Top 10 Reasons Blu-ray Sucks - Cinemassacre

[@solidzdar467]

Streaming is fun until you’re reminded you don’t own anything and don’t hav guaranteed access to it.

[@leland72567]

Try streaming when you lose your internet connection.

[@stevedecker91]

We don't "own" anything anyway.

[@thebigbear4696]

This guy has actually read and understood a EULA. Mind blowing.

[@jimduggan8962]

I own around 5,000 movies on digital. Not sure what you're talking about.

[@JourneyLT]

We all know the answer... It's 🏴‍☠️.

[@Praxium]

"physical media isnt really physical if you need an internet connection" People who play video games have become frighteningly complacent with this

[@dansegful]

if you live another 15 years it will be fun hearing all those parents gamers complaining that they have to buy the new release on a new console to play a game of their childhood. It will be fun to read

[@ikki-gaming8933]

@ElectroChill Hex I have most of my games digital on Wii U, it's convenient to browse through games faster, why I don't care about physical is because I once got a moldy place and most of my physical things got affected or destroyed by that. Second reason I don't care too much about physical is because there are emulators, so should the games on the Wii U at one time be totally unrecoverable, I can somehow find them on the net.

[@Number1Tailsfan]

ElectroChill Hex what about wolfenstein: Youngblood?

[@AdrianGonzalez-sh7qm]

When the ps5 drops I’m getting the physical one. I’ve always been a physical copy type of guy.

[@zoggy2326]

I agree with this

[@snatchr2451]

Physical media is extremely important in the age of disney buying everything you love and editing it for their streaming service

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Or even just in the age of streaming. With more things being online, having a physical storage unit is becoming obsolete since why buy something you may see once or twice where you can be connected to a library of stuff you can pick at your choosing and convenience.

[@goreobsessed2308]

I just save it all to a huge external and have a backup for that

[@trekadam30]

@Snatcher TRUTH! I agree & I can sum up why in one word: McClunky.

[@anglo2255]

My sopranos dvd set uses sleeves

[@KokoroKatsura]

HUGE ANIME BREASTS

[@RudyG.Numpad]

James before: "What's with all these unnecessary menus ?" James now: "Where did the fancy menus go?"

[@bobseven310]

I never liked the fancy menues. Always forcing a bunch of loading screens and sound bites, delaying simple operations.

[@GoblinSatyr]

Probably a case of Stalkholm Syndrome.

[@CalebBurnsGamesDotCom]

You don’t know what you have until it’s gone…

[@UBvtuber]

mans learned to appreciate them lol

[@BloodnightStudios]

I buy physical copies because I can’t trust that I’ll find the movie on a streaming service forever

[@ameraljabr405]

You can buy a digital copy though

[@blackassmagic]

Amer Aljabr You still don’t own it though, it’s just licensed.

[@CAPCOM784]

Yep Netflix is a good example.

[@williampickett4408]

If I stream a movie I like I try to find a way to own it

[@johanaceves1940]

I buy physical copies only for the films i like the most, everything else i watch it digital

[@jeffsummstl]

Most of these are not Blu ray’s fault, just the fault of studios wanting to cut a few corners and save money because streaming means physical media sales are lower than they used to be.

[@danielfierro4206]

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[@michaelhawkins7389]

that has nothing to do with steaming ... even back in 2006 , blu rays had still menus

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@YourChannel-r4v who are you saying "No" too?

[@lukkik]

​@@michaelhawkins7389 And you call it steaming, despite the fact that it's obviously streaming

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@lukkik also I miss the R out simple mistake

[@mikesdailygaming]

I remember the Finding Nemo DVD menu was a virtual aquarium that I used for years as a nightlight when I was a kid

[@JettBlast]

Yes, I love that feature...

[@SillyOmega]

A lot of the dvd menus were cool and creative.

[@EggEnjoyer]

@@SillyOmega That’s because back in the day, dvd was how people experienced media. If a movie came out and you never seen it theaters, you watched it on dvd. No Netflix. Maybe you had hbo or starz. But if not, it was dvd

[@HOTD108_]

@@EggEnjoyer Nobody said otherwise?

[@carealoo744]

That's awesome mate!

[@WeeabossVA]

Remember when James used to complain that DVD menus were too complicated and he just wanted to go straight to "Play Movie"?

[@sylwiakorwek5145]

So he got what he wanted 😬

[@Octave_Rolland]

He complained that DVDs for TV series generally didn't feature lists of episodes, but lists of chapters per episode, which was pointless and made episode selection inconvenient. That's it.

[@aidanredding8058]

He wished that it would just start the movie immediately, but his point here is that if you have to have a menu for stuff like the bonus content or chapter select, why not try and make it creative instead of just that simple stock menu they use on everything.

[@metalkramer14]

💯 exactly

[@AudieHolland]

I love my "Buffy the Vampireslayer" DVD boxset. But the menus are too 'well done,' so everytime I wanna watch an episode, I have to go through precious seconds of animation I have seen countless times before. It would be great if you had the option to skip those.

[@louiep777]

There’s more cons with streaming... Theres no extras at all. No menu at all You don’t own anything. No commentary. You have to have a good internet connection. Streaming sites can just remove movies at will.

[@nrffilms1740]

I see what you’re saying, I do streaming now because I don’t have the space for physical copies anymore sadly; but there are streaming service that do offer that. Like Disney + has extras on then that you can watch. Also, you can buy a movie on iTunes, for a majority of the time they have menus, extras, if you downloaded you don’t need WiFi, it won’t be removed cause you bought it (at least to my knowledge), and mainly; you for sure own it. That’s why I mainly use iTunes for movies now, I’ll go to Disney +, Netflix, amazon prime, Hulu, etc. on occasion to watch a show mainly or because it’s not on iTunes; or I really just don’t wanna pay for it.

[@RonaldMcDonald519]

The extras are often on youtube. Prime movies lets you buy to own and they can’t get lost like disks. Rural areas do usually have shitty internet so that does suck, but overall streaming has been better than physical media imo

[@NotHarpoGroucho]

I agree totally. I love James but this is something I disagree with him on

[@TowerMike]

Not completely true. When you buy a movie on Vudu you get access to bonus features. And even Disney+ has a section of bonus features for each movie that has them. When you go on a movie, go over to the extras menu. You own the license to stream or download that movie if you buy it from any vod store. Only time this stuff isn't true is if you're talking about subscription based streaming.

[@jksvana]

NRF FILMS how did you have space before?

[@carlie5577]

I remember the days of falling asleep and waking up to the repeating DVD menu. Good times.📀

[@sneed7123]

some of those menus would wake me up from how loud they were lol

[@rampage1345]

Carlie O lmao You just brought back the most random memory of that happening to me like 20 years ago

[@Aspen910]

The Dodge Ball menu comes to mind.

[@5mi13y9]

I love doing that.

[@spacecab1]

Sometimes they would also restart. A Clockwork Orange did that to me.

[@johnpoole3871]

The thing that pisses me off about streaming is they change stuff or remove whole episodes of a show without telling you. It is bullshit.

[@bluedogviking]

Just buy the DVD or blurays of the shows you like get over it. Companies aren't always in control of how long a show or movies stay on the platform. If you want to be able to watch your favorite shows or movies anytime actually buy them.

[@hitlerjusthitlerliterallyh2700]

@@bluedogviking but when the forst 5 seasons are missing from your show, then jt becomes a problem

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Yep and sometimes specific episodes get banned. They may get unbanned eventually like the Simpson's episode The City of New York vs., Homer Simpson or the ban might be effectively permanent. But, either way, it would be extremely difficult for them to do that if you own a physical copy.

[@HelloHamburger]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade They can still remove it from the new releases of your DVD, but if you own an older copy then you will still have it.

[@paulpsycho78]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade see iasip

[@dreamcast717]

I buy Blu-rays for for uncompressed video and audio and the ability to watch even without an internet connection. Blows my mind that people are buying 4k TVs and decent sound systems, then streaming compressed via Netflix.

[@maxjonak6742]

Exactly

[@jimmyandersson9938]

Didnt thought of this, is the difference big?

[@andreasoberg2021]

Blu-rays and 4K Blu-rays video are also compressed but streaming is of course more compressed. I noticed some are much more compressed than others as well and then the quality of course suffers

[@AyameSohma1993]

One of my former friends did this. He got a huge tv, and a sound system. Then he just ends up getting a Netflix basic plan. So he's watching things in 480p or worse. It drove me nuts...

[@GameoftheYear-fx4mq]

That's just Netflix. Disney+ and HBOmax have 4K UHD. That's how I watched Dune and hopefully Matrix 4 this Wednesday. Saw Shang Chi in 4K and rewatched Endgame like that even though I saw it in 3D when it came out in theaters.

[@somethingsomething8511]

The FBI warning is there to remind you there's a way to see the movie without all the BS

[@BenPuentesMusic]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thatloserderek536]

Yarr

[@requiem165]

We don’t have that warning, cuz we don’t have the FBI here

[@heatherphillips5983]

@@requiem165 Then you have the Interpol warning.

[@pn2294]

Dang you’re right

[@GothicSamurai85]

Streaming makes me feel a little uneasy. Like that shit could be gone at any moment.

[@encycl07pedia-]

I was in the middle of watching an episode of Monk when they pulled it off Netflix. It got glitchy and eventually kicked me out of it for good.

[@manabluerose]

@@encycl07pedia- that's crap. Monk is definitely a must own on dvd

[@clblanchard08]

@@manabluerose Monk is best downloaded from the internet and put on Plex to watch at your leisure.

[@patflat456]

Or edited at will... look what Disney did to the simpsons.

[@GothicSamurai85]

@@crc9564 Bruh.....stop.

[@visitedbyvoices1]

VHS was indeed owned by a single company, JVC, who licensed it to all the others who produced tapes.

[@gameguy_]

and dvd was mostly owned by Toshiba

[@Xvladin]

That's super interesting. I remember seeing the JVC logo a lot but didnt realize they owned the concept of VHS as a whole!

[@Lugbzurg]

That makes a lot of sense, actually. It was, after all, the rival to betamax, and won.

[@Intrepidthegenuine]

Precisely!

[@encycl07pedia-]

James screwed up and didn't do his homework. The "red ray" comment really blew my mind that a cinephile wouldn't realize that DVDs use red lasers...

[@Grande79]

The sound quality of physical media is light years better than streaming.

[@IronMaiden87]

streaming is convenient yes but physical is the way to go.

[@zacharymorgan9526]

I also noticed vhs has better sound than dvd

[@nick1834]

Not when your disc gets messed up

[@maxwell9561]

The video quality is much better too.

[@Grande79]

@@maxwell9561 Definitely but I think for most people the sound is more obvious.

[@WilsTube]

My favourite DVD menus: -Shrek 2 -Ghostbusters -Terminator 2: Special Edition

[@dylgivo7215]

Oh my the SHREK 2 one is so funny

[@aerystargaryenii8294]

mine is Godzilla (1998)

[@rcso2010]

Matrix Reloaded Menu it's just AWESOME!

[@blob5907]

what about ghostbusters 2?

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

The Ghostbusters one with the 3D skyscrapers all over it? I live that one. The Lord of the Rings one is great too.

[@ZeroNumerous]

"Physical media isn't really physical if you have to connect to the internet." Welcome to gaming. We've been complaining about it for years.

[@pitchplus1143]

angry "video game" nerd

[@mervcobault6604]

Amen 🙏

[@neilpeartspurplenose8739]

Stop buying digital!! You're encouraging them.

[@peterhoulihan9766]

"Welcome to gaming. We've been complaining about it for years." And yet you keep buying online only games, so they keep getting made. Personally I don't so it doesn't affect me.

[@NebMunb]

How you gonna welcome James to gaming?

[@tedlogan521]

I like physical media because sometimes the streaming devices stop streaming a show or movie. After that you have to either buy it anyway or subscribe to something else.

[@jimduggan8962]

Well you buy it on digital which is what he's talking about. Most people don't buy discs or digital though, they just subscribe to Netflix and call it a day.

[@curtthegamer934]

@@jimduggan8962 You can buy it on digital and it can still get removed. iTunes neglected to renew a contract with a certain movie company a few years ago, and a few movies that people "bought" got taken down.

[@curtthegamer934]

With DVD, you are guaranteed to have the movie forever as long as the disk doesn't get destroyed. With streaming, it could go away at any time, even if you "bought" it.

[@jimduggan8962]

@@curtthegamer934 You need to download them after you purchase them on iTunes and then you're ok. But even then they don't really get taken away you just have to scroll your library to find them.

[@sdmfbastard]

@@jimduggan8962 but netflix has a piss poor selection these days imo.

[@zackvissari]

Coming from working in the 'Behind the Scenes' section in the film industry, seeing how its changed from making special features for the home release to just making stuff for youtube hurts a lot. I'm glad I left it.

[@zackvissari]

@Dylan Helton it feels like the content nowadays caters to a crowd that doesn't care about it. The special features of old used to be pretty deep dives into what made the movie possible, but most of what I was making prior to me leaving felt gimmicky in an attempt to go 'viral'.

[@dootuss83]

Streaming is cool and all...until a movie you like gets removed or the wifi acts up. That's why physical media is still essential for the time being.

[@amerixantrash3620]

Yes the fking internet from Comcast dies again and you are left SOL

[@Hilljoona]

Or you "download" them...

[@bentramer682]

But you'll always have the physical copy. Which i personally prefer, unless I really didn't want to buy a film ill only watch once or twice

[@Segatari]

As I have a home cinema, I always buy a DVD. Streaming is bad due to the compression and quality and selection of movies. I rarely can find the movie in looking for

[@super8bitable]

With VUDU you own your movies and can download them.

[@GillBoldberg]

You should make ‘Top 10 Reasons Streaming Sucks’ next.

[@frostare]

That'd be great, too

[@DocMalaspeme]

I think we have to wait a decade for that.

[@hellinterface6721]

I'm not a big fan of the TOP 10 that! TOP 5 THIS! and WORST 999 of those youtubery. But I'm ok with that.

[@yutaniskynet2653]

@@splitter7376 how?

[@1_armm]

that's cool and all, but what's up with you and Nevin Kash?

[@Faulheit]

this had potential to be a bullshitman episode

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Nah. I like the serious tone better

[@DonPeyote420]

RIGHT?!

[@zangardo3937]

he's a family man now and toned down the comedy.

[@truindividual]

@MatterCrafter link?

[@gordyowl9455]

There was an episode dedicated to DVD & Blu-Rays. /watch?v=VsdzaEVeFEE - it's this one

[@despeinado340]

To be fair, the Godzilla collection was Criterion's 1000th release, so its size matches their accomplishment

[@SofaPop.]

Exactly! It’s a display piece!!

[@AhDollar]

put it in your vinyl and laserdisc collection

[@mreddboy]

@@AhDollarI bought fan made cases for the disc to put on my shelf and I display the book case on a shelf on my wall.

[@Egobyte83]

To be fair, those horrendous sleeves exist for DVDs too. As a fellow collector of DVDs, I have tons of box sets that use those sleeves, it's not an issue that exist solely for Blu-Rays.

[@scarffoxandfriends9401]

From my experience, the sleeve thing was only ever the Dollar bin versions. I didn't really see it in special editions like with Blue-Ray.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I used to buy DVD’s a long time ago, and it was good, but it lasted for years due to some scratches and skip which cause the DVD problem. Same thing happened with 16mm film, 8mm film, and Super 8 film where it sometimes break, broken sprockets, or disintegrated, you have to cut the broken one and spliced it together. And so does VHS tapes when the tape got eaten up and got caught in the VCR where the tape got stuck, you have to take it apart, cut the bad tape out, and spliced it with Scotch tape, and finally put it back in the VCR, and never let go.

[@ernie316]

The simpsons DVDs have the worst sleeve system I've came across in years of collecting

[@ShougHell]

In fact, the sleeve problem is arguably worse with DVDs, because they don't have the protective scratch-resistant coating that Blu-rays do, leading them to damaging way more Blu-rays than DVDs

[@reyvilla8501]

Ok boomer

[@Kenjionigod]

The menus are more of a sign of the times. DVDs don't get anything nice nowadays either

[@RYNO2511]

There aren't enough people buying physical media anymore so the distribution companies can't justify spending extra money on better physical releases. It's sad but we still have the criterion collection I guess.

[@HEYitzED]

Yep. Bringing up novelty things like that is kind of irrelevant.

[@ifeelcoke4347]

Kenjionigod bruh where’s gaige and krieg in your gorillaz profile pic?

[@Kenjionigod]

@@ifeelcoke4347 it was made before any DLC came out.

[@ifeelcoke4347]

Kenjionigod kkk ty

[@aaroozz]

Remember when DVDs had Easter eggs? Shit was cool.

[@stephenjeffrey1982]

magicspells oh my god. I’d forgotten about dvd Easter eggs!!! Like when you typed in the numbers for the date of judgement day on the Terminator 2 dvd and it would play a different cut of the film

[@wokeupinapanic]

Futurama DVDs have some of the best Easter eggs. I used to love scouring each disc trying to find them all!

[@RosebudKane41]

I remember going to IGN dvd reviews to find where the easter eggs were located lol

[@Seekingthesky]

Like the "Buttons & Doors" easter egg in The Incredibles.

[@ryanbrink4390]

The special edition of Memento had a TON of them. There was even a puzzle Easter egg that would let you watch the movie with all the scenes in chronological order. A lot of care went in to the making of that physical edition.

[@benchambers1305]

There’s nothing more reliable than physical media

[@Roadent1241]

Until it breaks and you can't get a replacement.

[@brycewarren2536]

@@Roadent1241 ???

[@SquidkidMega]

@@Roadent1241...just rip the disc and keep it on a hard drive as back up....problem solved

[@stephenkamenar]

physical media is for cavemen.

[@Rilumai]

@@stephenkamenar lol, how?

[@KingOfGamesss]

This DVD is enhanced with Disney's Fast-Play, here's the explanation of how it makes your viewing experience faster (lucky you):

[@rcrhino2148]

I never understood why it even existed.

[@TheMightyKinkle]

It never did anything!

[@thefilmcrew8916]

@@TheMightyKinkle It skips the trailers at the beginning of the movie

[@moombadefinite]

@@TheMightyKinkle supposedly you can choose to skip the trailers with the fastest menu

[@ME6ATURTLE]

The Film Crew Actually, it’s the other way around. It plays the trailers but doesn’t go to the menu

[@bryanrickard7712]

My biggest concern with streaming is the fact that it can be edited after the fact. With a physical copy it will never change, but we have already seen companies edit content from its original form (Netflix/Disney) to appease people and the censorship aspect makes me very weary of a streaming only future

[@bookshelffury]

SO TRUE!

[@bassage13]

Like Disney cropping the Simpsons!

[@EloNaj]

Well this happened a lot of times on physical media the difference is that it happened beforehand.

[@JarodMoonchild1975]

@Christopher Vento Well, since you spelled both variations wrong, I don't really know how to answer you. But supposing you had spelled it correctly, my answer would be Berenstein.

[@EloNaj]

My problem with streaming is that you do not own anything. They can take the film from you every time.

[@stevepitt1414]

Blu refers to the blue laser used to read the disc. Blue is thinner than red hence being able to cram more information on media of the same size

[@techfrank2431]

Exactly. I'm pretty sure he wasn't aware about that. Maybe he does now? I don't know

[@whiteeye3453]

But still proof fact that dvd are better than blueray

[@moesabally1502]

@@whiteeye3453 Lol no, dvds look much worse than blu rays. The only way a dvd release is better is if the makers somehow messed up the footage.

[@whiteeye3453]

@@moesabally1502 did you watched video? or are you blind?

[@belliumm]

I'll never understand why we have to watch commercials for a movie we bought

[@stephenshelton4267]

Right? You hit the next button to skip and it tells you the command is forbidden. I can't think of any reason why s disc I've bought should forbid me from skipling or fast forwarding.

[@suarezguy]

I think un-skippable commercials on DVDs got very rare after 2001 or 2002.

[@derossetmyers47]

Carlita's Secret was my worst experience so far.

[@jadedheartsz]

@@derossetmyers47 I actually own that one, what's wrong with it?

[@ThoRCX]

One of the main issue of streaming services is that the contract can end and the movie can just disappear. James even made a video about that, when he randomly check movies on Netflix and he complains about movies disappearing. That's the main reason I still like to own a physical copy, or at least a mp4 somewhere. Same reason I like to keep all my musics in mp3 still, instead of only using spotify. Edit : I know flac is superior but I have almost 9000 tracks on my disc, I don't even want to imagine how many space I'd need to stock all those in flac...

[@afrog2666]

I agree almost completely, the exception being this: MP3? Pah, get your favorite music in FLAC or ALAC or something! And good headphones, you`ll thank me later ;)

[@Actar_Raikit]

@@afrog2666 FLAC Master Race.

[@diarykeeper]

This so much. Archival > Everything

[@aliencatcrew3336]

Ever have something disappear WHILE YOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF WATCHING IT???!!!! ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT

[@diarykeeper]

No we won't because mp3 or in hardcore cases ogg is way sufficient. No need to wast space.

[@CLOWNBOT00]

I'm surprised this wasn't a part of the "Bullshit" series.

[@ajassassin7912]

I know, right? It would be cool for him to bring it back. Even if it's just once

[@crimzongaming5470]

YKWB Series wasn't commercials though. >_>

[@MrRMT1986]

But didn’t the nerd complain that DVDs took too long to load the select screen? Now he’s complaining that Blu-rays go right to the select screen.

[@stammesbruder]

@@MrRMT1986 They don't, with all the extra trailers and warnings. At least the wait on dvd's was entertaining in a way.

[@Dexmethylphenidate]

It was a perfect opportunity wasted. I mean he can do both....

[@brellnob]

My PS4 asks me if I want to resume a movie where I left off. Even if I had removed the disc.

[@blankpage9277]

Does it actually have the movie stored in memory or does it give an error if you say yes?

[@gameguy_]

same and i can skip right through the commercials

[@codyrisling1718]

brellfan mine as well... didn’t own a ps3 tho🤷‍♂️

[@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et]

@Timothy Dexter Was that comment necessary. Smfh

[@Delta225]

Some Blu-Rays have this feature, others don't. It's kinda stupid.

[@DUNCEATRON5000]

Physical media is The only way to avoid censorship. Relying on streaming is putting the assumption everything you want will always be available.

[@koolaidkitten]

Unless you host your own streaming server......

[@binbasesatoktayyldran5236]

@@koolaidkitten Oh yea... Because everyone has the convenience and experience to do that.

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 His point is that it is still an option for some people though.

[@RottenMuLoT]

Even though I understand what you mean and I agree with you, you ironically assume a physical media will always be available when in reality it eventually fail. It takes only a couple of decades to degrade or for its technology to be harder to get by.

[@DUNCEATRON5000]

@@RottenMuLoT in that case you can just rip your physical media for backup.

[@silverfoil8854]

Who's gonna tell him Dvds are Red Ray's...

[@thefreakmachine]

Now you HAVE to explain: it's the rule I've just made up!

[@Your_Degenerate]

I made sure to scroll and see if anyone was going to bring that up.

[@34marmarmar]

@@thefreakmachine basic dvds are read through a red laser while blue rays are read with a blue laser. As strange as this sounds, the different color of laser greatly effects the storage space on the disk due to light particle frequencies or something.

[@snintendog]

TLDR Red is wider in the frequency of light thus takes up more space on a disk Blue is thinner thus content can be packed further now lets get into Dual layered disks and logistical nightmare about Error correction that DVD has but blueray somehow doesn't.

[@Threads_Of_Fate]

@@34marmarmar Light is part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Different colours of lights have different frequencies and wavelengths. The wavelength of blue light is small that red, so it's probably just able to read and write physically smaller, as lasers etch tiny groves into discs to store data and lasers to read what state a groove is in. Blu-ray's are fundamentally still using the underlying principles of vinyl disc groves, just a lot smaller.

[@Heyamoto]

Whether I agree or disagree, i always enjoy listening to James admitting what he doesn’t like about things and why.

[@jturner2577]

Me too. Because the guy usually knows what he's talking about.

[@yorshka6955]

I love when he freaks out and destroys something

[@george_denbrough]

He's the youngest boomer i've ever seen

[@wright96d]

@@jturner2577 Except this time.

[@alclemist4991]

That’s what he does best at his videos he makes them to agree or disagree lol

[@Nick-qf7vt]

"I'm getting tired of physical media." *It's official, ScreenWave killed the real James and replaced him* Although I will say that I agree with alot of these points; especially the menus! I remember the Nosferatu DVD menu had a still picture of Count Orlok, but in reality, he would blink occasionally! Scared the shit out of me.

[@Aiddon]

It's Board James! Someone call the Feds!

[@ZZ-kn1py]

It’s a cinemassacre

[@zzorken7153]

Nice PFP.

[@angrychair2947]

ZZorken I was going to say the same

[@Ultimatesadventures]

Nice profile picture dude

[@kejiri3593]

I am against streaming because you dont own it, its more a license of a movie or TV series that will go away, and you can never get it back once it does. But if you own it on a physical disc, and use VLC to record it and keep it on external harddrive, then you own it forever! Which is great!

[@willfakaroni5808]

Isint the point of streaming that you can just watch a movie without downloading of paying for it individually?

[@kayyjohnathan6947]

There are ways around recording stream-content, especially when its DRM protected. On android, just root it systemlessly using magisk and record content from netflix using root video recorders.

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

This really should’ve been a “You Know What’s Bullshit?” episode...

[@MrParkerman6]

...but then we wouldn't get to see his Purdy face!!!!!!

[@jerelminter]

He already made one

[@srenflorescu9491]

Its funny bc he complained about dvd menus being bullshit in that video and then said he missed it in this one.

[@notme6881]

@@srenflorescu9491I was thinking he complained about that too. I guess people change :)

[@Mattie-Ai]

@@srenflorescu9491 It's like the progression of time has only made shit shittier? Like the old complaints fall to the waist side in comparison.

[@Facoch42]

The name actually makes sense, while the disc is not blue, the laser that reads it is blue, as opposed to DVD's that was red. So it's exactly a disc for blue rays

[@mikedrop4421]

You literally just proved his point. They don't call DVD's Red-ray.

[@Material_Monkey]

HD DvDs had the same laser color

[@Anon-nv7bp]

then why is it spelled like that? blu and not blue?

[@Facoch42]

@@LUCKO2022 ultra violet aka invisible, so saying it is purple is technically not correct. Anyway name of a product is always chosen based more on marketing rather than technicalities, but the justification is the "blue shift" of the laser

[@resolvanlemmy]

Heh. Red-ray, Purpl-ray. What's next, Yolk-ray?

[@NozomuYume]

I can't agree with streaming being better. More convenient, yes, but the video is always overcompressed. For brightly-lit scenes without motion streaming is usually okay, but watch a movie with lots of action scenes with lots of dynamic range in the lighting ("Aliens" for instance) and you'll quickly see all sorts of visual artifacts. ESPECIALLY banding -- god I hate banding so much. Not to mention dark areas where the screen turns into lots of grey macroblocks like you're watching a bunch of square gravel.

[@Lintahlo]

So damn true. Underrated comment.

[@ebbhead20]

My 600 $ Panasonic player makes streaming platforms look like a VHS tape..

[@BADASSNUKE]

@OneDayAfterAnother The compression on physical media isn't nearly as aggressive as streaming compression though... just sayin'

[@youknowwho9247]

That sounds to me like your connection isn't great.

[@NozomuYume]

@@youknowwho9247 It's not my connection, it's their decision to save on bandwidth costs (and reduce complaints from users who go over their bandwidth caps). They intentionally use more compressed encodes. They make a business decision to use a "good enough" bitrate.

[@HenningGu]

11:45 "Streaming is so convenient." Shows 5 services with generous amounts of exclusive titles each. 😞 Nothing against you, it's just the major downside right now.

[@theelite1x721987]

And that's only getting worse.... all the services are competing to make stuff exclusive and spending billions to do it. The fragmentation will only increase.

[@wolfiy]

video quality is terrible on most of them, especially netflix

[@d3Rm0Nk]

The diskholder paradox: Every time you open the box, the disks are all over the place, but when you actually WANT to take one out it seems to be impossible ... Also I miss the extras

[@cloudracer419]

DVD use to have a “hidden Menu” that you find mostly popular movies to give u extra content if you find it

[@SirCaco]

For real. Some DVDs even had GAMES in the menus. Straight up games you'd play with the remote. I seem to recall a whole choose your own adventure type game in a DVD I saw at my aunt's during Christmas in the 2000's.

[@erickxhorror]

@@SirCaco some of the Harry Potter movies had games on the DVD

[@Amesang]

I'm reminded of the hidden video clips in _The Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition_ discs, such as Dominic's "mock interview" of Elijah. _"Have you worn wigs?" "No…" "Will you wear wigs?" "Maybe?" "When will you wear wigs?"_

[@bennythargrave]

I remember there were these hidden messages in the menus of the national treasure dvd and it was a combination to a secret menu with dvd-rom options and it was great lol

[@Nazraq04]

Fight Club had some hidden stuff in the menus

[@Nesmaniac]

But blu-rays are scratch resistant, that has to count for something especially considering most used DVD's look like they've been used as coasters in a bar with a sandpaper bar top.

[@crossface5710]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL there are hundreds of vids on yt demo'ing just how un-scratch resistance they are

[@gorz2013]

@@crossface5710 you seem to be confusing resistant and proof. Resistant would mean that it's harder to scratch, not impossible to scratch. Which is actually true. In all my years as a gamer, I've almost never seen a scratched up PS3 or PS4 game. Both use blueray for their games. I don't even have to check the disc on a blueray when I buy a used one. DVDs and CDs scratch like they're made of butter.

[@thelastcomputer4620]

The downside is I've heard they're easier to break than dvds and cds.

[@gir5o1]

@@thelastcomputer4620 WTF are people doing with blu-rays that could cause them to "break"? Spinning them on an angle grinder?

[@tomahawk238]

gir5o1 lol for real

[@daspolemon]

One of the worst things about streaming media, is that you never really have your movies or whatever in your possession. You always have to rely on the service's library and it's availability. They never let you download the movie to your local drive. If I pay for something, I'd like to own it, but they're taking that option away from me. If you're "buying a movie" on a streaming service, you're actually just getting a ticket for a viewing, much like going to a movie theater, except you're at home and you only have to pay once for as many times as you want to see it. I'd be perfectly fine with not having physical releases, if there was a way to have the data in my possession, as in being able to download an .mp4 file or something.

[@JonDoe-gi5zf]

Youre dead wrong kid. With Xbox i can download a game through gamepass and play it offine. Lol

[@samharpo1421]

Streaming is OK but you shouldn’t rely on it. You should still use physical media.

[@cinemaslayerreviews4130]

There are ways to download movies off of Tubi and KZbin-I've done it a bunch in the last few years lol

[@BungieStudios]

Incorrect. You can download local copies. Made for people with datacaps and satellite ISPs. At most streaming services act as a more convenient DRM.

[@countdooku7152]

Confirmed: James is an HD DVD fan

[@FooPanda]

No, clearly a VCD fan

[@min_nari]

@@FooPanda VCD is always the answer

@@FooPanda I thought he was a laser disc fan.

[@gamejackthegameboy8647]

nah, betamax

[@SAM-ru4vx]

8mm

[@19Szabolcs91]

The one thing about streaming that I'm not comfortable with, at all, is that you don't own anything, and you have to be connected to the internet. What happens, when in 10-20 years the conracts expire, maybe a company goes bankrupt, and it's all gone? With physical media if you bought it, it's yours, you can watch it any time. Not to mention, with physical media, companies can't hide old versions and old movies such as Song of the South or the original, non-special-edition Star Wars.

[@weaverquest]

This is the same issue video games are going to be facing very soon. Also, there is the fact that UHD Blu-rays have superior image quality compared to 4K streaming.

[@atalantiesoterica4061]

Cutter Elf They’re making all of the video game sections at stores much, much smaller. Before you know it, there won’t be any video game discs in stores. I’m predicting that will happen when or a little after the new consoles release.

[@numptyur]

You can download all your digital purchases and thus you own it forever. You can back up that download to multiple drives as well and use it for offline play. Problem solved. Digital is better.

[@AmatMiguel]

@Parody Poops That happened to me with the game Marvel Heroes. Created by the team who made Diablo 2, the game was probably the best Marvel game ever made, but you had to be online to play it since it technically was an MMO. Disney shut it down because the game's co-director was an asshole (not sure specifics, but iirc, it was warranted) and never made an offline version of the game.

[@Tary.]

@Parody Poops DRM sucks, fortunately for me most of the single player games I have are playable offline and like numptyur said I create a backup of them and if a wanna play them in another pc without and internet connection I install them and problem solved. The only game a like with always online is NFS 2015, and I think EA with origin is the main douche with the always online thing

[@RivalStudiosSnO]

Don’t give up on physical media James

[@derek-64]

i will NEVER give up on physical media! physical media FOREVER!!!

[@adamarens3520]

derek221122 it’ll never be obsolete entirely. I think it’ll always be around in some form .

[@DominicMGeehan]

He just was featured in a documentary all about physical media!

[@Hat-]

ohnoitschris Well said friend.

[@Hightower2804TP]

@@derek-64 companies will give up someday. Even if you don't

[@uberyoutuber3892]

My biggest beef with digital content is that in a lot of cases, video games especially, you pay the same amount despite getting less. Even deluxe editions for instance you get that awesome metal case, a map, or little figure or something. If I buy the digital version I spend the same amount, but don't get my cool case and collectors items.

[@doomguy2575]

I love how people keep saying “old man yells at new technology” in the comments, but then in the video James defends streaming lol. Isn’t that the most modern way to watch things?

[@3starperfectdeer233]

Nah. Have it streamed into your brain is the new way

[@alexeysaranchev6118]

In a way, a cinema theatre is just a collective streaming session.

[@SketchTurnerZero]

No, it isn't. Because u don't have high bitrate at streaming service

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@@SketchTurnerZero you can have 4K streaming, that's pretty high.. :)

[@finderrio]

@@MorrisseyMuse Resolution and bitrate are seperate. 4k can be a blocky, pixelated mess with low bitrates.

[@NoEntertainment]

he's slowly turning into AVGN throughout the video

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

No. More like ABRN.

[@hitkid2456]

The line will continue to blur until the singularity is approximated.

[@medicolkie3606]

He is one with the character.

[@nicholascoble]

*ABDN

[@Mrcoconutgun]

He couldn't have come up with the nerd if that persona didn't exist somewhere within him.

[@higginswalsan]

Number 9 I think is both because of and in spite of the Criterion Collection. The interest in Criterion releases for those special features in the pre-DVD era I think made a lot of companies realize that special features would be something people wanted. In the DVD era, however, they found out the average customer didn’t really care about the special features so when everything moved to Blu-rays the companies didn’t see the point in putting special features that most people wouldn’t watch. I’m sure it’s more complicated than that but that’s my theory at least. EDIT: 3:42 Speak of the devil, the Criterion Showa-era box set! I don’t even care how big that one is I want it SO BAD

[@sinihonko170]

James in 2009: complains about DVDs James in 2020: complains about Blu-rays. What's gonna happen in 2029? James complains about 4k UHD Blu-rays?

[@offscreen6578]

James probably complained about VHS in 1979.

[@filipthefella7606]

James in 3400 B.C. : Complains about Writing.

[@ki11erprod]

James in 500,000 BCE, complaining about human communication

[@Drummerstik]

2029: complains about streaming services

[@filipthefella7606]

2099 Complains about Holograms.

[@lordpyromon]

“You know what’s BUUUUULLSHIT? Blu-Rays!”

[@salsatheone]

548 people are old enough to remember this segment.

[@LunarDelta]

Blu-shit.

[@CHRISTIANNWO]

James dropped the ball!

[@Spynmaster]

@@LunarDelta Blu-WRONG

[@salsatheone]

@@VixXstazosJOB certainly doesn't feel young.

[@MTVJake]

I only buy physical copies of movies I really like so that way I actually own them and don’t have to worry about it coming out on streaming or being removed

[@holliday5516]

I know that feeling, When I wanted to South Park on Netflix it was gone, That's what sucks about streaming they are always Adding, Removing, Re-Adding Removed shows it's stupid.

[@XDLugia]

There is always the heroes who rip the movies and put them up for download. It might not be all good, but at least you can find a good quality version of a movie that you can't find anywhere.

[@zacharykim295]

Same thing with games. And books. And songs.

[@benrai123]

Same here, only the movies THAT I REALLY LIKE are the ones worth having in my physical collection.

[@Cotivity]

On UHD: no streaming service can match the fidelity of a physical UHD...That in and of itself is reason enough, but also the advanced audio formats of the physical discs are more than enough, imo to warrant purchasing a UHD player.

[@benm5970]

“You don’t truly know what you have till it’s gone” Why do I get the feelings that’s how most people who say physical media is stupid are gonna feel when everything becomes digital?

[@kingkota2302]

Physical all the way

[@dineshrashid2766]

Ben McDonald I have heard people say I miss Blockbuster at least a good few times now, physical media simply must stay around in future

[@baileycrawly]

Ben McDonald I go for digital ahead of all else but I think it’s extremely stupid to discredit physical media because we NEED physical media.

[@jnagarya519]

Exactly. Buy the physical media once; watch it as many times as you want. Streaming? -- pay every time you want to watch the movie.

[@ctmatthews11]

as long as I can continue to download files and rip my movies, I don't care what happens. digital media isn't mine unless it's on own hard drive and it can't be removed at the will of some corporate exec

[@billybobby4637]

*YOU KNOW WHAT'S BUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLSSSSHHHHHIT?* Blu-Rays.

[@TheVideoGuyfromOhio]

Except when they aren't...

[@barnhouseproductions]

They should bring that series back!

[@o-manhe-man1353]

This video should've been a You Know What's Bullshit

[@IceLuigiStarPictures]

They should make this a "You Know Whats Bullshit" episode. Haven't seen those in a while.

[@MegaMan87]

Chant for us: We need Bullshit man, We Need Bullshit man!!

[@Cutelatinguy2]

Streaming is OK, but I still prefer my physical media over it.

[@NickTheEnlightened]

Indeed. I always will have an attachment to physical media. I like that feeling of being able to declare that you own the movie!

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

I use streaming to watch films I'm interested on watching but just once.

[@ClintonJRTR]

Right because the moment you stop paying for that service anything you started watching or download becomes void.

[@daniellado2523]

Streaming replaces cable television not dvds and blu rays. People had vhs but also watched cable back then.

[@theunknown6492]

Daniel Lado I think streaming is starting to slowly faze out DVDs and Blu-Rays too, because a lot of people don’t like to bother with buying a physical movie when they can just look it up on their stream service

[@kieferclarkf1674]

The original 1999 dvd of The Matrix is awesome. The music in the menu and chapters showed the actual scenes. It’s still the version I watch just for the menu.

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

I agree It's awesome But it lacks the special features

[@superking-nicolaslucau7252]

But it was literally what James is talking about : just a video loop

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

The one thing that physical media will *always* have over streaming is that with physical media, when you buy it, it's yours forever, provided you use & take care of it properly of course. it's yours, & it won't randomly disappear like media on streaming services. Within the law, you control what happens to your copy & how you use it, instead of it being at the mercy of the corporation who owns &/or distributes it.

[@Intrepidthegenuine]

Well said!

[@ColinBrain]

Apparently discs have a shelf life, so... forever? Not so much.

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

@@ColinBrain Not literally forever. I meant more "indefinitely".

[@TheMrRuttazzo]

But that's also what makes Blurays so "unstable", it's their DRM. Who knows if someday those disks are going to refuse to be played altogether.

[@ErkalEtruria]

This is why you need friends who know how to download your movies and have them on your computer so they don't go away. This is similar to KZbin. Instead of favoriting a video, better to just download it. I lost tons of videos because they either been deleted or went private when I wanted to watch them again.

[@ghosturiel]

While James has a great many valid points, i would point out the one glaring flaw of streaming is that you don't own it. At any time your favorite film can be altered and you have no control over it whatsoever. If you wanted say ET with FBI agents that still had Guns, or Star wars without added content.

[@jimduggan8962]

That stuff rarely ever happens. It could happen more but its very uncommon. I'm pretty sure I can see the E.T with guns, though that small thing makes absolutely zero difference to me. Star Wars also zero difference. Disney is more risky with changing that stuff, though something like the original Dumbo they only changed that for their D+ streaming service.

[@ToHoldNothing]

It's the same with manga, a pet peeve I've had for years since Viz in particular harps on "illegal" scanlations, as if their digital vault structure is such that there's no way they won't remove something from it in the future or just never seemingly add something that shouldn't be difficult to negotiate a simple contract for. It's not terrible, but again, I like having digital files to reference rather than either flipping through a physical book or go through the digital angle which requires internet (unless you use a tablet often, which I don't and even then that's a separate purchase from physical volumes if you also want those)

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

Streaming is garbage. I would never pay for content at home that I don't fully own.

[@bouguification]

Jim Duggan it happens all the time. Even recently, with the cropped Simpsons and missing South Park episodes on Netflix. People watch altered versions of everything and don’t even notice.

[@e.forowun]

This is why I've started buying CDs again.

[@MattSipka]

Some DVDs used to be interactive with mini games to play during the movie. Final destination 3 was a great example. Certain points of the film you can change the outcome of certain moments to play out differently. Some characters die in worse ways, some die quick with less buildup and one scene you can even save a character.

[@PKMN37]

That sounds awesome.

[@bluecollarhero]

Yep I've got that DVD and love it! I also use to read those choose your own adventure books when I was a kid.

[@BlaccCeaza]

Now I gotta get that dvd

[@josephhuffman2757]

I always liked the secret stuff in the movie Dodgeball. Ya push enter anytime Ben Stiller's character snaps his fingers and you get to watch a bonus scene of some kind. Super cool!

[@angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474]

That sounds like a video game. I like that.

[@kurier0]

Physical media > streaming

[@tibbs3165]

Streaming is convenient when available but I could never lose physical media.

[@KillyRR]

I dont give a shit about convinience when it comes to movies or shows.

[@streetwisehercules9956]

VirusRonsen82 most do.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Pyro Flare good God. You don’t have to randomly call someone a name like that for no reason.

[@ANT96-x8d]

Here’s a clear answer to all those top 10 reasons:IT’S CALLED EVOLUTION. Any comments?

[@KillyRR]

Street Wise Gercules And? So what? Just shows how easy people can be manipulated nowadays lol

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

LaserDisc Master Race!

[@rubyliciousOG]

Never would have excpected you here.

[@jacklazzaro9820]

Shhhh! don't alert the ancient order of VHS

[@youridiot898]

OOOOOHHHHHHHH! REGULAR SHOW

[@metalbrainmextrememetalent6810]

I would rather watch a vhs.

[@SweetKingTanner]

SegaCD.. master CD

[@DetAbilene]

As long as companies like Criterion, Shout Factory, Arrow and Twilight Time are putting out quality Blu-rays, I will gladly buy! $$$

[@applemachome]

Pretty much this.

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

Those companies are saving physical media

[@bigcrackrock]

The presentation is usually on point but one thing I have a problem with right now is all the 4K restorations in 1080P. I give in sometimes like with the Arrow Robocop release recently but I know they're try to hit me with the double dip so I'm trying to hold off.

[@blackcat1642]

Criterion has a streaming service

[@bonesjackson81]

Shout Factory is killing it. I've been on all their John Carpenter steelbooks. Also their Shout Selects.

[@GAMLAPATTE]

I only checked out netflix but seriously, they had like 1% of the titles I usually watch

[@GAMLAPATTE]

@Weston Meyer Oh is that so? Too bad =/

[@benphillips2947]

A few of these are just complaints about the PS3 specifically.

[@TheFiftyQuid]

Agreed, and a few of the problems I've never experienced on my PS3. My remote differs from the one James showed too. It's still a PS3 remote, but doesn't look like the one he has. Movies on my PS3 ask me if I want to restart from the beginning or where I left off even months later.

[@Islandswamp]

I was thinking something like that.

[@BRONST0N]

TRUTH!!

[@Crazywaffle5150]

@sifil311 My PS4 has never had any of those issues.

[@gerald3506]

I’ll forever be a staunch supporter of physical media.

[@trevorsartwork]

Gerald are you basking in your own farts? Sounds kinda farty to me...

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

@@trevorsartwork But he/she makes alot of sense

[@OilFreeFeathers]

Future generations' landfills thank you for your support. Keep in mind, the experience of a film matters more than collecting them. The people making movies don't hoard the way consumers do, and you should never care about a product more than the person who made it.

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

@Username Ok well this is not the year 1220

[@danielmallory4687]

@Username you mean special editions which i agree with

[@MaskMcGee]

2007 james: menus are too complicated 2020 james: menus are too simple

[@badreality2]

Character development.

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

@@badreality2 Time does that for sure. Just give it time and people will adapt.

[@giantlobsterboy644]

It took James time to embrace the new (at the time) technology.

[@SotNist]

He's so dense.

[@the1stwing]

You don't realize how much you miss something till it's gone.

[@user-nu8in3ey8c]

You don't own a piece of media if a company can edit, censor, delete, or cancel your access to said media. If I like something I buy it on DVD.

[@the_motherfucker]

You don't own physically owned media either if it contains DRM

[@Warui88]

Physical copies forever!

[@popculturecorner142]

Yes! Tons of movies arent streaming and probably wont Alot are rare movies worth seeing and and supporting the labels putting them out!

[@タイラー-p9x]

Honestly I rather own my copy forever untill it breaks or whatever instead of one day they taking off what I bought it from or that service crashed

[@jimduggan8962]

@@タイラー-p9x Doesn't sound like you understand digital because that has never happened.

[@offjsjsnxjcksbvavs2591]

@@jimduggan8962 With games it has.

[@countdooku7152]

Unfortunately, physical copies aren't that convenient anymore.

[@stargarden2577]

I dont believe James Rolfe has ever aged. He is immortal

[@dobmaster4412]

*Queen Elizabeth wants to now your location*

[@jeremy-ws1rb]

@@dobmaster4412 dont worry we will know when his location is

[@JR95]

IKR? Can you believe that he'll be 40 soon?

[@timmykookoo]

He wears so much makeup for these it's distracting. I understand you need some because the lighting will make you look like a ghoul, but do really need a full face of foundation?

[@mithmoonwalker]

he has killed death

[@mtb3742]

9:25 It's 2020, and I just learned what those colored buttons are for.

[@TheHipisterDeer]

James your age is showing....

[@moonchild4806]

@@TheHipisterDeer I'm 20 and I had no idea.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

I've never learned what they're for

[@misthalu]

They are for whatever the producer decides. Not necessarily for bookmarking.

[@chevyfan7930]

I never knew what those buttons did

[@salvadorbetancourt8608]

Streaming is so expensive compared to owning the media

[@scoop765]

Depends on how much you watch if you watch 3 different movies each week then it's prob cheaper

[@aurahoneydew9607]

Actually it's cheaper but lately is a pain because companies keep censoring things and making it the only version available for watch.

[@russiasvechenaya58]

Ummmm how

[@samuelllakaj5439]

I could watch my two favourite anime in a month for maybe $10 or however much it takes, *or* buy the complete sets for $150 each. Streaming sounds like a bargain, but I'd still invest in buying them.

[@salvadorbetancourt8608]

@@samuelllakaj5439 it's not 10 it's 120 a year

[@kingslayerwwe379]

Off topic but does anyone else miss old school game manual as opposed to current digital ones

[@Intrepidthegenuine]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@truthseek3017]

Greed ruined everything.

[@kingslayerwwe379]

Gamecube games like Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion and Wario World had the best manuals imo!

[@TheMysteryDriver]

I didn't even know there are digital ones

[@TheDarkOne9942]

Yep, Zelda manuals were legit art books, and Metroid Prime, too. I missed those.

[@lo1bo2]

I HATE disc holders that have a tight fitting solid ring in the middle. Feels like the disc will break when you're trying to get it off!

[@MisterX867]

I think those are the disc holders that I've broken while trying to get the disc out.

[@lemons2300]

Like those foam ones? Lol. The DVD ones used to be some of the best, especially like the ones that the Wii cases used.

[@meWASHER]

I’ve actually snapped a couple of Criterion discs trying to get them out of the case, specifically the two disc cases where the discs are staggered on top of one another. Luckily they know how tough they are sometimes and replaced my discs for me. Still though, completely unnecessary.

[@FrothingFanboy]

I used a Kino Lorber DVD case recently that was excellent for both holding and removing the discs. :)

[@Chris61136]

I'll always prefer physical media for one reason, you can still watch it once the internet goes down .

[@oz_jones]

Unless your media player (or tv) is connected to the internet.

[@anonymousanimationcritic9842]

@@oz_jones How does that work, tho? If the internet goes down you can still watch TV or movies on a player...

[@petros6013]

Exactly

[@MrMonkeyCommander]

How often does your internet go down? I've had that happen maybe once in my entire life and it was many many years ago.

[@antenna_prolly]

Save to hard drive... even if they don't "let" you

[@viscountrainbows6452]

I remember Harold And Kumar would complain if you didn't hit any options for a while. Those were the days.

[@VtheVictorious]

There's this media streaming service called "Plex" where you have all the films you own on a hard drive on your computer and you organize them into whatever categories you want and then you open Plex and all of your custom categories will be there, complete with their respective films within those categories. So that's my reply to James's "If there is a service that categorises all my stuff let me know" request

[@rharms_]

the windows media player MEDIA SERVER will do that too, comes with every windows OS

[@TwiztedMannix87]

I've used Kodi before, super nice. Made my library look like a personal Netflix and I could add custom backgrounds. I could search just like Netflix (actor, genre, date, etc)

[@bluedragon9925]

Kodi's my go-to for that. I'm not too fond of Plex's monetization tactics...

[@misternobodysixtynine]

Plex know how to save Sex, videos that is... 🤪

[@gyunex4889]

Thought about suggesting that to James but it would take a life time to actually digitalize his whole room. For a collection this big there is no real sollution.

[@b3nderman]

Streaming is garbage. Imagine the platform you bought your movies on ends up like Blockbuster in 10 or 20 years. All that stuff you bought is now on some random server that’s getting shut down. As convenient as streaming is, no thanks.

[@Pantheragem]

Like already happened to Ultraviolet a few years ago. They put out a notice to move your library elsewhere within a time frame or you were sol.

[@spideygamer8896]

This is why I buy Blu Rays, but I do like to have the Digital Copy just in case

[@bloomallcaps]

Who was the time and money to go buy a physical version of fucking shrek2 when I wanna see it with my friends at 2AM?

[@cometaHavoc]

Laughs in Netflix

[@isetmfriendsofire]

I mean, this is true and something I think about the DLC a lot, but calling streaming in general garbage is a negative hyperbole

[@CharlesHepburn2]

Point of correction: VHS was invented and owned by JVC... they owned it but licensed it out readily and fairly cheaply. [edited for typo]

[@Musicradio77Network]

And the Betamax was invented by Sony.

[@dooplon5083]

@@sic6664 how does the jvc thing really invalidate his point though? his greater points still stand valid I'd say

[@dooplon5083]

@@sic6664 things such as menu design, extras, software updates, etc.

[@CharlesHepburn2]

Sgt Reed it does for this one thing... it was an oopsy on James part. We are all Human and make blunders.... unless... Sgt Reed... are you a perfect robot that knows all and never makes a mistake? Tact Sgt Reed, tact.

[@cdf360]

Sgt Reed thank you for your service soldier. I assume you’ve never made a mistake before because you’re a perfectly crafted instrument of combat and warfare with over 300 confirmed kills

[@thomgeerts4622]

This is such a weird video to me. I own over 800 blurays and have NEVER had ANY of these complaints...

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

Prove it

[@gabrielcornejo238]

Press X to Doubt it

[@samuelllakaj5439]

​@@gabrielcornejo238 f for respect

[@samuelllakaj5439]

What player do you use? No regional, software or internet-related problems? Thinking if I should invest on blu-rays or dvds.

[@mattb6001]

"BLU RAYS ARE USELESS"... "NOW BUY MY BLU RAYS!!"

[@jeshuruncarlos4755]

This Is The Most Appropriate Comment For This Video !

[@pabloesparzasolano2309]

my thought exactly... blurays suck.... BUT NOT TO RELEASE MY SHOW AVGN.... THOSE ARE GOLD.... THOSE ARE REALLY A TREASURE.... OK so why don't you release them on DVD or VHS... could it be that on DVD it would be more discs... and the discs are easily damaged with scratches? VHS of course because few people have VHS working on their houses.

[@TomLuTon]

Dude's gotta eat

[@d.j.s.7387]

Matt B cue curb your enthusiasm music here

[@YuniorGamboa]

😆😆😆 He tricked us

[@owensreviews625]

I honestly think this should have been a “You know what’s bs!” Episode, given that it’s discussing why Blu rays are worse than dvds

[@spookerredmenace3950]

ya i agree!!

[@AlerMashiro]

In you know whats bs episode he talked about the infamous disc of back to the future

[@manguy01]

I was thinking the same thing. This has the bullshit man written all over it. haha!

[@spookerredmenace3950]

@@AlerMashiro oh wow... ah.... good question....

[@dannydk6]

Physical media is forever, buy laserdisc!

[@arifakyuz7673]

Is that a DBZA KAI reference?

[@PassiveDestroyer]

@@arifakyuz7673 YES!

[@StephenRahrig]

Forever, or until you lose/damage them!

[@maxthursday5203]

A laserdisc is a glorified VHS.

[@jibodagrey6500]

anyone who says "physical media is dead" is a spoiled brat who takes their internet connection for granted.

[@jjandthemonkey4747]

I love you

[@ChaseMC215]

Well met.

[@vaporwave2345]

Sorry James. *Streaming is the bane of any collector* and I'll always stand by having the physical option available.

[@TheLegendInYou]

His point is that its not really physical as you have to connect to the net for encryption

[@tsartomato]

rip streams encode into mkv have raid 5 nas have 3 copies on spare archival hdds you spin once in 3 years

[@tsartomato]

@@TheLegendInYou what's an encryption? never encountered it

[@jinxykatt]

@@TheLegendInYou only on ps3. This has never been the case on my PS4 or any of the other players I have owned.

[@SakuraAvalon]

Jinxy Katte Likewise. Did not know that was even a thing, until this video.

[@nickolasallen7734]

As long as humanly possible, I intend to keep buying physical media.

[@derek-64]

physical media FOREVER!!!

[@ClintonJRTR]

Same here. I don't trust digital at all. How many times in the last decade have we seen companies get hacked and servers messed up

[@Lugbzurg]

More like "As long as *physically* possible"!

[@manabluerose]

Same. I cant get into digital because it feels like i dont ever own it

[@snintendog]

Actually tried digital once to replace a damaged movie disk it feels like i got robbed of 5$.

[@ziljin]

This would have been perfect for a you know what's bs episode.

[@manabluerose]

I thought it was gonna be and got excited. I miss the bullshit man

[@NoVa_Dragoon]

@@manabluerose I'm pretty sure the mask for the bullshit man is lost, so we might never see an appearance of him again. I heard they are trying to make more YKWBS episodes, just that they won't show him.

[@carrito1981]

You know what's bullshit?! That this episode wasn't a You Know what's bullshit episode!

[@MaskMcGee]

Already been done idiot.

[@JaylanxYT]

This video is so nitpicky its kind of hilarious lol, “the special godzilla case is too big, I have to press pause to pause movies now, the name is dumb”

[@jadedheartsz]

no troll

[@BrappyHour]

I don’t trust digital. So when there’s movie I really want and enjoy, I buy it physical.

[@TheTonyahawk]

Agreed Agreed Agreed a thousand times

[@IAm-zo1bo]

Why not

[@SteveRudzinski]

As a filmmaker, thank you so much. Buying physical is the absolute best way to support the creators you like. Streaming pays creators and small distributors shit.

[@TheTonyahawk]

@@IAm-zo1bo Check out my rant I just put out these are some my reasons :)

[@wiser3754]

If you can find a physical copy and if it hasn't been phased out by the time you go searching.

[@_Tori10]

Physical Media you own. Streaming you don't. Streaming is very convenient, but I want to own something and not "rent" it.

[@ram-4]

This is true. In addition to the still very limited selection on digital. A physical copy can go ”bad” too I suppose, but at least you own something instead of quasi-renting it.

[@amcv5407]

@@Brian-jv8iy Is it not linked to your iTunes account though? So if Apple considers you've broke the T&C's they can close your account. That would take all of your digital content from iTunes, wouldn't it? Genuine question as I don't know. I do know that is how it works on Google and the PlayStore. Lose your Google account and you lose your digital media purchases. I still use digital and prefer it, but I just didn't understand your comment about owning it, as I've never known any digital purchase to become the buyers property. It's always just been conditional access to it.

[@curtthegamer934]

@@amcv5407 And iTunes has removed movies before because their contract with a certain company ended, so you lose whatever movies you "bought" even if you did nothing wrong.

[@novaiscool1]

@@amcv5407 yep anything you own digitally can be taken if the real owner or the service you "own" it through decide to take it away, most recent thing like this I recall is the Steam removal of the Tron game.

[@galaxymaster]

@@Brian-jv8iy As soon as the service dies, your copy dies with it though.

[@Snivy102]

Top 10 Reasons why the PS3 media player is inconsistent

[@seasonstudios]

I like the convenience of streaming but I'm afraid of being held hostage by the wishes of companies saying, we've decided this title isn't popular enough so we are eliminating it from our service and you might not see it again in your lifetime.

[@war10zx98]

Seven seas are always welcoming to brave souls

[@troywright359]

don't they have the right to pull a film if they want to?

[@seasonstudios]

@@troywright359 I would think so, in fact they have placed certain films on moratorium for many years. Disney was notorious for this practice with a lot of their classic films and on rare occasions would put out very expensive limited time only editions and some films have never been seen again.