collection. Streaming is like renting. That's why the rental market (e.g. Blockbuster) went out but sales are still good. ITunes has digital copies now and they have not put sales of blu-rays out of business for reasons I mentioned above.
Also, the virtual reality thing made me remember something. A year or so ago I read that some company in Japan is working on something called the Immersive Cocoon that's supposedly going to be kind of similar to the holodeck from Star Trek. I haven't heard anything else about it but it might be interesting to look up and read about.
Im older - I remember when Cable TV was new! In 1977-78 when we got cable, it was at the point where the OTHER side of the street had cable first and we had to wait a year until it came down the street and down to our side of the street!!!!
This is why I am of the position that the Mom and Pop stores will make a comeback. The major movie sellers i.e. Blockbuster, Suncoast, FYE, ect. will shut down to accommodate for the streaming wave, but the locally owned shops that specialize in selling old formats will pull the customers that want to keep purchasing the tangible product. There is a shop near my house called Edward McKay's used books and more. I exclusively shop there for movies. Can't get any better than a special ed. for $3.
im like you guys their is nothing like the feeling of having a copy of a movie you love in your collection its an awesome feeling i hate to know that things might could go digital but for us movie lovers we gotta have those certain movies in our collections i hope that never ends ...on the subjects of vhs every friday and saturday was always go rent me a vhs day ! lol ...
I'm not a DVD collector (despite enjoying Shawn's videos) but where CDs are concerned, in the past 10 or so years I've only purchased probably a total of 5 CDs. Most of the time I only like a couple of songs on any given CD anyway so I like the option of buying per song. I love not having the extra clutter, too.
With cable services capping download speeds and charging extra if you go over your allotted amount is a big reason DVDs and Blu-rays are going to stick around for the foreseeable future. The other reason is that people like to physically be able to touch and hold what they own. However stores like Best Buy are going to go the way of Borders.
Criterion has a ton of features on there disc still in today's times for there DVDS and Blu-Ray disc When it comes to rare Foreign and even American films that you don't think about unless these are indepndent films but trust me they have the unusual stuff that's not the norm at all.
@coolduder I'll continue to get dvd's/blu rays. 1. It's a physical copy that i'll have until i don't want it anymore. 2. Looking for them actually gets me out of the house. 3. I'm an extras geek, streaming doesn't have them. I DO have netflix and DO love it but like you touched upon titles can be gone in no time. Not to mention every movie/tv show ever done in history is available to stream for whatever reason(learned this looking for True Blood) That's my view, Love the old ways but will adapt.
@dreno4618 Streaming will replace physical format. I'm not saying it's coming sometime soon, but it is coming. Streaming can be equivalent to blu-ray, quality wise.
I would have to say it is tempting to buy a "virtual file" of a DVD that is now out-of-print and the sellers jacking the price up to $50+, while I can go on Amazon and buy the movie for $10 and watch instantly without having to worry if that $50 DVD I just bought will play or not. It really isn't a bothersome since most of us have PCs hooked up to televisions anyway, but I would rather have a physical copy of the disc to add to my collection.
I believe the physical disc (or other) based medium will live on for a very long time. There are always people who like to collect physical things. I'll stream things but I do buy many films, games, books etc and I don't get rid of them afterwards. It's just nice to have the physical item, what happens when your entertainment cloud company gets shut down or bankrupt and then all stored data and account info is destroyed.
I totally agree with your points here guys I really hope DVD's and Blurays don’t die out, cause as a movie lover and collector, it’s just not the same seeing a movie/show streamed as opposed to owning the physical object and popping it into a DVD player Plus, if something were to happen to the streaming services, like their servers going down or something happening to their databases… guess what, no one would be able to watch anything So I’m keeping my movie collection, cause I love it
I think the end of movie formats will certainly happen. The transition over to purely digital downloading will happen once usage of permanent digital archiving becomes more standardized.
I pray to Kubrick that the era of DVDs or blu-rays will never end. I really enjoy all the special features that they come with on video and to wait for every other movie to be re-released on a software to download would be unfair.
I dont think that physical copies of movies will ever die out. There are still a large amount of people that like to go out and get the physical copy of the movie. When it does eventually die out, which I dont think will be for many many years, it will become sort of like record collecting or laserdisc collecting
ya, i'd say almost everything with be digital in 5 years. they could definitely make it sooner but im sure they will want people to buy as many blu rays as possible within that time. it's hard to think that people wouldn't want to buy blu rays and go completely digital, people like to have physical collections.
For me I will forever buy blu rays and DVDS as they have subtitles fixed on them which for me, as someon'e who's hearing impaired, is the better option. From what I've seen the digital age, streaming films, restricts that and DVDs have always been fantastic for subtitles. I've yet to find any streaming service to display subtitles so I'll stick with the hardware.
It's sad that everything is trying to go digital and I think it all will in about 10 years from now. I grew up in the video generation as well. I still remember going to Block Buster every weekend and picking up my favorite movies on VHS. Then DVDs came around and I made a huge mistake by getting rid of our entire VHS collection just because DVDs were new back then. I know now that I won't ever get rid of my favorite DVDs in my collection. I will support DVDs and Blu-Rays for as long as I can.
I heard that starting in 2013 you'll only be able to buy DVD/Blu-Ray combo packs. Than come 2020 it will be Blu-Ray only after that. And I got that from the manager at my local Moviestop store.
My dad also had betamax too! Our BlockBuster is "moving" too! I have Netflix but used to go into there twice a month hoping to support them. I used to love the extras at the end of Full Moon videos- I forget what it was called!~ Driving me crazy :)
Personally, I'm against digital for a multitude of reasons. I love collecting dvds and blu-ray's and having the actual box in my hand. But also, I have bought a couple digital movies on Amazon and you can't really do much with them. The only place you can watch them is on your computer or an Amazon capable device. With Netflix, it seems more often than not I'll go to watch a movie and they either don't have it or it was pulled due to the contract being up.
Hey fellas, good video topic. I kind of view this issue like I do vinyl. Vinyl has been making a comeback. There are still many collectors. Even VHS is huge on ebay. I even purchase and bid on vhs on ebay. But I don't know, it just seems that many people still want the tangible item, with all the artwork, and the special editions, directors cuts, with all the extras. I still buy music cd's too, although many people haven't bought a cd in a while. It is a hobby to collect things.
im luckey enough to remember vhs when it first came out, in the late 70's, ive been collecting movies since then, i still havea good few vhs titles and rare ones to.. Now dvd came out in 97 ish and yes it was big and i think it will stay around for quite a while, blu-ray is still on the other hand a new format to a lot of ppl so i dont think that will be going anywhere for a good good few years yet..if they phase dvd out il still keep my collection i wouldnt sell them as there personel to me
I have 430 titles in my streaming queue. I have 180 titles in the dvd queue. I have 41 titles saved. Also I regularly make a notepad list so I don't lose track of expiring titles from streaming.
I'm so frustrated with the digital format. Certain titles are available for a limited time only. It's really annoying when you've waited to purchase a particular digital title and it's no longer available. In addition, I've noticed in digital certain scenes are missing as opposed to the hard copy. Because of this I'll stick to purchasing dvd/blu ray copies. It seems every time I go shopping for a particular copy I can't seem to find one locally. I'm finding that the dvd section in the department stores are shrinking much like the cds did. Anyways, I hope you never have to move because that's a lot of movies to pack.
It sucks that FYE is failing in California, It's doing fine in Indiana as far as I know. I hope they stay in business for a long time. They have the best in-store selection of cds in my area, If they go I'll have to order absolutely everything off the internet.
I thought about using netflix, all the ads and stuff say 6.99 per month and fine you pay that just for netflix, but if I watched a movie everyday for a month my broadband bill would be over it's limit so there'd be extra charges. So getting 4 or 5 blu-rays for $£€25 whatever, you can have them whenever you want and you only pay once
In my opinion, the big problem (at least for me) isn't so much streaming or the death of the physical format. My problem is: IF the physical format dies, how do we convert the material on the disc (main movie, menus, extras) to streaming? If someone can invent a quick, convenient, one step process to do that, I think a lot of my anxieties (and those of a lot of other people) will be solved.
I remember in 1999 when I moved up to where Im at now.... Best Buy, the store was all cd's vhs and a little dvd. Then it went to letterbox vhs & allot of dvds. Then just barely any vhs and all dvd's and some blu rays. NOW its barely any cd's, dvd's and a few bluray but mostly computers - ALL since 1999.
Probably there will be something you put your phone into a machine like a red box where you pick a movie and then plug in your phone into the machine and then from there you can bring that home to your "box" at home... and then you can watch them on your tv.
Enjoy your vids man, just getting really into collecting DVDs & VHSs, Just added a Collection vid myself, please check it out. I prefer a physical copy & many movies will never get past VHS format either. Thanks for the entertainment & doing a great job nonetheless.
so true guys, i was recently streaming unstoppable from hbo go and for months the movie would switch between hbo go and max go, finally the movie was taken off the roster on both websites completely. i rushed out to walmart and bought the movie because i like it so much. movies i love, i like to have on dvd. streaming is great but only in partnership to dvd...for me, i have needs that require both.
So far, every DVD ripper or converter I've tried has warped the video so that it slows down and stutters in places, or loses video quality, or ... something else.
I remember someone doing a similar video to this but about video games. The way he concluded, streaming definitely had a big place in the future but wasn't THE future. That's kind of the way I see it for movies. I definitely think streaming will be (and is now but that's not the point) very popular but I think there will still be people who would rather own blu-rays or just don't have the internet access or whatever. It very well could happen but I don't think BRs will go, at least for a while.
The machine you were describing that 'scans' the Blu Rays and DVDs you have, is literally the same concept of digital copies that come with Blu Rays. I think digital copies will dominate the market, because you have services like Apple's iCloud that places your digital items on all your devices. Digital Copies are the future.
I think the future of broadcast TV, and movie rentals will be streaming, but not movie collections. Hard Drives will definitely replace DVDs. Things are already moving in that direction.
I loooove collecting DVD's and Blu-Ray's but it almost feels redundant and a waste of money getting them now due to streaming. I use Apple TV for most of my movies now and Netflix. I'm hoping when illegal downloading gets put to a stop and people realize with online you get no features and that true movie feel, home media will make a comeback.
@dreno4618 you're being ignorant. I said "im not saying it's coming sometime soon". 11 years really isn't much, and I do realize that some people still buy CD's - but are they going to do that in 20 years from now? Physical form is going away, of course it is. And how would the studios lose money? They would make more, considering the elimination of packacking and stuff.
DVD and Blu Rays have just been given an extended life and may be around for a very long time now! Comcast and other huge greedy internet providers are in the process of introducing bandwidth caps for subscribers of 250-300 GB per month. Since streaming just one HD movie can burn up as much as 5 GB and using Skype video chat will burn one GB an hour it's pretty easy to use up 300 GB in one month. This will mean a resurgence of DVD and Blu Ray rentals and they ain't going away no time soon.
I remember when DVD's were the new thing coming out and I still had everything on VHS. It's sad to think that in a couple of years everything will be viral.
i like videos to come back i know its dead but i still like buying them also ben getting into bluray and buying more dvds not having a job means i have to rent more then buy but i love to buy more.
Man going to the gas station, the racetrack, and begging dad to let me watch the R rated Robin Hood with Kevin Costner. Those were the days man. I was also born in 1982.
You still see music CDs for sale because audiophiles want the quality of the CD versus the lower quality of digital music (unless lossless). Also people collect the CDs just like they do blu-ray movies. I think you guys are missing it.
Dude I just got into collecting Blu-rays and am 1 shy of 300 movies. I'm REALLY hoping blu-ray stays for years to come as well as stores like blockbuster and F.Y.E where I can buy movies and display them.
I know what you mean about stores closing I live in Northern Ireland my city use to have a lot of stores selling movies like Woolworths, Caroline Music, ViginMegastores, Zavvi and Head now all of them have closed all is left HMV which could be closing down soon and supermarkets. Supermarkets dont really carry most things i want so most of my purchases have to be online which annoying as sometimes I like just to go out have a look around to see what I find .
@Jaz20Stockie I agree, but the sad thing is is that we are forced to move on. they don't make VHS tapes anymore and eventually DVDs will be done being made too and we will all move on. BluRay will be the new standard.
On getting stuff early, I preordered The Amazing Spider-Man on Nov. 1 at Wal-Mart (I had just gotten paid and wanted to make sure I had it o release day since I was babysitting my nieces on release day, Nov.9 and they wanted to see it), it was a mail in thing from Vudu where they send it to you when it was released. Anyway, cut to the next day Nov. 2 and here comes UPS bringing me my copy of it a week early lol
In Denmark Blockbuster tried doing DVD's that stoppes working. You'd buy them and then within a month or something they'd turn into blank discs do to some chemical reaction in the disc. They were cheaper than regular DVD's, but it flopped big time, I think it was like 5 years ago or something when they tried it. Just a horrible idea.
If streaming becomes the norm in the future, there will be a masssive increase in piracy. I don't think owning movies will change in the future, It may not be Blu Ray or dvd, but im sure we will still be able to own movies in some sort of format.
@LordOfKnights00 Did u know in the 70`s when they first came out VCR`s did`nt rewind?You had to take them back to Sears and they would rewind the tape for you.
Just because they stop selling movies in certain formats doesn't mean you wont be able to play the old ones. As long as you have the right player and electrical outlet you'll be able to use old formats.
I think streaming is the future, but I think they have to completely change their business model before it can have a shot at making physical media obsolete. The idea of licensing each individual movie is a nightmare when it comes to widespread streaming -- Netflix streaming needs a much wider selection before I'd consider paying for it.
I think another problem that comes from streaming everything, will be with the internet providers. Can they really offer unlimited internet access to everybody ? Everything uses internet now, so it's highly possible the internet providers will limit how much we can download to save money. Then you find yourself with the problem of not being able to stream if you watch a lot of films. With DVD or Blu-ray you can watch as many as you want, as many time as you want.
Great question. I doubt that any of the corporate retail outlets that make the majority of their $ from dvd/cd sales will survive beyond the next 18 months. Why don't you guys get proactive and open up (what will become) a specialty shop that sells new and used dvds. You can have a little shop AND sell online. With the knowledge that you both have I would suspect it would be a huge success. Here is the other question... What do you have to lose?
None of the blockbusters in my area have closed, but I don't know how much longer that will last. I think the movie industry makes too much money off of Blurays/dvds to give that up, who knows.
I think DVD's will always be collectible - probably more so if they are phased out, they'll just gain a retro cache. They really have to be one of the best things to collect because they're so lightweight! My records on the other hand are murder to move around, lol
I prefer to have a physical copy of my movies, whether BR or DVD, but on the other hand I am an all online music guy. I don't even bother looking for actual CDs anymore, and all physical CDs I have have been imported into files. Hard to imagine doing the same with movies. Had a top-loading betamax with a wired remote, lol. Just glad Dad didn't get into laserdisc, geez, can you even still find those?
I hope it never totally happens in Canada we still have quite a few shops that sale DVD's and Blu-ray"s hmv is one of my favorite places for movies and I think streaming is getting bigger but I think DVD and Blu-ray will be around for a while more and they might be like records and laser disc like they will be gone but if you look hard enough you'll still find movies and plays I have a fairly big collection myself of DVD and Blu-ray have between 3 and 4 hundred titles and with streaming as you guys said they don't have all the stuff you want to see sometimes or there just around for a bit then they leave the site and plus the picture and sound are not always the best on streaming sites with dvd and Blu-ray you know it will probably be good plus I personally love the special features of stuff
i can see dvd's being around for the next ten to twenty years. just because there is a huge amount of people who changed formats from VHS to DVD and don't want to change again. i will never change formats after disks i don't see a huge difference in a disk or card. maybe the next generation of kids will be all about streaming but they will never have a chance to see rare classics that dvd collectors have in their collection. so i think when dvd's do go out of format they will be ultra valuable
I am happy with my DVDs, we do have both streaming and Netflix by-mail, we use both, i have noticed that i wont buy TV shows if i can find them on there instead, id rather spend the $8 rather than $32-38 for the set, althought it is convenient and u can take it with you, i dont think that hard copies of entertainment will end, i think they will just both exist, maybe someday they will be stored on flash drive type devices so they dont take up as much space as our current collections hhaha
I think DVD's will be phased out in 10 years, and Blu Rays in 15. Maybe they'll be replaced by another hard format before everything goes virtual.Either way they'll always be collectors keeping the dvd/blu ray trade going
@TheNightHouseChannel They can go up to any definition when your downloading or streaming, Blu-Ray looks most likely going to be the last physical format cause companies will be like "what's the point" of coming up with a new format only to be bettered by something that's in the space within a few weeks.... My local multiplex cinema has just installed 4k screens and the pictures are absolutely stunning on their giant screens, why would anyone want 8k or even 4k on their television screens? :/
I think the furture is something like popcorn hour, you can store, streem and much more with it... But I don't think that Blu-ray will die... Google popcorn hour
Netflix doesn't have the licencing in other countries like it does in the US and so the selection of movies isnèt very good. Streaming also has to get a lot better in order to phase out blu-ray quality wise. I think that right now DVDs and blu-rays are way to profitable to be phased out. I mean think how much it costs those companies to put together those packages and then what they sell for! Its huge money.
It's crazy!!! You guys predicted Digital Downloads and VR Movies!!
shawn inspired me to start a dvd collection, im proud of my dvd collection. never gonna sell any of them
What’s ur movie collection count?
I've got a tenth of your collection, but I'm out every week buying DVDs and even rare VHS. My friends are always on me about the worthlessness of DVDs. They're into the streaming and the Ice films. But I love the physical disc. I love having a constant cache of films in my home that I haven't seen and I'm excited to see. You guys, Cooldude and Wetmovie1, inspire me to keep the collection going. Thanks for your videos. You're not the only dvd geeks out there.
Blu-rays and movies will be around or as long as consumers buy them en masse. Blu-rays especially will last because the hard core movie fans want the extras, the ability to collect, and the ability to "show" their collection. Streaming is like renting. That's why the rental market (e.g. Blockbuster) went out but sales are still good. ITunes has digital copies now and they have not put sales of blu-rays out of business for reasons I mentioned above.
Also, the virtual reality thing made me remember something. A year or so ago I read that some company in Japan is working on something called the Immersive Cocoon that's supposedly going to be kind of similar to the holodeck from Star Trek. I haven't heard anything else about it but it might be interesting to look up and read about.
Im older - I remember when Cable TV was new! In 1977-78 when we got cable, it was at the point where the OTHER side of the street had cable first and we had to wait a year until it came down the street and down to our side of the street!!!!
This is why I am of the position that the Mom and Pop stores will make a comeback. The major movie sellers i.e. Blockbuster, Suncoast, FYE, ect. will shut down to accommodate for the streaming wave, but the locally owned shops that specialize in selling old formats will pull the customers that want to keep purchasing the tangible product.
There is a shop near my house called Edward McKay's used books and more. I exclusively shop there for movies. Can't get any better than a special ed. for $3.
im like you guys their is nothing like the feeling of having a copy of a movie you love in your collection its an awesome feeling i hate to know that things might could go digital but for us movie lovers we gotta have those certain movies in our collections i hope that never ends ...on the subjects of vhs every friday and saturday was always go rent me a vhs day ! lol ...
I'm not a DVD collector (despite enjoying Shawn's videos) but where CDs are concerned, in the past 10 or so years I've only purchased probably a total of 5 CDs. Most of the time I only like a couple of songs on any given CD anyway so I like the option of buying per song. I love not having the extra clutter, too.
With cable services capping download speeds and charging extra if you go over your allotted amount is a big reason DVDs and Blu-rays are going to stick around for the foreseeable future.
The other reason is that people like to physically be able to touch and hold what they own. However stores like Best Buy are going to go the way of Borders.
i like when i see you with Brendan aka Wetmovie1 in this video awesome dudes
I had Beta, VHS, VD and Blu Ray. now stick to mostly dvd/blu ray have a few vhs unavailable in any other format.
Criterion has a ton of features on there disc still in today's times for there DVDS and Blu-Ray disc
When it comes to rare Foreign and even American films that you don't think about unless these are indepndent films but trust me they have the unusual stuff that's not the norm at all.
Cool Dude. Love this kind of video. It keeps it simple like a couple of dudes just hanging and talking about stuff. Like it a lot.
did same happen to you cuse i saw the awsome 1994 game collection of youres did you sell it all?
@coolduder I'll continue to get dvd's/blu rays. 1. It's a physical copy that i'll have until i don't want it anymore. 2. Looking for them actually gets me out of the house. 3. I'm an extras geek, streaming doesn't have them. I DO have netflix and DO love it but like you touched upon titles can be gone in no time. Not to mention every movie/tv show ever done in history is available to stream for whatever reason(learned this looking for True Blood) That's my view, Love the old ways but will adapt.
@dreno4618 Streaming will replace physical format. I'm not saying it's coming sometime soon, but it is coming. Streaming can be equivalent to blu-ray, quality wise.
everything will be digital/video on demand. netflix or quickflix (if you live in australia) will have its own digital service. give dvds 5 years tops.
I would have to say it is tempting to buy a "virtual file" of a DVD that is now out-of-print and the sellers jacking the price up to $50+, while I can go on Amazon and buy the movie for $10 and watch instantly without having to worry if that $50 DVD I just bought will play or not. It really isn't a bothersome since most of us have PCs hooked up to televisions anyway, but I would rather have a physical copy of the disc to add to my collection.
'maybe we actually get women' - lol
i still buy cd's of my most beloved music - nothing beats a cd on a good setup.
I believe the physical disc (or other) based medium will live on for a very long time. There are always people who like to collect physical things.
I'll stream things but I do buy many films, games, books etc and I don't get rid of them afterwards. It's just nice to have the physical item, what happens when your entertainment cloud company gets shut down or bankrupt and then all stored data and account info is destroyed.
I totally agree with your points here guys
I really hope DVD's and Blurays don’t die out, cause as a movie lover and collector, it’s just not the same seeing a movie/show streamed as opposed to owning the physical object and popping it into a DVD player
Plus, if something were to happen to the streaming services, like their servers going down or something happening to their databases… guess what, no one would be able to watch anything
So I’m keeping my movie collection, cause I love it
I think the end of movie formats will certainly happen. The transition over to purely digital downloading will happen once usage of permanent digital archiving becomes more standardized.
Yeah, Blu-Ray is gonna be the final format. You guys are right. The DVD/Blu market (with CDs too) will be totally online in 5 years.
I pray to Kubrick that the era of DVDs or blu-rays will never end. I really enjoy all the special features that they come with on video and to wait for every other movie to be re-released on a software to download would be unfair.
I dont think that physical copies of movies will ever die out. There are still a large amount of people that like to go out and get the physical copy of the movie. When it does eventually die out, which I dont think will be for many many years, it will become sort of like record collecting or laserdisc collecting
ya, i'd say almost everything with be digital in 5 years. they could definitely make it sooner but im sure they will want people to buy as many blu rays as possible within that time. it's hard to think that people wouldn't want to buy blu rays and go completely digital, people like to have physical collections.
For me I will forever buy blu rays and DVDS as they have subtitles fixed on them which for me, as someon'e who's hearing impaired, is the better option. From what I've seen the digital age, streaming films, restricts that and DVDs have always been fantastic for subtitles. I've yet to find any streaming service to display subtitles so I'll stick with the hardware.
It's sad that everything is trying to go digital and I think it all will in about 10 years from now. I grew up in the video generation as well. I still remember going to Block Buster every weekend and picking up my favorite movies on VHS. Then DVDs came around and I made a huge mistake by getting rid of our entire VHS collection just because DVDs were new back then. I know now that I won't ever get rid of my favorite DVDs in my collection. I will support DVDs and Blu-Rays for as long as I can.
I heard that starting in 2013 you'll only be able to buy DVD/Blu-Ray combo packs. Than come 2020 it will be Blu-Ray only after that. And I got that from the manager at my local Moviestop store.
@jack2breeze Same here. Most of the time, I find myself preferring the VHS artwork over DVD/Blu-Ray artwork.
My dad also had betamax too! Our BlockBuster is "moving" too! I have Netflix but used to go into there twice a month hoping to support them. I used to love the extras at the end of Full Moon videos- I forget what it was called!~ Driving me crazy :)
Personally, I'm against digital for a multitude of reasons. I love collecting dvds and blu-ray's and having the actual box in my hand. But also, I have bought a couple digital movies on Amazon and you can't really do much with them. The only place you can watch them is on your computer or an Amazon capable device. With Netflix, it seems more often than not I'll go to watch a movie and they either don't have it or it was pulled due to the contract being up.
Hey fellas, good video topic. I kind of view this issue like I do vinyl. Vinyl has been making a comeback. There are still many collectors. Even VHS is huge on ebay. I even purchase and bid on vhs on ebay. But I don't know, it just seems that many people still want the tangible item, with all the artwork, and the special editions, directors cuts, with all the extras. I still buy music cd's too, although many people haven't bought a cd in a while. It is a hobby to collect things.
im luckey enough to remember vhs when it first came out, in the late 70's, ive been collecting movies since then, i still havea good few vhs titles and rare ones to.. Now dvd came out in 97 ish and yes it was big and i think it will stay around for quite a while, blu-ray is still on the other hand a new format to a lot of ppl so i dont think that will be going anywhere for a good good few years yet..if they phase dvd out il still keep my collection i wouldnt sell them as there personel to me
I am proud to be in the VHS generation. DVDS were out in 97 and everything changed.
I have 430 titles in my streaming queue. I have 180 titles in the dvd queue. I have 41 titles saved. Also I regularly make a notepad list so I don't lose track of expiring titles from streaming.
I'm so frustrated with the digital format. Certain titles are available for a limited time only. It's really annoying when you've waited to purchase a particular digital title and it's no longer available. In addition, I've noticed in digital certain scenes are missing as opposed to the hard copy. Because of this I'll stick to purchasing dvd/blu ray copies. It seems every time I go shopping for a particular copy I can't seem to find one locally. I'm finding that the dvd section in the department stores are shrinking much like the cds did. Anyways, I hope you never have to move because that's a lot of movies to pack.
It sucks that FYE is failing in California, It's doing fine in Indiana as far as I know. I hope they stay in business for a long time. They have the best in-store selection of cds in my area, If they go I'll have to order absolutely everything off the internet.
I thought about using netflix, all the ads and stuff say 6.99 per month and fine you pay that just for netflix, but if I watched a movie everyday for a month my broadband bill would be over it's limit so there'd be extra charges. So getting 4 or 5 blu-rays for $£€25 whatever, you can have them whenever you want and you only pay once
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In my opinion, the big problem (at least for me) isn't so much streaming or the death of the physical format. My problem is: IF the physical format dies, how do we convert the material on the disc (main movie, menus, extras) to streaming? If someone can invent a quick, convenient, one step process to do that, I think a lot of my anxieties (and those of a lot of other people) will be solved.
I remember in 1999 when I moved up to where Im at now.... Best Buy, the store was all cd's vhs and a little dvd. Then it went to letterbox vhs & allot of dvds. Then just barely any vhs and all dvd's and some blu rays. NOW its barely any cd's, dvd's and a few bluray but mostly computers - ALL since 1999.
I still buy dvds and blu-rays. Here in Finland video stores are still doing well, but who knows what's going to happen in the future.
Very nice friendship yous two have.
Probably there will be something you put your phone into a machine like a red box where you pick a movie and then plug in your phone into the machine and then from there you can bring that home to your "box" at home... and then you can watch them on your tv.
Enjoy your vids man, just getting really into collecting DVDs & VHSs, Just added a Collection vid myself, please check it out. I prefer a physical copy & many movies will never get past VHS format either. Thanks for the entertainment & doing a great job nonetheless.
All of the Blockbusters in my area went out of busiess, but there are still three FYE stores, only one of them really has a good selection though.
so true guys, i was recently streaming unstoppable from hbo go and for months the movie would switch between hbo go and max go, finally the movie was taken off the roster on both websites completely. i rushed out to walmart and bought the movie because i like it so much. movies i love, i like to have on dvd. streaming is great but only in partnership to dvd...for me, i have needs that require both.
So far, every DVD ripper or converter I've tried has warped the video so that it slows down and stutters in places, or loses video quality, or ... something else.
I remember someone doing a similar video to this but about video games. The way he concluded, streaming definitely had a big place in the future but wasn't THE future.
That's kind of the way I see it for movies. I definitely think streaming will be (and is now but that's not the point) very popular but I think there will still be people who would rather own blu-rays or just don't have the internet access or whatever. It very well could happen but I don't think BRs will go, at least for a while.
When i've changed house i'm going to buy 2 more dvd racks and one of them will be strictly for VHS. OLD SKOOL!
The machine you were describing that 'scans' the Blu Rays and DVDs you have, is literally the same concept of digital copies that come with Blu Rays. I think digital copies will dominate the market, because you have services like Apple's iCloud that places your digital items on all your devices. Digital Copies are the future.
I think the future of broadcast TV, and movie rentals will be streaming, but not movie collections. Hard Drives will definitely replace DVDs. Things are already moving in that direction.
I loooove collecting DVD's and Blu-Ray's but it almost feels redundant and a waste of money getting them now due to streaming. I use Apple TV for most of my movies now and Netflix. I'm hoping when illegal downloading gets put to a stop and people realize with online you get no features and that true movie feel, home media will make a comeback.
The virtual console that you're talking about is Virtual Boy.
@dreno4618 you're being ignorant. I said "im not saying it's coming sometime soon". 11 years really isn't much, and I do realize that some people still buy CD's - but are they going to do that in 20 years from now? Physical form is going away, of course it is. And how would the studios lose money? They would make more, considering the elimination of packacking and stuff.
DVDs might be outdated but blu-ray will be here for a long time.
The beat movie cameras were way better than the VHS one that had several giant pieces. The Beta one was just one big piece- awesome.
Take Shelter came to my downtown theater ha ha. I enjoyed that!
DVD and Blu Rays have just been given an extended life and may be around for a very long time now! Comcast and other huge greedy internet providers are in the process of introducing bandwidth caps for subscribers of 250-300 GB per month. Since streaming just one HD movie can burn up as much as 5 GB and using Skype video chat will burn one GB an hour it's pretty easy to use up 300 GB in one month. This will mean a resurgence of DVD and Blu Ray rentals and they ain't going away no time soon.
I remember when DVD's were the new thing coming out and I still had everything on VHS. It's sad to think that in a couple of years everything will be viral.
i like videos to come back i know its dead but i still like buying them also ben getting into bluray and buying more dvds not having a job means i have to rent more then buy but i love to buy more.
Man going to the gas station, the racetrack, and begging dad to let me watch the R rated Robin Hood with Kevin Costner. Those were the days man. I was also born in 1982.
You still see music CDs for sale because audiophiles want the quality of the CD versus the lower quality of digital music (unless lossless). Also people collect the CDs just like they do blu-ray movies. I think you guys are missing it.
also just going back looking at some of the older vids you both changed way much well done you don't red face much now .
Dude I just got into collecting Blu-rays and am 1 shy of 300 movies. I'm REALLY hoping blu-ray stays for years to come as well as stores like blockbuster and F.Y.E where I can buy movies and display them.
you guys seem really cool and well informed,loved the vid. thanks.
I know what you mean about stores closing I live in Northern Ireland my city use to have a lot of stores selling movies like Woolworths, Caroline Music, ViginMegastores, Zavvi and Head now all of them have closed all is left HMV which could be closing down soon and supermarkets. Supermarkets dont really carry most things i want so most of my purchases have to be online which annoying as sometimes I like just to go out have a look around to see what I find .
@Jaz20Stockie I agree, but the sad thing is is that we are forced to move on. they don't make VHS tapes anymore and eventually DVDs will be done being made too and we will all move on. BluRay will be the new standard.
coolduder i do agree with you that there will come a time where physical media will no longer be sold in stores
On getting stuff early, I preordered The Amazing Spider-Man on Nov. 1 at Wal-Mart (I had just gotten paid and wanted to make sure I had it o release day since I was babysitting my nieces on release day, Nov.9 and they wanted to see it), it was a mail in thing from Vudu where they send it to you when it was released. Anyway, cut to the next day Nov. 2 and here comes UPS bringing me my copy of it a week early lol
In Denmark Blockbuster tried doing DVD's that stoppes working. You'd buy them and then within a month or something they'd turn into blank discs do to some chemical reaction in the disc.
They were cheaper than regular DVD's, but it flopped big time, I think it was like 5 years ago or something when they tried it. Just a horrible idea.
If streaming becomes the norm in the future, there will be a masssive increase in piracy. I don't think owning movies will change in the future, It may not be Blu Ray or dvd, but im sure we will still be able to own movies in some sort of format.
@LordOfKnights00 Did u know in the 70`s when they first came out VCR`s did`nt rewind?You had to take them back to Sears and they would rewind the tape for you.
Just because they stop selling movies in certain formats doesn't mean you wont be able to play the old ones. As long as you have the right player and electrical outlet you'll be able to use old formats.
I think streaming is the future, but I think they have to completely change their business model before it can have a shot at making physical media obsolete. The idea of licensing each individual movie is a nightmare when it comes to widespread streaming -- Netflix streaming needs a much wider selection before I'd consider paying for it.
I remember when Video Stores in 1980-82 era to rent a video for one night was $4.29
both the fye stores around me closed, and one was huge like the size of walmart
@StarDr0ps I like a lot of the artwork on VHS boxes then on DVD and Blu-ray boxes.
You seem like a very nice genuine person god bless you
I think another problem that comes from streaming everything, will be with the internet providers. Can they really offer unlimited internet access to everybody ? Everything uses internet now, so it's highly possible the internet providers will limit how much we can download to save money. Then you find yourself with the problem of not being able to stream if you watch a lot of films. With DVD or Blu-ray you can watch as many as you want, as many time as you want.
Great question. I doubt that any of the corporate retail outlets that make the majority of their $ from dvd/cd sales will survive beyond the next 18 months. Why don't you guys get proactive and open up (what will become) a specialty shop that sells new and used dvds. You can have a little shop AND sell online. With the knowledge that you both have I would suspect it would be a huge success. Here is the other question... What do you have to lose?
None of the blockbusters in my area have closed, but I don't know how much longer that will last. I think the movie industry makes too much money off of Blurays/dvds to give that up, who knows.
I still buy CDs and vinyl for that matter. As long as indie labels and publishers exists, physical media won't die.
@jack2breeze wow i didn't know that, i'm an 80's baby. i only started using them in the mid 90's.
I'm sure DVDs and Blu Rays will be around for a while with netflix and streaming.
I think DVD's will always be collectible - probably more so if they are phased out, they'll just gain a retro cache. They really have to be one of the best things to collect because they're so lightweight! My records on the other hand are murder to move around, lol
yeah i prefer to buy dvds and blu rays then to buy it digitally even though i've bought several movies from itunes.
I prefer to have a physical copy of my movies, whether BR or DVD, but on the other hand I am an all online music guy. I don't even bother looking for actual CDs anymore, and all physical CDs I have have been imported into files. Hard to imagine doing the same with movies. Had a top-loading betamax with a wired remote, lol. Just glad Dad didn't get into laserdisc, geez, can you even still find those?
I hope it never totally happens in Canada we still have quite a few shops that sale DVD's and Blu-ray"s hmv is one of my favorite places for movies and I think streaming is getting bigger but I think DVD and Blu-ray will be around for a while more and they might be like records and laser disc like they will be gone but if you look hard enough you'll still find movies and plays I have a fairly big collection myself of DVD and Blu-ray have between 3 and 4 hundred titles and with streaming as you guys said they don't have all the stuff you want to see sometimes or there just around for a bit then they leave the site and plus the picture and sound are not always the best on streaming sites with dvd and Blu-ray you know it will probably be good plus I personally love the special features of stuff
i can see dvd's being around for the next ten to twenty years. just because there is a huge amount of people who changed formats from VHS to DVD and don't want to change again. i will never change formats after disks i don't see a huge difference in a disk or card. maybe the next generation of kids will be all about streaming but they will never have a chance to see rare classics that dvd collectors have in their collection. so i think when dvd's do go out of format they will be ultra valuable
The closed the blockbuster here there is none in canada we bareley have any rental stores but i think dvds and blurays will be around for a long time
I am happy with my DVDs, we do have both streaming and Netflix by-mail, we use both, i have noticed that i wont buy TV shows if i can find them on there instead, id rather spend the $8 rather than $32-38 for the set, althought it is convenient and u can take it with you, i dont think that hard copies of entertainment will end, i think they will just both exist, maybe someday they will be stored on flash drive type devices so they dont take up as much space as our current collections hhaha
I think DVD's will be phased out in 10 years, and Blu Rays in 15. Maybe they'll be replaced by another hard format before everything goes virtual.Either way they'll always be collectors keeping the dvd/blu ray trade going
I watched Wonder Years on Netflix.
My dad keeps saying about Dvds not being around eventually
@TheNightHouseChannel They can go up to any definition when your downloading or streaming, Blu-Ray looks most likely going to be the last physical format cause companies will be like "what's the point" of coming up with a new format only to be bettered by something that's in the space within a few weeks....
My local multiplex cinema has just installed 4k screens and the pictures are absolutely stunning on their giant screens, why would anyone want 8k or even 4k on their television screens? :/
There is still an FYE in a malll where I live. I'm sure there still is.
I think the furture is something like popcorn hour, you can store, streem and much more with it... But I don't think that Blu-ray will die...
Google popcorn hour
Netflix doesn't have the licencing in other countries like it does in the US and so the selection of movies isnèt very good. Streaming also has to get a lot better in order to phase out blu-ray quality wise. I think that right now DVDs and blu-rays are way to profitable to be phased out. I mean think how much it costs those companies to put together those packages and then what they sell for! Its huge money.