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

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by CV19

Sorry for the delay (had to see to my dad). Yes, it was many years ago when I saw it mate, but I do remember watching it. Actually I wouldn't mind seeing it again one day, so thanks for the BFI heads-up.

I snapped it up mate, hadn’t seen The War Game and had heard good things. To get Culloden as the other feature was a no brainer.

Don’t worry if you can’t get back to me Carl, honestly never a problem.

[Vilya]

Whatever direction the thread takes, it is good to see so many people participating.

[Boccaccio]

In unrelated news, I've ordered this. Heard good things about it.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

In unrelated news, I've ordered this. Heard good things about it.

Here's a cover you can click on:

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Intend to use. <- there it is

Remember being at Blockbuster with others debating which movie for a half hour? So many good movies but everyone isn't in the mood for this or that today. You don't know when you may want to watch something but it may be nice to have the option.

Why does anyone care what others buy unless it's a shared bank account?

Care? I sure don't. But as an observation? Well that's different.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Care? I sure don't. But as an observation? Well that's different.

You need to work on your observational skills.

[Vilya]

It's kind of remarkable to see that this thread has reached 2000 pages. We're a lively bunch! Good job everyone!

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

In unrelated news, I've ordered this. Heard good things about it.

Finished the last episode last night, been watching via Prime Video. The Prime Video was UHD @ 15 Mbps and the audio was DD+ @ 192 Kbps. Mostly dialogue so the DD+ was adequate.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

You need to work on your observational skills.

LMAO! Don't quit your day job. You'll starve as a psychologist!

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Vilya

It's kind of remarkable to see that this thread has reached 2000 pages. We're a lively bunch! Good job everyone!

And 3 posts away from 40,000 posts.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

LMAO! Don't quit your day job. You'll starve as a psychologist!

After we all explained why we had large collections you ignored all of our points and said we were "spending money just for the sake of spending money". Great observational skills there.

[Vilya]

And the honor goes to...

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

In my collection there are plenty of titles that I've watched over and over again and plenty of other titles that I'll probably never get around to watching. And I'm perfectly fine with that.

People who worry about whether they are getting their money's worth out of every movie they buy take all the fun out of this wonderful hobby.

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Please explain to us buying something whose purpose is to be used - but never using it.

That's not a hobby. That's an obsession.

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I have a large collection so I can watch whatever I want whenever I want.

I don't even keep track of what I haven't watched. When someone starts making to-do lists it turns their hobby into a chore.

People who are focused on constantly getting through their backlog are the ones who are obsessed.

agree with penguin.

Lee he did not say he buys films he (or other family members) won't ever want to watch. I can't talk for him and we are a bit different (everything new I buy goes on my unwatched shelf). But If I were to die right now that means 71 that would be unwatched before I die. If I die and there are no films on my unwatched shelves that would mean at some point I felt limited by my collection kind of like people that use streaming services where they can't find something good to watch and so they try adding more streaming services and they still can't find something good to watch.

[PenguinInfinity]

A history of " Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread".

Post 10,000:

Originally Posted by CV19

Yes, horror is my favourite genre closely followed by sci-fi. You're absolutely right about the cover art - I recall getting Driller Killer one night which had that very famous image on the cover and remember the film not being anywhere near as gory as the image would have indicated. I'm guessing the video was a heavily cut version of the film, as back in those days the BBFC (British Film Censors) were cracking down on so-called 'video nasties'.

Post 20,000:

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

I don't see True Lies being on Disney+ ever. It has a better shot at being put on HULU, which you can already access via the HBO-add on subscription. The Abyss has a better shot at being placed on Disney+. The theatrical cut can also be accessed via HULU through the HBO add-on subscription if one does not have HBO directly.

Post 30,000

Originally Posted by frederiickx

I'm mostly physical. I have DVD's and Blu-ray. I bought the movie Crossroads (2002) digitally because I wanted it in HD (I own the DVD), and the movie ended up disappearing and is now nowhere to be found to stream or digitally. Waste of money and I don't like that they can just pull any movie that loses it's license. So, I'll stick with physical.

Post 40,000:

Originally Posted by Anthony P

agree with penguin.

Lee he did not say he buys films he (or other family members) won't ever want to watch. I can't talk for him and we are a bit different (everything new I buy goes on my unwatched shelf). But If I were to die right now that means 71 that would be unwatched before I die. If I die and there are no films on my unwatched shelves that would mean at some point I felt limited by my collection kind of like people that use streaming services where they can't find something good to watch and so they try adding more streaming services and they still can't find something good to watch.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I am interested in all of them but there will undoubtedly be many of them that I never get around to watching because I don't happen to think of them (or they don't come up in my randomizer) at the time when I would be in the mood to watch them.

I will never make a list of movies I haven't watched or make a queue of things I "should" watch because that would turn my hobby into a chore. I have a huge variety of movies in my collection that are watched and unwatched so I always have something that fits my mood.

curious, what randomizer?

For me the unwatched shelf isn't about a queue or keeping track per-say.

It is more about convenience, It is Dec and I know I want to watch Christmas themed films so that is easy I go to my Christmas themed shelf. Other times I might want a particular film so I go get it. But with thousands of films I find it is helpful narrow things down so when I don't know what I want I start off with my unwatched shelf, is anything tickling my fancy? go with it, if not then I go to the genre that I feel like and check something out.


I find, like with cooking/restaurants, it is easy to fall into a rut where your always picking from the same small selection over and over again. You know they are good so you go back but you feel stifled by the same old.

But that is just me.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

curious, what randomizer?

I keep track of my collection with jpgs of the cover art on my PC. When I want to select a random movie I simply open up all the jpgs in VLC media player and shuffle it. I press next repeatedly until I see the cover of a movie I want to watch.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I keep track of my collection with jpgs of the cover art on my PC. When I want to select a random movie I simply open up all the jpgs in VLC media player and shuffle it. I press next repeatedly until I see the cover of a movie I want to watch.

cool. I tried entering my collection in a movie DB but I quickly got tired of it. I don't think I would be able to maintain that any better.

[CV19]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

A history of " Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread".

Post 10,000:

I had to check back to see what we were all discussing at the time I made the above post. Hard to believe that was almost four and a half years ago.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

cool. I tried entering my collection in a movie DB but I quickly got tired of it. I don't think I would be able to maintain that any better.

I have always had my media catalogued in a DB starting with a Sinclair computer then → Commodore 64 → 8086 IBM with FileExpress → Windows PC using Movie Collector. Used a CueCat scanner to enter bar codes into Movie and CD Collector. Not long ago got this scanner and it works with Movie Collector.

[Warm Gun]

I may stop naming my movies according to TMDB. My device can't sort director's works neatly together anyway, so what am I doing all this work for? Liked my big director folders more when their works were sorted by year. If I'm trying to remember the name of the other movie I have with that certain actor, I can always use my phone. But I think what would be even easier is choosing the movie I'm gonna watch before I turn off or put to sleep my PC.

Good thing that with Bulk Rename Utility I can rename a 41 film director collection in not even two minutes. Move the release year at the end to the beginning, replace the closing bracket by the year with a dash and spaces, remove the opening bracket.