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Post by onethreetwo on Nov 10, 2019 3:25:29 GMT
Blu ray is a failure. But some people just can't admit it. It will die alongside DVD. If you haven't gone digital, you're doing it wrong Yeah digital is the way to go! All you have to do subscribe to about 17 different streaming services and you’re good to go! No. You might have missed my recent thread on the Gen Discussion board where I implored people to stop paying for streaming services. But you should be buying your movies on Amazon, VUDU, or Fandango Now. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 4:19:30 GMT
I prefer blu rays unless they are really expensive, like Quiz Show, or they don't have one yet, such as Open Range.
And blu rays are usually reasonably priced. And mostly better quality.
And they are in smaller cases and easier to store.
Add to that, they usually come with a digital copy.
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Post by novastar6 on Nov 10, 2019 4:43:47 GMT
Who buys new? I let someone else pay the $20 and then get it slightly used off Amazon.
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Post by kingkoopa on Nov 10, 2019 5:54:43 GMT
Won't DVDs and Blu ray be obselete soon? I play them them, but people I know no longer buy them. I've noticed also that department stores are allocating less shelf space for stocking DVD & blu ray. It's a real shame. I don't want to depend on streaming services that can take away films on a whim or when the internet goes down. If I like it and want it, I'd rather own it. Physical copies will see a resurgence for that exact reason. Watch how DVD box-sets of "The Office" will skyrocket when the show leaves Netflix. Come to think of it, if you want one, I'd buy now...because I bet the price goes up when it's gone...
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Post by onethreetwo on Nov 10, 2019 6:20:24 GMT
Won't DVDs and Blu ray be obselete soon? I play them them, but people I know no longer buy them. I've noticed also that department stores are allocating less shelf space for stocking DVD & blu ray. It's a real shame. I don't want to depend on streaming services that can take away films on a whim or when the internet goes down. If I like it and want it, I'd rather own it. Out of curiosity why do you think your internet will go down? I've had wifi for 11 years now and it's never gone out once. Seems more likely the electricity would go out on your TV, in which case you would be happy to have digital content to watch on your phone. I've seen others say they worry about needing the internet to watch digital content, but that seems like an irrational fear to me. The internet is not going anywhere. We all have it now. We've all had it for years, we'll all have it 2 months from now, 2 years from now, and 22 years from now. When are we not going to have the internet? When was the last time any of us didn't have it? |
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 10, 2019 13:01:29 GMT
Digital copies have expiration dates whether it's stated or not. Accessibility could be an issue in the future. We already saw Ultraviolet go away. Digital "ownership" is not ownership at all. As long as you can buy a player, your physical media is always yours and you always have access to it. While Blu-ray and 4K may eventually become a niche market, it's definitely not dead. The bitrate alone is better than any digital streaming/copy.
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Post by onethreetwo on Nov 10, 2019 14:43:56 GMT
Digital copies have expiration dates whether it's stated or not. Accessibility could be an issue in the future. We already saw Ultraviolet go away. Digital "ownership" is not ownership at all. As long as you can buy a player, your physical media is always yours and you always have access to it. While Blu-ray and 4K may eventually become a niche market, it's definitely not dead. The bitrate alone is better than any digital streaming/copy. Amazon is the biggest company in the world. It's not going anywhere. In fact, if I was a betting man, I'd say Amazon eventually powers our homes. I believe we will eventually do everything voice controlled in our homes with Amazon. Amazon isn't Ultraviolet. They're not going anywhere, and nobody should be worried that their digital content will disappear, or that Amazon will go out of business. |
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Post by louise on Nov 10, 2019 16:26:20 GMT
I buy a lot of old films which mostly are not available on blu ray so it doesn't bother me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 19:09:47 GMT
It's a real shame. I don't want to depend on streaming services that can take away films on a whim or when the internet goes down. If I like it and want it, I'd rather own it. Out of curiosity why do you think your internet will go down? I've had wifi for 11 years now and it's never gone out once. Seems more likely the electricity would go out on your TV, in which case you would be happy to have digital content to watch on your phone. I've seen others say they worry about needing the internet to watch digital content, but that seems like an irrational fear to me. The internet is not going anywhere. We all have it now. We've all had it for years, we'll all have it 2 months from now, 2 years from now, and 22 years from now. When are we not going to have the internet? When was the last time any of us didn't have it? It's more than just the internet going down. Even though I don't think it's a given the internet is permanent, with or without it, there's something fundamentally closer to ownership I feel when I have the physical copies. Especially if my travels take me somewhere where it's not a guarantee internet will be provided. Like a cottage. That or shows and films on streaming services could disappear in a flash. There's movies I want to see on Netflix but if Netflix removed them tomorrow, they're gone unless I have a copy.
The internet might not be going anywhere, but streaming companies could go belly-up. I'm not afraid of it but I don't think Netflix is any more divinely immune to it than Blockbuster. DVDs go out of print, or they're pulled off streaming services for political reasons. That's another elephant in the room. Physical media ownership will survive films and shows (or even just episodes of shows) networks refuse to air for political reasons.
It's something as incidental as my neighbors 2 years ago hiring people to trim trees in their yard. One of them knocked out the wire feeding the internet into our house, and even tried to cover it up. 2 days with no internet, which means no TV, no nothing. It sucked. Once in a blue moon our internet will go down because a car smashes into a pole. Violent wind or bad weather, a snowstorm, maybe trouble at the source...it's rare but it happens. The majority of everything I watch is on TV/streaming services but I consider physical ownership the quintessentially logical backup.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Nov 10, 2019 19:13:09 GMT
Meh, both will be obsolete when cybernetical implants will allow us to watch high def movie projections shot out of our eyeball:  |
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Post by Vodkie on Nov 12, 2019 14:36:02 GMT
I know a few people who just don't care.
my friend Kevin, his wife Sarah doesn't care about blu-ray or 4k at all. She still watches DVDs on a CRT tv in their bedroom. She got pissed the hell off when she got a blu-ray/DVD combo pack for her birthday, whining she can't watch the extras because the dvd portion will be movie only... yet the DVD only release is movie only as well.
Sarah claims she's too wrapped up in the story line to notice the picture quality difference.
Plus, she's the kind of person who would choose California's "99 cents only" store (if it existed here in Pennsylvania) over Dollar Tree to save a dime on 10 items.
Kevin's mother is the same way. She doesn't see the point in even owning a blu-ray let a lone a movie in general whether it be a disc or a digital copy when she can find something on broadcast or netflix. She has a 1080p tv in her bedroom and yet she still watched the SD version of a channel we get in HD and called it 'good enough'
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Post by thebayharborbutcher on Nov 12, 2019 14:48:00 GMT
I've pretty much stopped buying DVDs/BluRay. It's easier just to stream something. Plus they just take up space afterwards.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 18:39:51 GMT
I buy a lot of old films which mostly are not available on blu ray so it doesn't bother me. Likewise. DVDs I buy come in two categories: they're ancient (Criterion collection related) or they're 5 dollars or less because I keep an eye out for vintage places and closing rental places selling their stock.
I was pretty thrilled last week to grab Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Enter the Void, the latter of which I'd never seen, from a vintage book/record/film store. For 3 dollars for Enter the Void, I'll take the risk.
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