Streaming services

[thejuice]

Did people throw out their DVDs too soon? Too many streaming services which have a load of shows I don't want to watch !!

 

[AGXStarseed]

Nope, I'm keeping my DVDs; when a streaming service can take down a film/show whenever they want (especially since you're effectively renting the show/film), it's better to keep your physical media on hand.

 

[Misery]

I'm just glad Youtube is a thing.

Well, Youtube when used with adblockers anyway.

 

[Forest Cat]

I keep my favorite shows on DVD, then I know they are always available and no one can censor them or mess with them.

 

[Mary Terry]

I never throw away a DVD.

 

[FayetheAspie]

I still have DVDs. Why would I toss them?

 

[Judge]

That's why maintaining at least one widescreen tv that defaults to 1080p and a DVD player on a computer at any given time is so important to me.

So I can continue to watch my 400-some odd DVD collection. Toss them? No way. I'd wager at least 60% of them represent movies and tv shows that I still cannot access through streaming media, whether I'm willing to pay for it or not.

 

[velociraptor]

I run my own PLEX server.

 

[honeytoast]

I sail the seven seas

 

[Jumpinbare]

I keep my favorite shows on DVD, then I know they are always available and no one can censor them or mess with them.

I would never get rid of physical media either.
I recently rewatched a movie I had seen in the 1980s, and they had removed a scene an cut things from another.

 

[velociraptor]

I would never get rid of physical media either.
I recently rewatched a movie I had seen in the 1980s, and they had removed a scene an cut things from another.

I love physical media, but only have so much space. Media fits more compactly on a hard drive. My current goal is to spend more time outside and less in front of screens.

 

[DrBadStrings]

Did people throw out their DVDs too soon? Too many streaming services which have a load of shows I don't want to watch !!

Not only do I still have my DVD's, when I purchased my most recent gaming console I specifically bought the model with a drive.

I'm a fan of streaming services, I think they have a place. But more so for the stuff I want to watch commercial free but would never want to buy a DVD of. For me the DVD stands in it's own right because of all the extras. Alternate endings, bloopers, making of features, and all the different commentary tracks that you can have. The commentary tracks for me are by far the thing missing the most from streaming.

The directors commentary for the move Tropic Thunder is one of the most amazing things ever. The movie on it's own is hilarious, but it's 10 times better when you have the commentary running. This isn't a spoiler but in the movie Robert Downey Jr plays an Actor playing a role in a movie being made. And in the movie he comments as the Actor character that he always stays "in character" until he's finished recording the dvd commentary. So on the dvd commentary for the entirety of it Downey stays true to that and is doing it as character from the movie and only switches out of it and back to being himself for the very end of it. So he's going on as the character from the movie but all the other actors on the commentary are being their actual selves. It's a very strange yet hilarious thing to hear as you watch the movie.

 

[thejuice]

I still have DVDs. Why would I toss them?

I dont know. I work In a charity shop and we throw them all out they're that worthless. I see signs on charity shops boards saying we don't accept CDs or dvds

 

[Lemon Zing]

Prime is awesome.

 

[Metalhead]

I still have all of my DVDs, although I did throw away most of the DVD cases. I have a couple thousand DVDs large binders on my living room bookshelf.

I do regret getting rid of most of my VHS anime collection, though. I do a lot of buying streaming movies on VUDU for the convenience but I also still occasionally buy a new BluRay or 4K disc.

 

[Judge]

My cable company just added Paramount+ and Disney+....so I've been enjoying seeing a lot more interesting tv shows and movies lately. Guess I should dust off some of my DVDs!

@FayetheAspie : I can finally see all the seasons of "The Chosen"....

 

[FayetheAspie]

My cable company just added Paramount+ and Disney+....so I've been enjoying seeing a lot more interesting tv shows and movies lately. Guess I should dust off some of my DVDs!

@FayetheAspie : I can finally see all the seasons of "The Chosen"....

So they show "The Chosen" on those? I originally saw them on the app and then switched to DVDs.

 

[Judge]

So they show "The Chosen" on those? I originally saw them on the app and then switched to DVDs.

Well, it's on Disney+. Comes with commercials though. Can't say whatever streaming services might be showing it.

 

[FayetheAspie]

There are currently 4 seasons out and a fifth one that has not been released yet. I keep hearing that there will be 7 and that there will be 8 so I suppose time will tell whether it ends up with 7 or 8 seasons.

 

[Judge]

There are currently 4 seasons out and a fifth one that has not been released yet. I keep hearing that there will be 7 and that there will be 8 so I suppose time will tell whether it ends up with 7 or 8 seasons.

That's the sort of thing that change on a dime with streaming media. Where the economics of it all are still not clear given complicated metrics of determining profitability and how consistent or not it may be. All compounded with incredibly exorbitant production costs.

Something I've learned watching so many streaming spin-offs of the Star Trek franchise. Makes me wonder just how many seasons of "Strange New Worlds" they're willing to pay for, regardless of whatever return on the investment transpires. Bottom line being the production costs for such first-rate sci-fi series are outrageously expensive. In which a series must compensate by producing only around ten episodes compared to yesteryear tv that ran at least 26 episodes or more per season.

It is interesting in some cases to see that subscription revenue doesn't seem to keep pace with advertising revenue. Meaning having to watch those dreaded commercials are a better bet than those who purchase subscriptions, only to cancel them each season when their favorite show(s) end after ten or twelve episodes which equates to lost revenue.