You don’t need 4K Blu-Ray 

I appreciate these videos man. I’m glad somebody is emphasizing how personal a collection is. A lot of collectors care about other people’s opinions. They like things based on what others tell them to like.

Blu Ray still looks great, 4k is the cherry on top.

I personally think that Blu-ray was a big upgrade from DVD, but going to 4k is quite often not much of a leap beyond that. With that said, there are some 4K discs with HDR that are truly jaw dropping, however there have been quite a few 4k releases of films that I have on Blu-ray that are really underwhelming and not worth the money. I really think it depends on the standard of transfer for each release and I’ve seen some blu rays that look better than some 4K discs. You are dead right that you should just collect what the hell you want to collect. That should be the only gold standard.

I have a friend who is a snob for UHD 4K, and will tolerate Blu Ray. He has zero love for anything less. I, however, am easily satisfied. If the picture is clear and the sound is good, I am fine. I still have a 1080p TV, and honestly my dvds are just fine for me. I grew up with VHS, so I know what crap really looks like. 😆 I love collecting dvds and Blu Rays because they allow me to build an amazing collection for very little money. I walked out of my local pawn shop the other day with 11 dvds for $9 total. I own only one 4K UHD, Transformers the movie from 1986, only because that film is special to me, and I wanted the steelbook it came in. Collect what you love!

The difference isn't enough for me to justify buying a 4k TV, player and discs. I got glasses a couple yrs ago and that made more a difference than picture resolution

I dont own many 4k blu rays. Im happy with blu ray. I will buy blu ray and even dvd 99% of the time. I dont really like blind buying 4ks because of the price. If I really emjoy the film on blu ray I may double dip on 4k.

I do buy old classic movies on dvd. Im pretty happy with the quality overall. I dont need them on 4k.

Its all about the HDR and Dolby Atmos soundtrack. I didnt hear you mention them even once. Those are the reasons to buy into 4k. Not the increase in resolution.

It's good to adjust you're perception of these formats. We should be happy with any formats there is available to us. 4k can be amazing, but also a well done bluray transfer can be satisfying. Not all movies needs a 4k treatment, but all of them deserve physical media treatment.

You don’t need 4K gaming either. Hence why the frame rates are crappy on current gen consoles.

Those RU-vidrs and their commenters pushing 4K so hard while disparaging DVD are just, unwittingly or not, trying to force the evolution of the physical medium.

I was debating on getting Aliens 4K until a RU-vidr put it side-by-side with the previous Blu-ray. Turns out the newest release was just an AI upscale with DNR on the older Blu-ray master, which had already been sourced from a 4k scan.

Blu Ray is perfectly fine for me.

💯. How many times can you sell me Star Wars and LOTR? I've bought all my favorite films on VHS, DVD, and now Blu-ray. I'm done. I've spent thousands over the years. No more. Blu-ray is my final format.

4k ok but love DVDs and Blu-rays

Excellent vid, you said it so well: it literally does not matter what other people feel about your format of choice, they are not going to be at your house watching it with you. So to hell with their opinion!

Blu ray is a great format still. Became cheaper thanks to 4k. I love 4k and all. If i see a super cheap blu ray set that costs as much as on 4k. I am grabbing the blu ray collection. Blu ray will still be the backbone to many collections.

Amazing subject and you are so right. People should collect what they love and can afford both monetary and space wise. Nobody should feel like they have to "keep up with the jones"

Preach! These are a lot of the reasons why I haven’t made the jump to 4K UHD. Blu ray is more than enough for me, coming from the world of VHS.

Standard Blu Rays are good quality, but don't include HDR. However, all physical is good.

In the US, the marginal price difference between 4k format and Blu-ray is small.

Whatever format feels right to you is the right one, don't worry about numbers. And nothing wrong with just buying whatever is the best economic choice over the years. A budget tv with a budget format has it's own wow factor, I can't believe how good this looks for how little I had to invest into it. That truly is satisfaction that lasts years. We have k-mart and use to have Big K too! Miss the atmosphere of it, there was a VR recreation of k-mart that was kind of nice to walk around in. Most of ours closed now.

Not all 4k films are the same quality. Some Dvd films actually look better than alot of dodgy bluray and 4k releases... lazy transfers.... Dvd format was a creative experience... not any more

whats with the red blue and yellow stickers on the sides of the cases in the back can someone explain?

Too much revisionism going on with 4K releases. Just look for how many have a new cold teal colour timing now.

In Canada most 4K's I like are $50! You gotta be independently wealthy to collect! Kino, Shout, Vinegar ect are expensive! Conversion & shipping are crazy.

In the end it all comes down to enjoying the movie. I had an old SD resolution TV until a few years ago then jumped straight to 4k. The jump in quality was staggering. After getting a number of 4k movies I got some blurays since they weren't available on 4k. Whenever I watch any of my old DVDs I really notice the drop in quality, so I only get DVDs now if there's no other option. A good bluray can still be highly enjoyable, I've noticed that newer bluray releases are usually better than older ones, regardless of the age of the actual movie. I'm sure the same is true for 4k in general. I do hope 4k does stick around, because older movies can look incredible in 4k. But that doesn't mean we have to have all our movies in 4k or even bluray.

4k looks nicer and there is usually more content on the disc, but more often than not I buy DVD or the Blu-ray version, as they are cheaper and easier to find. However I see more use with 4k video recording, as 4k video gives considerably more space to work with when editing.

Im quite an audiophile so I tend to get the 4K copies especially when they're upgraded to Dolby Atmos. You get great video and excellent audio.

Buffy and Angel are some of my favorite shows, what are your thoughts on the angel show?

Bought a few 4K and they are fine but I prefer blu-ray for the price / quality. Happy with a DVD and even a VHS tape

4K is great but also expensive. I can get 1 movie in 4K, or 2 or 3 in regular Bluray

Everytime I see your collection I feel like mine is way too small🤣

The magic letters is HDR, and prefferebly Dolby Vision. The way the dynamic range is set anc (in Dolby Vision) can change throughout the film is what makes 4K good.

hevc at 128mbps sounds awesome but idk if films are meant to be that sharp. i notice that film grain, although helpful in preventing color banding, is still such that 4k probably won't look better.

I agree, it's very personal, some 4k transfers have too much DNR, are too dark and sometimes differ very little from the blu-ray quality, some are really good transfers but you have to do your research before spending for nothing or worse, as far as DVD's or VHS are concerned, unless some one still have a CRT I think the quality will suffer too much.

I have been sticking to standard dvd and havent had any issues.

I personally prefer 4K because I like the HDR and the additional sharpness.

4K packaging is usually better than Blu Ray packaging. Whether to upgrade or not depends on how much you care about the film. I upgraded to 4K to get the digital code sometimes. Blu Rays seem a bit out of date now, but it's still a very nice format.

I don't own any 4k equipment yet and frankly up until a couple of weeks ago I didn't even really consider 4k as an option for myself. I am just now starting to upgrade some of my collection to Bluray and I think for the foreseeable future it'll be the main format I collect. However since most 4k discs come with a bluray I wanna start getting some of my all time favorite films in 4k, as a special something for my collection Eventually I hope to own a good 4k TV and player, but right now I am in uni and I don't need to have this right here right now. There are decades of potential collecting in front of me and your channel is reminding me to be intentional with the things I am buying right now.

4K is not interesting to me for movies. I was quite enthusiastic about BluRay back in 2007 and got an early PS3 (40GB) in 2008, because I could experience a significant progress in picture quality relative to the DVD, especially on a bigger screen than 32" for example. But 4K does not deliver a similar benefit compared to 1080p. Not even on my 75" screen. It is similar to the recent PC hardware overkill: Why should I buy an RTX 4090 for a lot of money? I'm fine with 1080p gaming and therefore my GTX 1080ti is fast enough even in 2024. Even Alan Wake 2 is perfectly playable after the latest patch.

I have a decent home theatre set up. 4k picture and audio is next level especially with atmos.

You are right

What else annoys me that the mentality of RU-vidrs telling you that Slipcovers are a must. Like, some movies I don't even care to own the Slipcover versions. I usually will pick it up if I can find it but eh, unless its a movie/movie series that I love, then I will get the Slipcovers. Also, I don't have a 4K TV but I pick up 4K versions is if it comes with the Blu-Ray. If it does not, I get the Blu-Ray version instead. DVDs are also fine if I can't find it on Blu-Ray or its stuck on DVD. I recently had gotten Snow White on 4K from Best Buy for $25, then I found the Disney Movie Club Blu-Ray version at my Walmart for $10. I wasn't too sure to have it but I returned the 4K version to save money and used it on another movie. So it was a win-win for me. That Disney Boxset is sick, but we never got that in the US. P.S. K-Mart in the US only exists in two states with two stores: New York and Florida. I miss K-Mart, can we trade your K-Mart for our Target, please?

I get the appeal of 4K, but I am more than happy with my dvd and blu ray collection. Either way, it's just great that people still enjoy buying all forms of physical media.

I am happy with my DVDs as my DVD player does a really great job at upscaling everything to 1080p.

Remastered blurays are just as good as 4k blurays

I’ve upgraded some movies to 4k if the Blu-ray release was botched. A lot of my collection is still DVDs and Blu ray. I even still have some of my VHS movies.

my dad has a 4k 75 inch tv. Blue rays still look very good. 4ks clearly look better, but the blue rays certainly dont look bad at all. Dvds are pretty rough though 👀

I think the older harry potter films look better on dvd than the bluray

Thanks Bro for those words 👍 Buy what you love no matter what those Hardcore Collectors try to tell you because in my Opinion 4K is not the only thing of the World to Collect a normal DVD or BLURAY are just as valuable like other things 📀💿 🤗 And let's don't forget not every Movie Collector has his own Movie Theater Setup at Home and this comes from a guy who grew up with VHS Tapes 📼

I'm new to the collecting game but I always find weird when people try to collect one specific format. Like not all movies are worth the same, are they ? Do I want to spend as much on my copy of Interstellar as on my copy of Ice Age 3 ? I range from DVDs to 4k, and which format I buy is on a pure case by case basis. How good is the movie to me ? What's the quality of the transfers ? What are the prices of the different options ? Sometimes, 4k is a no brainer ; i haven't even have yet a 4k player but when the 4k bluray of Interstellar is 15 bucks and regular bluray is 12... for one of my favorite movies ever... I obviously pick 4k. Yet the majority of my collection is DVD, simply because the majority if my collection is movies that are nothing more than "neat" to me. I'm gonna watch these movies maybe once or twice then I'm done with them. No way I'm spending more than 1 buck for that kind of movie. I'm very capable of seeing the difference between the formats and even regular bluray I find quite blurry. But for most movies I don't care that much. I don't care if I don't have the optimal viewing experience when watching Cars 2. Ultimately the quality of the movie itself is what matters most, and if the movie isn't bad, even with a crappy dvd you're still gonna have a good time.

My dvd of Dune 1984 was poor quality so this year I replaced it with the Arrow 4k release, great quality. Yet watching 80’s and 90’s TV series on dvd (Millennium and Granada Sherlock Holmes series) on a 65 inch Samsung TV upscaled via pananasonic ub820 4k player; picture quality is excellent. What’s the priority the film or the fancy packaging of the latest new format release. Most collectors at least those on RU-vid seem to have lost focus; film first not packaging. Buy what you like not what you are told to buy. Great video!

I tried to catch up with Blu-Rays, but failed when I realized how bad it works on PC for no reason. I don't own a TV and never will. Still watching DvDs.

Thats a good way to put it. "its mine and i own it"

Great video! Love your outlook

Woah you have the Dragon Box, I love that set, it’s my favourite piece of my collection. I bought all mines when they were being released at 34.99 a piece. do you have the rest of the Dragon ball series on disc? Also I would love to see you make a video on your wrestling DVD collection, I know alot of that is available on streaming but I still want to own physical copies.

All the 4ks ive got were like 2 dollars more than the standard bluray, soo two copies of one movie for 25 bucks instead of one for 23? Why not, but yeah it all comes down to setup i collect vhs and i wouldnt recommend it to anyone that isnt willing to keep a crt around. 4ks only really beneficial if you've got like a whole movie theater setup. As for what i buy: online ive got burned with dvd discs being loose in the case and getting destroyed, blu survives the mail. I think people put too much attention on bad transfer, usually just go for the cheapest option unless its a movie i absolutely love. Also as for vhs collecting: i have absolutely upgraded to newer editions because anything that was filmed anamorphically looks like shit when pan and scanned, if 47% of the image is gone it does the film a disservice, likewise for horror collecting a lot of those tapes are censored and are missing what made them infamous.

Taking a look at Shout! Factory's first CE of Cat People, comparing it to the 4K UHD, you can actually see more detail in the picture on the 4K UHD. One spot I noticed is that the lead actress has a scare on her face. It was very fuzzy in the Blu-ray they put out years and years ago.

I own about 1200 movies which are a mix of DVD,bluray ,and a handful of 4ks' i did have loads of VHS tapes but they all got damaged by mold and were beyond repair.

I have become more selective when buying movies. When I first got into 4K, I thought I needed to have everything that way. But have learned that much of the newer releases there isn't much difference between BD and 4K. Also, Disney animated BDs look good enough and cannot justify double-dipping to replace them with 4K.

I've collected hundreds of DVDs over 20 years. I'm now getting into blu ray and 4K. My cheat with retaining the dvd resolution is that I have a 42 inch 720p plasma I watch them on. All the rest I watch on my 65 inch 4k. Some dvds look great on 4k tv, if they don't, I watch them on the 720p plasma instead

One of the few voices of reason on the subject. Absolutely right!

You're right im going to stick with Bluray for now... i just have a few 4k Blu-rays because i have a PS5 and it plays 4k Bluray .. bluray are still good... i did buy back to the future trilogy 4k because thats one of my favorite movies of all times

People are loyal to UHD as a brand, and the films get sidelined. The Cameron 4K films had some very obvious flaws, and a lot of film collectors told us to just shut up and buy it. In a world where every 4K release was perfect and didn’t drop any features, it’d be easier to promote the format as a whole. But if you’re getting a DNR mess with incorrect color timing, or missing soundtracks, are you that much worse off with a $5 DVD?

I Personally Buy And Prefer DVDs

regions also play a huge role. iam in indonesia, and all studios no longer distribute physical media since 2018, so its practically dead here, no exaggeration. to get a new DVD, we got to import, and the shipping cost is insane. now imagine that for a bluray or 4K. i ended up paying nearly 40$ for a US titanic 4K (it was listed on amazon for $26), and it doesnt even have the slipcover, it got damaged during shipment or something. also living in indonesia, i own a lot of VCDs (roughly VHS quality, but digital), but the amout of hate for the format is quite insane, usually from the people who got no experience with the format the way we asians do... 😢 i do hope collectors realize that we are all in this together, be it VHS, DVD, or anything... it should give a peace of mind knowing that DVD is still thriving, that there are people still buying and collect VHS and VCDs... but thats just my opinion😊

I only get 4k of select movies, or if the price is low enough, others. Otherwise I usually go for the Blu-ray, unless I find a dvd for a buck at my second hand store. I started off collecting dvds and digital media, and then moved to Blu-ray and then to 4k, but I’m much more selective when it comes to 4k because of the price. I don’t really buy digital either at this point, because of the uncertainty surrounding it.

I think 1080P wil be the "the standard" - it's good, and only fails with a mega large telly!

In the states it’s $24.99-27 for a blu ray and 4k is $27.99-29 normally for a new movie. I get the 4k for the extra few bucks so I can get both 4k and blu ray physical discs. So I have two great copies of the same movie. Paying 25 bucks just for a blu ray and dvd is still nice but the margin isn’t drastic. I see it’s crazy in other regions. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with blu ray. It’s amazing and has a natural quality with a good grain to it. I won’t knock someone who does dvd only. They are still supporting a better medium than streaming. Ownership of any format is important.

I am a physical media collector, but I won't bother with 4K, my dad had everything 4K and I tried watching it and all it did was make me dizzy, way too fluid movement, looked like pan and scan to me which did the same thing. but it is true, just collect what you like.

My Panasonic 4k player upscales Blu-ray to near 4k quality.

he one thing which sucks on DVD is telecin , so instead of 23.97 FPS they duplicated each 4th frame to make it 29.97 FPS and this causes a motion jitter

I picked up some cheap DVD's from a charity shop yesterday 6x £1 (£0.16p each), i watched one of them on my computers 4K 27" screen and it looked really good still (Due to high PPI small display, assume some upscaling). However had i watched the same film on a 55" TV i appreciate it wouldnt have been as good.

To the new collector's -- if you have a good TV, 4k is a VERY noticeable upgrade over bluray. It's objectively better. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. You don't have to buy everything. But 4k picture quality is a lot better than bluray.

Great advise , price wise at the moment I am only buying 4k from US that are on sale . If they are full price I go for the Blu Ray.

I'm learning a lot by watching your videos. Awesome!

I'm personally go for the highest quality possible within reason. I use a CRT TV for DVDs I frankly find the video quality to be much better especially via RGB SCART much better even more so than even upscaled, I personally found widescreen DVDs on my LED TV looking strange, but on my widescreen CRT TV. I can't stand streaming even though I have paid for a Crunchyroll Mega Fan subscription, DVDs like you said are dirt cheap even new condition. It's also worth pointing out these video comparisons on here will look compressed opposed to in real life. I appreciate you bringing up the streaming services but one thing is worth pointing out is the video quality will not be as good as the physical copy due to your Internet connection even via Ethernet, people have said 4K streaming looks worse than 1080p Blu-Ray. I have bought DVDs, Blu-Rays and 4K Ultra HD Blu-Rays which I have not watched at all before and I on average did enjoy them.

People automatically think a movie on 4K s better which is not always the case I haven't bought a 4K in a long time as the Blu ray version is good enough for me but if the film is a favourite of mine of which there is a big uptake in video and audio quality then I;ll upgrade example I have ordered a copy of the movie Fargo on 4K from Amazon US via Amazon AU here in Australia

I'll say it depends what equipment you have, I am still sticking to Bluray and DVD I can get them cheap and my Projector is not 4K neither do I see myself paying 2 grand for a 4K projector and 3-400 for a player on top, especially not with physical media dying as we speak. now dont get me wrong I can afford it I just dont want to.

Hi Jamie. Love your content. Only thing is it is very hard to hear you, unless I turn my speakers way up.

i collect normal dvd and some blu ray if i can pickup cheap,cost is the number one factor for me.

The cost is the thing. I upgraded my DVDs to Blu Ray because I wanted to not because someone told me.

I can't believe the prices some of those Horror movie VHS copy's are going for

Bravo! Can't agree more! I have setups for each format in my home and enjoy them all. If I come across a 4K copy on the cheap then great. But I don't upgrade unless it's within my budget. But I been loving the hunt for movies on DVD, Blu Ray and VHS.

I notice no discernible difference between 4K Blu-ray and the same thing if I rip the 4K Blu-ray and convert it to a standard Blu-ray (BD50 or BD25 with BT709 color space). In fact, I have seen a couple 4K Blu-rays (Rocky IV and The Untouchables) where the 4K looks very washed out in terms of color, very bland. They can take these new 4K masters and put them on regular Blu-ray but they are usually not for some reason. I feel like a lot of it is just a way to push higher prices. New discs, new players, new TVs. I really get annoyed when they bring out a 4K Blu-ray release of an older movie and they package it with the old Blu-ray from an earlier worse quality master. Anyway, I am happy with regular 1080p Blu-rays.

The most important thing is we can all watch great movies irrespective of the format. And the difference between especially modern blu rays to 4k the difference isn’t that great. Older films usually have a bigger difference.

I've watched almost all Bond movies on DVD on a 65" 4K OLED TV with a Sony 6700 Bluray player that got 4K upscale, and all movies look GREAT at normal viewing distance! It's like "why do you even need Bluray 1080p discs?" The movies will not be better in Bluray or 4K. Just slightly better picture quality. The price gap between DVDs and Blurays are in many cases now zero or a few percent but Bluray 4K movies costs often maybe 3X as much as Bluray 1080p. Now lately I've seen a very few 4K titles at a much lower cost but still a bit more than normal Bluray discs. Bluray 1080p looks GREAT on a 65" 4K TV with that good Bluray player (Sony 6700: not a 4K player but got a 4K upscaler chip which is great for DVD movies). I'm surprised that DVDs will look THAT good on 65" that you don't really need to replace your DVDs with the same movie on Bluray. Bluray 1080p looks great, so I agree with you: the best buy is Bluray 1080p movies when DVDs and Bluray 1080p cost kind of the same and Bluray 4K cost 2X or 3X (very often) or 4X compared to 1080p. But I have to add that if you got a 98" 8K TV or 80" or something really really big, then you might wanna go for Bluray 4K. TVs up to 65": we really don't need Bluray 4K. Also have to add this that I catched from a video 2-3 years ago. Most movies with a lot of special effects got that in 1080p. So 4K movies got most of these special effects upscaled from 1080p to 4K. Most effects are rendered in 1080p. But of course, with more powerful computers/chips the movie industry are rendering special effects more and more in 4K. It takes so much time for these clusters to render in 4K. 1080p is much faster. It will always come a time when computers are THAT POWERFUL so they don't wanna render in 1080p because it's fast enough with 4K. Steve Jobs told about rendering for Pixar's movies. The computing power increased by 1000X or more over a few years but the rendering was not even faster: because the movie creators wanna have more details in the animations. So the rendering will take as much time as many years ago but with more details and higher resolution. Steve Jobs was the CEO for Pixar. So many of the 4K movies with a lot of special effects got that in 1080p but upscaled to 4K. It's worth to know! But I don't know exactly which movies that got 1080p renderings and 4K renderings or worse than 1080p. Would have been so cool if they could remake Terminator 2 with the computing power of 2024! Terminator 2 was the coolest movie ever when it came out because of the amazing special effects. The golden standard at that time. Anyways I really appreciate your videos! Great topics and so much common sense! You deserve way more views!

Queen of the damned soundtrack was badass, I have it on vinyl. I saw Jonathan Davis at ozzfest and he played all of Lestat's songs plus korns song from the spawn soundtrack

I still watch my DVDs , I have upgraded true lies from dvd to 4k like you showed. I’ll still keep my dvd copy too as true lies is a fantastic arnie movie

I personally don't think 4k matters at all in general. Most people can't tell the difference between 1080p and 4k and 4k doesn't look "more realistic" to me. I juts looks like someone turned the sharpness up and I hate that look

I still buy Blu Ray over 4k if Blu Ray is cheaper. Purely because blu Ray look just as good on my home cinema.

I have a Sony region free Bluray player that plays DVD's and Bluray disc, plugged into a 4K TV. Yet 4K players are something Im not interested in at the moment. Yes I have the Bluray+4K movie releases so if I ever get a 4k player I have some disc to use them on. But hell Bluray still looks damn great!! I even own DVD movies that are dual layer format and they still look good.

If you buy DVD, try and play them through a PS3. It can upscale them and in my opinion make them look really good and not blury like native dvd player would.

Collect because you love it. Right-on ✊🏾

I buy things on dvd that only exist on dvd. Just yesterday I got so excited I got Courage the Cowardly Dog: The Complete Series dvd boxset from Amazon. Now I own one of my favorite cartoons. Probably will pick-up the Ed, Edd, Eddy series on dvd too later on.

I got rid of my blu ray movies. I went back to DVD. Art design on the boxes. More material on the DVD compared some blu ray. Menu screens are good too

Agree. Even if I had a million I wouldn't pay $64 for one movie. I get all my movies from op shops and pay $1, $2 or $3 for a movie. $3-$5 for a blu ray

I agree that blu ray is still good (although I would still generally go for the 4K). But DVD looks terrible on a big screen! They were fine for when it was common to have a small TV, but these days where a 65" is becoming the standard TV soze it just doesn't work. Saying that, though, there are a lot of people, like my parents, for instance, that dont really care about the quality of the picture and can't really tell the difference.

I collect because it looks cool and try to keep up with other RU-vidrs, people like slipcovers so now I like slipcovers. Though it’s hard