Plysical Media Thead III

[moreorless87]

Its been a few years since the last one but anyone here still buying physical media? CDs, vinyl, UHDs, Blurays etc?

I would say I'v slowed down a bit since around 2020-22 were I was catching up with a lot of stuff on UHD/Bluray after not updating a lot of stuff since the DVD era which has left a bit more money to pickup special editions.

Most obvious "physical media choice" I'v made recently I spose was to cancel Disney+ earlier this years and get Andor on UHD disk instead, wait until the second season comes out before I sign up again.

 

[Busgosu]

I still buy vinyl records, printed comic books & books

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

I accumulated close to 9K in Amazon gift cards playing poker on PS5 against another sherdogger that I used to purchase a lot of stuff including roughly 150 movies in 4K or Blu-ray.



If I could do it all over again I would only bought roughly 50 at most. But in the end it was all free to me so idc

I do plan on purchasing the new Nightmare on Elm Street in 4K. Even if it's with my own money, I'm interested in seeing the uncut version. Also whenever The Conversation gets a release date I'll purchase that as well.

 

[TeTe]

I just picked up a Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland white label promo record. It even has the time cues that the radio station used in the 60s on it still. These are pretty hard to come by. The records are in excellent shape.. the sleeve is in decent shape.





Another recent score.. 1965 Rubber Soul Mono UK pressing. Had to have this shipped from England. The US pressings just don't cut it.

 

[TeTe]

I have several hundred vinyl records. I usually buy first pressings if I can and if it's a late 60s record I try to find mono pressing versions as those are typically harder to find.

 

[Staph infection]

I love my physical media. I buy a large amount of CD's, DVD's, BLu-ray's, and video games. I hit my local Goodwills and other 2nd hand stores for them. Another good place for movies and CD's is eBay. There are stores on there that always have these buy 2 or buy 3 get 1 free and you can get a good selection of them for under $5.00 each. My current project is racing to buy Blu-Rays and DVD's from Redbox machine before they all close down. The company went belly up and the machine are being shut down. I have a gotten a good amount of newer Blu-Rays for $3.99 each out of them but it is a crap shoot as to which machines are still working. It is always a bummer when you pull up to one that is lit up but the screen is shut down. RIP Redbox.

Streaming is nice but they are starting to censor what we can watch or they remove things. You lazy fat fucks need to get off your asses and buy physical media.

 

[Staph infection]

I just picked up a Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland white label promo record. It even has the time cues that the radio station used in the 60s on it still. These are pretty hard to come by. The records are in excellent shape.. the sleeve is in decent shape.

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Another recent score.. 1965 Rubber Soul Mono UK pressing. Had to have this shipped from England. The US pressings just don't cut it.

Wow! How much was the Jim Hendrix record? I have to think something like that goes for high hundreds if not thousands of dollars.

 

[moreorless87]

I accumulated close to 9K in Amazon gift cards playing poker on PS5 against another sherdogger that I used to purchase a lot of stuff including roughly 150 movies in 4K or Blu-ray.

I tried to upload a Pic but sherdog says it's too large.

If I could do it all over again I would only bought roughly 50 at most. But in the end it was all free to me so idc

I do plan on purchasing the new Nightmare on Elm Street in 4K. Even if it's with my own money, I'm interested in seeing the uncut version. Also whenever The Conversation gets a release date I'll purchase that as well.

You may potentially start to see more value in time I'd say, when you get to the stage of rewatching stuff is where physical media suddenly starts to seem better value than having to sign up to streaming services again to watch something in lower quality, if its even available anywhere.

 

[MLarson]

Its been a few years since the last one but anyone here still buying physical media? CDs, vinyl, UHDs, Blurays etc?

I would say I'v slowed down a bit since around 2020-22 were I was catching up with a lot of stuff on UHD/Bluray after not updating a lot of stuff since the DVD era which has left a bit more money to pickup special editions.

Most obvious "physical media choice" I'v made recently I spose was to cancel Disney+ earlier this years and get Andor on UHD disk instead, wait until the second season comes out before I sign up again.

I still like to get Physical Media most of it books and mags. A few months ago I got a Blu-Ray disc of The French Connection and I want to start to get more films on Blu-ray, I also like burn DVDs of vids I found off YouTube and other sites.


The only physical media I don't get Is CDs but someday I want to get vinyl.

 

[TribalDrumz]

Got Narc 4K recently on eBay before it’s gone

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Not at all, and there's no chance I'm starting a vinyl collection, that would be an expensive hobby

 

[TeTe]

Wow! How much was the Jim Hendrix record? I have to think something like that goes for high hundreds if not thousands of dollars.

I got it for $200. If the sleeve was in better shape it'd probably be worth a bit more.

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

I still buy movies , I pretty much doubled my collection during covid since flea markets and Goodwill stores were still open . The salvation army store by my house sells movies for like 2 bucks and on some days a dollar. It's real hit or miss but sometimes you get lucky and someone donates a pretty decent collection. Also sometimes there's just stuff thats kinda bizarre that I never would have normally stumble upon cuz everything nowadays tries to steer you towards what they think you want to see.

I buy records , cut back on CDs a bit . I'll buy indie stuff that I know might vanish if I don't have a copy.

Books . Can't fucking read a book on a tablet or phone . Idk what it is .I Read endless articles and threads but I can't do a book .

Also video games , cheaper on disk and I don't have to worry about it being pulled from the marketplace . I had a game I was playing on PS Plus one night black out and send me back to the menu while I was playing it . When to restart game was no longer available.

 

[Staph infection]

I got it for $200. If the sleeve was in better shape it'd probably be worth a bit more.

That seems like a steal, great job. I am always amazed how some things that are rare and seem like they should very expensive can be had for a decent price like that.

 

[Slothbroth]

I accumulated close to 9K in Amazon gift cards playing poker on PS5 against another sherdogger that I used to purchase a lot of stuff including roughly 150 movies in 4K or Blu-ray.

I tried to upload a Pic but sherdog says it's too large.

If I could do it all over again I would only bought roughly 50 at most. But in the end it was all free to me so idc

I do plan on purchasing the new Nightmare on Elm Street in 4K. Even if it's with my own money, I'm interested in seeing the uncut version. Also whenever The Conversation gets a release date I'll purchase that as well.

Text the picture to yourself and then download it from your messages. You'll be able to upload that copy.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Yes, I have lots of WWF VHS and WCW VHS from 1985 - 2001 time, still lots that I don't have that I try to find on ebay or markets or thrift stores etc etc.

I also recently got lots of WWF Tagged Classic DVDs imported, a bundle of 6 of them which were
Royal Rumble 1989 & 1990 DVD
King of the Ring 1993 & 1994 DVD
Summerslam 1990 & 1991 DVD
Summerslam 1992 & 1993 DVD
Wrestlemania 13 & 14 DVD
In Your House 9 & 10 DVD

They are fantastic, well worth the money, it costs a lot to import ship them but I love them for many reasons, Firstly of course I own them, but more so they are the actual real events from the time, no edits whatsoever, its all 100% original as the events happened.

WWE Network is awful for old events, and heres why.. so much of the old events are edited with stuff taken out, the entrance themes are changed for many wrestlers and they use some generic crap music, some of the matches are missing completely and other stuff is cut, and lots of words are bleeped out and missing. It just feels so fake to me.

The VHS and Tagged Classic DVDs are the genuine real thing. Nothing edited or removed. I'll give you a basic quick example King of the Ring 1994 VHS and Tagged Classics DVD which I got is 3 hours and 19 minutes, however on the WWE Network its 2 hours and 45 minutes long. This is my issue, too much is taken out of digital. They remove what they don't want to be seen or is copyright etc

 

[Pliny Pete]

I got it for $200. If the sleeve was in better shape it'd probably be worth a bit more.

I was expecting you to say way more that that, is that about the normal price for vinyl that uniquely special and rare?

 

[TeTe]

That seems like a steal, great job. I am always amazed how some things that are rare and seem like they should very expensive can be had for a decent price like that.

I was expecting you to say way more that that, is that about the normal price for vinyl that uniquely special and rare?

I think I got a pretty good deal on it. One on discogs that is in very similar condition sold for $350. I'm sure if you had an immaculate one it would go for $1000

A lot of it condition dependent. My best friend bought a 1996 US repressing of the Chronic and kept in the shrinkwrapping for all these years.. And they go for about $200 because vinyl was made in such low numbers in the nineties

 

[PaleMoonlight]

For the most part, I buy cheap/used blu ray and 4k movies.

I can buy old excellent used blu rays for $3-$5. It’s not worth the upgrade to get the 4k counterpart for $20 more.

However I’ll make an exception for releases new releases like Top Gun: Maverick and Civil War (probably the best gun shot sound effect in a movie. Movie was mediocre).

I just completed my 5.2 setup with 2 in wall rear surround speakers. The rear speakers really add to the experience.

I give/sell movies I don’t watch anymore.

 

[kimocomplex]

I have the collection of the Take Action compilation albums, still sealed. This one in particular was seen as a poster in Ted Mosbys room from the 1st season of HIMYM fun fact