Social Streaming vs physical copies - Which do you prefer?

[crabmeat]

Firmware update caused problems or fixed problems?

Even UFC DVD's like a few years after release would be too stuttery and pixelly and not play.

I've had firmware updates cause older discs not to play right, or not play at all.

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Books, movies, sports, comics, videogames or cable TV...

Which one do you think is the better option?

I'm about 40, so I still have a ton of DVD's and Blu-Rays. I keep them in a binder to cut down on clutter. But generally, it's easier to stream. That's all I'm doing right now. I don't have my PS4 with me (I'm letting my brother borrow it for the time being) and don't use my TV right now. I'm sure I've streamed some stuff that I actually have a physical copy of because it was just easier that way.

I also have movies and shows on my HD but I don't really watch them. It's probably easier to stream some of that stuff rather than to try to find it on HD and fast forward through it. Like if I want to watch a specific fight, just easier to search for it on ESPN+ rather than to try to dig through my library...

 

[10mm]

I rarely watch the same movie twice. I was just thinking today that I need to get rid of the dvd and cd rack.

 

[aerius]

Any music, movie, or event that I'm going to enjoy more than once is physical.
Anything on youtube or elsewhere which I feel is of lasting value will also downloaded so I have a physical copy.

 

[TestosterOWN]

Lol at physical copies. Stream and hard drives full of movies and tv shows.

 

[I Fusion I]

I'm about 40, so I still have a ton of DVD's and Blu-Rays. I keep them in a binder to cut down on clutter. But generally, it's easier to stream. That's all I'm doing right now. I don't have my PS4 with me (I'm letting my brother borrow it for the time being) and don't use my TV right now. I'm sure I've streamed some stuff that I actually have a physical copy of because it was just easier that way.

I also have movies and shows on my HD but I don't really watch them. It's probably easier to stream some of that stuff rather than to try to find it on HD and fast forward through it. Like if I want to watch a specific fight, just easier to search for it on ESPN+ rather than to try to dig through my library...

I agree. Fair enough.

I'm not a fan of games being taken in digital, but I can see why some would rather stop collecting discs and use a stream.

 

[UncleJosh]

For games physical. For movies and music, digital copies in the highest resolution possible.

 

[Iroh]

I very rarely buy physical copies anymore, so streaming it is. Except for games that is.

Oh I do buy a fuckton of physical books though.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

What if the servers were down or your net wasn't working for whatever reason? Also, you could always sell or swap your physical copy. There's your answer.

 

[spamking]

Streaming for music and most movies. But with Amazon often including digital copies of CDs with the purchase of a CD I'll just buy the CD too sometimes. Or I'll buy the blu-ray of something I really like just to add to a small collection I have. I often use Play-On to grab copies of movies and tv shows to dump on a hard drive.

 

[raty tat tat]

I also have books and magazines don't have
cable simply because there's not much to watch.

Also like to make CDs and DVDs. Someday I'd like to some Vinyl and do Netflix DVD by mail.

 

[badascan]

streaming videos seems fine. Games and music must be physical for me, with some exceptions...

 

[sweetviolenturg]

What if the servers were down or your net wasn't working for whatever reason? Also, you could always sell or swap your physical copy. There's your answer.

Exactly. Plus I just enjoy the physicality of having my movies there on my shelves. I like that they're tangible & I'm in control of being able to watch them whenever I want. I'm not at the whim of someone else who might decide that a movie I love is no longer going to be carried by their service for whatever reason.

Why I want my movies to be tangible but not my music or books? I don't know. I suppose it's because movies are what I collect. I enjoy owning rare OOP Blu-rays that actually have some value as collector's items. The rarer & more sought after by other collectors, the better. Oh & steelbooks. I love me some 4K UHD movies & special edition Blu-rays that are released as steelbooks. I've got a big collection of those.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

streaming videos seems fine. Games and music must be physical for me, with some exceptions...

Interesting.

Isn't it funny how some of us are the exact opposite of the others? For you, movies can be streamed but you want physical copies of games & music. Whereas to me that just seems alien to me & it should be the other way around. LOL.

 

[RerouteToRemain]

For video games I buy physical 99% of the time.

I rarely buy a blu-ray. If we are counting TV cable as physical I still have that but I record everything and have streaming services.

 

[RerouteToRemain]

Wait are we counting downloaded digital movies/music as physical? I was thinking physical as in disc copies.

 

[badascan]

Interesting.

Isn't it funny how some of us are the exact opposite of the others? For you, movies can be streamed but you want physical copies of games & music. Whereas to me that just seems alien to me & it should be the other way around. LOL.

We have the same thoughts about our positions tho. I love the idea of rare and collectible records, some in my collection are 1 of less than ten made, one is 1/1, another 1/5... I have many gigs of music but all either pirated or downloaded from having bought it physically. my record collection is around 1500 at this point...

I also have dozens of dvd's of rarer films or short film collections, semi obscure 70's/80's cartoon films, Kubrick, etc. For me it's modern stuff that i'd rather just stream if i'm going to watch, or rent from the library. If it's something special that has dvd extras like director commentary then i'll buy it.

I think the main reason i prefer physical specifically when talking about "owning" is because digital can all be taken away, you don't actually own it if it's bought through some platform like Playstation or iTunes, you own a license to listen or play but they reserve the right to revoke that license... if the internet changes or goes away, so does your things...

 

[Gambit MMA]

my absolute favorites for most movies/tv shows i have on physical, but even then most of those are on some streaming service at this point.

the only worry i have is if you rely on these streaming services too much, you never know if the content can disappear. on top of that, some of the apps run like shit if updates go wrong. HBO Max has been running like shit the past 2-3 weeks since they did that june update. the pause, forwaring. rewinding etc. barely work and then it starts to lag.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

We have the same thoughts about our positions tho. I love the idea of rare and collectible records, some in my collection are 1 of less than ten made, one is 1/1, another 1/5... I have many gigs of music but all either pirated or downloaded from having bought it physically. my record collection is around 1500 at this point...

I also have dozens of dvd's of rarer films or short film collections, semi obscure 70's/80's cartoon films, Kubrick, etc. For me it's modern stuff that i'd rather just stream if i'm going to watch, or rent from the library. If it's something special that has dvd extras like director commentary then i'll buy it.

I think the main reason i prefer physical specifically when talking about "owning" is because digital can all be taken away, you don't actually own it if it's bought through some platform like Playstation or iTunes, you own a license to listen or play but they reserve the right to revoke that license... if the internet changes or goes away, so does your things...

Yes! Exactly.

Good to know we have another collector in the house. I always loved the idea of having a large vinyl collection but I never quite got there. Probably because I always had my focus on other collections that I had going. For instance, I also collect comic books ( though that collection is more or less on hiatus ), vintage boxing magazines & other memorabilia, action figures, & of course, movies. So, I never had room for a real record collection. I did have about 100 vinyl albums before moving across the country a couple of years ago but I wound up giving them to a collector who lived in my old building just before loading the truck.

 

[W12Ranger]

Physical copies as I don't have to worry about slow/non-existent internet connection. I like owning things, too.