Actually, physical media is making a comeback because people are realizing the streaming sites delete things and change things. and they're overpriced as hell.

Physical media is much better quality than streaming. It's going to stick around don't worry. Especially with a bunch of streaming services loosing billions of dollars.

Convenience is the silent killer of many things. Support your local stores and physical media by going to stores and purchasing physical media, books, etc. Or one day it will all be gone.

Miss the DVD era

Physical will NEVER die, it will only get bigger though.

Buy the physical copies, rip them to Plex, have the best of both worlds.

I always buy the CD when available. I don't want to rent music, I want to own it.I bought my first CD about 35 years ago and it still plays perfect.

It’s not dying. People are already starting to realize the shortcomings of streaming/ digital content. You watch what they want you to watch while it’s available. You also DO NOT ACTUALLY OWN IT! You don’t pay = you lose it all. Licensing changes = you lose access to something you paid for. You want to watch Robocop 2? Not if it’s not available on the services you have. Don’t get me started on gaming. I only buy digital when it’s on a DEEP sale and I try to keep my favorites installed in case the internet goes out. Y’all rely too much on that crap as it is

Not only is the picture superior to streaming, but those with surround sound systems will notice a HUGE difference. Physical media has always been FAR superior in audio. I've noticed streaming has improved some over the years in terms of surround sound, but physical media still blows it out of the water every time.

I have thousands of DVDs/BluRays, thousands of books and music cds, as well as hundreds of vinyl albums, singles and tapes. If the internet goes down or stops completely, I have plenty to watch and read during the societal meltdown that follows. And I'll continue to collect them because they are then mine, not rented digitally.

Far from dead, just niche. The audio visual fidelity from blu ray and 4k blu ray is king.

I still prefer watching things on physical media more over streaming services cause I hate it when they take away things and don't put them back. Its nice being able to actually own your own copy on disc and play it anywhere even without internet.

You spend more time looking through online streaming than you do actually watching a movie.

Good video. My fondness for physical media comes from the censorship streaming services sneak into movies. Disney+ in particular. I'd much rather have the director and team's intended vision than something that was edited when it went up for streaming.

Not one single serious AV enthusiast on this planet prefers streaming over physical media when it come to audio and video quality.

I grew up in the era where you had to buy ringtones, spent 99 cents for the "Crazy Frog" ring-ding back in '05. The site that I bought it from is long gone. No chance of me hearing that .wav that I spent my hard-earned money on ever again, and there's no place I can go to to demand a refund... if I had it in physical media, totally different story I'd be too busy fighting off all the ladies to write a comment like this

I want to own my own shit. Not rent or stream shit that will eventually go away or could be taken from me like ive heard has happened to others already like with Playstation games.

Sales of vinyl have increased in the last 20 years, and I still buy new releases on CD, with no issues in buying them

Ubisoft, the developer of the Assassin's Creed franchise, recently deleted all of their inactive accounts. This means anyone who was inactive lost their entire digital game library that they paid money for. Imagine if more companies adopt this business practice. Imagine waking up from a coma because you were in car accident and your entire digital library had been deleted. Or you come home from deployment and it's gone. What if you were just released from jail? Maybe you're a contractor and you just came home after being gone for a long time. This is why physical media is so important.

I buy 4K Ultra HD movies now because for me that's the ultimate physical format. I can't imagine movie studios will release anything better. I will only buy digital if the physical media are too cost prohibitive, like the TV show Weird Science or Are You Afraid of the Dark. Or are completely out of print and people are trying to sell them for ridiculous prices on auction sites.

I'm always up to date with every tech related thing you can imagine and I love them. The only thing I don't want to let go is buying physical games and movies. Not to the mention video game publishers said it reduces costs and it saves the environment when you choose digital media. Then tell me why video games are cheaper physically than digitally? Something ain't right. Don't forget that you can buy a physical video game and use the original version you paid for. However with a digital copy they can patch it anytime to change and remove stuff from it. Imagine paying 60 bucks for a game to get delisted from the store next year.

Fantastic video. Thank you for making and discussing it. I’m a massive supporter of physical media still to this day.

This just boils down to the entertainment business not wanting you to own any of their property to use whenever you want to, thus taking away their control. Plain and simple. I hate digital in anything, so it's physical or nothing when it comes to my purchasing power and they need my money.

I only buy movies and music on physical platforms. If its digital only i won't buy it.

Physical media will never die, which is someone many of us have known for decades not a hot take

I personally prefer physical DVD. it fills me with excitement as if it's my first time watching the movie knowing I have the luxury of choosing alternate versions on Bluray DVD, the theatrical version, the directors cut, special edition or complete boxed sets. I'm deeply thankful to the people who put these movie disks and boxed sets together, all the details and effort they put into these is just amazing, right down to the special features and bonus behind the scenes disks, the box art, collectors figures, fold out posters, movie synopsis and credits included on the inner sleeve, the accompanied booklets is simply outstanding attention to detail. I just don't get that same excitement when I stream a movie on Netflix or some other streaming platform.

What goes around comes around. The point-and-shoot cameras are coming into fashion too. The latest manufactured models are available in the museums of technology.

Nope im buying all physical everything if i can

Was expecting a quarter millions subscribers at least with this production value. Great video

I'm going to continue adding to my physical media collection.

Physical media will never go away!!!!! Love my DVDs.

No no no no we are giving up all our freedom I noticed this trend before it became a trend that is why I have all my favorite movies and cartoons growing up till now on a external HD and I can watch them whenever I want and yes I still use my 300 plus dvd collection. Streaming is nice if one you have a unlimited plan and two they provide everything that you want not what they can provide at that given moment 🤦‍♂️

I enjoyed this video and I agree with the man in the video in that, I will NEVER get rid of my DVD's. They are much better then any other format will ever be. And I want the movie in my hand, not on a computer. DVD's are the best value for the money and the program on it is totally yours and there are special features usually which you miss out on a stream device.

Streaming services are for people who still haven't realized they can download a bootleg copy of a show for free and own it forever.

i dont mind streaming, I watch a movie once and never touch it again

Die hard fan of physical media here. Great report!

I really hope people are realizing that "an only digital future" is not the answer. It's always good to have options. Once we go to a digital only future, these options are going away. Like they said in the video: Renting, reselling, trading, etc... just isn't possible with digital only. And then, you have the quality of streaming of course. Or better: The lack of quality. Due to compression.

We will have no say in the future.

It's not dying. I for one am a dedicated collector.

I don't pay to rent things and that's what streaming is. Paying over and over for mostly the same content. I also can't stand these silly trigger warnings and I don't like the way censorship is slipping in harder and harder with old media being edited and cut for supposed ''modern audiences''. So I've always stuck to my DVD collection.

What actually rise concern for me is that certain people with self proclaim good intent could use the digital conversion to apply a level of censorship that physical media distribution could not allow.

Fortunately there is still decades worth of older media on physical copies out there you can acquire along with what ever you already own. And that's something any nimrods who run streaming services and film studios can't take away from people.

Hey, this surprised me. I'm glad there are local news people out there who are keeping up with things like this.

Hold on to that physical media! It’s convenient, but theres nothing romantic about about a subscription service.

I'm an independent film maker and many of the streaming services pay independents lees than a penny per view, and with DVDs I can actually get a fair return for my films. Its also very cool to go into a store and see one of my films on the shelve.

What goes around comes around. It may not be popular today, but there will be a wanton trend in the future where physical media will become collectible in the not too distant future.

Great piece of journalism! Glad to see that local news outlets are reporting on this. Keeping physical media alive is a vital part of history or else so much of our culture will be lost. You have a new subscriber from Sweden after seeing this well done piece, Cassy. 🇸🇪

I think people are starting to realize that not everything will be available when they want it not even movies and shows they thought they owned after purchasing from Amazon etc. At this point if you want the best video/audio quality physical media is still the best option but I think for the average consumer the quality of streaming is more than enough. It is unfortunate that consumers cannot see the forest through the trees because we are quickly becoming a society where we own nothing.

Great video on Physical media. I hope it does have a resurgence.

Hang onto what you've got. It'll be like gold someday.

Streaming wont even make my subwoofer move, pop in a blu ray and my living room shakes

I actually haven't popped in a DVD in years so I dont hang on to any movies. But once I watch something I rarely want to re watch it. I have a good CD collection still but Stream music mostly. I'm still hanging on to some ps3 games I haven't been able to get digitally through Playstation but I have been have been all digital since halfway through that generation. I like the convenience, no clutter and massive savings I've gotten from streaming services.

Great video! 👍

There’s so much crap on streaming services and prices keep going up,no wonder people are going back to the physical copies, I have cancelled my netflix and Spotify subscriptions and going back to my dvds and cds

That final note on Sony and Discovery: they backed out of shutting it down, but just because people complained. Then all of a sudden a new deal with Discovery was struck within a week or two. That's good, BUT it shows that it only happened because of people complaining. They had weeks, months, maybe YEARS to get a deal together but didn't want to. If the laws don't force them, they'll do whatever they can to make money without holding any standards or keeping their word. Only when bad rep comes into play do they start looking at the consumer's situation. If nothing forces them, they'll do whatever they see fit. On this occasion, they kept it. Next time, they won't. Buying a product should give you the right to own that product. If not, it means that if purchasing isn't owning, then piracy can never be theft.

Fantastic report!

People keep doing review on this subject, but my research on this indicates just the opposite, 4K Blu-ray sales rose almost 6% in the third quarter of 2023 compared to 2022, and at the end of 2022 were up 20% year-over-year, marking the only segment of the physical disc business to grow, according to numbers from Digital Entertainment Group.6 days ago

Very awesome touching video and physical media need to live more!

no physical release no buy

Our local walmart is always sold out of DVDs. I just wish they would start to carry more bluray and 4k discs, which are starting to make more of a presence in the store. I said it from day one YEARS ago; do NOT let physical media die.

Physical media will never die.

Feels like im watching the news

The only subscriptions I have anymore is a movie theater subscription, and Netflix because it’s bundled in with my phone plan.

Physical media won't die. What you own on discs, can't be taken away. If you don't want to rely on streaming services keeping your favourite content in their programme, you have to buy physical copies.

Escape the digital gulag!

I think we have reached peak Stream....and it is becoming so expensive to watch all the Streaming channels ...so glad that physical media survives and will continue to do so ...oh and I just got some cool CDs ..

I back up UKposts videos on physical cds and buy physical movies for my collection so i am in control and also i have a digital converter box i use to run UKposts videos full screen and watch tv with a ge digital antenna

We need a "Right to own" act to deal with DRM and media as a service. ALL corporate publishers MUST at least provide an offline DRM-Free option to consumers for all media/games for the duration for that media/software sales life. Publishers can charge extra to cover costs etc...but they must make the option easy and clear for consumers. Consumers will be informed of this option and understand what they BUY they own and functions more or less the same as when they bought it. i.e. is independent of corporate servers and services to operate. NOT DRM. Preservation and backups for personal use will be left to the responsibility of the consumers.

I love that so many people are selling their used cd's and blu-rays cheap. means I get to buy them all cheap! Seriously i think physical media will come back when people realize their digital streams or copys can be gone and all the money they paid for it was for nothing. just like leasing a car. waste of money when you can pay a tiny bit more to own it.

I only buy physical media. Except for video games. It would be very difficult to play the latest games only on physical media.

There were several new CD players released last year, CDs are getting more popular, artists are releasing new records on CDs, vinyl and cassette.

Teach your kids and this won’t go away.

Every game and/or movie that I want to keep I immediately archive on DVD to make sure I have it. If I have to get it on the high seas then that's what I will do. To hell with streaming. If I pay for it, it's mine.

Just makes me mad. I truly am not happy with how media works now. They say rental shops are closed, they still kind of are here with libraries. I still love renting movies from the library.

Until the day that everything is on Netflix (or whatever service) you're going to end up buying DVDs...

I love this format! I feel like I’m watching Dateline or 20/20 from the hay day of physical media!

If people will not pay for subscriptions and digital downloads they will be forced to release physically.PlayStation has been removing games and movies since PS3 so it’s nothing new.

Simply boycott buying the game if its only to be downloaded only, that'll teach them.

Its like with game companies trying to push digital only, with full control to remove anything from your account at any given time

I have over 7200 movies on DVD and Blu-Ray

Physical is the way to go call me old school but I grew up with VHS and music came on cassettes. Then came DVD and CDs now Blu Ray and 4K Blu Ray. Hell I even remember some Laser Disc. I’ve always preferred physical media something I can hold in my hands make copies of it replay it as much as I want. Rip the disc to hard drives make backups can’t do that with streaming. I still use CDs in my car.

I won't do downloads. Why? Because I had a PlayStation 3 die suddenly. Everything on it was lost. Fortunately, I had the original discs so I could play the games on a new PS3 without paying for them again.

I have bought CDs since 1986, SACDs since 1999 and Blu Ray audio discs since 2012. Whenever I listen to my silver discs I get a wide grin. As long as there are people like me who keep buying physical media, physical media will never die.

I refuse to buy digital, if I pay for something I want it in my hand so you either release it on physical media or I will pirate it, your loss!

They can stream whatever they want when movies goes digital I DONT buy them i prefer physical format. Just like VINYL people going back to turntable again.

Na it's not dead at all. And shops are still selling them. People are waking up to the rip off of having to have 5 different streaming services to "hopefully" watch what you want to watch, all with monthly subs.

Problem is that these things dont last. Many discs are dying and dont even work anymore.

One thing to note is that there is a pressing issue of bitrot that either has already or will begin to affect optical media like CD's and DVD's. Depending on what type of disc (CD, CD-RW, DVD+R, BD-RE, etc) and what material the discs are made of data retention without errors can be expected anywhere from 5-100 years. Assuming that your DVD's were made with good materials any movies or TV shows you have on DVD-R media, if stored in ideal conditions, can last for at least 50-ish years before bitrot can be expected to begin. Any CD's and CD-R's people may have lying around are about the same length of time. However, much of, for example, the music recorded to CD's during the 80's is now 40+ years old. This is where digital storage really should be coming into play. Having the physical media is great, but that is not a permanent solution for keeping the data around decades down the road. Anyone serious about collecting and hoarding physical media should be looking into converting the data on those discs to digital formats while also following the 3-2-1 rule of backups. Three backups of a file in two different formats and one backup offsite. edit: this is not to discourage the ownership of physical media in any way, just as advice for planning the long-term survival of the information contained on the discs or tapes we have. Also with the 3-2-1 backup plan here is an example of following it: Backup 1 is the DVD, backup 2 a rip of the DVD converted to .mkv on a hard drive in your house, and the offsite backup could be that .mkv file on a hard drive somewhere else. You can use cloud storage or sort it our yourself.

Here I thought this was going to be making fun of physical media and 'why people waste time with such things' This was a well put together piece which brings light to the situation, we're still very much in flux at this point. I believe people who care about their favorite types of content will come around to help bring balance to the markets.

I'm not sure it is. Lots of people are buying physical media again owing to streaming services charging again and again for the same programme/film.

Streaming sucks, I'll take dvds any day.

Physical media never dies

If physical media us dying its murderer is the Hollywood System . Kevin Smith is selling out almost a box set of his Clerks trilogy . He has no problem getting physical copies of his movies to sell .

I'm getting tired of corporations crapping on our rights and taking ownership away from consumers. Unless you hold the physical medium, the company can terminate your rights to consumption anytime they want to. This is why I don't subscribe to streaming services, I buy physical media.

You have that news reporter type of speaking.

Now's the time to collect physical media. Across the board it's going to get very valuable one day.

Not for me ! Because streaming is nothing but a shit show of just controlling you ! We own all our movies now physically and it's the only way to go ?

You cant beat watching a DVD VHS or even better laser disc and the amazing art and sleeves with pictures and info and you own it!

that why having gamestop around is a good thing

High production value here. Almost like i was watching a commercial news network story.