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

[crutzulee]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

LaserDisc cost. I averaged the price paid for LD’s purchased between 1995 and 1997 and it was $28.40. I stopped LD purchase in 1997 and started replacing titles with DVD’s. In 2004 I donated my LD player (Pioneer CLD-900) and LD collection.

The only way I could come close to that price point in my LD buying days was to join some kind of club (COLUMBIA HOUSE?) where i had to make a certain number of purchases in a certain time period.... complicating matters was that I had to have them shipped to my sister in law (at the time) in Indiana....necessitating a famdamnly visit more often than I would have liked...

The setup of my new gear has meant that I've had to rejig my room and get rid of few things in order to properly accommodate another set of speakers. I chucked a full size popcorn machine and lost a bookcase where I displayed the last media that I physically kept in my "media" room..lol.... the STARWARS FACES discs and a Japanese import LD of THE PHANTOM MENACE which i believe was the most expensive physical media purchase I've ever made.. actually the wife made that purchase for me as birthday gift many birthdays ago

[meremortal]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

LaserDisc cost. I averaged the price paid for LD’s purchased between 1995 and 1997 and it was $28.40. I stopped LD purchase in 1997 and started replacing titles with DVD’s. In 2004 I donated my LD player (Pioneer CLD-900) and LD collection.

That was around the peak when I was buying them. Most times I'd find deals for a dollar each online. A few times I found people who sold them just for the cost of shipping. Hardly anyone was collecting as dvd was building so much momentum then and no more new titles for LD. It was common to see posts of people getting rid of their entire collection and I bought several large lots that way, sometimes over 100+ at a time and shipped in multiple boxes. Unfortunately I got rid of a few thousand and the collection is much smaller now. It's interesting to hear of collector shifts; another poster said his collection was quite valuable in 2000 and it may have been really cheap, even free, just a few years later.

[crutzulee]

LaserDisc was the last format in which i would have considered myself a "collector" where I cared about the packaging and presentation of the format...beautiful gatefolds with plenty of real estate for "liner" notes etc....Once music and movies starting coming in rinky dinc 6 inch discs with its smaller packaging, i only ever cared about the actual presentation of the movie itself on my gear...

[Gotho(redux)]

Originally Posted by veritas

You know I wouldn’t call the prime day sales bad but they are extremely frustrating to browse. Which is making me more picky in general. Give me sorting and waste less of my time and I probably would have bought quite a few things but I’m just pissed having to click each link to see the price.

In all my time as a prime member, I've never seen a discount that blew me away. This year, my purchases were made as part of their buy 2 get 1 free sale.

[Gotho(redux)]

I recently re-watched Chinatown on TCM. It's been a long while since I've seen it, and I had forgotten just how amazing this film is. And that bleak ending. Wow!

[Lord-Oakbeard]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I literally can’t stop buying them (I have hundreds more than my collection count indicates) but I’m single and have no kids, I also don’t drink or smoke, so most of my spare money goes on films and tech.

Smoking and driving are the two expensive things I gave up which means the savings made helps to afford to buy films and TV on physical media and follow my football club again by attending the games. I’m walking more and feel better for giving up the weed and getting out a lot more in the fresh air.

Everything is expensive really but we’re not on this planet that long so I say enjoy your passion whatever it is.

I’m looking forward to September and this 4K release and hope it sells well to quickly bring along a similar Frankenstein set.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dracu...lu-ray/392128/


I still drink the odd foaming tankard of finest vintage though
.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Lord-Oakbeard

Smoking and driving are the two expensive things I gave up which means the savings made helps to afford to buy films and TV on physical media and follow my football club again by attending the games. I’m walking more and feel better for giving up the weed and getting out a lot more in the fresh air.

Everything is expensive really but we’re not on this planet that long so I say enjoy your passion whatever it is.

I’m looking forward to September and this 4K release and hope it sells well to quickly bring along a similar Frankenstein set.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dracu...lu-ray/392128/


I still drink the odd foaming tankard of finest vintage though
.

Yeah, that’s the way I see it. Never been much of an outdoors person even, very much a home bird that loves my films, tech and peace and quiet.

[Lord-Oakbeard]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Yeah, that’s the way I see it. Never been much of an outdoors person even, very much a home bird that loves my films, tech and peace and quiet.

… and what used to be called ‘the Roker Roar’.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Lord-Oakbeard

… and what used to be called ‘the Roker Roar’.

Absolutely mate. That is one example where my introverted self can’t stay away from a crowd. I can’t wait for next season, signing players every few days and spent 115 million so far!

[Lord-Oakbeard]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Absolutely mate. That is one example where my introverted self can’t stay away from a crowd. I can’t wait for next season, signing players every few days and spent 115 million so far!

I’m the same at St Andrews. Looking forward to the new football season, not long now. Good luck to your team it’ll be tough but doable.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Lord-Oakbeard

I’m the same at St Andrews. Looking forward to the new football season, not long now. Good luck to your team it’ll be tough but doable.

I think we will do it, for the first time in a long time, I have confidence in our owners and recruitment.

I think you will be the surprise package for championship, stuck a £10 on you going up.

[Ender14]

Just placed my first order from Atomic Movie Store. Wanted this and it was sold out at OrbitDVD. Diabolikdvd didn't even have it listed.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Ender14

Just placed my first order from Atomic Movie Store. Wanted this and it was sold out at OrbitDVD. Diabolikdvd didn't even have it listed.

[Show spoiler]

It should arrive in excellent condition; Atomic packs their orders very well.

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by Vilya

It should arrive in excellent condition; Atomic packs their orders very well.

Good to know, thanks.

[veritas]

Originally Posted by Gotho(redux)

In all my time as a prime member, I've never seen a discount that blew me away. This year, my purchases were made as part of their buy 2 get 1 free sale.

Their are some amazing deals like teen titans complete collection for 10.99
Bleach set 1 for 10
Digimon set 2 for 31
Pokemon steelbook for 6
Code geass collectors edition for like 20
The very out of print dragon ball level sets for 16 to 20
Barbie 4k for 6.66
The Hanna Barbera super stars set could be had for around 28.
The complete resident evil movie set for 6

The thing is they are hard to find and tend to not last long.

[veritas]

If you really want good deals you gotta shop from like midnight to 3 am and know the price for everything and check each item on Amazon because Amazon will remove the deals before the morning and blu ray won’t find most till they are already gone.

Oh and order everything no rush shipping so you can cancel if the price drops during a deal to a better deal as they do it all the time.

[Vilya]

Another batch came today:

and

The Haunting 2 Series Collection was the better value even though it was The Haunting Of Hill House that I really wanted; The Haunting Of Bly Manor was just okay.

Film Geek is an OOP DVD recommended to me by a friend, so I had to track it down. Thankfully, it was inexpensive.

"The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes a sensation as an online film critic."

[Vilya]

Now I just need for Vinegar Syndrome to ship my now 11 day-old order. I know that they ship to their subscribers first, but they are still damn slow to get their orders out the door.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Now I just need for Vinegar Syndrome to ship my now 11 day-old order. I know that they ship to their subscribers first, but they are still damn slow to get their orders out the door.

Their customer service has dropped off a little from the high standards of recent years.

[Ender14]

Another one bites the dust:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/microso...tv-storefront/