Exactly. I go to the library all the time. I don't want to be forced to pay for live streaming. A lot of people are struggling financially but are oblivious to how much money they're forking over to unecessary subscriptions.
@@douglasdixon524 The only thing I like about streaming is that if I see a title that I'm not too familiar with I can check it out and then decide if I want it in physical media. Sometimes I'll look at something on stream and say I'm glad I didn't waste the money for the DVD and there are other times I watch a title on stream and say that was good I'll have get it in Physical media. For example when I saw Wanda Vision on Disney Plus I liked it so much I bought the Blu Ray set when it came out.
@@josephmayfield945tech fad? It’s called convenience, stop using buzz words to try to make yourself sound smart because it’s having the opposite effect.😂
I watch a movie or TV show occasionally on streaming but the ones I really like I buy on DVD or Bluray. If I can't get it new I'll buy it used. You can still check out media from the library as well.
I will never give up on physical dvd/blu rays because once you have it, its yours forever. Compared to the streaming movies, you have to remember that streaming platforms have contracts that allow them to show the movies and on more than a few times some platforms remove tv shows and movies because they lost permission to show them. Also streaming movies need internet access whereas physical movies just need power. If there is an outrage and no internet I won't be as bothered by it because I have a large collection of dvds/blu rays to watch as long as I have power for my dvd player. I don't really need streaming platforms, its just nice to have. Physical media still rules at my house.
I've been buying everything on DVD and blu-ray because its dirt cheap, and they keep removing everything from the streaming services only to try to charge you for a digital copy that doesn't even really belong to you.
Snowmageddon 2021 survivor here. No power means no internet. But if you have a laptop or other portable player with a charge, you can still watch movies. That was a hard week where I envisioned a dystopia where the only forms of entertainment our community had access to was physical media. Thankfully we had rolling blackouts, but that still meant no internet. If you wanted to watch public channels, you needed a digital antenna, something many people here did not have.
Not ever in the numbers they were. If people are mad about paying a few dollars more per month in streaming, they're not going to go back to paying 2-3 times the amount of a month's subscription for EACH piece of media they want.
@@user-do2ev2hr7h I don't think your math is right, but it's not even a financial thing. I get pissed off when these companies keep switching around licenses and one day I'm in the middle of a season or add things to my list to save when I have time, and all of sudden they remove it or it's on another different subscription with new rights.
I go to my local library once a week,they have a dvd bin everything $1. I found Parasite on Blu Ray there, Life of Pi, Lincoln, and even a few Criterion DVDS. These aren’t c and d tier movies that nobody wants these are Oscar winners. Also found the Sam Rami trilogy and other movies that I love.
I have about 600 to 700 dvd and vhs tapes …i love it..when my internet fails me all i do is go upstairs,get a movie and pop it in my ps4 or my videotape player …i love physical media
First of all, where did this word come from physical media? I never heard it. It used to be called home entertainment but like always we have to change the name.
There are companies who provide their customers with DVDs and Blu-Ray discs on demand, and I think this is important. Just as it’s convenient to have electronic copies of books to read on a tablet device, there are still printed copies of books available for sale. The DVDs/Blu-Rays don’t have to be available for sale at stores anymore. Just make it so that a movie or documentary series or TV program can be available online, a customer who wants it can place the order, and a package containing the disc can be manufactured and sent in the mail. One reason customers still want discs is they often have additional features including commentary, deleted scenes and other features not available if the movie is only available on a streaming service.
I prefer physical media too, but you have to understand that it's not as "forever" as some people seem to think. The discs (or tapes) can become unplayable over time due to scratches, disc rot, tape breaking, etc. While it's tempting to think that once you own a physical copy it'll be watchable for a lifetime, that's not always the case. And even if you take great care of your physical media, store it in an optimal temperature/humidity range, etc. and it remains playable, an even bigger problem is that the devices needed to play it can become obsolete. Getting a replacement VCR in 2024 usually means hunting down a decades-old, used machine, and I'm afraid the writing is increasingly on the wall regarding disc players. Yes, physical media will continue as a niche market for awhile at least, but prices will likely be high due to a drastically smaller customer base. Understand that I don't like this trend at all... I really miss the days of browsing huge DVD sections at all the big-box and electronics stores, and the great sales they would run. The unreliable availability of content on streaming (especially how they edit or ban certain content completely because of changing social opinions) is a shame, but as I look at my collection of old VHS tapes that I haven't watched since my last VCR gave out years ago, it's a reminder that you have to be realistic about the fact that physical media isn't a perfect solution either.
I have tapes from the 70’s that still play. Your disks are going to out live you man. Also, ever hear of an electronic repair shop? You can also easily find players at goodwill and other second hand spots. You’re not going to run out of players.😂
Man, I'm not surprised. They ran a faulty system. Not a single time in past at least 5 years they had anything I wanted to watch available. There was no holds system, if they didn't have anything left, you were SOL. At least Netflix still offered mail-in DVDs.
This is so sad! I remember when my mom went shopping at Walgreens, me, her, and my brother would get two or three movies, and when my dad got home we’d watch them. Good memories…
I still have DVD's and Blurays for the same reason he mentions, you never know when a streaming platform might remove content unexpectedly. Yeah it sucks that Redboxes are leaving but I hardly see anybody renting movies from them anyway.
It is so sad that the Mall's closed it is so much fun going shopping at bath and body works and Yankee candle those are my favorite stores. You will be missed ❤
Yep, it seems DVD and Blu-Ray are on the way to becoming obsolete. My local Redbox kiosks haven’t been updated since last year, and I was wondering when they will cease to exist.
Not hard to figure out why. I had DVD-Netflix for a long time, and it was great. No late fees, very convenient, movies delivered to your door, drop return in any mailbox. Redbox did nothing to make it convenient for customers. The nearest kiosk was almost 2 miles from here, their locations few and far between. If the movie was not returned to the kiosk in 24 hours, you got hit with a late charge. If I picked the movie up at the kiosk at Walmart 2 mi away, I'm probably not going there again tomorrow. Not convenient. No mailback options. It was not "physical media" that did it, it was Redbox.
Owning physical media is great, but if its just a rental, then yeah renting a movie digitally from amazon or vudu is the better option for most people. That way the movie or tv show can watch the rental immediately and don't have to worry about returning it.
I see no problem with this. Less plastic crap. And physical media will still always exist in some, more valuable "collectable' formats, or to preserve.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! DVDS AND BLU RAY IS OUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! WAWAWAWAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
Back in the early 2010s we would use free one-night Redbox rental coupons with $1 visa gift cards to get any DVDs we wanted and we would just keep them. Looking back on it, in our youth we didn’t even consider it stealing, it was just the natural evolution of the quarter-on-a-string trick we used to use in vending machines as children.
I bought kids DVDs all the time. I bought Barney DVDs, Mario Movie, and much more. I like kids stuff, so I had the VCR-DVD combos for all VHS tapes and DVDs!!
Don't mean anything millions are buying physical media and they will loose billions if they ever stopped selling it because i certainly will never buy anything digital!
I really didn’t understand in 2011, 2012, 2013, why even Redbox was a big deal Because streaming was already becoming a big time player then and they already had force Blockbuster into bankruptcy and closing all their stores (except one) at who on the way to the supermarket, or Walgreens would rent a DVD when they could just stream it. I haven’t even had a working DVD player my home since 2009.
They just said Madison.. there are a few of those! Madison, WI where I live?? If so, I’ve never heard of the great escape before as a store Which is sad because I lived here for my entire life for over 30 years, but it just shows how fast business is come and go inthis city
I'll say this again it's better to be an owner than a renter! You can watch the physical copy whenever you want here's the thing with the streaming what if the internet went down let's use an example Microsoft's update that's when the internet went down remember
I prefer DVDs and Blu Rays over streaming because streaming services keep pulling good shows and movies. All the streaming services required to get all the shows and movies I wanted would cost the same as cable TV.
To be honest, the rental experience had been declining for years. Back in the days of Blockbuster, old Netflix and even early Redbox, you got a normal DVD, and because employees were often indiferent to bonus discs, they let you take it with the rental. Its obvious the industry caught on to this, so they made DVDs that had no bonus features. But what is so truly tragic is that you could rent DVDs for as long as you needed (usually like 2 nights was cool), which is something the industry always hated (self destroying DVDs were a thing) but was necessary by virtue of its physicality. VOD only allows 24 hours of rewatching for a quite bigger price than Redbox, and streaming services often have movies you will only ever watch once.
I don’t think physical media will go away anytime soon but for future generations that are use to streaming might not go for it as hard as the current mix right now. I could be wrong but you never know though.
For a person that bought 400 cassettes & had over 150 CDs. I still have about 30 CDs, 30 VHS tapes, 100 DVDs & 120 cassettes I no longer buy hard copies. The cost is one reason but getting the right subscriptions (Max & RU-vid Premium) can give you awesome access to shows, movies & music commercial free. DVDs will become a niche market but it will no longer be a major sales force.
I do think VHS is will make a comeback in a similar way like vinyl but not anytime soon. I think someday BHS would be cool for people to collect more into because of the novelty of its greediness in lower quality but purity almost that comes with them that is sort of like cassette also made a slight comeback, but not as huge as vinyl. And like CDS dvd’s will still be there and will probably never be 100% fazed out but it will be harder to find them.
Closing of DVD stores... That means you owns nothing yet you pay for that thing just like you go to cinema for watching movies just for entertainment..like living in some place for life on rent permanently..
I absolutely adore DVDs and 4k Blu-rays any day than those woke streaming media services, which can be more expensive than DVDs. Streaming movies come and disappear, but buying DVDs and Blu-rays will last forever.
I don't blame them. Streaming services are jacking up their prices and rebooting old shows to be more woke even removing them. I already got physical manga, DVD and Blu Ray. I'm attending to donate them to anyone who is interested before I pass on into the next world.
If it’s closing down and they filed for bankruptcy then why are they charging me shit tons of money I’ve started my account on 1 July this year and so far they’re taking out $137 of my money and I’m trying to find a way to shut my account down that I have with them since they’re gonna be going out of business
@@nickdelaney6953 I did rent a movie but I returned it and now I’m being charged out the ass. The total amount now is $137 and I’m not gonna be able to get that back so at some point I’m gonna have to put that amount back with my own money.
@@nickdelaney6953 We rented it and then returned it on the same day and I’m still being charged and I have to find a way to put that money back since they’re not gonna give it back to me but I also have to find a way to shut down my account that I have with them
Physical meeting is going to be around. Screw streaming and fuck downloading to. The only reason streaming is around is because the younger generation seems to think it’s the greatest thing since pizza and it’s convenient for us cause they don’t have to switch out discs, but in reality it is not it’s shitty. It’s unreliable and the stuff you’re streaming may not be a very good quality of that video streaming is already going down it just won’t go quietly is the problem when people discover you only buy DVD once and that’s it. You don’t have to pay subscription fees or anything to watch it. I guarantee you that’s what’s gonna be the final nail on the coffin for streaming
