Why Physical Media Is Making A Comeback, And WHY YOU SHOULD CARE! 

do you have any of your old CD’s and DVD’s left? STOP! don’t donate them, youll regret it!

old school is the only school..live by that and youll be happy

Physical media is better for collecting and archive. With streaming. You depend of internet and the platform's mindset. If they decide a movie you love is not profitable to have on anymore. It's gone. You can't watch it again. It must find it on another platform. Paying again. Streaming service is the most evident form of media prostitution cinema ever faced. Physical media. In games. Movies and music is always better. You choose your catalogue. Ypu take care of something. You have the responsibility of keeping your collection up-to-date. It's wonderful to have a Physical collection ypu know it's yours.

This video has inspired me to put the phone down and enjoy life and live in the moment. i have vinyls cds, books etc but what takes away from the enjoyment is im always looking at my phone when i get a notification and get distracted from what i was doing.

This video was very informative for someone who doesn’t know much about physical media and the perspective of how streaming has changed the way we consume media.

I’m so glad I kept all my dvd’s, cd’s and lp’s. Although I own plenty of movies on digital, I started buying dvd’s again as the price of digital is outrageous just for a file which you don’t really own.

Cutting the cord backfired. Now content is behind subscription services with little consumer control.

I'm an old, nerd hipster haha nothing like vinyl, CDs, DVDS, film cameras. Glad that over the years I didn't get rid of my physical media

I got a walkman last October and I haven’t looked back! All my music popular and obscure are all on tape now and can’t be taken from me at a moments notice! Also I love the analog quality of the music, an experience you can’t get when your music is trapped behind pixels on a screen

I love collecting physical media. I've always have since I was little. It's much better than digital. Great video by the way and keep up the good work! :)

I’ve been collecting CDs for only a few years, but only recently has it been a more regular activity for me. Now hovering at about 250 disc, I’m in the process of ripping the tracks as FLAC and enjoying them in “hi-res”. Great commentary and I completely agree!

I really like this commentary, the subscription-based economy is so unfortunate. It's sad that even the "DVR" features of the streaming TV services aren't really recording your feed, just fetching the episode on a server somewhere for later viewing and can be revoked whenever they lose the rights. Physical media is comforting and focused enjoyment, digital is fleeting and overwhelming. Great video!!

Digital media wouldn't have so many issues if it wasn't full of DRM. DRM free digital media is pretty great

And that is why i have in the last 3 years, taken the control back in to my life, no more grayed out songs if i buy the cd, and no one can change or mess with a movie if i buy the DVD or buy the book if it is not 'pc' enough 😀 Ok, i have to buy ssd's or harddrives to put the musik on, and then to my smartphone, but i am in control. And book does something to a room, when you have some books on a shelf, and every bood you have read is an anchievement in it selfs 😀

Beware toxic, vulture, resellers. Good finds can be found at thrift stores and flea markets.

Ive kept and will continue to keep all my cds and dvds bluerays

Excellent video. I've held on to using an iPod for the last several years. Sometimes I make compilations/ playlists for it and typically I try not to make them go over the running time of a full length CD, 80 minutes. It helps with quality control and not losing track of time.

You will own nothing and be happy -the WEF

I dont even have notifications on for social media. I love just playing retro games using real hardware and my trusty Sony trinitron

I agree that music is probably the most accessible type of physical media you can collect because there's several types of formats/mediums through which you can listen. I've found too that CDs in particular are pretty easy to collect for cheap, and can be played on several different devices that I own. What I really like about physical media in general is that you can access it at any time without needing to worry about having an internet connection, and you also get a physical piece of art that you can display in your home/extra goodies that you don't get through just streaming it. Like the cover art on a music CD and the booklets that often times have lyrics to the songs and photos, or DVD movies that come with extra features.

I am glad that more major artists release their albums also on audio casettes. I buy cd, vinyl and audio tape versions of my favorite artists. With good tape equipmemt and tape it can sound almost as good as CD.

Physical all day everyday because you own a piece of history forever digital you own nothing so be happy

Any conversation about physical media must include sheet music 🙏.

I still prefer physical media. It's so alarming to know that Best Buy have now eliminated all DVDs and Blu-rays. Same with Target.

1:43 "Miracle man, GOT BUSTED!!!" 🤣🤣🤣 I had to say that lol! Getting serious now, I totally agree with you about online media and information totally distracting us and shortening our attention span, I'm a victim of that myself and I waste so much time and don't get very far with my project endeavors! Enjoyed your video, good insight on how physical media is still relevant today.

I only pay for internet. Everything else is free including anything on youtube (also ad free), music, new movies, old movie, games etc....Everything you mentioned for little dollars can be found for free.

Good video. Audio books on cassette tapes is a great idea.

Im currently waiting for my "new" 5th gen Ipod classic! So excited to own my music again and add audiobooks to my collection. Also, that line about how you used to read a book a week...i feel that one! I used to be an avid reader. I think modern tech has stolen that passion from me and i want to reclaim that.

I still have my old personal Sony cd player with Anti-skip technology and bass boost..plus all of my CDs. I'll never get rid of them.

I’m buying vinyl and cd’s in pretty large quantities. The cd’s for little money too.

With music, id say buying a FLAC is enough than buying a CD, but maybe Vinyl for novelty is good, because audio now a days is quite easy to archive everywhere, although for games and movies that goes from 5-100gb depending on how long the movie or big the game is, I definitely agree that it needs to be in physical form since they are the only media form that is hard to archive compare to audio.

I couldn't get movies on stream. It just doesn't exist. However it's on DVD disc.

Physical media 4 ever it rules

Good news, the Eurovision song contest vinyl is coming.

While I definitly agree about pysichal media needing to stick around, the biggest challenge is too preserve digital media. That’s what i do thanks to pysichal storage devices, that being USB sticks and external hard drives. So stark raving dad can stick around.

amen!

Also heads up if you have any WB titles from 2002-2009, check if its rotted, you can get a free replacement regardless if you have your reciept

ok you almost have me convinced to get into cassettes again lol so who knows if I'll get a player again soon. I do prefer CDs, and keep a giant wallet of them that we found for next to nothing. I also got a modest record collection going. As far as movies go, I always tell people to keep DVDs of what they like, it seems like even Disney is shedding Disney stuff off their streaming service these days.

Hey Hey great video! gotta say though you shouldn't play "the Accidental Tourist" tapes in your device, They looked quite moldy in the videos and that can transfer to your other tapes if played in the same machine.

I actually do have all of my old CDs and DVDs, some of my older video games (my brother has the rest of them), some of my old Audiotapes, and some of my childhood VHS tapes. I have an iPod that's disconnected from our WiFi and I use it for music mostly, but I occasionally connect it to do updates and to check Facebook if I'm in the middle of a conversation with a friend from the U.S. or something like that. Otherwise I leave Facebook to my laptop. I'm interested that those Star Trek Audiobooks you showed in this video are all double tapes. I have the Audiobook for the Star Trek TOS novel, The Kobayashi Maru on tape, and it's a single tape, two sided Audiobook.

Blu ray rocks long live blu ray

I'm going to dig out my Sony portable MD recorder and my Aiwa 'boombox' personal cassette/radio recorder. (sadly, the LCD on the aiwa is a bit dodgy and I will probably use a bluetooth transmitter. Not bothered about CD-Audio, but do keep a collection of DVD-Video and Blu-Rays because many 'arty' films are not available on streaming or are suddenly taken off.

As a side note to another reason for kicking digital and saving money, and this is the case for where I live in small town USA. The public library has just about everything you could want physically, be it PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, DVD, Blue rays, audio books they have it all... Me personally I tend to use it as a "try video game" Option and if I like it I'll buy it.

Physical media started dying out when Netflix and all this other crap came out!! My problem is you not only have to pay the monthly fee for the streaming service but also wifi!! After paying for wifi and Netflix or whatever you’re paying a cable bill!! Another problem is you have to have 3-4 different services just to be able to watch what you want!! As long as you take care of it physical media is forever where as streaming isn’t!! I cut my cable wifi and streaming services and now I just have antenna tv dvds and blu rays! I started collecting dvds a few years ago and it’s so fun to collect and get different stuff!! I buy off a guy in the neighborhood he usually sells to me for 50 cents a movie depending on what it is!! I also have a burner on my computer and can burn anything I want but it’s just nice to have the official copy instead of a burned dvd

The system isn't broken, it works exactly how it was intended to work when it was designed.

Subscriptions are a double edge sword especially when they have more control than you do. It's good to have your favorites in a physical form. About Cassette Tapes though if you get a good enough deck tapes can sound like FM, or even up to the yearly year CDs (the 80's AAD variety). Most old Walkmans need work on them like new belts, and having the capacitors changed among other things. The best Walkmans sounded like FM radio if they are maintained well, but the best tape sound will need to be from a triple head Stereo Deck from the mid 80's through the late 90's (preferably decks with "Dolby S" or at least "HX Pro"). Your Optimus is okay, but it is a entry level portable tape deck (very cheap) so yeah the sound is passable, but not the best. I have CDs, Tapes, and LPs (Vinyls) I am collecting hard to find out of print stuff as well. I also backup the media I have/get onto digital (or onto blank tapes) due to potential Disc Rot & trying not to wear out the original tapes & LPs. Luckily they never got rid of the "Fair Use Act" down here in the U.S. (in spite of the RIAA/MPAA wishing it was) so I can make backups (and mix-tapes). Oh this goes for video formats too. I've learned the importance of making backups due to having my entire media collection destroyed by a EF4 (borderline EF5) tornado in 96. Hundreds of CDs, Tapes, LPs, games, and VHS just destroyed in a instant...... I've also had DVDs rot due to piss poor manufacturing including PS2 games.

I just get cd's and rip it to my DSi lol, never looked back

I had to downsize mu livin space and sold my 600 vinyl albums years ago. Some of them i wont ever replace... $$$$ I have my FLAC files of those albums...at least

I've never stopped buying either. Not a fan of streaming services telling me what I should listen to or watch. I still like to discover artists and pay attention. Some things are hidden gems as they don't exist online and others are just hard to have legitimately unless you pay monthly. No one has that much time to consume everything.

simple not being on my phone unless i need to be is key, kinda like watching youtube channels lol

cassettes can sound very good.a 3 head deck with dbx noise reduction can equal cd quality.

Personally I prefer physical over digital media (with some minor exceptions). Still have my original yellow and black Panasonic Shock Wave cassette deck to this day along with my cassette and CD collection. I started collecting vinyl records a couple of years ago after my dad gave me a newer Yamaha turn table that he won at a golf tournament that he didn't really want (thanks dad) as well as bunch of records he had duplicates of.

i am not against digital as part of what someone uses and in some cases (like a lack of room and if they move alot they have to move more STUFF around... i get it) ... it's "streaming everything" that i am against ... or maybe "streaming ONLY" (AND some may not mind that) ... I use early to late 2000-2010 MP3 players and local media alot here. I use free streaming services but my favorite stuff is LOCAL ... so if i cant pay for an ISP for awhile ... i dont lose ALL my stuff or access to it anyway. Nothing wrong with streaming (prices are going up a bit) as part of one's collection but i'd not like it to be the only thing. Heck I still have alot of my CD collection here and only stuff i haven't listened to (forget the media, i mean say album or artist) in 15+ years do i donate

I started buying cd's and vinyl (and planning dvd’s as well) not because of trend but because of hate that there are A LOT of music and movies constantly disappearing from my streaming services accounts. Even something you “bought” can disappear. Its like someone always messes with “my” library. And there is also A LOT of movies are plain unavailable to watch because of my “region”. Fuck all of this. It either pirating or this. P.S. I wish minidisk would come back, but oh well

nicceeee

I got rid of my Xbox games pass and got a Xbox 360 with some games and a PS2 with some games. I have also started making some cassette tape recordings again to listen to.

Still got all my stuff..80s,90s, DVDs CDs vinyl, cassette,VHS, Nintendo, PS2, boom box... it's an OG thang.

You can have all my physical media, but you can never have my books

The sound quality of a compact cassette tape is not “comparable to AM radio”, unless you are playing the cassette on a rotten potato, like your awful Walkman knock-off. Given a reasonably good quality player, cassette sound often rivals that of compact disc, albeit with somewhat more wow and flutter. And it is a myth that cassettes easily wear out. If stored decently, cassettes are capable of being played hundreds or thousands of times with no noticeable sound degradation.

Physical is better

My thriftstore sells CDs 3 for $1, and my local Goodwill sells all physical media for .25 cents.

You had some excellent points on why physical media is still valid and perhaps always will be since you regain control, time, money and peace of mind not obsessing with subscriptions trying to make sure you are getting your moneys worth being a slave to your television or computer.