Why I Still Love Blu-Ray! 

I LOVE BLU-RAY IF THE INTERNET GOES DOWN I STILL HAVE MY DISC

Physical media will always beat streaming for quality!

Owning a physical copy means a lot in today's crazy climate of vanishing viewing rights for digital content.

when you own blu ray you own it forever you can watch it forever.. if you pay for streaming and decide you can't afford it anymore.. you can't watch it anymore.. this is why Physical media shouldn't die to many people getting suckered into it.

Private ownership is very important in America. When you have digital media, you never really own anything, and you only watch so much content anyway. It's better to just buy the physical movie you want, and you get to just own the one movie you want to see forever.

I still like owning movies physically because you can watch it whenever the hell you want. You wont have to worry about whether the movie is available this month on Netflix, etc.

In my opinion, Blu-Ray has been the BEST format for video. The quality of video and audio has been exceptional. Now with the addition of 4K, things have been taken to another level. Streaming is convenient, but can NOT compare to the quality and performance of Blu-Ray. PLUS being able to hold physical media in your hands after a purchase AND the bonus material are a slam dunk.

I'm a physical media guy. Blu Ray is a great format. I love Blu Ray.

I stream a lot nowadays for convenience, but for those movies and series that are special, I just have to have a hard copy, to own for as many years at it will physically last

I’m perfectly okay with blu Ray. I’ll forever collect them

If "quality" is important to you, then BluRay or 4KUHD is the best choice HANDS DOWN! There is no way you can get the visual and audio experience with "streaming" that you get with DISC! Not even close!

I love Blu-Ray's, even to this day when I get a new Blu-ray am like a kid in a sweet shop, I get so excited.

Blu-ray is the true legacy format. I think it will be viewed as the vinyl of video formats in the future. In terms of the quality/content quantity/price balance. DVD was revolutionary in so many ways, but the picture quality left something to be desired. The sweet spot is 2K/1080p. Kinda wish would could have skipped DVD and gone straight to blu-ray as a society. Now we're saddled with this SD format that's just going to keep hanging on and will always have more content on it than Blu-ray.

Blu-ray is simply the best! I love the extras and the commentaries. I find these things help to enhance the viewing experience and really understand the director's vision and the actor's view. You just get more bang for your buck!

Some Blu Rays look better then the 4K versions it’s really odd. But the best things about Blu Rays 4K or not is the audio by far the best thing. If you got a good sound system the audio tracks these discs have brings it all together for me. If it Dolby True Had DTS HD Master or Dolby Atmos or DTS X it brings films together. And your not going to get any sound like that on a streaming service.

BLU-RAY ROCKS 95% of my collection is bluray

the main reason I buy Blu rays is that not every film is available to stream. It’s as simple as that for me.

A good Blu-ray can still awe me after 10 years of collecting. I don't have the largest collection with roughly 1200 titles, but it's a fantastic format. I buy most new titles in UHD though to future proof. Great full HD picture quality and lossless surround sound are still better than most streaming. Also, I love my limited editions, Digibooks, steelbooks, etc..

I'll never stop. Streaming sucks

I'm 52. And I'm a movie collector. Half of my collection is blue ray!! Love the disc than streaming. Everyone is streaming. I will never stream. I want the disc in my collection.

I hate how people bashed me about physical disc & how it waste of money buying them & digital is pointless to me

Hey thanks! I love Blu-Ray. I grew up with vinyl lp’s and collected 78 rpms as a kid. It’s so nice to hold it in your hand and have the artwork. On a new OLED TV my Blu-Ray films range from really great to stunningly gorgeous picture quality. What’s not to love?

In the age of 4k I'm still loving Blu-ray and DVD. The price pointing of 4k is way too high especially since the movies on 4k are like Godzilla(98) and other not so great titles. Maybe in a year or two i might start getting the 4k discs....but 1080p on a 4k tv is not so bad looking. Even dvd on a 4k tv is pretty good

Yes, physical media collector also. I have kept my cd, dvd, and bluray collection. As long as I have a place to store them. I will be holding on to my collection. I am an extras guy. I purchase versions of movies depending on the extras that come with it.

Re: DVD There is still plenty of semi-obscure discs that will probably never get a blu-ray release (eg Notebook on Cities and Clothes by Wim Wenders), so I don't think I'll ever go without DVD.

I just picked up the Creepshow Special Edition on bluray. It looks like it was filmed yesterday! Amazing! I will always prefer physical media.

I think both physical media and streaming have their purposes. For first-time watching and movies that I want to watch, but will likely not watch countless times afterwards, I will stream them, it's cheaper. For movies and series that I love and will watch over and over again, then I'll buy it on Blu-ray. That way, I own it. It would be a waste of money and space to own a movie on Blu-ray that I will likely never watch a second or third time.

Lord of the rings original extended trilogy is my favourite blu ray collection i own and will never get rid of them,and the original predator and apocolytpo.

So paying $20 just for a dvd disc isnt worth it and since 4k comes with bluray, to me, it's worth the extra $5 or $10 extra for steelbook. I have 98 steelbooks now so I'm a huge steelbook collector.

As a movie collector, i love collecting movies in any kind of format rather than streaming.

Agree with all your points. And also, I might want something with a lot of visual effects (Godzilla or Gravity) on 4K but I don't need some rom-com in 4k. Blu rays look good and are fine for most films. And I have a 4K OLED TV.

As much as I love 4K discs, you make great points here. I recently catalogued my movie collection on CLZ. I looked up every Blu Ray I own and tagged whether it was available to upgrade to 4K. Guess what? 75% of my Blu Ray collection is NOT available on 4k! So, Blu Ray will be relevant for us collectors for a long time.

As somebody who has spent a considerable amount of money on a dedicated theater room, I will always choose a physical disc. Whether you stream or download full rips the sound suffers.A high end system especially exposes this. What really irritates me is the poor mastering of sound on some movies. Disney is the biggest culprit for this. As an example Master and Commander trumps most modern movies and thats only 5.1

Another voice: First off, to fully realize the benefit of 4k BD's one needs a display specifically designed for that format. Many cineasts would be loathe to part with their discontinued non-4k capable Pioneer Kuro plasma display. They have achieved cult status in the secondary market. It is not necessary to go 4k to appreciate the immense leap in enjoyment of a BD over a DVD. The reason there is a market for physical Blu-ray discs is because video looks looks better and audio sounds better than what the consumer gets when purchasing a viewing of a movie that is streamed. To many, perhaps the majority, that fact does not matter since neither their video gear nor their audio gear are of sufficient quality to notice a major difference or any difference. So what we have in the audio and video markets of today is the masses that are perfectly happy streaming both video and sound and the cineasts and audiophiles that are willing to devote a major expenditure for the appropriate gear in order to experience what the physical disc has to offer. Regarding the availability of films that have been transferred to Blu-ray. There is a huge volume of DVD's that have yet to be transferred to BD. Even amongst the greatest 2000 films of all time as rated by "They Shoot Pictures Don't They" many have as yet not been transferred to BD. It's irritating but factual. New releases of older films are being released all of the time so ya just gotta wait for that one movie you just gotta have. One more topic. The element (the copy of the film itself) and the transfer to digital as the narrator stated is of extreme importance. The best American company by far in this department is Criterion. The Criterion release is always the reference version of a film.

I teach video production and I have to have this conversation with my students every year. Physical media for life!

I agree I love Blu-rays and DVD I own about 110 blu Ray and 570 dvds

One thing about Blu-ray that destroys streaming is that its almost always uncut and uncensored. Streaming sites tend to cut scenes or shots out due to their S & P groups.

The main thing for me is just the library size... there are nowhere near enough 4K UHD releases yet, and with the way streaming is taking over the mainstream audience market, I get the feeling the library will never be anywhere near as complete as 1080p BR.

One thing to note is each format you may gain or lose bonus features. For example the blu ray edition of spinal tap a lot of times (if not all) is missing all of the special features. And the DVD version has almost 2 hours of deleted footage and in-character audio commentaries. It’s insane it’s not on the blu ray edition as well.

I definitely hope Pretty in Pink and True Lies at least get a Blu-ray eventually! I love my collection and will never get rid of them.

I still use streaming but will always buy and perfer physical media.

Like most people, I have my all time favorite films. Sometimes these are on a streaming service but they eventually go away. So I buy discs to always have them anytime I want to see it and not be at the mercy of licensing agreements. I buy used as much as I can. I'm happy with DVD if that is all that's available. Another thing, I don't always want a pristine shiny picture if the movie wasn't filmed that way. Like The Godfather or some old school Clint Eastwood films. For me, that grainy texture adds to the character of a film.

And also one problem with streaming is that when you want to see that one movie that once was on your preferred streaming platform is most likely gone when you want to watch it again. With physical media, it's always readily available on my shelf.

I love Shout! Factory, need to get alot more of their stuff in the near future.

I just bought a bunch of Blu-rays at the dollar store yesterday😁😁😁😁 love Blu-rays and 3D Blu-rays

If only open matte versions can be on bought in 4K. I love it because it fills up the whole screen.

Not getting 4k. Blu is good enough for me.

I love physical media and I love to buy blu ray movies and 4k movies and I will always will buy physical media blu rays and 4k movies physical media is never going to go away 💯

I collect Blu-ray and it’s my ideal format and I love commentaries, extras, etc. on one disc. However, a lot of fantastic titles still haven’t been (and likely may never be) released on Blu-ray, so finding them on DVD or even VHS is necessary, so I have tons of DVDs and a few VHS tapes. Plus, used DVDs are very cheap now, so I’ll grab a title because it’s so inexpensive, even though I’d ideally prefer it on Blu-ray. The best thing about Blu-ray players is that they are backwards compatible and you can play DVDs on the same player. 4K seems a bit excessive and I can’t afford getting a new player and buying the more expensive 4K titles. I saw Suspiria (1977) 4K that really piqued my interest, but it was a $60+ steelbook. Granted, it’s a Synapse release with all the bells and whistles and will probably be worth 3x that or more in a couple years, but it simply doesn’t justify the cost. If you have t he funds, then I can see going 4K as an option. I think streaming is cool if it’s a casual viewing, but if it’s a film I love, I have to own it on physical media. I think it’s an OCD situation, but I accept that fact.

The greatest movie collection in the world (yes, IMO..); The Criterion Collection, is available in DVD and regular Bluray only. Their Bluray's will literally blow you away; The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life, In the Mood for Love, Three Colors-Trilogy, Wings of Desire... they all appear completely flawless!!

Just to add my 2 1/2 cents, give me physical media any day. I've been a collector since the super 8mm film days, and to me there was nothing cooler than threading the film into the projector and then dimming the lights for the evening's entertainment. I still dim the lights, and I'll make sure to crank up the speakers and nuke some popcorn as well. I'll also say that watching a movie on a little cell phone does not compare to watching it on a large screen tv at home. I only did that when I was trucking and I had no other way of movie watching at the time. Yeah, I truly love my collection. If I'm stuck at home, I'll pull something off the shelf and enjoy it.

I am in the process now of transferring all my movies to a Plex server I made. I love the quality of bluray and the convenience of watching my movies and shows anywhere.

I like collecting stuff, I collect metal CDs also, Blu Ray is good to buy if 4k is not available in the video, I would like to upgrade all my favorite movies but that's not always a possibility.

Physical media forever whether it’s Blu-ray of a movie TV show video game or a book

I still buy DVDs, I'm a bit behind the times and buy most of my media second hand. Even some movies I prefer watching on vhs on a CRT tv, usually classic childhood favorites because that's how I remember them. I have a mixture of VHS/DVD/BR/ and 4k in my collection

STILL WAITING FOR ABYSS AND TRUE LIES ON BLU RAY. LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN PEOPLE

Four years from Blu-Rays initial release, I literally heard ALL of these points for collecting for DVD. Then, over a decade after Blu-Rays were introduced, stuff that I never thought would be released on Blu-ray, because individual studios did not seem to want to transfer titles that they deemed "unpopular", were eventually transferred. ....this happened, because Blu-Ray became the "DVD" of this generation. This is a great thing, because I own high-quality transfers of things I thought would forever be in standard definition. Scooby-Doo, Teen Titans (2004), Batman Beyond: The Movie, Popeye: The 1940's Color Cartoons, etc. ...but to think that not a lot of media will be mastered to a HDR 4K Blu-Rays, is short-sided. For whatever you want to watch, buy it in the best current possible media, so that you can enjoy it now. Just never be so conceited that one form of media, will be the best transfer of said print, that will be available in your lifetime.

4k UHD BDs are amazing - but Blu Rays are def the standard for me.

Bluray has some of the best picture quality I've ever seen on disk and the back protective covering makes it even better

I collect all three formats. 4K , Blu-ray & dvds 📀

Thank you for making Blu-ray still relevant. And yes, I am an "Extras" guy myself. Although I buy Blu-rays for the movies but I'd often play the Extras first before the movie. And more often than not, I don't play the movies themselves. It's the Extras that I find to be more fascinating and engaging than the movie itself. Besides, I think physical media offer a more personal and social interaction. Not only in terms of you having to manually switching the system on to play the discs but also when you play movies on the TV there's more chance of other people joining you as well like when you go to the theater. Compared to streaming movies since it is offered to a personal viewing on your phone or your other private devices. Even though streaming is also available on Smart TVs and you could watch the movie with your loved ones too. But the point is that Blu-rays, as with other physical media offers more interaction. And I do agree that not all the movies are available on streaming. Sometimes, they even took out some of the movies from their programming. Like the movie "Copycat". I love that movie and it used to be on Netflix but after a while I couldn't find it anymore. When I search for it, the list showed me other alternatives to the similar genre; which is frustrating.

While 4K Blu-ray is the best format available right now, I as well still like buying standard Blu-rays every now & then since there are movies out there that don't get 4K release. DVD though I don't really buy DVDs anymore.

I say yes, collecting blu-ray is still relevant going into 2020 as streaming is at the mercy of ISP's and studio's trying to start their own online services for their own movie libraries. If you lose internet connection or there's a contract dispute then you still have access to your physical movie library at home.

I've gone broke on collecting movies!...😁. And yet still I do. My parents gave me my 1st VCR when I was in high school. The only physical media that has "value add" is Blu-ray. You can play DVD's in them, thanks to backward compatibly. You don't have to go REALLY broke & buy specialty electronics. They're even competitively priced. Now, I'm dabbling on digital download, & it really does have a place alongside hardcopy, but the Blu-ray format gives one more control in finding specific scenes. Oh, yeah, even Blu-ray players are remarkably affordable. I had to replace mine recently & found a barebones Philips model for $50. Like I said, I'm broke & even $50 is a bit painful to drop, BUT, I checked out 4K units for the giggles of it & they STARTED at $100! Didn't even look at 3D units because I'd have to sink a crapton of money on a new 3D TV & 3D format discs!

Streaming is never reliable, sounds and picture quality heavily compressed and at least for now many ISP has capped, going beyond the monthly allowance hit with a hefty bill.

Extras are awesome and cannot beat a good commentry to drop off too at night if you've just watched your film. Watch it again with the commentary

I see a Blu Ray vid , I click it . And yes I'm a Blu Ray collector myself

Blu-Ray is fantastic. I love buying and collecting blu-rays, despite the streaming services available. I don’t have to worry about watching a movie I have if the internet goes out if it’s out around my neighborhood nor if it might be going away after awhile. If I own it, I can watch it whenever I want and have it forever. Great video man.

If u haven't heard of EverythingBlu, definitely check them out. They 100% care about physical collectors.

True Lies somehow still not on blu ray even though its one of Arnolds best!

I'm not a movie guy. I do like streaming for the opportunity to watch movies I otherwise wouldn't. And I like I to watch movies I've never heard of before. But I would only want to physically own 2% of the movies I've seen. And about half of that 2% I would care about owning in HD. So roughly 1 out every 100 movies I watch, I would have any interest in owning on bluray.

In my experience if you dont have a massive home cinema set up with a huge screen you won't even be able able to tell a difference in quality between 4k and Blu Ray unlike dvd and Blu Ray.

Well I honestly think hd and 4K look better on disk then they do on let’s say Netflix or Hulu

I thought I was only crazy person collecting blue ray movies finally someone understands me

I hope 4k takes off even more, I look at it like this DVD is very cheap now and this has a knock on effect to Blu-ray and I hope a knock on again to 4k to keep the prices down, I have to admit that a 4k film has to have something going on for me to buy it like Aladdin, Ready Player One, Blade Runner I am not at the place where every film is a 4k but this make it special and that's where it should be, a treat an epic viewing experience that some films deserve!

1080 still looks good there you go. That's all you need to know

‘365’, I’m with you on this. No doubt. Even to the point of watching LD’s and DVD’s along with Blu-ray and 4K media on both 4K OLED and LED devices. As always, thank for your posts and dedication.

I LIVE for this kind of stuff-and you, my friend, are great at breaking it all down! To quote Arnold: "I'll be back (to your page)!" 👍🏽

Going to the smaller companies that release the more obscure titles I'd put Flicker Alley in there as well.. Back in 2011 I went to TIFF Bell Lightbox (Toronto International Film Fest) and they were doing a Tim Burton retrospective (Exhibition/ Film screenings - Film that was influential to Burton's vision) They did a Batman/Batman Returns double feature, one film that was an influence to Bob Kane's vision of Batman back in the 30's was a film called The Man Who Laughs (1928) which was the key piece for the look of The Joker. It is a film that I never thought would see the light of day being a silent film from that era, but Flicker Alley picked up the rights from Universal Pictures and it was released this past June..

When your friend has never seen a movie, damn it’s not on Netflix, damn not on Hulu, run to the mall, buy it, now you’ll always be able to pop it in any time you want. Streaming can be cool

Blu-ray is by far the best quality for its price point. 4k is the bettet on some movies but it's much more and the wait time for a price drop is substantially longer than Blu-ray.

My biggest reason for collecting physical media is to wage my own little personal battle against censorship. Streaming channels and Television/Cable TV can and eventually will edit the content that they broadcast. Take the silly, recent example of this when Canadian TV cut the Donald Trump scene from "Home Alone 2". Bottom line, that was an example of censorship in action, and that's the biggest reason I collect physical media.

I still buy dvd's if its older titles and of course since its so cheap lol. I also buy blu rays, in fact the dollar tree surprisingly has a decent blu ray selection sometimes. I just picked up, Inherent vice, her, focus, transcendence, twilight new moon, twilight eclipse, in the valley of elah, upstream color, and another i forgot the name of recently, brand new. Sealed at the dollar tree.

A lot of the stuff I enjoy was never made in HD. Mainly 90s Nickelodeon shows. So dvd is fine for me. But a lot of Nickelodeon shows, particularly the game shows, and live shows, have never been released to DVD.

I have loved the format since the days of going to Circuit City and perusing their 12-15 title "Blu-ray section." Remember when you could say you literally owned every Blu-ray disc released? I certainly go for 4K for every new movie I buy, when available. (These releases almost always include a standard Blu-ray copy as well.) But I still collect new Blu-rays when there is no 4K option. Without physical media, you can say goodbye to your favorite films as produced. Because inevitable alterations, "special editions," and especially corporate CENSORSHIP of digital libraries are a real threat.

I love collecting movies. Mostly 4K and 3D Blu-ray now. But I still have a good collections of DVD’s and Blu-Ray’s. The only streaming I do is TV shows. Not gonna watch more than once unless it’s a classic like seasons 1-14 of the Simpsons or Thundercats

Streaming content is compressed and downscaled both Visuals and Audio. Blu-ray is straight native 1080p (nearly all) with high quality audio.

LOVE Blu Rays on Plasma TV's.

To me, it's a question of diminishing returns - on an HD TV, I could clearly tell there was a huge difference between DVD and Blu-Ray - heck even between DVD and 720p the difference was night-and-day but I do now have a 4K TV and unless I see them very up-close and side-by-side, I can't really tell the difference between 1080p and UHD, if they come from the same master. Not to mention that a huge chunk of UHD releases are upscaled anyway. And since 1080p is good enough to be projected in a cinema (most cinemas even today have 2K SDR projectors and even in film days, the distribution prints wouldn't really resolve beyond 2K) I'm quite happy sticking to regular Blu-Ray.

a Blu Ray with a good transfer still looks great unless you sit close to a 4K screen. And many 16mm movies may never be released on 4K Blu Ray.

My first home theater rig was a 19 inch Sony Trinitron, and a JVC Stereo VCR running through my Carver C1 pre-amp and Carver M-1.5t amplifiers and Cerwin Vega speakers. I had picked up a Fosgate 3601 matrix processor that created a phantom center channel and sent a mono signal to the rear speakers. This was in 1985 and I used to impress my friends with Top Gun. We have come so far and I have had every iteration of A/V product as we've inched along to today's Nirvana of technology. I got rid of all my VHS tapes when DVD emerged, and all my DVDs when 1080p came out. I bought an HD DVD and a Blu Ray player because I just couldn't wait. I didn't buy into 3D, although it is pretty cool, or the curved screen nonsense but I admit that a 4K disc can look startlingly dynamic but blu ray is still and will remain very relevant.

Can't tell you how many movies I have bought on DVD, BLU, and 4k blu. As a general rule effects based movies are better on 4k. Casablanca and the like are just as good on DVD, BLU, etc. Recently bought the second ALIENS movie on Blu, got tired of waiting for the 4k version. Do have the first Alien on 4k tho. With the right player even DVD looks fantastic, why my OPPO sells on EBAY for premium pricing. Love the bargain barrel at Best Buy for blu.

4k ultra HD Blu-ray top of the line best viewing experience. Blu-ray is still a fantastic viewing format. For many movies, barely a difference from 4k depending on TV size and quality of transfer.

I still love watching my HD-DVDs and I'm not replacing them with the Blu-rays.

It's all about HD DVD's baby!

I love blu ray because of the unique blue cases :) they look so beautiful

I feel there are less extras on Blu ray than DVD back in the early 2000's as if most studios just gave up

I Love the Blu-Ray but i buy 4K Blu-Rays to! I Love the physically of it! I watch still VHS 📼 Today 😉👌

3:38 Agree! The same goes for Hi-Res audio; the original recording, and remaster, if any, matter more than if it says 24/192 on the file you downloaded, versus "regular" 16/44.1 CD's.

Pretty much all my friends and family know I love movies. They usually gift me gift cards to Best Buy, Amazon, or those Visa gift cards. I pretty much stock up on 4K with those and Black Friday. I actually make a list of films I want on 4K throughout the year. The few I actually buy outside of those are usually off eBay. However, I don’t feel every film warrants a 4K purchase. Plus, so many good movies have not made it to the 4K format yet. Heck, The Abyss, Dragonslayer, Strange Days, and True Lies aren’t even available on blu-ray yet (just DVD).