Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

Thats really intereting, i keep following them

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by MrHT

If only people collected physical copies of movies back in the day, we wouldn't have THIS problem...

If any of you have a physical copy of any of those movies in that list, then congratulations, you have something that's worth a lot of money and you can become rich!

Having said that, I don't dislike physical media. I think it's great. But as I get older, I have less of desire to own and rewatch movies. The only reason I buy digital movies is because they are always on sale for $5 and to me, that's a rental price. So if I only "own" it for 5 years and then gets taken away from me, I look at it as a $5 five year rental.

But yeah, if there are movies I absolutely want long term, I buy physical. And that's why I have some BDs and DVDs I will cling onto and never get rid of.

I think it’s time to change your user name in that case?

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by gotmule

I hate to jump into the thread after a day at work and see this. Both are really strong contributors to our sometimes dysfunctional little family we have here.

I think Lee’s obsessive hatred of Blu-Ray has been his downfall.

Vilya, we will be waiting for you!

[bhampton]

Alchav is over it so we have to move on.

For some content like Game of Thrones, the UHD BD is higher quality than the original broadcast and any streaming that came after. It’s the highest quality presentation available but Alchav says we need to move on and that means accepting second rate quality.

Why should I be over it ? I understand he’s over it but I still think it’s the best quality we have had at home to date and I am still in the discovery phase so far from the I’m over this phase.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Alchav is over it so we have to move on.

For some content like Game of Thrones, the UHD BD is higher quality than the original broadcast and any streaming that came after. It’s the highest quality presentation available but Alchav says we need to move on and that means accepting second rate quality.

Why should I be over it ? I understand he’s over it but I still think it’s the best quality we have had at home to date and I am still in the discovery phase so far from the I’m over this phase.

His desires are not HT, they are tv stuck on wall with sound bar at best. Quality has never been a concern for him.
You and I are quite safe to invest in disc. It’s not going away anytime remotely soon.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

His desires are not HT, they are tv stuck on wall with sound bar at best. Quality has never been a concern for him.
You and I are quite safe to invest in disc. It’s not going away anytime remotely soon.

It appears to me that many believe home theater consists of products that can be purchased at Best Buy. They seem to be totally unaware of products like these AVP’s, remotes, audio amplifiers, video projectors, furnishings, video processors, etc. The world of home theater is much bigger than some believe it is.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

It appears to me that many believe home theater consists of products that can be purchased at Best Buy. They seem to be totally unaware of products like these AVP’s, remotes, audio amplifiers, video projectors, furnishings, video processors, etc. The world of home theater is much bigger than some believe it is.

Too true. . They hear the film, they don’t feel it.

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

Netflix is raising the price of its most popular plan to $14 today, premium tier increasing to $18 - The verge -10/29/2020

Yeah, time for me to drop the Netflix subscription. We really only watch it once a week for new episodes of The Great British Baking Show. Once that is over I see no reason to keep it. I will just pick up a month here or there to catch up on content I want to see.

[bhampton]

Will we miss constant posting of sales data?

I won’t..

I know that data must matter but it doesn’t ever seem to matter to me. There’s plenty of new UHDBD releases regardless of how streaming is doing financially.

My Game of Thrones set arrives on Thursday, can not wait but I must.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by slaizer2000

Number 1 reason why I do physical disc and use the code. I do sometimes buy 4k upgrades to blurays/dvds I have so I have it digitally because they are cheap on here. I think amazon is stingy but would also not be surprised if MA , VUDU, etc has the same legal terms.


Amazon Argues Users Don't Actually Own Purchased Prime Video Content
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/th...-video-content

Another reason to not spend money on digital especially if they're charging similar costs compared to the physical media equivalent.

[bessetmath]

Anyway this is an endless debate until the studios stop selling bluray/dvd/4k discs.

When the studios, see no more CASH COW flow on discs, they will stop producing discs. The time is still unknow. Anyway, CASH is driving the movie industry. That s all. Studio will find other ways to cash out money from our pockets.

[bhampton]

I’ll keep buying them.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

Netflix is raising the price of its most popular plan to $14 today, premium tier increasing to $18 - The verge -10/29/2020

And it's still worth it. I'm not going anywhere. They could double it and it would still be beyond worth it. Content is king and they are the kings of content. Now if folks don't or are unaware of how to maximize their viewing potential then that's on them.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I think it’s time to change your user name in that case?

Over the course of my time here at Blu-ray.com, I've found myself collecting BDs and DVDs to the point where 99% of my movies get watched once and then collect dust on the shelf. And since I run out of shelf space easily due to living in an apartment, I learned that it's not practical to keep buying physical copies. And when I decide to sell some of my BDs, they sell for chump money. Considering the trouble it takes to sell BDs on eBay and the little profit I make from them, it usually is not worth selling them and just let them either continue collecting dust or just throw them away. I hate doing the latter. If I could find a friend or neighbor that wants it for free, I'd be glad to give it to them as I'd much rather do that than throw something out. But I personally don't know anyone that collects physical media anymore. Most people I know either watch sports, play video games, or don't watch TV at all. I don't know many movie buffs.

If collecting movies had any value, I'd continue buying physical copies as I could always sell them for a big profit later on if I don't want it. But that usually is not the case anymore. Movies have little to no value now, so that's why I don't buy physical copies that much anymore. Heck, I even tried selling my "Band of Brothers" BD on eBay a few weeks ago for a measly $15 and didn't get a single bid. Relisted a second time and still no luck!

[bhampton]

No resale value does not equate to no value.

I also don’t understand why people worry about the movies collecting dust. just use swiffers!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Over the course of my time here at Blu-ray.com, I've found myself collecting BDs and DVDs to the point where 99% of my movies get watched once and then collect dust on the shelf. And since I run out of shelf space easily due to living in an apartment, I learned that it's not practical to keep buying physical copies. And when I decide to sell some of my BDs, they sell for chump money. Considering the trouble it takes to sell BDs on eBay and the little profit I make from them, it usually is not worth selling them and just let them either continue collecting dust or just throw them away. I hate doing the latter. If I could find a friend or neighbor that wants it for free, I'd be glad to give it to them as I'd much rather do that than throw something out. But I personally don't know anyone that collects physical media anymore. Most people I know either watch sports, play video games, or don't watch TV at all. I don't know many movie buffs.

If collecting movies had any value, I'd continue buying physical copies as I could always sell them for a big profit later on if I don't want it. But that usually is not the case anymore. Movies have little to no value now, so that's why I don't buy physical copies that much anymore. Heck, I even tried selling my "Band of Brothers" BD on eBay a few weeks ago for a measly $15 and didn't get a single bid. Relisted a second time and still no luck!

Film is a life long passion for me. Not something I discard. I couldn’t care less what other people do, I’m indulging my passion.

If what you were saying was a wide occurrence you wouldn’t have a film industry, nor hundreds of millions signing up for Netflix Disney, Hulu, Amazon etc..
Or for matter, you wouldn’t have films making over a billion at cinemas.

You have fell out of love with film, I won’t be doing that, ever.

I bought my discs knowing there wasn’t any sell on value. That’s not what collecting is about to me.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by bhampton

No resale value does not equate to no value.

I also don’t understand why people worry about the movies collecting dust. just use swiffers!

I’m alaways rewatching films. I think some people collect for th3 sake of collecting. The love of film needs to be core.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I’m alaways rewatching films. I think some people collect for th3 sake of collecting. The love of film needs to be core.

I agree about it having to be core. What sucks is that there's a large number of folks that have OCD and it's just the compulsion of collecting that drives them, not the love of film.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

You have fell out of love with film, I won’t be doing that, ever.

I bought my discs knowing there wasn’t any sell on value. That’s not what collecting is about to me.

Yup, and I fell in love with minimalism.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Yup, and I fell in love with minimalism.

You can be both. I have close to a thousand discs all stored in a spare room. The rest of my home is neat and tidy. Heck, my storage room is neat and tidy. Two large cabinets with discs organised by genre.

If minimalism is more important to you than film, you were no big film fan to start with anyway.