I hope you Kept all your DVDs | Why I Still Recommend Physical Media

I will always be a DVD and CD and books guy. I like being the master of my own media.

My concern is that we're likely to enter a new era of lost media. Content is being made for or only exhibited by streaming services and if they decide to drop it, it's all but gone and forgotten. With no physical media, some of these things may end up lost forever.

Bro, physical media will NEVER die in my house. My collection is something I’m proud of, even more so because I do not like the idea of relying on an internet connection to watch a movie.

I've got thousands of cds/dvds and am still collecting. Great getting used discs these days for 1 or 2 dollars. Never bought into the streaming services. Forever ownership indeed.

I know people who mock me for buying physical media and then the same person asks me later to borrow my complete SG1 box set because the streaming service they were watching it on took it off before they finished watching it! I told them No! because I have lent out disc's before and never saw them again

I've been a physical media guy since I was about 7, it's a shame to see people just ignore its existence because it's no longer considered cool or convenient. Streaming is the biggest bait-and-switch especially with the removal of content, password sharing and overall dip in quality you think there'd be a resistance. Physical media needs all the support it can get right now.

Not only do I still have all my DVD's, but I still have bookshelves full of my VHS's and two VCR's that still work. It's amazing how many old titles aren't even available to stream today. Glad I've retained my old library.

I just baught a dvd player and got rid of my streaming services. I felt like crying when I put in a dvd today for the first time in years. It feels so good to physically put in a meaningful show to me. Miss picking out movies with friends and going on dates to pick out movies.

I’d apply this to physical copies of video games too. I’d rather spend extra money to make sure what I have is mine to keep than risking something being taken off of streaming or gets removed from a digital store.

I totally agree. I am buying DVDs like crazy at opportunity shops and they are dirt cheap. It’s like vinyl was in the 90’s. Streaming is so frustrating and flooded with rubbish

I've been piling up a collection of discs since the launch of Blu-ray in 2006 until now. Got well over a thousand titles by now. I've tried to keep the collection chronologically balanced, tried to get the same amount of titles from each decade; the result being a lot of ancient silent movies and old classics. I did it all in anticipation of this day. I always told people, "look what Disney does with burying or editing old titles. Look at how many titles get blacklisted 10-20 years after their release because of changes in societal norms. I don't want my collection to be subject to fads, don't want to be subject to other people deciding what I should be allowed to consume." Same goes for paper books, been collecting them my whole life, and I own disc copies of all of my music. Some discs/books I've paid upwards of $100 for a single title, because I need the physical media. I got this mentality from my grandfather, who was born in 1905. I inherited much of his lifelong book collection when he passed in 1995, including his 1952 Collier's Encyclopedia set, and was amazed at how much content was no longer available or acceptable. ... Now, look who was right all along.

fits right in to the "you,'ll own NOTHING and you will be happy" mentality of the wef

I've discovered far more hidden gems through collecting Blu-rays over the years than I ever will parusing a streaming service for an hour before settling on an old sitcom out of frustration

Gen Z DVD/Blu Ray collector checking in. I'm very proud of how outdated I am for such a young man.

The whole point of streaming is to eventually have full control over what people see.

I've Held on to over 1,500 DVDs and around 1,200 Blu-rays and have gone back to buying VHS off of EBAY, because I have noticed the edits that have happened to movies I love. I even have a VHS player still and turn the media into DVD's.

I still have all my CED discs, my VHS, laserdiscs, dvds and blu-rays. I always tell the story of when the internet went out down our street. Can't remember the details as to why we all had our internet drop but what was funny was I went outside and saw two of my neighbors in discussion and I joined the conversation. They couldn't watch the playoff game, they couldn't pay their bill, the kids were driving them crazy cause the T.V. wasn't working and neither was Youtube. Well, I went back inside, powered up the stereo and blasted a concert dvd on my big screen.

I still have most of the physical games and movies from when i was a kid. Its always nice to have items on your book shelves instead of having empty houses as people have it today since everything is done on the PC.

I totally agree. I am collecting myself since 1999 DVDs. And i never regret it. I am still making my mind up who gets my collection after i passed away. But this is a story for another time. Keep up the good work.

I discovered Dollar Tree as a source of Cheap DVDs and Blue Rays. It's a hit/miss but well worth a stop every few weeks.