'PHYSICAL MEDIA IS DEAD': Have you heard this one before? 

Great point! I remember 15 years ago when Kindle & ebooks were gonna end print publishing, but like you said, it's still with us.

I work at Barnes and Noble the company is doing amazing some people don't want to use Amazon

The only states I can think of that did that in the USA are Minnesota, NY, Washington, and California

That being said though, we can’t keep using that as an excuse and a crutch. That phase is over and it’s time to move on and wake up.

True. Why pay $30.00 for the Blu-ray when you can buy the DVD for between $5.00 and $10.00. The prices for 4Ks are too expensive. I have a large Blu-ray collection. The prices on Blu-rays have come way down. I recently bought a lot of $10.00 4Ks. People in general are satisfied with the video Quality of DVDs so they never bought a Blu-ray player.

We are all still kickin'! Thanks for checking it out! Much appreciated.

I ditched cable in 2001 & never came back. I wish physical OR streaming had everything I wanted instead of having to mix the two...but unfortunately more complicated than that.

@@popretro1 A couple of days back, I logged on to Spectrum and found myself on Disney+ after ID confirmations. So now I can spend way too much time looking at Disney's movies, TV series, NatGeo Wild. specials, or the-Disney-that-was. So far it's been interesting, but I'm avoiding the likes of "Indy 5" and the "Marvel mess." I may have been wrong to pass on "Amphibia," but what Disney + lacks is, strangely enough, variety. Oh well, I wouldn't have gone out of may way to subscribe t Disney+, so it's time to explore.

Truth! Haha

Just seeing your comment. Thanks so much - I appreciate it!

It's why we have so many land whales wobbling about. This and crap "foods"...

Very True. Well written statement. It is absolutely true that the place today to buy Physical Media is online. It is less expensive for the Manufacturers to sell directly to the Customer they don't have to pay Best Buy for example to sell their Media.

Your availability depends on where you are. In the middle of some big city, you likely are not going to have many internet outages at all

@@KaosNova2Thinking along the lines of grey nomads where location can be an issue

@@jasonmckenzie4602 Well some people are just fine either being farmers or living where they don’t have the best internet for whatever reason

@@KaosNova2Some people have weak internet connections or no home internet connection for financial reasons. Internet isn’t free, especially the more powerful connection options. That and your area. Even Pennsylvania has “dead zones” where you don’t get internet or cell phone services because there’s no real demand in those places, except maybe a low power emergency line. Even when you do have internet connection in rural areas it’s often weaker than in more densely populated areas.

Thanks for checking it out - much appreciated! And man, I bought soooooo many movies and TV box sets at my small-town Walmart over the years....but I don't think I've purchased anything from there in over 5 years. Like you said, it's all transforming.

@@popretro1 thanks for answering to my comment!👍

Thanks Wilky!

I don't think I'd have the energy (or creativity) to constantly come up with hot-button topics with clickbait titles. lol Just have fun and talk about what interests you; I think that's the best we can do. Thanks for checking in!

Thanks for watching, and thanks for the comment! i appreciate it!

@popretro1 My pleasure dude! I love your channel!

In apocalyptic times, when we're all forced underground, fending for ourselves and fighting for scraps of food and water, you and I will be in the basement of the abandoned warehouse enjoying the physical media collection, reminding folks that it's STILL NOT DEAD!

@popretro1 now that's a concept I can get behind!

I think we have a looooong way to go before we really need to worry, for sure. Thanks for checking in!

We can check back in 100 years and see (oops, too long...) @@popretro1

I can guarantee that will bite them in the ass

Gross

Hey, I like it! That describes it perfectly.

Thanks for the comment. Glad you're still supporting!

Good points. I can't speak to how those companies view disc player sales (my guess is they don't care: "We got smartphones, flatscreens & kitchen ovens to sell, man!"). And I'm no expert. All I know is if I need a working VHS player, I have no problem finding one. If I need a working vinyl turntable, I have no problem finding one. And according to the DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, 1,331 titles were documented and added to the various databases over the 10-day Thanksgiving period alone across the 3 formats (DVD, Blu-ray, 4K UHD). So I suspect I'll never want for a disc player before I join the choir invisible. As I mentioned in the video, it's a collector's market now. My parents don't care; my siblings don't care; regular consumers don't care - they've all ditched their players. But these boutique labels are putting out more movies-on-disc per month - in 2023, even! - than I could ever keep up with! So again, physical media is no longer the "mainstream" product, but it's certainly not "dead" (unless you're the CEO of a major studio; I'm sure *they* describe it that way because it doesn't bring in the lion's share of home revenue anymore). And I get that and understand that. On the other hand, my bias is toward classic and vintage titles. I only pick up new films on disc occasionally, so I understand how the lack of shiny-and-new titles might concern some collectors. (I appreciate streaming for watching new films and TV.) What do I want more of? The more obscure films that only had a VHS release back in the day, or the TV series that only aired once before it was canceled, never to be seen again. So much of that stuff is still MIA on streaming platforms AND physical media, and that's the stuff I've always been most interested in.

That's great! Reminds me a little of a coworker about 15 years ago. He had hundred or thousands of movies - all on hard drives - hooked up to this central system, where he could pull them up with the push of a button. But the difference was .... he didn't have hard copies of the films. I think he pirated everything.

lol you are CORRECT! What is my problem?? Now watch, physical media will die in 6 months and I'll have to make an apology video.

Exactly.

Definitely not. Tons of people are buying millions worth of physical media yearly, and it increases every year.

It's obviously not. How low is your IQ?