The End for Physical Media? 

They're not talking about people like you they're talking about 20 and under. Physical media doesn't matter to the streaming generation.

I recently discovered your content. I have the same feeling about physical video games. All my friends just use the online stores, but I still like to have the discs. Unfortunately more and more games are releasing digital only these days.

I enjoy collecting physical media because I like to own the stuff I watched and enjoyed. Another reason is I do not have faith in digital storage. Over the years I've had AWFUL luck with Hard drives with nearly all of them dying on me prematurely and me ending up losing quite a lot of files that were important to me. So it made me quite paranoid when it comes to digital storage and I feel more safe with physical for that reason.

can you do a top 10 video of your favorite moves in each Jondra ,can make it a series .love to hear your thoughts .

I'm So Glad I Stopped Using Streaming Services And Went Back To Buying DVDs

You're right physical media is not going anywhere. Just like records never went anywhere either. People just assume that they did

physical media is not dying as long they make em and like i compared oppenheimer 4k vs streaming 0_0 no competition 4k beats streaming hands down 10-0

Welp, I am planning to get a few more games in the future.

Only physical media is acceptable to my PLEX Media Server. I collect and keep physical media and use spinning HDDs and still can look at my physical media on my shelves whenever I want. You can do physical media and HDDs in full quality of the discs. I get that you’re not into it, but if we want more people to get into physical media then why not throw that option out there for people? Again, you can own physical media and display it on shelves etc. and rip them full quality to an HDD on your own PLEX Media Server and enjoy it in your home and also wherever you travel. I think we physical media collectors do a disservice by not giving people options in physical media. But that’s just me. And you can have multiple versions of whatever film all organized on PLEX. 🤷‍♂️Full quality MKV rips to my PLEX Server and more shelf space for my physical media 😎👍.

All great points. Especially: -Collect what you love - Be aware of the space needed - budget

Well, I've seen the quality that has come out these days concerning the newer movies and TV-shows. Hmmm...I'm not buying that much physical media these days concerning the newer movies and TV-shows. Most of the new movies and TV-shows...yeah....I'm never going to buy these on physical media! The older movies and TV-shows...yeah...like them a lot!

You mentioned the availability of 28 Days Later. I just looked it up and it apparently isn't available to stream through legal means anywhere right now in the US. Of course I have the DVD and you can still buy a copy, but if that physical version wasn't available then everyone who wanted to watch it would have to resort to the high seas (or using a VPN) without a legal means to watch in their region

Streaming is digital rental. Even individual digital purchases are along the same lines, because you are usually still tied to the internet, the actual video service, have zero control over availability and modifications, and no ability to sell movies you no longer watch or purchase used content.

Just seems like most physical media collectors today are just chasing the next release Try watching what's on your shelf before you worry about what comes out next month.🤘💿🤘ps Numbers don't mean 💩i could have a half a dozen releases that are worth more than three hundred of your dollar store movies Collect what you love don't double dip

I've watched so many times companies removing movies that people really want to watch off of their main site and just making it so you physically have to rent it or buy it especially around Halloween or Christmas. I've also seen a number of movies that I wanted to watch all of a sudden no longer be available. And your right people like all the extras with dvds and blu-rays too, I've been able to watch some things just because I the dvds and blu-rays of them. Some versions of some movies are even better on VHS because they changed all the later versions .. like with Star Wars, It's better sometimes not to have the companies have control over your media. I collect and I sell a lot of media on Ebay as well.

I have a personal library of over 1000 books on topics i love. Also have a Bluray and DVD collection and pulp art gallery. Its not dyimg its definitely growing! Edit: also have a metal CD collection started in my teens. Im 30.

I watched a lot of edited, trimmed, and commercial injected movies as a kid in the 80/90s on tv. I really enjoy having the original unedited copies and have a whole new appreciation an adult. Was always Personally concerned things would be “lost to time” but in more recent years, “edited for modern audiences” in newer iterations or worst case, being completely suppressed due to being deemed offensive by the ever changing social standards of the day. Even movies from 10 years ago could fall into this category.

I watched my T2 ultimate edition on dvd the other day, it has some scenes that aren't in the theatrical edition, that's good enough.

Greetings from great Britain. You're so bloody cool ....ive been buying tapes from charity and car book shop,...for years....your a young guy....I. Old...but I wish I worked with intelligent music fans instead of those others...yeah bet you like iron maiden

We all love movies indeed! Thanks for another great video.

In Canada BestBuy, Costco , HMV, and walmart no longer sell movies or are getting out of it. Its becoming harder and harder to buy movies at a store. I buy mostly from Amazon its a real shame its all going to the digital streaming. I buy Blue - Ray and 4k I want own it and also for the sound quality your getting Atmos DTS HD ect .

I buy because I fear movies will go out of print (soon). So I have around 200-300 DVDs/Blu-Rays of movies I never watched and another 300 Blu-Rays/4k Blu-Rays which I would consider as my collection. But every time I watch a movie from this „movies I never watched“ stack, I immediately decide if the DVD/Blu-Ray will end up on eBay. I don‘t need movies in my collection which I will never watch again in the next 10 years or so

Dude, I think you are doing an excellent job. Your videos are very informative and interesting. I hope your channel brings you alot of success. Anyone reading this should sub, we need more channels like this. I am a collector also, so I appreciate the discussions.

Duel was a fantastic pull!

🙂 samething is happening to video games, games are becoming delisted, forcing u to set sail ⛵🚢

Do you have an organizational system for your collection? Is it organized alphabetically, by genre?

Walmart in the United States had been backing away from physical media, but that’s changed now that they have an exclusive deal to release steelbooks that used to be only at Best Buy. But with Best Buy having gotten out of the physical store business a month or so ago, Walmart has snagged those rights. The downside is that if one lives outside U.S., you have to rely on someone buying them and then shipping it to me. It’s a bit expensive, but I’m lucky in that my best friend lives in the States. As for Costco, they got out of the physical media business a few years back. The only physical media they still carry are books. Just found your channel today and this is the third one I have watched. Thanks from another Commonwealth country, Canada…

Optical disc(dvd, blu-ray) is not more of a physical representation of a movie than hdd. It's a digital information just like with HDD or microSD. Plasic box and paper cover doesn't change that fact. VHS, audio tapes, vinyl and books ARE physical media.

my copy of T2 is on DVD with an embossed metal slip cover. not worth anything but i love having it on my shelf

I think physical media is dying. I give it still the year 2030 entertainment will be all digital

There was only a couple of scenes in the end of the movie true lies with Terminator 2 like d. N. R.

Loving the content, Jamie! I can seriously relate to your reasonings and justification for your collection. Especially the part about our society’s push towards how “you will own nothing…” “Oh really? You think so..? Let’s see how that plays out..!”

I'm watching you from Iraq ✨

More concerned with the pulping of books not in print anymore. Potentially Dangerous . Its a weird time. I once in a while pick up a hard cover item in a thrift store for $3 that only at the turn of the century, I would pay $50 for in a used book shop that are dissapearing all the time. Truth is Id rather live in that world that costed a bit more for gems if it meant people maintained an appreciation. On an other note , I have collected shelf fulls of DVDs but there is something that is a fact that I must admit. I only go back to about 10% of them to view over again. Favorites. So the others are just sitting there. Yay collecting. But when it comes to my comics, that is a whole different animal. Dont mind them sitting and sealed. Appreciating all the time.

I sell music for a living. Sadly, CDs are becoming extinct with a COLLECTOR side flourishing, but limited = artist website & label directly sell them, bypassing the distribution channel... a negative for an indie record store like we are... BUT you can tell that fans love vinyl and CDs and minor way Cassette tape (4 tracks). The Eight track revival failed. As most as a double vinyl is the cost of the 8tracks. VHS though is about the price of a DVD, cheaper than Bluray full package (with dvd & digital) or full 4k expensive deluxe packaging.

If its not dying then don't post a video with this bullshit clickbait title.

Click bait title

Awh yah mann- Big fann of collecting physical media. Bluray, Ultra HD, Records, Cassettes and Physical Games for a number of consoles. We still outchea an aint goin nowhere either. Duel is a great movie btw- Good choice!

Replacing streaming (which I think you have accomplished) is truly EPIC!

Looking for the movie 'Heartbreakers' in the wild. Not the Sigourney Weaver one. The other one staring Peter Coyote as a painter of fettish figures. Saw it on T.V. literally decades ago. 1984 - 85. Something like that. I wonder if it even made it to D.V.D.

I am impressed with the amount of diversity that seems to be in your collection. Very cool.

I tried to go all digital but then I realized that often the price for a new movie including a code is the same as just buying it digitally, so it was so stupid not to do that 😊

I collect DVDS for a bunch of reasons. A lot of older or obscure stuff will never be on a streaming platform. You can't edit my DVD's for 'offensive' scenes.I can lend my DVD's to a friend. Obscure rare stuff can appreciate in value and I can resell it. Digital versions don't have deleted scenes, director commentary's etc etc. God forbid if the internet went offline, I would have years of entertainment.

Jamie where would you say you've acquired most of your physical media collection? Through amazon, ebay, ect?

What you said about “collect what you love and not out of competition” is great. Wise words. Thanks for the great videos. 😎👍

I have Terminator 2 in a bluray box set with The Terminator (1), T2, T3 and Terminator Salvation.

Good work. Guy told me over 15 years ago 'DVDs will disappear and only bluray will be left 🤣

🙂 it's a jedi mind trick, thats code for Be a Good Consumer and Be Happy that you own nothing

I still collect cds our of necessity if I could I would be a vinyl collector but I don't have a good turntable.

Ocpcommunications said something similar

Not everyone is into streaming.

Duel is amazing 😁

Disc rot is a real problem though.... I've covered it on my own channel as I've had it with DS9 DVD's Slim sets. I've ended up having to back them up on a hardrive as once they rot they're gone

1. You have an incredible game collection. Very surprising and impressive. 2. I clicked on one of your other videos because it was the weirdest take I've seen so I decided to look at your other vids because you're a new YT'er. 3. Your videos are almost all negative and that's depressing so I decided I can't sub.. too much negativity in the world and gaming YT should be about fun.