Blu-ray Vs Streaming/downloading - Page 58 - Blu-ray Forum

EricJ · 02-08-2014, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

On the contrary, if my house caught on fire I would lose all my VHS, DVD and BD, but not my digital collection...

If my house caught fire, I would RUN IN to rescue my Disney Treasures tins.

bhampton · 02-08-2014, 11:00 AM

If my house caught on fire, I would blame streaming.

PenguinMaster · 02-08-2014, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

On the contrary, if my house caught on fire I would lose all my VHS, DVD and BD, but not my digital collection...

If you have insurance you can buy it all again. When anything that is only available through streaming services is delisted it is gone forever... for everybody.

bhampton · 02-08-2014, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by PenguinMaster

If you have insurance you can buy it all again. When anything that is only available through streaming services is delisted it is gone forever... for everybody.

Ha ha... insurance that pays correctly ... ha ha ha...

CraigThom · 02-08-2014, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PenguinMaster

If you have insurance you can buy it all again. When anything that is only available through streaming services is delisted it is gone forever... for everybody.

Mostly, yes, but I lost my Criterion DVDs of Robocop and Silence of the Lambs to theft, and they were out of print.

PenguinMaster · 02-08-2014, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigThom

Mostly, yes, but I lost my Criterion DVDs of Robocop and Silence of the Lambs to theft, and they were out of print.

That's what the used market is for.

I'm not concerned about my own collection. With streaming the concern is that something will become unavailable to everyone.

AmrlKJaneway · 02-09-2014, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by EricJ

If my house caught fire, I would RUN IN to rescue my Disney Treasures tins.

There's a few things I'd grab too...

ChipmunksDad · 02-19-2014, 03:18 AM

I was reminded last night why physical media is superior as I waited for my stream to start for 20 minutes....and I have 50 Mbps download speed here. I mean seriously content providers. Get your crap together. Of I were at my in laws it would have been days.

If my house caught fire, I'd buy new discs. If I had to wait, not big deal. 4K is coming and they'll probably get me for about 100 titles.

huskerbear · 02-19-2014, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ChipmunksDad

I was reminded last night why physical media is superior as I waited for my stream to start for 20 minutes....and I have 50 Mbps download speed here. I mean seriously content providers. Get your crap together. Of I were at my in laws it would have been days.

If my house caught fire, I'd buy new discs. If I had to wait, not big deal. 4K is coming and they'll probably get me for about 100 titles.

I have 3 megs and the stream starts in seconds......has to be something going on there.

jbloggs · 02-19-2014, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

There's a few things I'd grab too...

Hey, you can't grab anything from his house, that'd be stealing

EricJ · 02-19-2014, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ChipmunksDad

If my house caught fire, I'd buy new discs. If I had to wait, not big deal. 4K is coming and they'll probably get me for about 100 titles.

Every time I hear "Oh, well, 4K's coming and it'll replace everything"--as applied to the futures of hard media AND 3D--I keep thinking it sounds like those gloom-freebasing folks who say "Oh, well, guess we've got to start sending our kids to Chinese immersion schools, they're going to take over the economy in five years..."

(...Ohh, of course they will.

Getting our personal daily high of social anxiety there, Eeyore?)

ChipmunksDad · 02-20-2014, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by huskerbear

I have 3 megs and the stream starts in seconds......has to be something going on there.

Happens all the time with Apple TV.

huskerbear · 02-20-2014, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ChipmunksDad

Happens all the time with Apple TV.

Hmm, if that's the problem try a Roku, I have zero problems....

tootal2 · 02-20-2014, 05:45 PM

I like blu-rays and I like streaming. streaming is a lot cheaper and it looks ok. but I like Blu-ray better. and I only buy blu-rays of moives I can watch more then once. I still buy dvds of old tv shows I like.

pmac · 02-20-2014, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by PenguinMaster

If you have insurance you can buy it all again. When anything that is only available through streaming services is delisted it is gone forever... for everybody.

Not if you download to your hard drive.

mredman · 02-23-2014, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by pmac

Not if you download to your hard drive.

Hard drives can crash to and that would also go up in flames if your house caught fire

Another thing worth noting streaming and digital look and sound terrible on large screens while Blu Ray look and sound amazing

TeamZissou · 02-23-2014, 04:11 AM

Off topic(kind of)

Bought S1 True Blood and the digital copy expires 5/31/14.

I want to pick up the rest of the seasons but probably not by 5/31. What happens in June? Anyone buying true blood is out of luck or do they re-issue somehow?

Benh911f · 02-24-2014, 04:12 AM

^ My guess is the later seasons won't expire on the same time as Season 1, since they were released at a later date. Someone who owns them could probably confirm, but that would be the logical explanation.

Blu-News · 02-24-2014, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TeamZissou

Off topic(kind of)

Bought S1 True Blood and the digital copy expires 5/31/14.

I want to pick up the rest of the seasons but probably not by 5/31. What happens in June? Anyone buying true blood is out of luck or do they re-issue somehow?

Usually studios have been pretty good at supporting titles past their expiration date, but that is no guarantee. I believe True Blood S1-4 have the same expiration date due to being re-released with digital copies on the same date that Season 4 combo back hit stores. Season 5 should expire at a later date.

flyry · 05-16-2014, 08:17 PM

sorry to gravedig but a good example came to me.

i have all my music in the cloud after my ipod got stolen a few years ago.

its inferior to a CD or even having an mp3 player or the song on my sdcard, but its more convenient. Lugging around a phone and an mp3 player was a bit of a pain and having it all on one device is so much easier plus no need to have the storage space.

its so much easier having everything right there. does it sound/look as good? No but its good enough for me and its easier and available anywhere.

Plus i started my bluray collection around 4 years ago.. ive only watched one of them.

02-08-2014, 11:00 AM	#1142
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:989 Blu-ray collection:2545 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	If my house caught on fire, I would blame streaming.

02-19-2014, 03:18 AM	#1148
ChipmunksDad Active Member Member since:Mar 2010 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- iTunes collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1	I was reminded last night why physical media is superior as I waited for my stream to start for 20 minutes....and I have 50 Mbps download speed here. I mean seriously content providers. Get your crap together. Of I were at my in laws it would have been days. If my house caught fire, I'd buy new discs. If I had to wait, not big deal. 4K is coming and they'll probably get me for about 100 titles.

02-20-2014, 05:45 PM	#1154
tootal2 Member Member since:Aug 2010 Location:st. louis mo Blu-ray collection:25 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1	I like blu-rays and I like streaming. streaming is a lot cheaper and it looks ok. but I like Blu-ray better. and I only buy blu-rays of moives I can watch more then once. I still buy dvds of old tv shows I like.

02-23-2014, 04:11 AM	#1157
TeamZissou Active Member Member since:Sep 2012 Location:State of WA 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:405 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:87	Off topic(kind of) Bought S1 True Blood and the digital copy expires 5/31/14. I want to pick up the rest of the seasons but probably not by 5/31. What happens in June? Anyone buying true blood is out of luck or do they re-issue somehow?

02-24-2014, 04:12 AM	#1158
Benh911f Special Member Member since:Nov 2011 Location:Boston Trading Score:275	^ My guess is the later seasons won't expire on the same time as Season 1, since they were released at a later date. Someone who owns them could probably confirm, but that would be the logical explanation.

05-16-2014, 08:17 PM	#1160
flyry Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 4K collection:212 Blu-ray collection:536 MA collection:233 Digital collection:545 iTunes collection:174 Prime collection:11 Trading Score:75	sorry to gravedig but a good example came to me. i have all my music in the cloud after my ipod got stolen a few years ago. its inferior to a CD or even having an mp3 player or the song on my sdcard, but its more convenient. Lugging around a phone and an mp3 player was a bit of a pain and having it all on one device is so much easier plus no need to have the storage space. its so much easier having everything right there. does it sound/look as good? No but its good enough for me and its easier and available anywhere. Plus i started my bluray collection around 4 years ago.. ive only watched one of them.

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