I regret decluttering my DVDs (Importance of Physical Media)

When you own a movie, you’re a custodian of that movie for life. In this video, we’re chatting about the importance of physical media and how the streaming wars and studio mergers led to certain movies disappearing (forever?). Bonus feature: a show and tell of my movie collection.
#physicalmedia
#DVDcollection
#streamingwars

[@movieedge7370]

Physical media will always be important because once you have an original copy of something it won’t be edited. It won’t be censored. And you can watch it anytime you want you don’t have to worry about some streaming services taking it down and when will it be back. Physical media all the way.

[@pixalmasterstudios2485]

Plus it looks great on a shelf lol. But yes, once you have the copy, it’s yours and no company can take it from you. It won’t disappear, it won’t be edited, and you get to do whatever you want with it

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@eadweard.]

Well a digital copy can't be changed assuming you manage those files yourself.

[@God-k5b]

You can pirate anything that is censored bruh…

[@uchidaoginome]

Was that the Animal House horse?

[@jforester7]

I'm a recent convert back to physical media. Streaming has become nothing but a giant headache now.

[@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirls]

Also, sailing the high seas works as well.

[@musicotensai]

Yep. Dug out my binders and started buying again.

[@good_thrifts]

Same. I refuse to be a slave to all of these streaming services. My husband bought me a portable DVD player for Christmas and I use it constantly.

[@cellorosemusic12]

Same here!!!!

[@collecticus]

​@@TheYoungVulnerableAnimeGirlsWhat's the fun in just watching digital copies?

[@mishti06]

I never got rid of cds and DVDs. I am 53, I grew up to see the birth of vhs and DVDs, the rise and fall of video/dvd rental, and sadly the slow decline over the decades as people purged their collections in pursuit of the 'perfect' looking home. Even back then, I couldn't see the point of paying a subscription to watch what I already own. When the prices went up, I wasn't surprised. I spent a ton of money buying DVDs, and while the minimal lifestyle is tempting, nothing is more satisfying when the internet goes offline (and it does sometimes) than being able to watch a movie you love because you own the disc. Great clip ❤

[@leelandglover7777]

I kept all mine too others just got rid of all their physical stuff.

[@xenontouchstone]

I'm 63 and still have my collection of dvds,vinyl and even VHS, can't beat a nice solid collection .

[@ambermchugh9381]

My vcr and vhs tapes still work perfectly( should get one of those red camero rewinders) I live in a weird dead zone and tried to mirror from my phone to my TV but even that tech is obsolete and my phone won't download the app anymore. I'll never give up my vhs and d v d

[@somthingbrutal]

thats also why i still have the odd thing on VHS not everything made the jump to DVD let alone blu-ray

[@meropale]

I love my disc media and don't see myself getting rid of my collection, but I don't feel the same attachment to tape media like VHS and cassette tapes.w

[@richchappell]

People thought I was weird for having so many physical copies, but now I feel justified in owning 731 movies on blu-ray or 4k, plus about 40 seasons of TV shows.

[@Stargazer-lg8cs]

Wow. I got about 350 but nothing close to your collection. Are they all single copies or do you have multiple versions of some movies? It is nice knowing that when you want to watch an old favorite, it is right at your fingertips and you don't have to hunt all over the streaming services hoping one of them have it.

[@patrickwheeler5701]

add heart warming chuckle here

[@brandonlee7382]

You can watch whatever you want. No service can ban you from watching your movies.

[@michaelwilber774]

Just picked up cheers and step by step complete. Love physical media

[@ashleigh_whatever]

I have 805 =) I use the app Movie Buddy to keep track of them all, as would accidentally buy multiple copies of the same movie. It took me four days to catalogue them all lol

[@GorgonGirl07]

Technically you are still living by the Marie Kondo Method because these DVDs/Blu-rays are giving you joy. So keep the collection going!

[@bluegirl4079]

Good point! Bring on the joy sparks!

[@roberth4395]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@bluegirl4079screw Marie Kondo and her method. You are you, so do whatever you want to do.

[@phya9324]

This 100%. I used to buy quite alot of dvds of movies I wanted to see, especially when cheap. Now before I go to buy one, I think "am I going to rewatch this or do I just want to see this". Still have dvds but they are way more currated.

[@SirReptitious]

Yes, ironically, she did NOT follow Marie Kondo way, because she sold off her DVDs for a huge loss and now has to re-buy them.....

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

You can also take the discs and swap them into smaller cases. Personally, I rip all my DVDs to disk and then use Jellyfin to stream them to my TV, so that I don't need to deal with the hassles of physical media. Once, I've got it on there, the experience is hardly any different from one of the streaming services. Except it only works at home and it has better quality. If I know I want to watch something on the go, I can always convert the files to something smaller.

[@ThePhantomMenace88]

I’m so glad people are finally starting to understand how important physical media is!

[@robertt9342]

People realized it during the pandemic

[@lpg12338]

Exactly! 😎👍

[@HandyAndyTechTips]

So glad that many people outside the 'collector's bubble' are starting to realise the importance of physical media. Whether it's movies, music or books, the only way to ensure you have access to media in the future is to buy a physical copy of it.

[@Omar_Little]

But the secret to that is owning copies of the files. No need for discs.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@quantus5875]

@@Omar_Little True -- yes, one of these says I'll put all my DVDs on a hard disk. You do bring up a good point it's either having the files somewhere -- whether on a hard disk or on physical media .

[@HandyAndyTechTips]

Yes, but often the only way to get a DRM free copy of the files is to rip them from a disc. So you may as well keep the disc as well.

[@quantus5875]

@@HandyAndyTechTips Good point. Agreed.

[@ladyariananorth]

I collect DVDs. It is so much easier for me to look through my collection than wander streaming services looking for what I want to watch. Plus, I have the original theatre versions of Star Wars on DVD. Disney can't reach through my internet connection and take those back.

[@teresachaotic.corner]

The original theatre version of Star Wars are rare now. Hold onto them with your dear life! My husband only had them on VHS.

[@ladyariananorth]

I also still have my VHS copies!@@teresachaotic.corner

[@celluloidtherapy5003]

Search around for the “Despecialized” editions of the Star Wars Trilogy. The finest available versions of the trio.

[@DVDhoarder]

Yeah, there is 2disc releases of original trilogy movies, the original versions wereon bonus discs... picture/audio quality is guite bad though. @celluloidtherapy5003 are you talking about Harmy's editions? Rumor says that even George Lukas has those de-specialized versions on his collection 🤔

[@celluloidtherapy5003]

@@DVDhoarder Yes! The Harmy editions, are actually quite nice! It was a really special time, watching them exactly the way I saw them in the theater.

[@maovslandlords9244]

This is why I collect old VHS tapes that never made it to DVD let alone streaming services.

[@HorrorGirlLover]

I used to have VHS and miss it but now it’s so hard to come by and when you can find it, it’s EXPENSIVE.

[@maovslandlords9244]

@@HorrorGirlLover not sure where you live but here in Texas it's not too expensive. I bought 5 VCRs for $15 at a thrift store. My local Movie Trading Company sells tapes for 99 cents up to $3.

[@knowledge4741]

I'm sure I can still find the majority of those tapes in digital format somewhere.

[@crosswalklarry]

​@@HorrorGirlLoverGo to thrift stores. I find all kinds of good stuff for under a dollar. My best find was Sleepaway Camp.

[@DannyD714]

@@HorrorGirlLover i have boxes of vhs tapes in storage,both self recorded and store bought. the trouble is they degrade over time. i have some tapes almost 40 years old. i've started the grueling task of converting a lot of them to digital and putting them on hard drives. luckily i have 3 vhs players that still work fine.

[@IntergalacticDustBunny]

I prefer physical media over streaming because I actually spend less time staring at a screen and when I do watch something I actually make the time to WATCH it (not half ass stare at it while scrolling through my phone) because the act of physically getting up, selecting a disk and putting it in the player is almost like a commitment I'm making to give what I'm watching my undivided attention. As such it's a more enjoyable "fullfilling" experience.

[@meganhartmann180]

True, that!

[@snowbird7254]

ive been thinking the same thing

[@Synckronick]

Something I love about physical media, is all the bonus and behinds the scenes content they include. I've learned so much more about my favorite movies by watching a commentary, or listening to a special effects feature. And my Favorites: 1. Alien 2. Brazil 3. Mallrats (My guilty 90s pleasure)

[@teresachaotic.corner]

The lost art of bonus features! Remember when there used to be early 2000s games on the bonus disc too? I have not seen Mallrats. I have to remedy that STAT

[@Synckronick]

@@teresachaotic.corner lol, it's not a good movie, but it's special to me. The Shrek DVDs were absolute treasures of games and activities! Fairy Tale Idol was a masterpiece.

[@chefskiss6179]

Agreed! Lord of the Rings has almost a half dozen commentary tracks PER movie, and the bonus documentaries are great.

[@ShinobiShaman]

​@@teresachaotic.corner Why'd you ever stop? It's impossible for me to be a minimalist. You should see my book library.

[@rhimiles]

@@chefskiss6179Yes! The only redeeming thing about the Hobbit trilogy (in my opinion) is the hours of behind the scenes it gave us. Although admittedly it’s less fun by the end, when it’s just PJ alone on a soundstage with a virtual reality camera, in desperate need of a holiday…

[@johnathankrage83]

I don't remember what specifically gave me the desire to start, but 4 months ago I started gathering my favorite films and TV shows from all 31 years of my life. I have spent $2,000+ but now own over 300 films almost entirely on Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray, the majority purchased used on eBay with an average cost of $6 a film. I absolutely love knowing I own them forever, that I can watch them in the best quality and that they can't be taken away from me. I even started hosting movie nights with my friends, and they're loving the films I'm showing them so far. It fills me with joy seeing so many amazing movies at my finger tips. And I will always have them. 😁 I also have Anastasia! Love that movie. But why not Hercules? 😂 I have that too with the slipcover and just watched it the other day. Such gorgeous animation. I'm watching many of these movies again for the first time in decades and on Blu-ray it's stunning how absolutely beautiful the images are. Couldn't be happier!

[@knowledge4741]

Should have just invested in a NAS and created your own Plex server, you would still own them forever and you could have so much more with way easier access to your library.

[@allenj7613]

What DVD player do you have

[@allenj7613]

And congrats on the collection

[@SerenBryn]

We've recently started borrowing movies from our local public library. They have tons of movies available through inter library loan, multiple format options. Far more than streaming offers! And it's free!

[@ClairvoyantMeow]

Also library book sales sell DVDs for cheap or affordable prices that were donated or not getting checked out.

[@candicewilliams5288]

That's what we do!

[@leelandglover7777]

Go to goodwill or St Vincent DePaul or half price books tons of CDs DVDs

[@MrSGL21]

yep. the library is the last blockbuster.

[@carolynridlon3988]

As a 60+ baby boomer, I'm not into streaming services so we kept all of our DVDs (some blue ray) which now is close to 800+ in zippered cases by categories! My hubby & I love different types (he's sci-fi, action, Westerns & WWII - I'm old classics, some dramas, comedies, documentaries & cartoons) we will never be bored & can watch to our hearts content!

[@Takeshi357]

I'm pushing 40 and I never made the transition to streaming either. My thought always was, "well if I can't actually have it then why am I paying for it?" Like maybe if I only plan to ever watch it once, and even then I usually just pirate it. And if I actually end up enjoying it enough to want to watch it more than once, then I usually _do_ end up buying it!

[@rabbitila7685]

That's what I have as well. I didn't want to get rid of them but needed to decrease their footprint

[@harrygardner7257]

I’m 25 and I’m still not that fond of streaming

[@AuntNessie-u2e]

That is impressive

[@burnisheddragon]

Sadly we have moved too many times and have no room for all the books and dvds. I agree that we need to own physical copies of media. Even a game companies are telling us we don’t own the games we have purchased

[@kennythecomiccollector]

I remember when the streaming services first came online. A friend of mine was like, practically every movie and TV show will be available through them. You can get rid of all your movies and show discs and free up some space. I own close to 900 movies and TV shows. My response was-I like being able to watch whatever I want to watch whenever I want to watch it. I like looking at the deleted scenes and all of the other bonus content as well. Besides, what do you think is going to happen when a movie or show becomes “problematic” against the current trends. When they get tired of paying those royalties, what’s going to happen. When the next network pulls their content to host on their own streaming service, you’ll have to subscribe to it or not be able to access it. Nah, I’ll keep my physical media thank you. A few years went by and these exact same things started to happen. My friend was like, I’ll bet you’re glad you didn’t take my advice. I was like, yep! 😀

[@ComicPower]

The animated show the Boondocks is one of my all time favorites. It has two episodes banned from future broadcast because it spoofed Tyler perry and Black Entertainment Television Entertainment and they threatened to sue. I have the complete seasons uncut on DVD. That is the only way these episodes wont be lost to history. I can watch them whenever i want

[@RedSiegfried]

I love seeing people realizing that physical media has certain advantages after now almost two decades of me saying it and having people look at me like I'm from Mars. And nowadays, if you have physical media, you can digitize/upload it too, and have the best of both worlds. Yes, even vinyl albums or old reel to reel tapes - it can all be stored in the cloud if you want.

[@msdouglas12100]

Yes my friend told me I was crazy for keeping DVDs and VHS.

[@ishkapiska4516]

@@msdouglas12100you gotta try blurays too👀 the quality is insane compared to DVDs you can really tell the difference

[@Ashursardan]

The KZbin algorithm offered this video to me, and it couldn’t have been more precise in the kind of content that fits my personality. This is exactly the kind of talk I look for when speaking with friends or the conversation hoped for when attempting to socialize with someone new. I’m hooked from the first video; liked, subscribed, and getting all notifications. I’ll be spending the next couple of hours catching-up on your content. Thanks for such a relaxing and enjoyable video.

[@teresachaotic.corner]

🥰

[@The90sBro]

About 4 months ago I just cancelled all of my streaming services and just went back to my physical media collection of VHS (yes I still have them), DVDs, and Blu Rays (I don't have any 4ks). Streaming services have become very anti-consumer and I'd rather be able to watch what I want when I want.

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

Same here!

[@lex6819]

I still have some of my old vhs tapes too! And occasionally I find them in good condition at Goodwill. The video quality tends to degrade over time though.

[@dfirth224]

VHS can be copied to digital. I have a VHS player connected to the computer. You need the software and a USB video capture dongle or device. Then edit and convert to MP4.

[@dfirth224]

@@lex6819That's why you should convert VHS to MP4 .

[@The90sBro]

That's always a good solution, I do this myself. But often I still look for a new tape@@dfirth224

[@bluegirl4079]

Amen sister! You are preaching to the choir. I am an old movie buff and am rebuilding my DVD collection. Let's talk about how there is now "editing" to rewrite bits and pieces of movies and shows trying to correct "wrong" thinking. How can we ever learn how we have become who we are as a culture if we have everything sanitized? That alone is a good reason to reclaim the originals. I am sure we are not the only ones who feel this way. Keep up the good work.

[@meropale]

This is especially prominent with books where they are re-written to agree with someone's view of how things should be.

[@John_Fugazzi]

Well said! I was about to say the same thing. This re-editing of films for various reasons is absolutely appalling and the thing is, there's not much publicity about this. You'd think directors and writers would be screaming their heads off, but they're not. It's like a bunch of Victorians being exposed to 80s comedies.

[@djstretchtone9851]

Politically corErect Media wash rinse repeat.

[@MonstermindCEOBdclub]

finally somebody who just talks an honest story . no fan-girl screaming or anything . just a relaxed , normal talk . THANK you for that .

[@teresachaotic.corner]

thank you!

[@kents.2866]

And then it's a rainy windy day, great day for hanging out under a blanket with a favorite movie. Then your internet goes out. No streaming. I'll always keep my DVDs and DVD player.

[@qrsx66]

When the Internet went down for a few weeks where I live (a telecom node burned) my brother came begging me for a few DVDs to have something for the family to watch.

[@amywalsh4006]

And you can get chargeable portable dvd players. So if the power goes out, you should be right for a movie or two before needing to charge again

[@ishkapiska4516]

If u have a 4K tv you should try and upgrade to a blu-ray player and blu-ray discs.. you’ll see the quality is incredible and you can also still play your DVDs on it(;

[@leelandglover7777]

Same here

[@lucywillis4174]

Never got rid of my collection. But its all on one bookcase, where i can prune it to perfection like a zen gardener...

[@BenjaminGib]

When you showed that 4K Jaws and started doing impersonations, I’m an instant sub.

[@dgenergene4418]

Hold on to your precious physical media books CDs DVDs Blu-rays they're going to become more and more important down the line. Also who wants to keep renting paying and paying and paying for your favorite media and a place to store it month after month sounds like a racket from hell. When you have your own physical media you can watch it when you want and without it watching you.

[@quantus5875]

Totally agree. Well said!

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

This is true.

[@leelandglover7777]

On point

[@spreadbookjoy]

I’ve been contemplating getting rid of my dvds because my partner doesn’t see why I need them. We don’t even have a dvd player any more! But this has convinced me exactly why I shouldn’t! Thank you!

[@alexwright4930]

Basic DVD players are like £20-£30 here in Britain, so perhaps worth getting one again in case they become more scarce in the future.

[@lynnm6413]

I had to size down my apartment from 4 rooms to one, so I took all my DVD‘s out of their cases and put them into a DinA5 folder with just the paper….now I have all of the discs and don‘t have all the plastic cases that cluttered up my book case which I had to get rid off in the move.

[@Quettasbedhead]

If he has a gamer device like XBox you have a DVD player

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@alexwright4930 good idea!

[@spreadbookjoy]

@@Quettasbedhead unfortunately no other gaming devices aside from my switch - he is a PC gamer! I’ll probably just buy a dvd player - will be worth it!

[@datriaxsondor590]

Also, 5:33 You hit the nail on the friggen head, because that's exactly what's going on. Slow, glacial, subtle change, that most people are too blind to realize, is happening around them.

[@verngriffiths5933]

I am a child of the VHS boom, but I am old enough to remember when you could only see movies in the cinema or broadcast TV and so the palpable excitement of being able to own a movie is a very real thing to me, and it's never gone away. I saw people get Netflix and discard their dvd collections, often, I noted, a guys dvd collection being junked after endless nagging from his wife, and I couldn't get on board, I love my movie collection and it benefitted no end from my pals discarding theirs. I am lucky enough to live in a house with a room that I designated The Library, and in it are all my books and movies on VHS to blu ray. It is a genuine source of joy to me to just look at them all (although, I'll admit that it is sometimes a bit of a physical doomscroll...) This week I've watched episodes of Deadwood, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Sargossa Manuscript, all brilliant in their own way, and none of them on streaming (as far as I know)

[@teresachaotic.corner]

In addition to Jaws, I like to quote Deadwood... but not in polite company

[@ynat2198]

Vhs or bust! I used to burn (yes back when creating your own cd or dvd was called burning and cold take HOURS) my own dvds with my favorite anime that you couldn't obtain stateside. I truly miss those days.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I remember when I was a kid, a couple times when groups I was attending had rented film projectors. That's how I saw the first music video I'd ever seen and I saw some Star Wars Parodies as well. As nostalgic as that is, I'm so glad that projectors of that sort aren't the norm these days as they have their own sets of problems. (On a side note, I do see that Hardware Wars has had a proper home media release)

[@SorallaRebelde]

My husband and I got sick with Covid-19 back in November last year. It was then that we realized that the streaming selection on older movies was lacking in taste. All the movies we wanted to rewatch weren't on the streaming services we had. We also have started buying dvs; our local Thriftstore sells them for as little as .25cents each! I've started building a collection of all the thriller and action movies we enjoy rewatching!

[@leelandglover7777]

Kept all my DVDs, CDs, vinyl, cassette, VHS.

[@leelandglover7777]

Go to thrift stores and book store's.

[@ImFrelled]

Don't forget those old Black & White classics. There is a lot of great old Movies, and TV shows that were never put online. The old monster movies, "Frankenstein's Monster", "Dracula", "The Mummy" & "The Invisible Man". Heck, "Hitchcock Presents" "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" both the movie and the TV Series. All the old Shirly Temple movies. There's just so much great old stuff out there.

[@leelandglover7777]

@@ImFrelled the little rascals and the gang, the 3 stooges...I got them DVD

[@gghostrrider]

First off, mad respect for having Blues Brothers in your stack, classic! The physical media situation is affecting books, video games, music, movies and I think the boiled frog analogy is spot on. The other issue is the devices that we need to play them becoming discontinued. CD,DVD players are going away too, so you might want a backup plan.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Yes, it's also worth noting that physical media has really never been easier to digitize. Tools to convert scans of a physical book into something where you can have reflowing text have gotten incredibly good in recent years. All those slanty scans I did years ago can be corrected in a matter of a few minutes without me having to do anything other than point the program at the appropriate directory of files.

[@dsubversion]

I never trusted streaming all digital everything mentality that was being pushed. That's why I kept my fav DVD and Bluerays. Welcome back and enjoy the collecting ride!

[@REZIVORsince93]

Thankfully, I never ended up giving up on physical media (movies, games, shows, music). People are starting to see the cons to all digital, streaming everything. It's great having physical copies of all types of media.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Keep in mind that even when things were working properly, these services didn't generally have any of the extras and they may not be streaming the same version that you want.

[@midnightkitty8172]

Only watched 6 minutes, but I totally see your point. I have a few box collections of DVD's and I intend to keep them. VERY good point you made about censorship and channels purposefully degrading the quality of shows just makes me sick. All the more reason to hang on to your physical copies!

[@NOLAgenX]

I have acquired over 2,000 movie DVD’s. I have always felt that having an original was extremely important. It cannot be edited, cancelled, minimally available, etc. I salute your reinvigorated commitment to physical media!

[@dmk7700]

I feel the same towards audio formats. I will not sell off any more of my CD and Vinyl Collections.

[@ambermchugh9381]

Agreed. They say you can stream anything anytime. Nope. Every time I'm looking for something either u can't find it or you have to pay 4 $ min

[@ambermchugh9381]

An Australian channel called minty comedic arts made a replica of blockbuster video in his garage during quarantine. Awesome, I should do it. Can network and trade with other people

[@astropioneer3296]

You will be well entertained in the wake of the apocalypse. ☢️

[@rhimiles]

Yeah I feel like all of us misunderstood the "intentional living" aspect of minimalism, and over idolised all those youtube thumbnails of people sitting on floors. I have a very similar story, an obsession with watching minimalism videos slowly turned into an obsession with decluttering. Thankfully instead of getting rid of everything, I did keep my all-time favourite DVDs, or a couple that were rare and irreplaceable. Now that I'm rebuilding the collection (for all the same reasons you mention, plus special features!) I'm following the same principal, and just getting the cream of the crop. I'm much happier with my DVD collection now than when it was random and unfocussed before. But it's taken more time and money than it needed to, compared to if I'd just kept things in the first place. I would still consider myself a "minimalist" in the sense that I only own what I need. But boy, do I need DVDs! Long live physical media!

[@donovanmedieval]

That lady who wrote the book telling everyone to throw away whatever doesn't bring them joy just wanted to get everyone's stuff.

[@Summer_and_Rain]

Agree, I think all minimalist have had to go through some kind of decluttering obsession fase. I know I did many times. Really decluttering is not the hardest part of being a minimalist, it is learning to "add" to your life and life it. :) I have been focusing on adding movies, music and games back in my life. Going physical is both a fun, stressful and expensive journey, but it is nice knowing V for vendetta is there when I need it ;)

[@philipbaudains9154]

I did the same thing and gave away most of my DVD collection to family and friends thinking I would just stream from now on.. However I have found the quality of the audio and video can be hit and miss. This is why I own a nice TV and Theater system, to enjoy the sound and a high quality image. I have now started to buy back the movies I love. This is the first time watching your content Thanks for the video. 😀

[@reneeschnarr6260]

My sister keeps telling me I should stop buying books and switch to using things like Kindle. I told her that she needs to pay attention to all of these book bans.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

Absolutely. You only have to look at the sheer amount of books that are getting the hell edited out of them. Unless you own an old physical copy, you soon won’t be able to read a lot of them in their original form. Road Dahl books are being tampered with at the moment but it’s been going on for decades with other authors.

[@reneeschnarr6260]

@@GrilloTheFlightlessA good book will almost without a doubt offend someone somewhere even classics like the Laura Ingalls Wilder series. It’s part of life. I homeschooled my two kids for a year when we lived I a school district that neither of my kids liked. One of the assignments for my son was to read a particular book that took place in the 1950s which had racial and homophobic slurs in it. He complained the entire time about them but I told him that 1)I was proud of him for being offended and 2) a lot of things in life will make you uncomfortable so you need to learn now how to deal with it.

[@charlottesmom]

Too True!! My husband and I LOVE books, I love physical books he reads almost everything on his Kindle. I love physical books because they are always there when you need them and there is just something about a physical book. I love libraries and have numerous library cards, libraries are my happy place. ❤

[@johnd7709]

Good point

[@ATLballer]

the only thing being ban is whats harmful to children and thats only out of the school library.....public library will still have them

[@mattobito]

The Princess Bride was one my defining childhood movies: "You killed my Father, prepare to die" is such a great quote, but the one off joke lines stick with my family and are repeated nearly on a monthly to weekly basis. Inconceivable, Sleep well Weasley for I'll likely kill you in the morning, and Dream of large women. This movie never disappoints.

[@thriftyminia]

“I’m not a witch, I’m your wife!” So many quotes!

[@WDUJSay]

Mine is Shrek 😂

[@zoebrugg7594]

Yes!

[@symptomofsouls]

@@WDUJSay Shrek is brilliant "That's an awfully big castle he's got there, do you think he's compensating for something?" "Some of you may die, but that is a risk... I am willing to take" "This is the part where you run away" So many fantastic one-liners

[@molsauce]

One thing that just occurred to me is that once we begin collecting these DVDs, we're not obligated to put them on display in the living room like we used to. We can easily keep them neatly organized in a closet, in a drawer, on a shelf in lesser-used room, garage, etc... That way we can keep our living spaces decluttered, but still have the movies we want.

[@evilkep7390]

Set up plex, rip em. Put em in disk binders in a closet somewhere.

[@johnmatthews9808]

I recycle the cases and keep the discs in CD/DVD Wallets. 40 Discs now takes up less space than 3 DVD boxes.

[@ben14326]

Avoid the garage. Extreme hot/cold and humidity will actually kill the discs over time

[@kitrakitarunaki]

I’ve got several disc binders and guests always get a thrill flipping through them. I never got rid of mine and my friends learned the hard way the crazy one was right for once

[@chefskiss6179]

Good for you! When the large HD flatscreen tv's started coming out, I thought my dvd collection was made obsolete because of the lack of picture quality. But when I found out about being able to "upscale" the picture quality from my existing dvd player to my 50" tv, yeah, thank god I didn't have to get rid of them. If anything, I just keep them in thick binders and save on shelf space. Nothing will come between me and my twelve Lord of the Rings discs, lol, especially their bonus material!

[@jublywubly]

Around twenty years ago, I bought an insanely huge The Matrix boxed set, on DVD. It has about nine discs and probably a couple of days worth of video. I kept it ready for when I bought myself a big wide-screen TV. I finally bought one of those in 2010, but I still haven't watched any of the movies since I saw them at the cinema, all those years ago. I've never really been back in the mood to watch them. They seem to be very out-dated now, so I've never bothered even trying to watch them again.

[@SheilaEnglish2]

How do you upscale the picture quality?

[@chefskiss6179]

@@SheilaEnglish2 It's been so long I hope I'm remembering correctly... it's the cable out from the dvd player that goes to an HDMI connection at the back of the hdtv. It was either that or that I was playing the dvd on my laptop, and again, a mini-HDMI port from the laptop connecting to the tv... the picture quality goes up to 1080p.

[@mabusestestament]

@@jublywubly I know that The Matrix dvd set. It’s a cool set but you shouldn’t watch The Matrix on a big screen tv on dvd, that takes away all its visual splendor. I’ve seen it on 4k and imo they are still amazing.

[@paul8926]

@@SheilaEnglish2To upscale, you usually set your player output video resolution to “4K” viewing, not “auto”. It really improves the picture quality.

[@FestArc]

I did a purge a while back and regret it. I was running out of space and decided to put a bunch of my movies in a case and threw all the boxes away. Many of the CDs, even though I barely watched some of them, ended up getting damaged in the case and so I started the hunt to buy some of them again just to find out many were out of print and hard to find. I mean, I love Carnosaur 1 and 2 as goofy B-movie dinosaur shlock, but when I saw how much some of them were going for on eBay, I said 'nope'. But I did eventually find the out-of-print ones on eBay for decent prices, and I've learned my lesson of not throwing cases away.

[@jublywubly]

They're also worth next to nothing without their cases and original inserts.

[@nikkibadzik3948]

If you're the only one watching them why does it matter what they're worth?

[@KBSVHS]

I had a similar experience when I moved cross-country. And then I ended up getting a job at a spot that sold used media, so my shelf started to regain titles again. Now, 10+ years later, I'm at nearly 3000 pieces in an entire room dedicated to the collection. (Also, yeah, those damn binder sleeves scratched the hell out of the ones I'd initially kept.)

[@blackswan4486]

Bad enough to get rid of them, but to throw them away instead of donate or sell them? That’s just criminal. And pollutes the environment.

[@ishkapiska4516]

You should back them up on a drive or server so they can take up less space in your room

[@benitosierrajr3958]

I had intentions to get rid of my physical media but after reading about articles and various other things of how streaming services got worse, I thought twice and I made the right choice of not getting rid of my DVDs and Blu-Rays, and now I’m collecting more shows and movies on those formats including 4K UHD Blu-Rays.

[@physicalmediaman]

Physical Media Will Never Die!!

[@adonian]

Until you get disc rot 😢.

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

​@@adonianlol, OK troll.

[@eadweard.]

​@@Anonymous-wb3nzA troll is a person who says something you don't like.

[@God-k5b]

Yes it will. In gaming it’s dying as well. It’s more convenient to just download as the discs just act as keys these days to download. I hope it dies so you feel sadness.

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

@@eadweard. No, a troll is someone who says conspiracy theories and who doesn't have a life or friends in the real world. I've had the same disks since 1998 sweetie. Disk rot isn't a thing. Grow up.

[@CoinOpTV]

Welcome back to physical media!

[@JassminaVellucci]

I had about 400 dvds, cds collection. But I got rid of them, around 2017. Soon after I regretted it. I’ve been trying to rebuild my collection, it really hard. Most of those dvds, and cds are hard to find, especially even hard since we don’t have HMV and other stores to go to. I keep looking at record stores antique stores to find as much as I can.

[@JassminaVellucci]

I agree with what you said in the video.

[@Nilly-tube]

Cancelled all our streaming services and even let Amazon Prime expire. I started buying Blu Rays again for the first time in years. There's a used record store near me that has a ton of cheap blu rays and DVDs.

[@jimbryant2157]

We hit Bookman's and Zia in Phoenix on a monthly basis and are ALWAYS amazed at the selection and VERY cheap prices of DVDs - and we rarely leave empty handed!

[@linalikesreading]

I’ve done the same! I bought a new DVD player last year and bought all my favorite movies on DVD second hand. It’s actually a relief knowing I can watch all my favorite things whenever I want again💗

[@patriotfamily8345]

“You will own nothing and be happy.” -People who own private jets 😂

[@loreleivoile4108]

And who tell us the seas are rising and the ice caps are melting as they buy up oceanfront mansions and jet-set to orgy-island. Who tell everyone else to live in one-room pods without heat or air-conditioning but who will never go off-grid themselves. Who tell us that the population is a few billion too big but who always happen to be last in the liquidation line.

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

This is the first video of yours I have seen. And this is topic near and dear to me. I am a big proponent of physical media. Long live physical media!

[@jefftimothy]

I once imported the entire David Suchet Hercule Poirot [ITV] series on DVD from the UK. It cost me an arm and a leg and I've ripped it onto my server in order to watch as it's region 2 (I have a region 2 dvd player but it's much more convenient for me to play it from my network.) I swear it's one of the best purchases I've made. My physical media collection grows slowly but surely. It's the only way to go.

[@VampireJack10]

It's ITV not BBC. We do have other stations aside from the beeb! 😁

[@jefftimothy]

@@VampireJack10 Thanks for the clarification. :)

[@ElePranaityte]

Jeff, if you ever consider selling it-find me.

[@rebeccag8589]

This is my favorite series! I own every novel and every Suchet TV episode and have no regrets. Great purchases. This is my comfort food.

[@Jsarmy87124]

Lord its free in France it's 100 euros I love poirot but not the price 😂😂😂

[@menmykrazycat8129]

After I canceled cable a few years ago, I think I had Netflix for about a year but I never really got into streaming for some reason. I have a ton of books and about 50 DVD’s - (Jaws is in my collection too, love that movie lol) Oh and I have a cheap-ish but good indoor antenna that pulls in some decent channels. 😊 Idk, with all the mergers, private equity investors, etc.. the prices just keep getting higher because it’s never enough for these people. They always, always want more & I got sick of playing into their greed.

[@darrenoconnell9716]

Just subscribed! And you forgot to mention that if we have another world-wide lock down or the apocalypse, we can hunker down and have plenty of entertainment until the end of times 😅

[@boshrek4759]

I love my physical media. Welcome back, Kotter!!

[@teresachaotic.corner]

🥰 It feels good to be back lol!

[@jimwoo9552]

Physical media Pro's: no internet or streaming, subscription fees needed. Unedited, uncensored or otherwise modified from the original form. Available at anytime. Extra content such as director's cuts, bloopers, behind the scenes, narratives, cutting fllor footage. Con's: physical storage, cost, hardware to play media,

[@83shadow3]

But let's look at the things needed for streaming services. Internet on both your side an the streaming service side. If one of those goes down at any point in that line no streaming service. Then hardware for streaming service a internet router box to provide the internet. To use the streaming service on top of the internet fee then the streaming service fee. So say $100 for internet then save $20 for the streaming service a month that's $120 for that. Along with any thing can disappear from the streaming service for any reason at any time. Yea give me the physical media an the physical media player any day. The storage is a issue but so is the same thing with all the internet connection needing to work. Correctly all the time from the streaming service HQ to your house or apartment.

[@jimwoo9552]

@@83shadow3 plus you are at the mercy of ever increasing rates for subscription services. So determine that is the best ROI for your viewing pleasure.

[@Miss_Marnie]

I own that same Les Miserables In Concert : The Dream Cast DVD. I first saw the concert when it was in heavy rotation on PBS in the late 1990s. I got a job at my local PBS station in 2003. I gave info to viewers about purchasing programs that aired on the channel. VHS tapes were all the rage but DVDs starting to get some attention. Because of my job, I learned that distributors could decide to no longer manufacture physical media at will. One day I ordered that Les Miserables DVD because I had a feeling it would go away forever. I received my DVD and within a year, it was no longer available for purchase. That version of Les Miserables : In Concert The Dream Cast is an irreplaceable treasure. I feel so lucky to own it.

[@gilbertoalanis023]

My top 3 movies, on the top of my head: Back to the Future Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade Scream I used to collect DVDs and few Blu-Rays back in 2013 but got into a hard stop around 2016 to pay my car and other things. By the end of 2020, working from home and everything, restarted the collecting and curating. I have around 300 movies now. Mostly Blu-Rays and 4Ks and just like 20 DVDs. While streaming is convenient sometimes, it’s becoming a bad habit to first Google where any movie is or if it’s even on streaming. And with all the platforms, you need to have 2 or at least 3 subscriptions to feel kind of covered in having a good experience and catalog available. But then they have their damn price increases, ad tiers, catalog rotation of their own IPs, and it’s just a nightmare.

[@onomeister]

I have over a thousand dvds/blu-rays in my collection, but I decided to get rid of all the cases/inserts and just keep the discs in album sleeves bought on Amazon Basics. No regrets and still decluttered! You brought up a very valid point why physicals are important, but another reason is the priceless "Special Features" on these discs that you cannot find anywhere else!!!

[@gypsybelle4757]

Princess Bride. The Three Amigos. Steel Magnolias. The Italian Job. Monty Python! All the Harry Potters. Despicable Me. Monsters Inc. so many! Great video. Plus…what about when you live in the country or the satellite service is out or bad weather…must have backups!

[@aegonb6997]

I went through a very similar journey with physical media. Purged everything only for years later to discover these issues as well. I started rebuying DVDs when I realized two of my favorite movies - Dogma and Spice World - weren't streaming anywhere. Spice World really floored me, considering what a cultural phenomena they were. I buy them cheap, mostly from thrift stores or garage sales, eBay if it's a must have that I can't find elsewhere... But I set a rule that it has to be a movie I love, that I would be sad if it weren't available streaming any more (like Spice World and Dogma). I *want* to collect vhs tapes, but I just can't justify that to myself lol. I do not have the space

[@teresachaotic.corner]

There's a legend surrounding Dogma... it's the rarest of the DVDs as it's virtually vanished. You own a unicorn!

[@CrypticElf]

I learned this lesson early, when Disney re-edited the German version of my favorite childhood movie „The little Mermaid“ („Arielle“ in German). They changed all voice actors and even the lyrics of the songs. And it just felt so wrong to me and ruined my watching experience. I didn’t have a copy at that time and I had to dig deep and it was hard to get an OLD copy (which they stopped selling immediately). This was all when Netflix just began to get popular. But I learned my lesson and keep hard copies of my favorite shows and movies.

[@simonestreeter1518]

Yep. I saw this coming a long time ago, and I have owned my 'comfort watches' for some time. When the WEF said 'You will own nothing and you will be happy' they really meant it. I store NOTHING on a 'cloud' either. Thank you for making this video.

[@ghost307]

It's only a matter of time until 'they' decide to delete your things from the cloud, like a Disney movie that the company doesn't want anyone to have.

[@KnightmareUSA]

@@ghost307 last year the news reported many people lost a few months of GDrive files.. if you need a cloud, get a local one with a 2 bay or more synology nas. expensive but at least in your control

[@Bryan-yq2qs]

Seeing as this is now the most watched video on the channel shows that physical media resonates with so many. Great video I look forward to seeing more videos on physical media hopefully! You got a sub in me!

[@SuperQueenV.]

So happy to see more and more people embracing dvds an cds again. Fun video! 🤩

[@teresachaotic.corner]

thank you!

[@MsArri81]

I was super into decluttering back in 2016 too. Marie Kondo everything! And my husband is really into collecting physical DVDs, blue rays and now Ultra HD! I used to be , "well you only need Streaming services and have a digital library instead." Now... I see the logic in obtaining physical media because there are so many streaming services, it is as bad as cable when you add them all up. 🤑

[@teresachaotic.corner]

Streaming services are slowly transforming into cable now that there's ads slipped within movies. Ads made sense on free platforms. But when you are paying a monthly fee and still getting ads... 🤔 Well, at least I have my copy of Jaws and Anastasia 🤣

[@hope-cat4894]

It also keeps you less dependent on having an internet connection. All you need is a DVD player and something to plug it into like your house or car.

[@caribmi6247]

😂

[@hhoi8225]

I've been slowly (truly slowly, because finances) reacquiring DVD's and CD's and also trying to be more methodical in how I expand my book collection for several years. I told people this was going to be important about two decades ago but didn't have the space or means to really do much about it. Trying to explain this was met with laughter or worry (implications that I'm paranoid) depending on the individual, until literally last year. Suddenly it's not as weird anymore. 🤷‍♀️

[@BigBenn2014]

Spotify, Netflix etc are never ending costs that drag you into the ‘you will own nothing, and be happy’ trap.

[@Devo13]

I have over 45,000 VHSs and DVDs. I regret nothing. I love being able to watch Pinball Summer or Bigfoot and Wildboy episodes whenever I want.

[@SpringNotes]

Omg, that's a huge collection ! I wonder if there's a record of 1 person, having the most VHS, DVDs, etc...

[@rhyfeddu]

Have you found your VHS tapes degrading or failing over the years? That was the issue I was running into...

[@Devo13]

@@rhyfeddu Oddly no. All my stuff is still working just fine.

[@DeadmanRising3]

I have about 1,000 DVDs/Blurays/VHS and thought that was a lot! Haha!

[@Devo13]

@@WheresWaldo05 Nope,sorry. It's well over 45,000...It encompasses three parts of house. There's even a video on KZbin WAY back when I only had about 19,000 under Superfanvid and we didn't even go to the basement in that video.

[@denniszenanywhere]

I became a minimalist when I got laid off years ago and it took me years to get a job. I got rid of 80% of my stuff in the process. I missed my hard-to-find collection of independent movies -- my one regret as streaming companies don't even stream some of them anymore or are not available to stream in my country -- or charge for me to rewatch it.

[@minacarolina7671]

Physical media all the way! In the uk at the moment because Amazon have the streaming rights to everything everywhere all at once, there’s no uk version on dvd or Blu-ray. So you either have to stream (which I don’t want to because I want to have the film), or buy a us region 1 if you have a player, or European language copy. For such a popular film this should not be the case, I understand having to track down a dvd for an obscure or old film but not something that recent! Also I have over 1000 books and a while ago people were saying oh why don’t you just get them on kindle then it doesn’t take up space? But I already have the books and I prefer reading a physical book.

[@uchidaoginome]

I agree! I flirted with the idea of tossing my DVDs for about a day but then I realized I'd be losing the director commentaries, the special features, and yes, the theatrical versions! These companies, they just take. More and more. And now they're burying original versions and focus grouping new movies to death. A few smaller prestige films will get to live as they are as will your Transformers-level blockbusters because they were statistically designed to be that way. Where are the middle movies? And what happens to the ones that were already made? Will I not be able to watch Murder in the First, Running Scared (the Billy Crystal, Jeremy Hines one), Narrow Margin or A Few Good Men because burying their IP rights to claim as a tax credit could put an extra dollar in some investor's pocket? What will happen to our legacy of great American filmmaking?

[@AndrewDyson-u2u]

Running Scared (the Billy Crystal, Jeremy Hines one); please GOD - a 4K release! Ohhhhh noooooo.....

[@etexpatriate]

Having hit a wall of frustration with the streaming wars, over the last year I've gone from a collection of a couple dozen lingering DVDs to [checks spreadsheet] over 178. The neat thing is how, like you say, it's been a really cheap indulgence, mostly two or three bucks at a time at thrift shops, even for what used to be prestige boxed sets. I've got an excellent tin case of the original King Kong with ooddles of extras, the complete I Claudius, another tin of Band of Brothers ...

[@teresachaotic.corner]

I Claudius... that's a rare one.

[@AndrewDyson-u2u]

"I've gone from a collection of a couple dozen lingering DVDs to [checks spreadsheet] over 178"; been running DVDs/bluray spreadsheet for 20 years now lol, my longest ever constantly edited document! Even has a separate page for all the VHS tapes I inadvertently wasted money on in the 90s; those movies were all around $30 a throw too....

[@lukrezialaval2406]

It's so nice to see that young people finally waking up on this topic. 👍 And you are the person who defines YOUR minimalism. You can be a minimalist and still have a ton of books, because they are important to you. Same goes for other physical media.

[@naciremasti]

I've seen a few of these videos, on physical media recently...and no ones mentioned the commentary. Sure the bonus features are a good buying point but I really enjoy listening to the commentary. Streamed movies will never have that. They'll also never have crisp audio regardless of your internet bandwidth. Good luck on getting your collection back.

[@ashleigh_whatever]

I got rid of all streaming services, when I was watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Netflix removed the end scene where Janet, Brad and Dr Scott are crawling around in the dirt. I was outraged that they edited the movie. I canceled my subscription right there and then and I have never looked back. I’m tired of my social media behind full of people complaining about a show/movie being taken off streaming. If you own it physically no one can take it from you, no one can edit the content. It is yours. Physical media always, I currently have 804 in my collection. I work in a second hand store and physical media is one of our best sellers, I love talking to the collectors that come in and adore when I see kids choosing movies. They walk out with stacks of physical media. There’s no better self care, I reckon than going through your collection that you have worked hard to make and own and choosing a movie that means a lot to you and then going through the ritual of putting it on. Streaming is cold and sterile.

[@ashleigh_whatever]

@@JokerX350 I have no clue, there are worse scenes in the movie tho, I thought maybe it ran too long so they cut it.

[@legiontheatregroup]

I’m really going to show my age here, but this comes down to a question of “what is the original version” of a film. I saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show in theaters at midnight countless times in the late 1970s and 1980s. That brief scene in the dirt at the end was not part of the mainstream theatrical release of RHPS. It was filmed but edited out for length prior to the movie’s wide release. I first saw that scene in a special edition sort of screening at the 8th St Playhouse in NYC in the early 80s (the film was released in 1975). They had got ahold of the trimmed footage and you could tell where they spliced it back in because the film quality was different. I imagine it was cleaned up to match better when home media, and later streaming, happened.

[@WheresWaldo05]

I don't have an exact count but i guarantee i just crossed over 2000 movies. Last i counted was 1900 and some odd. Dvds/blue rays combined. I own less than ten 4k's. Was not impressed "upgrade from blue ray to 4k as i was going from dvds to bluerays.

[@ashleigh_whatever]

@@legiontheatregroup wow! thank you for that bit of history! So that wasn't the original ending?! I never knew that, thank you so much for sharing.

[@legiontheatregroup]

You are welcome! Before movies get a wide release they are often previewed for audience reaction and small edits are sometimes made to improve pacing. I believe that was the case with the little scene you refer to after the castle takes off in RHPS. It was put back in years later, after the movie gained a huge cult following and there was so much interest in it. So I would imagine rather than Netflix having edited the scene out they were streaming from the wide release theatrical cut that never had it to begin with. Also, before the age of any type of home media (wow I just sound so old!) I have seen slightly different end credit sequences for RHPS. Just different ways the film was presented when it was on film. For example at one college screening where they rented a 16mm print, after the narrator turns out the light the credits appeared in darkness next to the glowing globe but pictures of the cast did not. You remember little differences like that when you waste your teenage years seeing the same movie in theaters over 100 times, lol!!!

[@iceviking8280]

Yep. I have my favorites in DVDs. LOTR trilogy, Hobbit Trilogy, Harry Potter set, Alien and Predator movies. Star Wars prequel and original trilogies. Movies I love to watch. (Disney Star Wars trilogy can go die)

[@LuxBellator92]

I loved this video. I'm an ardent supporter of physical media as well, and I always will be. I'm with you. It's definitely more prevalent nowadays how much streaming is taking a stranglehold over us movie lovers. They expect us to pay for multiple services, and sometimes, as with your Jaws reference, you can have 5 or more of them and you still can't find the movie you actually want to watch! It's insanity. I'm so glad I never retired my blu-ray and DVD collection. It takes pride of place in my home's cinema room and I love it. I never have to rent or worry about ads to rewatch my favourite films (or also have the worry of my net dropping out and the movie lower in quality or buffer into oblivion!). As someone who also enjoys film and the process of how movies are made, I love watching making of's and behind the scenes featurettes, too. Something that is also totally lost to time, if not for physical media. Not a single streaming service have any special features at all! You literally get the movie and that's it. Some films I own have hours upon hours of additional content, and with these streaming services, you lose that entirely. And I don't want to lose that. Thank you for making this video and raising awareness of how important physical media is. Us collectors, we are the custodians of film for ourselves and the next generation ❤ Also, my top 3 favourite movies ever! 1. The Lords of the Rings trilogy (I think of it as one whole) 2. Aliens 3. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

[@sueorosz8886]

I’m almost 60 so i remember when cable tv launched in the 80s and into the 90s when it got so expensive! We would bundle phone, internet and cable but now it’s just as expensive w all the paid streaming subscriptions and way more complicated than it used to be. It’s so much more fun to hunt down those dvds now and always have your favs! I own one dvd (mean girls) but that’s because my husband was in the service for 34 years and I got tired of moving dvds every couple years. I love ❤️ that you watched jaws on vhs w commercials! That’s such a throwback! Happy dvd collecting! I think it’s such a needed hobby! And yes you are a custodian of the dvds you purchase! ❤

[@misterkite]

The Dark City DVD has an absolutely amazing commentary track by Roger Ebert. Where else can you watch that commentary? Nowhere.

[@relatablered]

My partner gave me heck for years about books and dvds because every time we move, we have boxes upon boxes of heavy stuff to drag along. But I am deeply into nostalgia and I love my items! I have never gotten rid of them. I haven't even had anything to watch my dvds on for the last 8 years, but the way streaming is going and the way you made your points in this video reinvigorated my stubbornness to keep all of it! I still have regrets of getting rid of certain toys from my childhood that I would love to have back. My super Nintendo, my Tamagotchi, stuffed animals, you name it. So many things have been making a come back with the 90s and early 2000's being trendy - we were lucky enough to be there the first time around, and I find as we get older we yearn for those things that brought us joy as kids. Can't wait to dust off my old dvd boxes and get back into my collection!

[@teresachaotic.corner]

Guess what just made a huge comeback? Early 2000s digital cameras & 1st gen iPods😉

[@relatablered]

I still have my old Samsung side-slide QWERTY cell phone somewhere LOL@@teresachaotic.corner

[@shadowguard3578]

I collected a lot of DVDs when Blockbuster had the ones I was interested in on sale. Once Blockbuster shut down I just bought them on sale from wherever gave the best deal. I don’t collect DVDs anymore but I enjoy watching and looking at the cases of the ones I have. I used to collect baking books but not anymore. Over the last three years I have collected art and craft supplies. I use them. I could never get rid of any of my collections. They are a part of my life. 😊

[@scotthallgv]

Same. About 10 years ago I started making the switch to digital as a means of lightening the load and decluttering my life and sold all my dvds/blurays/etc. I had a friend say I should because the companies you "buy" digital media from can and will remove things from your library without notice or compensation and I was like stop with all the doomsaying! He was right and things have started vanishing from my games and media libraries and the companies have told me to kick dirt basically when Ive contacted them about this. Over the past year Ive been rebuying physical discs again and I will never go down that road again of getting rid of all my movies and games.

[@eoghainokeeffe3274]

This is a great video. I absolutely agree with you. The more stories like this that I hear, the more glad I am that I have kept every dvd, bluray and 4K I have ever bought!

[@RedSiegfried]

Another advantage of physical media - especially if it's a little older - it's super cheap. And you then own it legally forever and you can also digitize or upload it to the cloud if you want. All the music I didn't have money to buy in the 90s can now be bought for less than 10% of what it originally cost, and I can still load it on my phone too.

[@nickharris5231]

I'm still a huge physical media collector. Nowadays more and more boutique distributors are releasing incredible collector's editions. You should look at the catalogue from Arrow Video, Vinegar Syndrome, Second Sight, Eureka, and Umbrella. My top three for today... 'The Game': Uber rich Michael Douglas and his companion are escaping a pack of dogs and he loses a shoe barely climbing a fire escape in time, "There goes a thousand dollars." His companion asks, "your shoes are worth a thousand dollars?" He keeps climbing, "That one was." 😂 'Roadhouse': "Pain don't hurt." 'Bram Stoker's Dracula': "We Draculs have a right to be proud! What devil or witch was ever so great as Atilla, whose blood FLOWS in these veins?" (It's all about how Gary Oldman emphasizes the word flows)

[@AuteurCinema]

Always great to see people expressing their love for physical media. There are many benefits to the format, such as film preservation, new restorations, clarity, special features and I think most importantly accessibility. Streaming services have such a small catalogue of films compared to physical media. Given the current state of streaming I’m seeing a resurgence in the format and I think eventually it will end up like vinyl, fingers crossed anyway 🤞

[@ishkapiska4516]

It also looks sooo much better than streaming! Especially streaming on Netflix. Like the quality of the image and sound compared to a stream on Netflix is astonishing!

[@AuteurCinema]

@@ishkapiska4516 You’re 100% right ! Streaming has higher compression than physical media which means that the sound and video quality is degraded. Physical media is the king 👑

[@ishkapiska4516]

@@AuteurCinema yepp 💯

[@quantus5875]

One of my favorite examples of how cool physical media is -- is I'm a big John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe fan. Good luck finding even a few of those movies on streaming. I have almost everything Marilyn was in (and most of that stuff is not available on streaming) and can watch it whenever I want!

[@johnhein2539]

Good point. They both strangely represent as being "against the narrative" in one form or another so don't get screened. American History X, despite being a strongly anti-racist, but with a blatant honest look about how the minds of white racists work that isn't the usual "redneck dum dums" is also never going to be streamed anywhere anytime soon. And that's one of the best films of the 90s.

[@vaccumsealed]

BIG blu-ray collector here. I have EVERY classic 80s flick and many other popular films of other decades. I'd LOVE to find my favorite film on Blu-ray but it doesn't exist, but I have that DVD.

[@bladeandshen6818]

I've been a physical collector since 2014. One reason to keep physical media alive that I haven't seen anyone mention is the fact that it can be autographed. I got a copy of Buffalo Boys signed by one of the actors.

[@featheredskyblue]

As someone whose favorite show was out of print for over a decade before streaming really took off, I treasure my physical copies of media I love. I never have to worry about whether a license will get dropped, and--as an added bonus--I can lend those copies to friends. One of my projects over the past year or so has been condensing the series I love into smaller cases (especially the series that were released gradually with only one disk per case) and designing custom covers for them. My husband and I both find individual cases easier to navigate than a binder of all of the discs, so it creates a happy medium that takes up less shelf space but maintains a library format that works well for us.

[@elisabethjade3837]

ive had a small collection for a while, but actually getting into BTS/kpop is what got me back into physical movies/shows as well. now, i have physical copies of many of my favorite music albums, tv shows, and movies. I've been grabbing movies i love at resell shops, etc for $2-4 here and there - which is affordable, unlike multiple streaming services every month. i dread moving out only in the aspect of getting kicked off the "family"streaming plans, not by my family, but by the services themselves. adding 3 of my favorites: 1. How to Train Your Dragon 2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 3. Atlantis: the Lost Empire also, Lord of the Rings

[@CarolynONeil306]

Are you me? 90s baby here, wrote a book about Anastasia. Have held onto my DVDs this whole time, and still have a couple photo albums-full of burned movies. I share your taste in films! Fell in love with Les Mis over the 10th anniversary concert edition that my dad introduced me to in the late aughts. And Gattaca is high on my list as a DVD to buy b/c it feels like one of those that will otherwise be erased from history!

[@teresachaotic.corner]

It's like looking in a mirror!❤️

[@PlasticImaginationWorkshop]

Great video and topic. I got rid of a TON of DVDs years back, and now I wish I still had a lot of them. I laughed out loud when you mentioned Jaws because that's what did it for me as well. I have been actively re-collecting some of my favorite titles on DVD due to all the reasons you listed. I hope people don't catch on because so far I have been really lucky finding them at yard sales and second-hand stores for cheap. I am a bit older than you, but here are a few of my all-time favorites: JAWS: "You're gonna need a bigger boat." Smokey and the Bandit: "What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law." 2010: The Year We Make Contact: "What's going to happen? ...Something wonderful." ALIENS: "Game over man, game over!"

[@jenniferri7735]

this video (and a few others but this one stands out) made me do the exact same thing. i got rid of the majority of my dvds when i went through the minimalist purge a few years ago, same as you, but i kept a good 50 or so. and for most of those, i discarded the packaging and stored the discs in a storage binder to save space - the really gorgeous cases, LOTR and the like, i kept everything. and in the last few months, after seeing this, i've purchased close to 40 of the ones i love, almost entirely on amazon, and only one or two that cost more than $10, so i haven't done too badly money-wise. other members of my family taken over all of my streaming subscriptions so they're still there for my use if i want to watch something that i like but don't adore, but in general i'm staying away. btw this was the first video of yours that i watched and i very quickly subscribed, i've seen most of your content by now and wanted to let you know how much i appreciate your style. keep it up ✌

[@teresachaotic.corner]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@ImmolationVenus666]

People really need to understand the importance of physical media, where ever you get your movies or games or books/magazines like at the retro store (hopefully local) Goodwill, the yard sale or an online store that's careful to maintain a good condition. Collectors items are becoming rarer each day in a progressively more digital world, I miss going into FYE and getting movies there as they always had something good!

[@nancyorourke7679]

Such a great video!!! Totally agree and have our giant dvd collection close at hand. And love access to outtakes, director commentary, etc. Thank you so much!!

[@TravisRhettWilson]

0:17 Seeing the Hitchcock box set tells me everything I need to know: 1. You are SMART. 2. You appreciate the classics. 3. I’m subscribing.

[@LucasSouza]

You are still a minimalist as long as these DVDs mean something to you. ^^

[@NDE108]

Great video, subscribed. Speaking of physical content: I love borrowing physical media from my library.

[@kentslocum]

The straw that broke the camel's back for me was when Disney+ removed both seasons of The Mysterious Benedict Society after only a year. My family was in the middle of watching it, and then it just disappeared--poof! 😢 Recent DVD and Blu-ray releases of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers have different songs from the original, because of music licensing deals. So the old VHS copy is the only way to watch the "correct" version. 😢

[@Skitskl33]

If space is a problem, you can always buy a multi disc jacket for the blurays/dvds themselves and store the paper case covers in a ziplock bag, so if you want to get generic cases for them in the future, you can.

[@quantus5875]

Have all my DVDs in binders. Totally agree with you. The "space" reason for not owning DVDs is bogus -- take them out of the cases and put them in binders. :-)

[@tonybrewer7536]

I hear just as many people say binders scratch disks. What's the deal with that?

[@anyviolet]

Am about to temp-move to a room in a house and have a LOT of DVDs but didn't want to give up the cover art - how did I not think of this. Thank you so much for the solution to keeping all my DVDS w/o having them melt in a summer-storage facility. Empty cases are a dime a dozen at thrift shops.

[@Skitskl33]

@@tonybrewer7536 I can imagine them getting scratched easily if you overstuffed the binders, or place something heavy on top of them. I knew plenty of people who would do that. Dvds in general will get minor usage scratches on them eventually even with normal cases or simply placing them into a disk tray, no matter how gentle you are. Blu rays I find you have to go out of your way to try and scratch them though, since they have a protective layer on them.

[@quantus5875]

@@Skitskl33 Totally agree. Yes, never had a single DVD go bad from binders and I always get binders that have super nice sleeves. Binders is the way to go in my opinion. All my DVD fit in binders under my bed. So they don't take much space.