The Importance of Physical Media

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I will never stop buying movies or games on physical. preserving art is integral to our history as species.

I always find physical media better than streaming

The fact that streaming services are unstable, along with the fact people really don't record them means at some point there'll possibly be a LOT of lost media.

Netflix is temporary; DVDs are eternal.

I babysat for a woman a few years ago and she had a whole wall of DVDs. Movies, shows, etc. There's something magical about browsing a whole wall of DVDs to find something to watch and see what a person likes that you can't really get from browsing Netflix or other streaming services. I got 2 seasons worth of Supernatural in through that babysitting gig over several sittings in one summer thanks to her having the box set. My sister also collects DVDs and it's really nice just picking out what we wanna see right away from a smaller collection of movies than scroll for an hour on a streaming service. I also used to love finding DVDs on sale over ten years ago. I didn't have much money back then as a 19 year old having just moved out, so buying DVDs and games in physical copies was how I treated myself to fun at the time. I should go back to that. There's something special about having a movie collection catered to your own interests instead of browsing endlessly on Netflix for something to watch.

You're right about all of this I don't mind watching movies/Tv shows on streaming services but there's a reason I don't trust it 100% Just like digital photos,once you delete it, it's gone forever

Physical media grows more and more important as times passes, they want to make sure we truly own nothing 😔😡🤬😤

I can’t imagine how James Gunn and the other creators of Coyote Vs.Acme feel about their hard work, their blood, sweat and tears, thousands if not millions of hours of work all gone and they don’t even get to keep a copy of the movie.

I initially assumed that streaming would grow until everything ever produced was available online, so I didn’t buy physical media. What I didn’t anticipate was that past films would be edited to conform to current social norms. It started with children’s cartoons, but when it reached The French Connection I changed my mind and started buying my favorite movies on discs.

As someone who’s Autistic I will buy my comfort shows on DVD and blueray allowing me to watch them over and over again.

I have 805 in my collection, I also work in a second hand store where physical media is one of our best sellers I love chatting with other collectors and love it when the gen z come in wanting to start a collection, love giving them recommendations, I get to live out my dream of working in a video rental store

I've started buying my favorite albums on CD. Spotify is cool and awesome for music discovery. but it just feels nice knowing you own the things you like. Music is a bit easier to "acquire" digitally (ripping CDs checked out from the library anyone?) but I'm hopeful music and movies will continue to be available physically.

I lost my physical media in a wildfire in 2018 and switched to streaming afterward, but I’m over it. Now I’m having a ball curating a new collection!

I never got rid of my dvd collection which I started to collect as a pre-teen. While my peers moved to streaming services and threw away their physical dvds, I kept collecting. Mainly because I tried Netflix a couple of times at my friends place and it was a nightmare to find anything to watch while scrolling like it wasn't enjoyable at all, I couldn't stand the idea that suddenly one of my comfort series or movies might weren't available anymore, because it just didn't feel the same as having the physical copy on your hands, and also I'm a sucker for all the extras and couldn't believe no-one missed them while using the streaming services. It's weird to see everyone starting to collect dvds and blue rays again like a some new trend, while I was enjoying the hobby all along with a very limited budget while they kept paying their pricey monthly fees and telling me I'm outdated 😂

I love movies and will keep on buying them in physical form for the following reasons 1. picture and sound quality is better 2. they can't censor the movies I own 3. you don't own anything if you buy it digitaly as they can take it back from you (yes sony I am looking at you) 4. the streaming service can remove the movie from their streaming service 5. streaming is not owning

And let’s not forget DVDs and Blurays Have extra stuff like Interviews or BTS of the project itself

Streaming come and goes but physical Media forever🎉

When I was a teenager I used to download songs on my old computer from music and archives websites back in the 2000s, before streaming came along. On my computer there were more than 5000 songs that I downloaded more than 10 and 20 years ago, some songs even dated back from the late 90s. Now I have copied all those songs on my notebook and edited some of them, fixing the metadata such as the title of the song, the album, putting the corresponding image, the year the album was released, the genre of the song, etc. Although they are not physical media, but files, they have the same functionality, since I can listen to my songs whenever I want, without being subscribed to a streaming service or being connected to the Internet, which makes me highly value all the songs that I downloaded in particular, and physical media in general. We have to keep physical media alive.

I purchased this cheap collection of Noir films amounting to 100 movies. Then, I realized I don't have Batman:TAS and bought that now my collection is complete.