Hollywood wants you to forget about DVDs and physical media

Physical media is on life support.
It’s been happening slowly over the last decade, but now it might be happening all at once with big stores cutting back on selling DVDs and Blu-Rays.
In this video, we talk about what's in store for the future of home video.
Are you a collector? Share what kinds of media you collect in the comments below! I’m trying to start a collection of standard def animation. It hits that sweet spot of acceptable quality and price.
Special thanks to Jeff and Dustin for their notes on my script!

[@sk3tch982]

Good information! Thanks Bert from Sesame Street!

[@medium_x]

lol best comment so far, this is getting pinned

[@TheRealDinduNuphen]

@@medium_x How could you tackle a topic like this, forget to included the most vital shift from the physical era to the digital via the signing of DMCA after the rise of piracy, and not mention the fact that the action of digital piracy never hurt the physical sales of something good? That's like making a video about the Paul brothers and forgetting to mention Prime Energy and Cryptozoo. Not one single mention of Nintendo shutting down everything involving their physical game/movie releases being posted/talked about on the internet for the past 2 decades? Not one single mention of the 2 decades long "release it unfinished and maybe fix it later" modern game/movie development mentality? Come on man!

[@medium_x]

Because you can't fit everything in a 10-12 minute video! And in this particular video I was focusing on movies/TV and not video games, which will get addressed about eventually. It's a marathon.

[@TheRealDinduNuphen]

@@medium_x Besides the most recent generations of video games that force you to install off the disc and/or download when were video games not a part of "physical media"? At least add "Part 1" to the video title so it's not misleading.

[@TheRealDinduNuphen]

@@JDS4K It just makes common sense to label the 1st of a multi-part series of unfinished videos as "part 1"... This subject is bigger than just Hollywood... leaving those who liked the video and would want to know more on a cliffhanger title is the obvious choice. This video is like somebody making a fan made documentary about Halo and being okay with them going from Combat Evolved straight to nowadays with Master Cheeks. If it doesn't paint the entire picture "part 1" is mandatory.

[@mind-of-neo]

It honestly disgusts me to see physical media going away. And to see physical retail in general going away.

[@trailerwager8850]

Seeing life go away

[@trailerwager8850]

Seeing life go away

[@MOLE60]

not just cd's and DVD's this effects all forms of physical media , think of it this way " books don't need batteries or the internet ." the earliest form of history was recorded as hand-drawn paintings and carvings on cave walls , then it was inscriptions on stone tablets , from there it went to hand written paper scrolls and eventually modern day printed books and magazines . There has always been physical analog media . now they want to throw all of that away in favor of digital media ( numbers and letters on computer screens) which require power and WI-FI to access , without power and Wi-Fi a computer is a dead paper weight . the day that all media ceases being recorded physically is the day that recorded history stops.

[@rong7496]

Isn’t going to happen. Not going to forget physical media.

[@kp4588]

Unfortunately there aren’t any good movies or music to buy on physical media. I already have a collection and it’s hard to find anything worth buying.

[@RenePeraza]

The reasons to buy physical media are: 1) you don't need a subscription. 2) you don't need internet connectivity. 3) you get the best, consistent image quality. 4) you don't fear it being removed from online catalog. 5) you better support the maker/artist with a traceable sale rather that a stream (ask the struggling Spotify streaming musician)! 6) Oh, and you potentially keep the original edit which might later be censored or 'changed' (think French Connection, ET or Star Wars).

[@bibobabu8756]

Let me add one: You value the media more since you are the one who picked it and had to spend effort searching for it other than with services like Netflix where thousands of series are fighting for your attention at the same time. The whole dynamic between viewer and media is completely different with physical media.

[@stonesfan285]

I have not had anything removed from my Apple or Vudu libraries.

[@karldicker1702]

All my reasons too with owning physical media.

[@michaelmanus7765]

best video and audio makes it a winner and not subject to the state of an internet connection

[@Reality.juiced]

They really just acted like one of the best episodes of Community didn't exist.

[@Thatlowdsg]

"You will own nothing and be happy" It goes much farther than them not wanting you to own physical media.

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

Collecting things is what keeps some people going(me included). If the day comes where that isnt a thing anymore, I dont wanna still be here.

[@nicholasvega8372]

Obey Big Brother 😂

[@MoviesAtTheBar]

Exactly, World Ecenomic Forum one world government "great reset" ghouls

[@Max1996YT]

@@MoviesAtTheBar Maybe if you can prove WEF is actually evil, or even relevant given the topic of this video.

[@mayday6880]

you buy and own nothing!

[@zedman6516]

No thanks… I’ll keep my physical media. Nothing beats it. I pay for it once, and I have it forever, even if the internet goes down!!😊

[@llothar68]

And i do retro gaming until around 2008 (after this most distributors required always online).

[@mushroomcrepes4780]

i buy my favorite books, music, games, movies in physical format, It's nice to have a small little collection of everything

[@Jared_Wignall]

I’ll always buy physical media no matter what. Once I’ve got the film or show, I’ve got it and don’t have to rely on a streaming service to watch it.

[@kazookast]

I will typically buy a copy of a movie physically before I watch it, I have so many bad movies on my shelf and it’s great.

[@medium_x]

I generally have to try it before I buy it. Shelf space is limited so past this point it’s gotta make the cut

[@tyson1fan487]

I love physical media and having what I love!! I've grown up with cassette tapes and VHS and now it's DVD blu-ray and cds and I know it's easy to pull up music on KZbin or spotify but I hate commercials and ads!! Same goes for movies and I will do this at times but usually I'm grabbing the physical copy if I have it!! This goes for video games and gaming is nothing like it was and I refuse to buy digital!! I hope the newer games I play continue to give us a physical release. Over the years I lost so much from a flood or moving and what not and I'm handicap so I have to leave a lot to others and it hurt losing my movies TV music and video games but since '14 I've been trying to get what I can and it's not easy when you don't have much money but I'll grab something. I don't think physical media will truly die because look how many companies are doing amazing and Walmart is still a great place to find physical media but I have heard several that don't have much. Way too many people still love it and it's not gonna disappear like VHS and Cassette tapes! Game cartridges and 8 tracks!! Record's were gone and surprisingly returned. DVD and blu-ray aren't going anywhere but it's sad how things have become.

[@westsidefucku8853]

Also no stupid ads they force you to watch

[@laurenalexander4438]

Enjoy messing with 50 DVDs to watch a show. I found that so annoying. TV is so much better on digital. I find the episode I want to watch; I watch it. I don't have to fiddle with DVDs and reading the episode index to know what disc it's on.

[@Bahamut_Mega]

Story time : When I was 18 I used Law & Order on Netflix to turn my brain off before bed. I owned one movie on DVD, my favorite.When I was 22, Netflix lost the rights to the show. I then bought a collection of all 20 seasons on DVD for $200 on Ebay. Today, I'm 32 and have over 500 movies, 200 Anime, and about 50 TV shows on DVD and Blu-Ray. All because Netflix broke my trust in streaming services a decade ago. True Story.

[@dmo848]

I moved and had no Internet so I made my own Netflix. U get creative when u have nothing

[@timzalusky]

@@dmo848 Plex is fantastic :)

[@Theomite]

I was raised on VHS, so I never trusted streaming. NEVER.

[@goaway3717]

Rip them to whatever your favorite format is, store the physical media safely (I use a large fire resistant safe) and watch your collection from a computer or media server (make a backup or two for safe storage). I've got about 10 TB of movies and tv shows from my DVD collection (including all the 'extras') that something I was inspired to do after some jackass burglar robbed my house and stole most of my DVD, music CDs, and software CDs while I was out of town on vacation.

[@GoveaWorks]

That's crazy. I got into collecting physical media when Netflix took off the Back to the Future trilogy. Now my blu-ray collection consists of around 50-60 movies, including all the Back to the Future movies of course.

[@anon9579]

This is why I’m boycotting streaming services and digital media. Find a thrift store guys

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I personally go to the flea market, lots of DVDs & VHS tapes there :)

[@Meanbob2010]

Pawn shops are good too, I have been able to find some really classic movies for a dollar or less.

[@anyonecanart3394]

The fact that big companies are starting to keep the stuff that you buy digitally because of licensing arrangements and whatnot is going to be a big push I believe to keep physical media going

[@torom86]

Reasons why I'll never give up physical media: - I LOVE having my shelves full of them - I want to be constantly reminded of my favourite movies/series/anime/music/games by looking at my shelves and want to feel them part of me through their physical presence in my home - I don't just watch what a streaming platform offers me, I know what I want to watch in a specific moment and look for it, and most times what I'm looking for is just not available for free on the streaming service I'm paying for in that moment - If I have to pay for a single movie, I will always prefer to have it on my shelf than in a digital library, even if the disc is a bit more expensive

[@burgherozzo752]

Also, the risk of digital purchases is that the streaming service could take them from you without breaking their terms and conditions, because you are only buying a license to "borrow" that piece of software - in this case, the movie. If you buy the physical media, all that bulls*** is irrelevant: you own that movie and you will always be able to enjoy that content (to the extent permitted by law, of course)

[@torom86]

@@burgherozzo752 yes, but the risk it would really happen is quite small. In the same way, a disc can be damaged or lost, so a risk is always involved, nothing is risk-free in this life. So, my point is that, if I have to pay for something, I want that thing to be a tangible good in my hands, and not just some bits in a server. Not because it's less risky, but because it offers a more complete relationship with that piece of art, that also involves the physical presence of an object I can hold in my hands. In just involves more senses.

[@charlypower5724]

​@@burgherozzo752 so true 👍 that is why i started collecting movies

[@glennross85]

Hopefully hardware to actually play the media dosent become more of an issue.

[@torom86]

@@glennross85 until a few enthusiasts are left, there will always be a second hand market for the hardware that will have become vintage and technicians able to repair it, so even if companies discontinue any production we should still be covered in our lifespan.

[@RarebitFiends]

I slowed down on my physical media collecting for about 15 years, but streaming services deleting content for tax breaks got me to cancel all my streaming services and go full-force into physical media again. The selection of movies on bluray now is amazing.

[@triggerverse01]

Underrated comment When you can't physically owning it. It will NEVER be yours. Aka "You will own NOTHING and like it!"

[@boboboy8189]

Most Bluray movies got shortened because of inappropriate scene meanwhile DVD still have that all content

[@ShadowAngel18606]

Problem with Blu Ray: A lot of times they are "remastered" aka made worse. Good examples are Buffy (were the crew, cameras, lights, actors on the side are visible), Terminator 2 (turned the lasers from bright pink to blue, changed the daylight hue from orange to green, so everybody has green skin and removed all the film grain), Indiana Jones (now you can see the stunt men wearing prosthetics to look asian, also CGI crap added for no good reason) and of course cuts and changes for the woketard crowd who calls everything racist and sexist (Tom & Jerry is a good example, it's basically shredded to pieces on all modern releases) Just like with music, were the best course of action is to go find old non-remastered releases if you don't want to suffer, with movies the best way is to go for old DVD's that have still all the content intact, with the original picture format, all the film grain needed and everything else left as it should be.

[@bluestreak711]

Great, now you just need to setup either a Plex, Emby or Jellyfin server and you can self host and stream all of that content to people in your household with all the conveniences of a streaming service but with the benefit of actually owning your own media.

[@RarebitFiends]

@@boboboy8189 "Most"? Yeah that never happened unless you buy your bluray from Walmart, in which case the problem is the store where you do your shopping.

[@Guillariedenormandie]

The DVD/ CD is the greatest medium to ever exist.

[@medium_x]

I think books might be the champ if there’s a contest between mediums. You don’t need to plug a book in!

[@Guillariedenormandie]

I meant for playing movies and music. Otherwise, you are absolutely correct.@@medium_x

[@zoltanrudolf]

Amen!

[@mayday6880]

No, 4k UHD Blu-Ray is the greatest today

[@illegalalien6542]

@@mayday6880 NO

[@ethanrichard4950]

I love physical media. It's easier to share, i feel more comfortable with something i own being in my hands, rather than a cloud, and it forces you to think about how much you actually want something.

[@siarnne]

I guess what changed my mind about the streaming market was the way the streaming providers behaved. They took as much control as I would give them and exercised it. Buying physical media is not so much about owning the movie as it is having basic rights to it. One thing the era of streaming services has taught me is that no one has rights on the internet. If someone breaks into my house and steals my movie collection, I call the cops. Maybe they get arrested. Maybe my insurance covers it. The point is someone is accountable for injuring my rights to those movies. Netflix drops Battlestar Galactica, Futurama, Portlandia, Archer, SNL reruns, Star Trek, The Clone Wars, Parks and Recreation, I can't get a refund, sue them or claim injury. I had no rights when I signed their subscription agreement. But turn it around: if I share a log-in, restream on Twitch or KZbin or access content outside of my region, they have all the legal recourse in the world to wield against me. I buy a movie from Target, I'm done dealing with Target. I'm done dealing with Fox, I'm done dealing with Disney and I'm done dealing with the fucking warehouse of marketing spies they have trying to deconstruct me so they can shove their algorithmic dicks in my face. It's just me and the movie I want to watch whenever I want to watch it.

[@jaysant6958]

So well put!

[@violettracey]

Thank you!

[@daniel.santos]

This would be an interesting case study. If I pirated movies that took me 10,000 hours to compile, and they're stolen by a burglar, would I sustain injury? Despite the content of the data, it is a physical disc and I have labor involved.

[@glennross85]

​@@daniel.santosWhat if your drugs get stolen? You have no recourse for criminal activity.

[@langreeves6419]

@@glennross85 sure you do!

[@CZsWorld]

Popular movies will continue to have physical releases as a collectors items. It's going to be very difficult to find less popular movies. It's already difficult to get movies from the 2000s that never got a blu-ray release. You can't even get this stuff on the seas anymore due to lack of seeds. I'm not a collector but it's concerning to think some movies will become impossible to watch.

[@dominicarroyo6269]

As long as we got stuff like arrow video, criterion and other boutique labels doing the less popular and some popular movies I think we'll be ok

[@blargithonify]

We need more people on the seas, people who care about the cause

[@radiokunio3738]

That are abound a dozen manga and movies that are effectively inaccessible to me due a lack of seeds.

[@samuelsanchez6082]

Torrents aren't the only way to pirate. Just Google "movie name" free online and stream it

[@V3ntilator]

Movies that never got a Blu-Ray release frequently get a 1080p remaster for streaming services instead including obscure movies people barely heard of or never heard of.

[@s1mplem4gic58]

As someone born in 2006 i got to experience choosing from dvds and putting them in to watch but I’ve also grown up with streaming becoming dominant. We can’t let physical media die i love being able to see and choose from your _own_ personal collection!

[@yooooo6296]

I’ve taken up the habit of buying shows and movies that I really like on blu ray. Some of this media will eventually be lost or delisted. I want to be able to show my kids and grand kids the things that were special to me. I want future generations to witness the beautifully crafted pieces of art that I was able to.

[@staind687]

When my internet was out for 6 hours, I was extremely grateful for my physical media collection lol

[@medium_x]

Physical media is an insurance policy against the end of the world (provided you can still generate electricity and have the luxury of free time when not scourging for food)

[@GetOutSmore]

@@medium_xSolar for the win.

[@paulhare662]

@@medium_x Happily, I hung on to my James Fenimore Cooper book collection. Needs no electricity and in a pinch would heat the house for a couple of days.

[@Dairunt1]

@@foxmccloud6438 Still a less likely situation than Netflix losing the rights to shows.

[@braylin5003]

​@@foxmccloud6438they tend to last a long time, and dvds don't usually wear out if you are careful

[@johnettipio]

In a world where piracy is so prevalent, many of us want to do the right thing and buy our movies/shows. Hollywood and the tech companies are making it much harder and much less convenient to watch content the right way

[@TheKazragore]

Because they want us to keep paying for them forever so that line go up forever.

[@sabin97]

wait. you say "the right thing" as if "piracy" wasnt the right thing.

[@jnb756]

f the studios -they don't suffer - it's the writers and actors that get screwed

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

Its not even that for me... i don't put money into the film industry by buying physically, I buy DVDs from charity shops... ten DVDs for £1 in some shops. I support the movie industry by going to the cinema, or will stream if I want to watch a Netflix serial. Otherwise I know many people who think nothing of watching pirated films, it's normal for kids to grow up with that. I hate the digital era, we are being forced into a world that is insane.

[@gJonii]

Piracy is the right thing to do. Paying for streaming stuff etc is the less ethical, but sometimes easier path. I don't hate people who pay for media, but it is a civic duty of yours, pirate stuff.

[@mrblue8439]

Been collecting DVD and Blu-Rays all my life. I'll never stop. Makes me angry on how people want us to forget about trends and move on. I keep renting movies from the library weather it's DVD or Blu-Ray. Just finished watching a lot of anime TV shows on Blu-Ray. Now I am re-watching an anime series I saw 4 years ago. It's called Blood+ it was a popular anime series in the mid 2000's. At one point aired on Adult Swim.

[@stonesfan285]

I have a friend who does nothing but copies Blu-rays and DVDs onto blanks and then returns the originals. Probably not legal, but I feel like it could be because of first-sale doctrine. The library already paid and the movie companies wouldn't have standing to sue. Anyway, he says that nearly every library disc he buys has playback issues because people abuse them. It's less prevalent with less popular titles, but any new movies he counts on them being unplayable. DVD Netflix was nice because they usually took care of their discs and newer titles came out sooner. Now that service isn't around anymore so he has been having to buy things that he cannot copy.

[@PopcornandVinyl]

For years I amassed a large collection of DVDs and CDs. It wasn't just about having the movie/album, but almost a curation of my personality. "Here are all the things I love". What made those early days of DVDs special was the extra care taken in creating collectors edition packages with loads of bonus material, special packaging, etc. Now most blu ray releases are pretty standard, little care taken in the presentation and bonus features are an afterthought. I think the future of physical media is boutique labels like you mentioned. Similar to how vinyl has done it with limited releases and new artwork.

[@evacody1249]

The reason I don't want to go back to the days before streaming music is do to the lack of options when it comes to music taste. Or to put it this way there is no way to get your hands on or listen to music you like from other parts of the world.

[@zyphayt]

I'm in gen z and I hate that everything is becoming digitalized. I love physical media as I grew up with it and find it more convenient, ironically enough, than pulling up streaming services. Especially when they have shit catalogs like Netflix, where there's no guarantee of the film I wanna watch being there and I have to either wait for the day they eventually add it or go through different services in order to find said film(s). Thats where I love blu-rays and DVDs. The films will always be there when I wanna watch them and plus, there's something sentimental and gratifying, to me at least, about physically owning something rather than accessing it through an online paywall. Collecting is also just fun in general and owning nearly 200 films (subtle flex lol) adds a nice touch to my room 👌

[@lionheartroar3104]

You're one of the smart ones. Do not rely on the remote "convenience" of streaming media. They will paint you into a corner and screw you.

[@Desperado070]

You one of the not so smart ones, you never owned anything and you will never own anything. digital they at least honest about it (if you read the small print)

[@zyphayt]

@@Desperado070 When us collectors say we prefer "owning" physical media, we're merely referring to having a real-life, tangible copy of the media we enjoy in our living space, which we can both hold and proudly display. Not full-on ownership and rights over the property itself lmao. The films are only mine in that I can repeatedly view them whenever (and that its my choice to look after them) but with that of course comes a list of legalities pertaining to certain aspects of its usage. So yes, "own" is used quite loosely here but its just easier to say and most ppl simply don't care to look that deep into the technicality of it 🤷‍♂️

[@thatguyalex2835]

I am on the cusp of Gen Z and Millennial, and prefer physical media, as the library has free DVD rentals, though I do use HBO Max and Prime. :) Also, if the movie world discontinues physical media, there is no guarantee that the film disappears forever if the streaming services all decide a film should be banned. What if the companies ban the Hunger Games in the future, or WWII documentaries? Who knows what would happen in this possible future. DVDs and Blu-rays for the win. A logical solution would be that movie theatres could charge an extra $10 on the ticket price to allow customers to download the movie on bring-your-own USB stick at a kiosk with USB ports after the film. That means moviegoers could have a MPEG-4 copy of the movie after the film ends.

[@rambothesecond4654]

@@zyphayt What?!? You first wanted to have physical form of media so it would not disappear in a moment the internet would go down. What is it with your generation that is only looking at situations of the end of the world? If that situations happens, the world burns in lava everything would be gone. But aslong that doesn't happen, all everyone has been saying is data on a HDD or SSD is exact the same as of a CD or DVD, it is just a data storage form. Streaming you don't own anything and at these CD's and DVD's you never owned anything, you hired them for 30 years +/- after which the disk is dead. I wonder how you kids became so delusional

[@anniestarlight]

I buy DVDs and Blurays for dirt cheap from thrift stores, the $5 walmart bin, and occasionally for cheap from amazon sales, and have started accumulating a pretty sizeable collection of stuff I like. But I don't just leave them on the disks, I instead rip them onto my computer and store them digitally as MP4 files that I can easily access any of whenever Creating your own local "streaming service" out of your disk collection is awesome :)

[@giantclaw138]

I do this with music that's blocked on KZbin, it's a good feeling

[@jimmem5235]

Same

[@jsnotlout3312]

Jellyfin is great for that

[@lancebaylis3169]

This is another great point. Destroying the physical media market means destroying the secondhand market. I've picked up some great collections from thrift stores for next to nothing, while my money supports local charitable organizations.

[@Swiftbow]

What software do you use to rip them? I have theatrical release Star Wars DVDs that I'm deathly afraid will get scratched and unreadable.

[@ocarinagirlandthestories648]

What I like about physical media is that once you’ve bought it the higher-ups can’t really edit it, remove parts of it, or just take it away from you entirely like they can with a streamed movie or show

[@Greedo1977]

I think Thats exactly why they prefer streaming 😂

[@TheTech660]

Thanks for this! You have pretty much covered everything from the pros and cons. All I have to say, and Ive been saying this for years is , "SUPPORT ALL PHYSICAL MEDIA!"

[@HughMansonMD]

I used to buy digital because "it cant break" and you would "always have it". But between the Comixology/Amazon buy out, and Hulu removing the "Dee is Dating a Retarded Person" episode of IASP, I realized digital media is significantly more "breakable" than physical media. When I stare at my bookshelf and comic holders I feel pride in having a good collection with nice presentation. When I stare at my Comixology library I feel physical pain for the digital burnt pile of money that I "will always have". If anything happens where I desperately need money, the speculative market for collectors will take care of me. Amazon, Hulu, Paramount, etc. will just cancel my memberships and tell me to F' off..

[@martinketchum]

yeah it was all an illusion. You never owned anything digital thru streaming and never will. The only "digital" you will own is when you download your digital directly like ripping ur own Blurays or pirating.

[@BagzAndPresident]

Nerd. Be proud of your artwork? NERD

[@TheHEROFamily]

Disney+ is notorious for editing/ changing or removing things they don't agree with anymore. Simpsons episodes removed. Movies edited to remove certain scenes.

[@MrVariant]

Yeah you don't even get extras with digital half the time. Batman death in the family digital was a ripoff as it went communist digitally and omitted the interactive choices from the dvd/bluray to save/let Jason Todd die or have him battle scarred. I'm good with some digital but not paying a premium, as $20 digital rentals are bs. Then they made the puss in boots last wish art book for the same price, months later. Streaming is progressively getting worse for slower movie releases, but it is a necessary evil. There's so much content that it can be tough to find some movies. I do like free Tubi. I also think studio ghibli/Miyazaki will always have a ton of physical value.

[@Jack-nj9pi]

Ahhh remember those days I love finding old DVDs just to see the bonus stuff. Wild how Amazon charges 16 bucks for an old movie yet none of the extras

[@haroldromero2004]

I’m 21 and I recently started collecting movies and shows that have affected me on a deep level. I want to have them physically so I can show them to my future children and not have to worry about where to stream or if they’re even Banned. I’ve collected the office show, Harry Potter, Star Wars, back to the future, the devils advocate, perks of being a wallflower and more. But I’ve limited myself to only buying them from the thrift store or garage sales

[@sina.203]

my aunt does that too! your comment was my sign to start it too

[@cindydott452]

I just bought "Howl's Moving Castle" on Blu-Ray for a dollar, at GoodWill!

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

maybe your generation can bring back brick and mortar "arcades" .

[@Joe-ey7cu]

If you only buy from thrift or garage sales without buying new releases, these companies assume that consumers are no longer interested in physical media. They have to see sales numbers.

[@cindydott452]

@@Joe-ey7cu Do you know how many "Out of print" titles I've found at thrift stores?

[@mostfrozenburrito]

As someone who still buys CDs, I’m on your side 🙌🏻 with music streaming and Bluetooth, people aren’t buying CDs anymore and cars aren’t even being made with CD players 😭 it’s devastating for me. Because having CDs of my favorite albums is so important to me!! I also want to get back to buying DVDs because there’s waaaaaay too many streaming services. I can just buy some DVDs and not have to worry about it anymore. Physical media is so important

[@alerobabes01]

my car still has a cd player. I'm going to add more dvds to my collection. I even have cassette tape collection. I go to flea markets, auctions and find physical media

[@lucasnn2008]

What I like about DVDs is the amount of exclusive things were released on them, specially a lot of concerts from rock bands which were released only on DVD format, like the Kissology from Kiss, the Led Zeppelin's "DVD" and other releases which you can't find on streaming services.

[@Towerr72]

I called this a long time ago. The "You will own nothing and be happy" was from the WEF in 2016 and have been saying this for a long time now. Sad thing is, if you purchase something digital, you do NOT own said item, you own a license. If, whatever digital storefront you purchased it from, loses the rights to distribution, you lose you license to that copy...No refunds, no warning, it will just disappear. This happened to me twice on iTunes with 2 movies I purchased just last year. Couple stores removing physical media and increasing prices in streaming services, I do not like where this is heading.

[@MickSupper]

Like you said, all by design irrelevant of what people actually want.

[@MiguelY22]

I bought music years ago on Google Play Music. They shut down and if you didn't download your music after their notice, then you lost it all

[@SeekerGoldstone]

In fairness, you also dont own the content on your DVDs... what you bought was a "limited private performance license"... it tells you that at the beginning of every VHS and DVD.

[@MickSupper]

​@@SeekerGoldstone No one buys a DVD to charge for admission. lol

[@SeekerGoldstone]

@@MickSupper Yeah, but you might show one to a class of students or a youth group. That's technically illegal. They arent gonna kick in your door and repossess your tapes but I think they are technically allowed to revoke your license.

[@jackel54130]

I am a physical media person for sure. I tried streaming and it just wasn't the same without the bonus features. Also, as he stated. As time goes on, certain films will get forgotten and never seen again. You can't beat the classics!

[@PhobosDDeimos]

Devils advocate: There are tons of bonus features on Disney+ for example. Also: The convenience of streaming is immense, terrifyingly so.

[@SmokeyPSD]

It's tiring wanting to go watch a movie and needing to figure out which streaming service, if any it's on. The actual coverage of films on netflix, etc is really not as great as people think it is.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

Dude, I'd hate to say this but I haven't seen a DVD/Blu-Ray disc that have bonus features as memorable as the ones form the late 90s early to mid 2000s ones. Sadly they don't really care about inserting bonus features into stuff like Ultra HD and Blu-Ray ones since 2010/2012. So whether or not we'll get them is up for debate. But again, as for me personally, pirates will always be there to find a way to download the movie, whether from a server or by digital download, and patch it to bypass the internet connection entirely, making us be able to watch the movie on our HDDs/SSDs without having to worry about discs cracking. And even then, sometimes it's a good idea too to use USB drives or find a company that still sells Blu-Ray discs and burn your own just for good measure and such.

[@karaokeandrandomclips]

@@PhobosDDeimosYeah, but if something happens and you don't have internet connection, you can't watch anything, and some streaming services might take down or edit certain shows or movies in the future.

[@natbarmore]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@SmokeyPSDand that leaves me with a dilemma: do I reward the people who are the reason the Netflix catalog is so depleted? Netflix used to have “everything” (not literally, of course, but if it could be streamed, it could be streamed on Netflix). But then Paramount took back Star Trek and Grease and Dreamworks and CBS for Paramount+ , and NBC took back all its TV and all the Universal films for Peacock, and Disney took back all its movies and Marvel Studios and 21st Century Fox and Star Wars and Pixar and Touchstone for Disney+, and BritBox apparently outbid for Doctor Who, and…well, you get the picture. So do I abandon Netflix because of the missing content, and then sign up for the very services that are the _reason_ Netflix has so much less content? Isn’t that just sending the message “yes, please fracture all of the content across as many services as possible, and I’ll pay for each of them”? Or do I stubbornly refuse to subscribe to studio-captured streaming services to send the message that the way to get my money is by sharing - by putting your content on a streaming platform that you don’t own and which therefore has content from multiple studios/networks? Even if there’s less and less on Netflix that I want to watch?

[@rednax99]

I have a collection of over 400 films and a few tv shows. I love that I'm just able to pop the disk in the player and watch it without having to worry if its still streaming somewhere.

[@A.I.Friends]

One of my prize collections is the Dark Shadows complete collection. It's 131 disks packed into a coffin. It is 1,250 episodes which takes me a year to casually finish watching.

[@taunfountainjr7942]

Growing up my mom always had a huge collection of movies. Whether it was VHS and then slowly converting everything to DVD/Blu-ray. She had this sentiment that I kind of took to and that was “you can’t trust streaming, because on day it could all just be gone”. So whenever there was a project that connected whether it was film, tv, games, or music I will get a physical edition to preserve and support it

[@marinadela1361]

You were taught well

[@Desperado070]

But those same CD's and DVD's will be gone in 30 years ... A house fire will destroy your whole collection. How you gonna lose streaming? once they done making a profit You stream it, you don't buy it and streaming cost 1% of the cost of buying it all. It just blows my mind how people can be this stupid

[@BobY-vl2oj]

@@Desperado070 You asumme a lot but you can't read for some reason...

[@Desperado070]

@@EmperorPalpatine-zk3ry Are you a clown?

[@metjovi]

I read this comment and all the replies to it and I have to say it all comes to preferences. Streaming services can disappear, yeah, but also the formats players may be out of the market soon. I know the bitrate of the streaming services is discussed, but most people can't even tell the quality difference between a disc and a movie in any platform, and those who do it, don't mind about it. However, I know how nice is the feeling of owning physically that movie, show or album you love so much. It's up to every one what to choose.

[@alexanderkeys8919]

I finally started collecting physical copies of anime. Got tired of shows being removed off streaming platforms and losing/corrupting thumb drives. I hope DVDs make a comeback like vinyl did a decade ago.

[@saininj]

I have so many anime series from ADV and Geneon that have been out of print for years. It's honestly a fun feeling knowing I can still access these shows.

[@Smougda]

i always data hoard every obscure anime, so i still can have it when the seeds die.

[@hollowsid9623]

I mainly pirate anime, but I would love to buy a Blu-ray of Cowboy Bebop when I'm older

[@The_SUN1234]

physical media is all about taking controll of your own property.

[@fruitsnackia2012]

just fyi even physical media wont last forever. they will become obsolete or die of disc rot. i love pysicsl media too but i always keep an iso backup of all my disks

[@walterodim82]

We go to the library once a week to borrow dvd/blu ray movies, video games, CDs and books. All paid for by donations & taxes. I consider the library my collection that I share with the town. It’s a beautiful system that I hope stays viable for the rest of my life.

[@Starwarsawesomeeu]

Physical is the best! You have bonus behind the scenes features, bloops, better quality sound and clear visuals and you can watch it whenever you can. Movies from streaming services can be poor quality with a bad internet connection, and they can vanish from the platform!

[@brianegendorf2023]

Years ago, when VHS was still popular, my dad made an invention that counts how many times a tape is played. He tried to sell it to hollywood, and they sent him a letter basically saying, "we're in this business to sell videos, not rent them".

[@craigmcpherson1455]

Sounds like the tape version of DIVX. Circuit City tried that business model of renting a disc without having to return it. It failed.

[@brianegendorf2023]

@@craigmcpherson1455 If I remember correctly, the DIVX players need to be connected to the phone line to enable/disable the play of the disc. I think that didn't go over very well. In my dad's invention, the tape just counted and kept track of how many times it was played internally, and the store could then check it when it was returned. Several side aspect of his invention WERE used in the industry, but he never made a penny off of them.

[@jasontaylor5061]

​@@craigmcpherson1455don't forget about those DVDs that expires after a certain amount a time and wouldn't read. Pretty much the biggest e waste scheme ever.

[@fortynights1513]

What did he call his invention?

[@Coneman3]

What’s the point of that?

[@TMCNJ]

My brother literally asked me this tonight “why do you even bother with physical copies?” While he was browsing Netflix. I pulled the modem out and said “let’s stream a movie then…”

[@xxxod]

Piracy is better than streaming. it has a digital existence but doesn't live on the cloud so you can watch anything offline.

[@samuelsanchez7874]

"Scratches your disc* Let's watch your movie then

[@TMCNJ]

@@samuelsanchez7874 😂

[@michaelhenry3234]

@@shadow4040 Best of both worlds is ripping the discs. The convenience of streaming with the security of actually owning the data, with the discs as a backup.

[@tomatom13]

You can have digital copies offline...

[@Partykular]

Because of the recent trends in censorship and price gouging, I started my own physical collection of DVDs and Blu-rays, and I can say without a doubt that I will never come back to streaming services ever again. Owning what you pay for beats the ease of use of streaming services any day of the week.

[@Jenova_7]

Well said! Long live physical media. And with that editing and sense of humor, it looks like your channel will grow! ✌

[@Sir_Adam]

As a Godzilla fan, Physical media is ESSENTIAL to me watching the films again.

[@Winter2k23]

Shin Godzilla!

[@The_SUN1234]

i see youre a man of culture. @@Winter2k23

[@balthus9105]

Living in the UK I have pretty much no way of watching the Japanese films except through piracy, I have the criterion collection book with the whole first series of films but the later ones were never released, it's really annoying.

[@Sir_Adam]

@@balthus9105 That sucks. I didn't think about different regions.

[@ChristianKrogh-Denmark]

I will NEVER drop my physical media, and I love my collection - brings me constant joy :-) Thanks for this video!! Great one :-)

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@R3CKSPLAY]

this is really scary honestly. i've been feeling such an urge to rush to buy physical media just to have a slight taste of autonomy in a world where everything is turning into a subscription. "you will own nothing and be happy"

[@SSSNoOne]

No you will not be happy!

[@swagmund_freud6669]

Man as a little kid in the 2000s I loved dvds and it made me really cherish the shows and get into the media deeply.

[@mycophobia]

same. i had a small but slowly and steadily growing collection of dvds through my teen years and i watched and rewatched so much of the same stuff over and over again, you really got to know the material

[@laurenceholloway2359]

As a comparison, there's nothing like the smell of of an old book... Holding a hard copy of a book, dvd, bluray, or vinyl is immensely satisfying. Tangibility is everything... To hell with the digital age.

[@007Julie]

Amen!

[@JimmyMcG33]

you're gonna be pissed when you find out how they store data on discs

[@Adeyum64]

Somewhat true. I couldn't care less about DVD and Blu-Rays for movies which are... just fiiine I guess? But if it's something like Spongebob, it's definetly cool to have in a collection! Or same with Music, I bought the 40th anniversary Album because it's friggin michael jackson man, lol. However for the rest, streaming is enough. I really have no interest in owning a movie that I only watch once and never look back at again. Especially the ones that aren't even my favourite movies. If it's about preservation, we will always find ways to store them digitally.

[@SpeedyJuiceMan]

Is dvd a digital media tho

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

I remember when dvds came with hours of bonus content. Commentaries, documentaries, alternate endings, rated and unrated versions of the movie, behind the scenes footage, etc. Even the oldest dvds had "actor highlights". Now you're lucky to get anything other than the film itself. I noticed this around 2016 or 2017 and attributed it to greedy studios trying to phase out dvds and push blu-rays instead. But now I'm seeing even blu-ray special features decline too. I guess the media of film enthusiasts is coming to an end. That's a shame, it was a really great couple of decades for film appreciation.

[@hrvstmn31]

Dude the big boxes of The Lord of The rings have like 16 hours of extras each.

[@ScrewyDriverTheMan]

It's also politics, and that whole thing about "having an opinion" - in other words, the studios realised, even with "opinions expressed on disc by the actors are their own and not of the studios" jargon, they realised that in this new social media world, NOBODY wants to ASSOCIATE themselves with any opinion at all, whether positive one way but negative another.......... it's not just that they didn't want to take away the content from you - they just didn't want, say, Johnny Depp's comments misconstrued about his ex-wife Amber Heard all jumbled up and mixed up with the movie when it has nothing to do with it, etc etc.

[@christianman73]

There are still plenty of home video companies who put out large numbers of Blu-ray discs, and 4K discs too, with many bonus features. Kino Lorber, Shout Factory, Criterion, Vinegar Syndrome, and Severin are companies which release many Blu-rays and 4Ks with bonus features. There are so many movies being released on disc, with bonus features, by these companies that it's hard to keep up with all of them!

[@mullboll33]

Hollywood shoot its own feet off. Modern movies are boring, melodramatic, depressing, and cookie cutter

[@crankyoldperson6871]

The bonus features are…well, a bonus. Special features including documentaries, are too important to part with.

[@anyviolet]

"You really will own nothing, and love it." Dude you get a subscription for that perfect reference alone. Great vid and thanks for posting.

[@TIMEPPF]

I love DVD's, I love not having to worry about internet, or the monthly charges & the amount of different services add up, or if they will lose the license. I also like that I can keep track of what I've watched, like it's a history of what interests me and what I "accomplished" vs. just scrolling around and watching something and running into it years later and not even remember half of it.

[@veganconservative1109]

And some of those DVDs came with additional content. I have never streamed, does streaming even give those options?

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@ParanoidThalyyMVS]

​@@veganconservative1109I have never seen commentaries or other bonus features such as behind the scenes on streaming services, at most you get trailers or recaps of previous seasons but that's about it.

[@RangerVickyJohnson]

I embraced streaming wholeheartedly for about a decade, but over the past couple years, I’ve become very nostalgic for physical media. I currently have a setup that includes Blu-ray, DVD, VHS and my family’s original 39 year old- still working- Betamax. I’ve been recording new stuff to VHS and Betamax… And I’ve been digitizing my old tapes to preserve them. Honestly, it may be pointless, but I’m just having a blast! It’s been so much fun getting back to the basics.

[@skyhighway3421]

I wasn’t interested in having my own taste or even listening to music at all until I started owning physical copies. I collect all formats but eventually landed on cassette, which has been an incredibly rewarding hobby.

[@magicpumpkin3]

Long live physical media.

[@navysteel]

I like physical video game media because it frees up store space on my gaming consoles.

[@shariqhasan6220]

One problem with digital media such as Netflix and other services is that for no reason they will remove content after some time if the company feels fit to to do so and unless if they re-upload it, then its gone forever or even worse they will force you to pay for it again. In the case of physical media, if you purchase it then its yours forever as long as you don't damage it and you can keep re-watching the movie on DVD whenever you want to without spending any more money on it.

[@Swiftbow]

You also don't have to fear that the studio will censor things out or remove entire episodes.

[@johnjay370]

​@@Swiftbowalso the streaming business model is unsustainable in the long run. Tv is quickly dieing. Physical media is also on the decline. Its like we are in decline in all forms of art and entertainment. All industries including entertainment and art are suffering from mass brain drain. We might be left with nothing but creative ashes.

[@indiana2096]

Great video, I love my physical media of all types at this point backed up to DVD, when possible, I don't do streaming. I am mostly into Sci-Fi, old TV and at the moment I have been obsessed with silent films.

[@andygozzo72]

bad idea, you cant rely on 'streaming' as it could be taken off at any time... and with physical you can watch 'offline' and at any time as often as you wish

[@12max44]

I used to be a DVD collector when that was a thing. Then later I started to buy the occasional bluray but used mostly streaming. But then I noticed a pattern forming. Every single time I thought of a film I wanted to watch, it was not available on streaming (I have Prime, Netflix and Disney+). We are not talking about obscure indie films but big budget hollywood 90s classics. I want to watch Last Action Hero again (not available).... hmm... how about Twister (not available)... A friend suggested I check out Congo (not available). This happened again and again consistently. The film collection on streaming is much much smaller then one would think and most original streaming content is super mediocre. After dozens of times where this happened I started to buy bluray discs again and have now over 500 blurays and about 30 UHDs. I barely use streaming services today.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor]

Hey. I made the same experience. If you try to find the biggest top 50 or the best movies of every individual year, you stand almost no chance if you leave our current century. But even for the 2000s, it's tough. I had Prime, Netflix and Disney+. The biggest selection like on Netflix is pointless when I cannot watch what I really want to see. I bought a lot of DVDs but never got into Blurays although I bought a player with my first flatscreen TV 8 years ago. Now I own a couple of Blus for the reason of availability (if it costs more to buy a movie digitally on prime in certain cases I buy the 2nd hand Bluray) and of quality. I'm not into best quality ever but you probably made the eye opening experience of trying to watch a DVD on a flatscreen (mine is like 55" or so). And certain movies I want to watch in HD quality and not in DVD quality.

[@RobHoffman83]

I dropped Netflix a few years back for that very reason. The didn't have what I was looking for.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor]

@@RobHoffman83 I paused Netflix because I currently watch two shows on Disney+ and I mostly watch youtube anyway, so paying €10-12 per month for something I rarely use is a waste of money. There might be a time in the future where I will subscribe to Netflix, e.g. to do my rerun of the Ghibli movies, but it's better to subscribe for at least a specific show or some movies instead of then being paralyzed because there's too much content and you don't know what to watch...

[@12max44]

@@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor "You stand almost no chance if you leave our current century. But even for the 2000s, it's tough." absolutely! So many great films that are not even that old are just left in the dust by streaming services. Worst thing is when films do not get a physical release and dissapear from streaming like the film "Hush" recently or the "WIllow" show on disney+. It is like the film or show never existed and I do not like that development at all.

[@GotoMaki4Micah]

oh boy absolutely. services like netflix only have 1% of what i search for. a hobby of mine is watching filmographies. i have 300 actors/actresses that ive searched movies for. that is a shit ton. for netflix to only have 1% which is usually the movie i have already seen is unacceptable. netflix is telling me what to like and making me pay for it instead of letting me actually choose. rot in hell netflix.

[@CrimsionVision]

A great thing about physical media I don’t feel like gets talked about enough is how some libraries can carry the newest releases or old favorites on dvd (and even BluRay in some cases), and you can borrow them for free. No streaming service or digital rental, you can borrow a new movie for free and return it after you’re finished with it.

[@huhnchengott8396]

Also, you can just borrow a copy, rip it (if its a dvd) and return it and you can watch it whenever you like!

[@SofaPop.]

@@huhnchengott8396you can rip Blurays as well with the correct equipment. A worthy investment in my eyes

[@karaokeandrandomclips]

@@huhnchengott8396 That's stealing.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@@karaokeandrandomclips Well, what do you do when you're stripped of cash?? Do you prefer to wait until you have enough to buy one thing, or would you rather borrow it from someone, rip it yourself with pirated software programs on your PC, Linux, or Mac laptop/desktop and watch it from there?? At that point you have to ask yourself, is it worth profiting off of movies that are nearly a decade or 5 decades old?? Because there are some movies from the 1950s and before that aren't as profitable as they used to in their prime. So much like the movies from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, they too eventually will become more of classics in the near future and most likely not be as profitable as say movies from the 2050s and 2060s. Trends come and go, things go by so quickly that it all happens within seconds of uploading or seconds it happens. It's as if even if you take a day off or a week off of work to watch whatever you want to watch, you may only be able to watch 5 to 10% of what you watched compared to the massive 90% of other content out there, plus new ones coming out every day or so. Heck, even try watching youtube videos or any video platform content on there, it's too much for one person to do at a time, and hopefully the video platformer doesn't take down the video you wish to watch or else you missed out on it.

[@ozmond]

@@karaokeandrandomclipsI rent red box DVDs and rip them to my computer

[@ericmatthews8497]

In the past year I have been collecting Blu-ray Discs for all of my favorite films. As I replaced DVDs instead of selling them I decided to store them in plastic bins as backups. Also redeeming digital codes as a further backup. I truly believe this is necessary to secure access to the best versions of my favorite films for my home theater.

[@thechadti2ndChannel]

Great video man. Watched till end (rare for me) God bless 🙏

[@boondoggle4820]

I still watch physical media because sometimes things go wrong with your computer or internet connection, and I can still immerse myself in a DVD. Plus, the biggest issue is that you’re at the mercy of licensing agreements, behind the scenes politics, whether the streaming services determine that it’s profitable to use storage space for something that you enjoy, etc.

[@p0k3mn1]

I still buy CDs occasionally it’s a better way to support the artist and its one of the ways you can fight against “you will own nothing” The same thing is happening in music currently

[@terrencereardon6374]

I haven't gone to a concert in nearly five years and I don't miss it. Now I'm retired from concerts and buy CDs and Vinyl. Many people will spend asinine money on vaping devices, tattoos and nicotine which smoking as risen as everyone does it.

[@lionheartroar3104]

I agree, that's why I own 3000 cds. Some no longer available in physical form and the download quality sucks.

[@HaggardPillockHD]

Buying the CD funds the record company's not the artist (unless the artist owns the record company)

[@veganconservative1109]

Yep, fighting against the WEF is a must. Especially now when they are so close to bullying a lot of our governments into ceding total control over to the puppet WHO in the form of their pandemic treaties. (Because WHO did so well managing the 2020+ Covid plandemic they helped create. I mean pandemic.

[@elizrebezilmadommdo1662]

I'm in early gen z (born in 1999), and I have fond memories of me watching animated Barbie movies on DVD and VHS because of the bonus features. They were amazing. Oh my god. They had a section with "bloopers" where the characters of the movie would fall over or mess up their lines, even though the movie was obviously animated, which means that they even went out of their way to animate the character messing up, as if these were real actors in a live action film, and they even had GAMES on there too. I barely remember what they were like, but I remember my brother and I fighting over who got to play first and for how long. The amount of effort that movie makers made for the bonus features was kind of amazing. I really miss that. Also, the menus for these movies were very elaborate and personalized too, with long transitions, clips, voiceovers, and everything. Nowadays, if you buy a new movie on DVD, the main menu is just sort of boring, which makes sense, since less people are buying DVDs now anyway. There's no point of putting that much effort on something that seemingly almost no one will notice. Also, I loved playing the movies in reverse when I watched them on VHS or DVD. I don't know why I thought that watching the characters running down the stairs backwards and removing food from their mouths was the pinnacle of comedy at the time. Lol I vividly remember cracking up non-stop while play the Barbie Rapunzel movie in reverse on the VHS player when I was like 6 or 7.

[@TheMCNanno]

This is the reason I’ve started canceling all of my streaming

[@thiscorrosion3843]

Me too!

[@Xero141]

They want you buying digital so they can sneakily edit them over time to remove ‘offensive’ scenes, turning it into something you didn’t agree to buying. Lawsuits should be filed in the future. I hope so.

[@veganconservative1109]

Changing Anakin's ghost in Return of the Jedi. So innocuous and 'understandable'... but maybe also testing the waters to see what they could get away with in the future. Especially now with AI. This is why you also want to keep physical copies of things like dictionaries from before the days of Microsoft.

[@malusvir]

Just have to correct one detail: there's no such thing as "buying" digital. You're licensed to experience the movie/music/game, and that license can be modified or terminated at any time and without your consent because you don't own the media, the licensor owns it.

[@The_NonDescript]

They've already done so with the ebook version of Kendi's anti racism book. Heck, even your physical media needs to be checked, I know there are new "edits" of Roald Dahl books

[@DelicateRedRose]

They did it with the comedy movie "Soul Plane". Left every racist joke against white and blacks even homophobia but they erased the ending scene poking fun at Arabs...

[@surge3158]

This is an interesting point. Video games are playing this out right now, maybe the movie industry is watching and/or behind it. I have some ideas. Either 1) You release your content in full, never edit it, and it's yours until public domain hits 2) Once you make any changes to the online version, the online version is no longer available for sale. It's no longer THAT movie, so.... These are things we need to consider as a society BEFORE it's too late, and time is running out

[@lancebaylis3169]

The level to which they are *consciously* erasing physical media now is alarming. Only a few years ago it was still possible to go in any Wal Mart or Target and there'd be five or six rows of discs - now you're lucky if there's one. The strange thing is physical media and streaming can co-exist. Streaming is more like the old Blockbuster video libraries. You basically pay a reduced fee for the right to 'hire' a season or a movie for as long as the streamer carries it on their server. Physical media is an opportunity to own your favorites. Those are not really competing markets, and if the studios were actually smart, they could sell both as a selling point without ending one or the other.

[@trystonkincannon8320]

Yeah, the movie makers are trying to take it all back. As it was said Disney tried to sue Sony, and lost, this is there revenge story. Time to learn how to traval the 7 seas... Maybe not just yet though, I still got a good 200+ shows and movies to go though, not to mention my games.

[@bloodeagle6458]

They don't want 50% of the profits from either they want 100% and they think they can get it with a digital monthly service/payment...they don't want a one and done customer they want a customer for life kinda like drug dealers gross isn't it

[@johnjay370]

​@@bloodeagle6458actually it more insidious then that. Thay want to be able to erase history and art so the studios can politically control the masses. Many people in Hollywood dont believe in art or even entertainment. Just mindless content to control people with. Remember if truth doesn't exist then we can do whatever we want, and so Hollywood does.

[@kewrock]

It all comes down to the consumer. The numbers don't lie. The masses are no longer buying physical media. The media companies are OK with it, because they can now control every aspect of their properties. Rest assured. If people were still buying discs and rejecting streaming, They'd still be marketing discs.

[@veganconservative1109]

Media on streaming can be edited on the spot and only those who are familiar with the original content would be any the wiser. Imagine a history film showing Joe Biden battling during The Battle Of The Bulge... because the President said make it so... so they edited him in. So many things that can go bottoms up with digital renting.

[@im_soo_bored]

Excellent information It's really painful to see record shops getting emptier every day

[@ZachariasEnislidis]

Physcal media is also a backup in case of major outage of streaming services...even forever. Imagine Netflix losing all movies from datacenters.

[@ubernerrd]

That is very highly unlikely to happen. Netflix has several copies of every title across their CDN, losing data isn't really a concern. The real issue is licensing.

[@daveduffy2823]

The end of physical media is the end of ownership.

[@amb_.]

Literally

[@stonesfan285]

Not necessarily. There are ways to stream rip and you can store that on a couple of redundant hard drives.

[@mayday6880]

@@stonesfan285 yes re-encoded low bitrate, no extended and uncut version with aac 2-channel sound.

[@llothar68]

And now imagine a world without physical cash.

[@thequinlanshow3326]

You are a clown. Physical media going away isn't the end of the world. You can still own literally everything else in your life.

[@Mark-0O]

I remember in 2002 when I was 10 my older sisters friend came over and I tried to impress her by showing her my Disney VHS collection. Today I still collect blu rays.

[@Selrisitai]

If you watch movies shot on film on 4k, you'll discover how movies can give you the same feeling as vinyl records, right in your own home.

[@CuteSkyler]

I've gotten into collecting DVDs this year and it does give me the same feeling as physical goods such as Vinyl. The trailers in the DVD menu, the banger piracy ads, the advertisements, it all just gives me a sense of 2000's that no other form of media provides for me. Beyond this, trying to search for that one DVD on second hand sites (or entire shows, such as Avatar, which I'm still looking for), is an experience in and of itself.

[@MimiRox13]

There's a killer DVD sale going on at Wal-Mart right now. They're taking advantage of being one of the last retailers to sell physical media, and you can find a lot of good bundles of shows. I highly recommend it because I'm sure they'll stop selling DVDs once they've made enough money.

[@allsystemsgootechaf9885]

I managed to snag avatar airbender from amazon, in bluray. $25. Well worth it for a couple dozen hours of content

[@CuteSkyler]

@@allsystemsgootechaf9885 Lucky bastard, you.

[@DrawinskyMoon]

It saddens me that certain movies will never get a physical media version of them.

[@Winter2k23]

Yep, titles like - Flight of the navigator, Krull, The Last Starfighter. Would be magic if ever. blu ray.

[@robertandres7594]

Check your local comic convention bootlegger.

[@shadrichardson6627]

​@@Winter2k23Compliance

[@paperking_real]

@@Winter2k23 The Last Starfighter got a 4K and Blu-ray release from Arrow Video.

[@lanceash]

People kept telling me "Oh, cinema will bounce back after COVID is over." But it hasn't and it never will. It's so much more convenient to watch something at home. You can pause the film if you have to pee and you don't have to worry about being told where to sit. If you want to eat a giant pizza while watching, you can. Also, the movies they make now are crap. I don't mind watching something on a streaming service, especially if it's something I'm unsure of or know I'm only going to see once. But the classics I like to own on DVD. I wish I'd never given away my box set of obscure spaghetti westerns.

[@my2commonsense476]

Why would you want a DVD? Because when you own it you own it.

[@Icelandlover]

Great writing and story telling. Awesome video. S😊ubscribed!

[@XenoTronusWeePoo850]

I'm never letting physical media be forgotten in my home. I'm collecting as much DVDs and games as possible. I'd love to have a physical collection that I can admire and show people irl rather than having to turn on a screen. Heck, i might even buy some VHS's from eBay.

[@darkhighwayman1757]

rip them onto your computer and stream them via plex and not risking damaging your disks

[@jimspencer2727]

I agree I'll always collect movies I collect VHS laserdiscs DVD and bluray movies. I been collecting a lot of players for my stuff as well Incase if it gets impossible to find players . Either vcrs laserdisc players or bluray players.

[@cat-sd5cr]

Same :)

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

get yourself a good multi region VHS player, then you can buy them from any country without worrying about region lock nonsense.

[@jhberg17]

If vinyl can come back, anything can. It’s 150 year old technology. The problem with 4K is they never got it to the right price point. It really needs to drop at least 40 percent to be viable to the consumer.

[@medium_x]

That may be true, but if that’s the case then it probably won’t be a profitable enough medium for the big studios to deal with

[@TheStOne1]

Maybe if they'd stop selling it together with the pointless standard blu-ray, it could be cheaper. And if they'd stop producing DVD forcing everybody to buy a Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray player, we could see some advancements...

[@JorgeTorres-tl7vo]

They’re getting there. Best Buy had a crazy Black Friday sale that started last week and everything is pretty much already sold out now. With with 4Ks starting at $6 for classic like The Godfather, 2001 and the wizard of oz, who wouldn’t start collecting.

[@JudeDefensor]

@@TheStOne1 as the video mentioned, it can cost as little as 2 cents to press a disc. they probably gain more sales by including the standard blu-ray compared to the negligible additional cost. there's likely a significant number of buyers who don't have a 4k player yet but end up buying the bundle in anticipation of an upgrade and because it doesn't cost much more than getting just the standard, or is the only option available.

[@EnigPartyhaus]

@@TheStOne1 I'd rather have the 2K/4K combo set than go back to the era of it being DVD/blu ray combos

[@Valoric]

I’m cutting out all subscriptions out of my life. I want physical to exist so long as I live.

[@vinyleyezz]

Long Live Physical Media!

[@pacsonic9000]

I'm Gen Z and I still enjoy physical media for the same reasons you do. If I don't want to put in a disc, I just back up the episodes or film on a drive, though I still like having the physical disc, tape, or cart. I also like how you can find stuff not available on streaming services and can only be watched either physically or illegally.

[@The_SUN1234]

those codes annoy me...gen z, millenials... SAY IT LIKE NORMAL PERSON THE DECADE YOURE BORN IN..jesus...

[@The_SUN1234]

Also physical media is not generation dependant. anyone can love it or not love it. the difference is that older generations had no choice of internet.

[@sailorjade]

@@The_SUN1234boomers: 1946-1964, gen x: 1965-1980, millennials: 1981-1995, gen z: 1996-2012, gen alpha: 2013-current (exact years vary depending on who you ask)

[@MrPolandball]

@@sailorjadedont you fucking ever count 90s and early 00s kids as Gen Z, we preferred to be labeled as “zillennials”

[@veganconservative1109]

I concede your point. I fall into the 'baby boomer' category, but that spans several decades. Fairly vague. @@The_SUN1234

[@philg8556]

My concerns about streaming are the licensing and censorship issues. How many shows or movies aren't being released because of a licensing dispute or issue when said movie is already on DVD? How many have been edited from their original versions? How many now have modern ads digitally inserted that have replaced the look and feel of classics? These issues don't even touch on the bitrates and pixel quality issues. I still own a vast physical media collection, but I love the convenience of not swapping discs, so I've ripped them all to a home media server. No internet required and I get the original content without fear of Disney or anyone else suddenly wanting to insert ads or remove my access because someone decided they needed more royalties for a 5 second sound clip of a song from the 80's. It also includes movies and media that have never been made available on streaming, but were once made available on VHS or DVD. I think the media corporations have a bit too much power here.

[@Robd07]

I was pist when Netflix took off Stargate Sg1! And dont like hulu because of ads

[@walker1984]

You'll start to get lost media that studios themselves create due to censorship. If a studio decides to change things because they feel it's inappropriate because of the times, then the movie that you watched may very well not exist digitally.

[@finkamain1621]

Man... My friend recommended me Romero's Dawn of the Dead and told me not to watch it on any streaming service because it's all the censored version. He found the unrated cut here on KZbin for free and good quality and it's like 30 minutes longer than the censored ones because most of Tom Savini's effects were cut because they were too edgy

[@washere3955]

​@@finkamain1621KZbin is a streaming service.

[@washere3955]

If, or if ever comes a time when ripping becomes legal. Then I'll have my own server, but as of right now I'm sticking to plopping the disc in the player, and enjoying. Then having the exercise to get up and exchange the disc for another.

[@NoodlesBeforeDinner]

I'd rather pay one fee to have something forever instead of repeatedly paying for something that doesn't even have what I want to watch.

[@richkurtz6053]

I'm 73 and have always owned the media: LP's, CD's, Laser Disks, DVD, BluRay. I still have 3 VHS players, 2 Laserdisk players, numerous CD players, and 3 BluRay players. I do not subscribe to any subscription services. I object to paying $3.99 to rent an online movie, when I can buy the disk for $2.99 at Goodwill. I cut the cord for cable years ago. I have a TV antenna.

[@Greedo1977]

Insane im 16

[@wyattsexton7083]

Many places in the US and around the world do not have internet access or people can't pay for internet or unlimited phone service. So DVDs, Blu Rays, VHS, etc is the main media these places still use.

[@Greedo1977]

Still

[@nicholashylton6857]

Screw that. They want consumers to permanently rent movies and tell us we're out of luck if they don't choose to stream it.

[@stupid8911]

You're not wrong. I have the same sentiment with music as well. I give in and buy the song from Apple, but it's been told to me that, technically, the purchase I made for the song or album is just for Apple to *license* me the music. I don't really think they'd go through the trouble of yanking my whole music library for the past 20 years, but it's a sobering reminder that they damn well could.

[@itsjayden8002]

I hate the stigma that kids don’t care about old shows or physical media. I love old shows like ALF & The Flintstones, and I keep up with physical media news, even though I don’t have my own money to buy anything. I only have 4 Blu-Rays, none of which play in my Blu Ray player the barely works anyway. Luckily, they also came with DVDs. I was turned into an consistent Flintstones watcher and enjoyer due to the DVDs. The complete 80s/90s TMNT cartoon series collection is over $15 more online that it was when I got it from the store. Not to mention, that it’s not available fully on any streaming service.

[@LisaWagner-wy5li]

Don't panic ! Just remember , there will always be flea markets , yard sales , garage sales...etc Physical media is important.Now is the time to buy DVDs .DVDs are so cheap to buy now.I say , buy what you like now.Get ahead of the game.Alsp get some DVD players and set them aside.This way you have backup.

[@DTM-Books]

“Not having to get up and change the disc” is probably the top reason why streaming took over. Never attribute to malice what you can blame on laziness.

[@_Dibbler_]

To change the disc? I had to go to a video library or store to get a movie. And I had to bring it back. I maybe bought 10 DVDs in my life and didnt really watch those movies that often. People like me is why streaming took over. I watch a movie/series once, thank you, next one.

[@leadzeppbelly]

@@_Dibbler_Just once?

[@Starwarsawesomeeu]

And also discs take up a. Lot of space on the shelves I guess

[@burnout3373]

I'd change laziness to convenience

[@DTM-Books]

@@burnout3373 "Give me convenience or give me death." - Jello Biafra

[@DamienLavizzo]

I live in Japan, a country where physical media hasn't quite died yet, since Japanese people are very reluctant to change something that's still working for something that's untested and "new". So I have a Blu-Ray writer and you can get dual layer BD discs here for about $30-40 for a 25 pack. So I put on my Captain Jack Sparrow hat and fire up my XBox One and go to town. If the studios won't give us physical media anymore, I'll just make my own. Not all advancement is beneficial to the consumer.

[@Musikyx]

physical media is ULTRA IMPORTANT, owning your movie forever without the digital hurdles of agreements is IMPORTANT

[@da-kollector81]

I will never stop buying physical media. Movies, Games, and CD Music.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

I have the OG jackass the movie DVD from back in the early 2000’s. Tons of bonus content like commentary, ads leading up to the release of the film, bios about each staff member for the film, deleted scenes, a photo gallery and more. I found the movie on Amazon the other day and just wanted to see the quality of the film and it’s literally exactly the same. There is 0 reasons to go with streaming here

[@hblaub]

Even a directors' cut on streaming does not have any bonus stuff. I for example searched once for an interview and behind the scenes and I guess streaming bosses expect nobody to give a shit about it and therefore do not even bother to upload those parts beside the original DVD/BlueRay.

[@Zalis116]

@@hblaub It's the concept of "You want more, you pay more." Streaming is just a cheap avenue for those who merely want to watch the movie or TV show, so the interviews/extras get held back as incentive for hardcore fans to collect the home-video release. We saw this in the pre-streaming/"Blockbuster" era as well, as disc rentals wouldn't include any additional "Extra Features" discs, and even the main discs would sometimes be re-authored versions that stripped out extras that were on the retail releases.

[@khakiichunk]

@@Zalis116 interesting, id almost forgotten there was a totally different release for rental purposes, and I think i remember a bunch of dvds not having any other menu options/ the menu looking different to the retail release

[@Takeshi357]

@@hblaub What's really annoying is when they drop bonus features from subsequent releases, like in the case of the Die Hard films, the old 2-disc special edition DVDs had loads and the first film even had an alternate cut of the film, but when they came out on blu-ray, much of the bonus content was nowhere to be found, forcing me to hold onto the old DVDs.

[@urbanstarship]

I stopped collecting physical media in music at some point, but I kept collecting TV Shows, movies and books. Some of us have to keep physical media alive. Part of what motivates me is the thought of history being erased, but I also just enjoy collecting.

[@HughMansonMD]

I've been talking about physical media as comics, books, dvds and blurays, etc., but I kind of forgot that I started a small cd collection, and it all started because Google music removed an album I liked. I instantly noticed a pretty decent jump in quality between cd and streamed music, and the pricing isn't bad, so I've stuck with it.

[@urbanstarship]

@@HughMansonMD : If I like an album I'll buy a download of it so at least I can store it on a computer and feel like I own it, but my old CDs are in storage now and I got out of the habit of buying new ones...I was very early on Spotify Premium and admit I got hooked on that. I've bought and built so many bookshelves for the house (and had old radiators moved to accommodate them) that are full of other physical media, I just can't justify another collection!

[@7ctony]

Your the minority. Money talks . Steaming won already . roll with it or get over it . Stop wasting life crying about the past

[@yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186]

thank you for talking about this !

[@anaverageyoutubeuser]

When I was a teenager I used to download songs on my old computer from music and archives websites back in the 2000s, before streaming came along. On my computer there were more than 5000 songs that I downloaded more than 10 and 20 years ago, some songs even dated back from the late 90s. Now I have copied all those songs on my notebook and edited some of them, fixing the metadata such as the title of the song, the album, putting the corresponding image, the year the album was released, the genre of the song, etc. Although they are not physical media like DVDs, they have the same functionality, since I can listen to my songs whenever I want, without being subscribed to a streaming service or being connected to the Internet, which makes me highly value all the songs that I downloaded in particular, and physical media in general. We have to keep physical media alive.

[@aydenjenkins8760]

I recently got the Blade Runner blu-ray set that has 5 cuts of the film. It is one of the coolest blu-ray releases I own. To be able to watch any version of a film whenever I feel like it without having to search for the film on streaming (let alone looking for a specific cut of a film) is wonderful. The shear amount of extra content you get on physical releases is so amazing and is something streaming will never be able to replace.

[@gregorio5543]

Literally just got that last night haha. It's great isn't it

[@finkamain1621]

I'm building up John Carpenter's movies and when I watch them all, I'll probably watch them all again with his commentary starting with his first movie until his recent

[@IminNye]

I have the original cuts of Star Wars on the bonus disc of my original trilogy collection. I would hate to not have that option and have to settle for just the newer versions on Disney+ as the only way to watch Star Wars

[@MrCREWCRUSHIN95]

Physical media is GROWING - not dying At its peak- DVD sales were 16K per year. Sales flagged when streaming started... During the pandemic it went back up to 16K Last year it was at 22K. The first 5 months of this year did 13K.

[@h0laPlaneta]

this sounds amazing, care to share the sources please? want to show this to my "all digital" friends

[@Kobenete]

would also like to know where you got this information from. 16k for peak sounds insanely small?

[@KSCGGuy14]

Great video. I've mostly been collecting DVD's to cartoons. I usually try to buy the ones that have some or tons of bonus features. My biggest collection has been from Justice League (both for multiple episode and entire series releases).

[@LastsailorEgy]

This’s an enjoyable, informative and a little sad video,loved it

[@jtmichaelson]

I am old enough to remember CDs coming up in the mid-80s and DVDs and I got so involved in CDs and DVDs that it will always be my main source. I have a couple of streaming accounts, but I have thousands of DVDs. It's just not natural to spend money on a product and not own it.

[@alwaysxnever]

Exactly. I get that technically we are buying a license to view. But I rather that over renting/subscribing for access to a product and hope the servers never go offline. 😅

[@simoneadaminutrition]

I didn't realize how serious was the situation until I bought a Blu ray player and started to go around in shops looking for physical Blu rays or 4ks. I live in Rome, Italy and in a 20km radius there is no one selling physical discs. 😢

[@llothar68]

Only flee markets. I throw away a nice collection of hundert of VHS before i realized that i can sell them on ebay.