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I always find physical media better than streaming

I will never stop buying movies or games on physical. preserving art is integral to our history as species.

Netflix is temporary; DVDs are eternal.

Physical media grows more and more important as times passes, they want to make sure we truly own nothing 😔😡🤬😤

The fact that streaming services are unstable, along with the fact people really don't record them means at some point there'll possibly be a LOT of lost media.

I babysat for a woman a few years ago and she had a whole wall of DVDs. Movies, shows, etc. There's something magical about browsing a whole wall of DVDs to find something to watch and see what a person likes that you can't really get from browsing Netflix or other streaming services. I got 2 seasons worth of Supernatural in through that babysitting gig over several sittings in one summer thanks to her having the box set. My sister also collects DVDs and it's really nice just picking out what we wanna see right away from a smaller collection of movies than scroll for an hour on a streaming service. I also used to love finding DVDs on sale over ten years ago. I didn't have much money back then as a 19 year old having just moved out, so buying DVDs and games in physical copies was how I treated myself to fun at the time. I should go back to that. There's something special about having a movie collection catered to your own interests instead of browsing endlessly on Netflix for something to watch.

You're right about all of this I don't mind watching movies/Tv shows on streaming services but there's a reason I don't trust it 100% Just like digital photos,once you delete it, it's gone forever

I can’t imagine how James Gunn and the other creators of Coyote Vs.Acme feel about their hard work, their blood, sweat and tears, thousands if not millions of hours of work all gone and they don’t even get to keep a copy of the movie.

As someone who’s Autistic I will buy my comfort shows on DVD and blueray allowing me to watch them over and over again.

I have 805 in my collection, I also work in a second hand store where physical media is one of our best sellers I love chatting with other collectors and love it when the gen z come in wanting to start a collection, love giving them recommendations, I get to live out my dream of working in a video rental store

I initially assumed that streaming would grow until everything ever produced was available online, so I didn’t buy physical media. What I didn’t anticipate was that past films would be edited to conform to current social norms. It started with children’s cartoons, but when it reached The French Connection I changed my mind and started buying my favorite movies on discs.

I've started buying my favorite albums on CD. Spotify is cool and awesome for music discovery. but it just feels nice knowing you own the things you like. Music is a bit easier to "acquire" digitally (ripping CDs checked out from the library anyone?) but I'm hopeful music and movies will continue to be available physically.

I purchased this cheap collection of Noir films amounting to 100 movies. Then, I realized I don't have Batman:TAS and bought that now my collection is complete.

That one guy’s collection in the video is pretty great.

Streaming come and goes but physical Media forever🎉

I don't have the space or money (or desire tbh) for a big collection of physical media, but with all the deleting shenanigans I've decided to start a small collection of my all time favorite shows and movies, those few comfort things that I come back to over and over

Dang I really thought physical media were things of the 2000s and early to mid 2010s but I guess they will be just as useful in the 2020s and 2030s.

I never got rid of my dvd collection which I started to collect as a pre-teen. While my peers moved to streaming services and threw away their physical dvds, I kept collecting. Mainly because I tried Netflix a couple of times at my friends place and it was a nightmare to find anything to watch while scrolling like it wasn't enjoyable at all, I couldn't stand the idea that suddenly one of my comfort series or movies might weren't available anymore, because it just didn't feel the same as having the physical copy on your hands, and also I'm a sucker for all the extras and couldn't believe no-one missed them while using the streaming services. It's weird to see everyone starting to collect dvds and blue rays again like a some new trend, while I was enjoying the hobby all along with a very limited budget while they kept paying their pricey monthly fees and telling me I'm outdated 😂

I love movies and will keep on buying them in physical form for the following reasons 1. picture and sound quality is better 2. they can't censor the movies I own 3. you don't own anything if you buy it digitaly as they can take it back from you (yes sony I am looking at you) 4. the streaming service can remove the movie from their streaming service 5. streaming is not owning

And let’s not forget DVDs and Blurays Have extra stuff like Interviews or BTS of the project itself

Me and my Brother never stopped collecting physical media, even when the streaming services started taking over, I do hope that Sony now releases Disney+ shows on Blu Ray now.

It's frustrating that alot of the shows and movies I WANT to own never get a physical release and the only was to watch them is to keep being stuck to more than one streaming platform.

I agree. My friend recently got me into collecting DVDs, we go around charity shops and CEX type stores and I’ve bought a few on eBay. On average I’ve probably paid £1 per film and I’ve really enjoyed hunting for them. I wouldn’t be surprised in a year or two the most sought after films start becoming quite rare. Even blockbuster films like Terminator 2, I’ve only seen one copy in all the shops I’ve been in and it was a really battered copy.

Buying DVDs from and old shop wich is full of them is such a vibe

We own an entire VHS collection and absolutely love it. We get to display them, collect them, watch them with people we love. The vintage previews are awesome and the casings are cool. We love collecting movies from our childhood and showing it to our kids. Super cool and fun

I started buying Blu Ray again. I was always against relying solely on streaming for my favorite movies and shows. After what just happened with AT&T it further reinforces my belief in physical media.

I always had a pretty large home video collection but I kinda let my collecting slide the last 10 years due to streaming. Now I have cancelled all the streaming and am back to using that same 30 to 40 dollars to just pick up dvds/blu-ray. I am sad a lot of the streaming shows will never get a legit release though.

I never gave up my DVD collection or switched to streaming. I like having a movie and TV library catered solely for me. I also like knowing my DVDs can't be censored or edited like so much media is now. I also don't like to rent. I like to own things, not pay the rich for what they will always own.

I lost my physical media in a wildfire in 2018 and switched to streaming afterward, but I’m over it. Now I’m having a ball curating a new collection!

I just went to the last blockbuster store in world and I'll never forget that. I am glad I am not the only one who prefers physical ones.

This is why I want The Replacements TV series, The Owl House, and Amphibia to get a complete box set. All three are some of my favorite Disney TVA shows that haven't gotten a series box set. I like Gravity Falls which is why I bought the box set from Shout Factory back in 2018.

Just found your video and I agree. Still I donated thousands of dvd’s, blu rays, steel books to charity. I always felt a small regret but the house isn’t that big and I had a hugh collection. I still have many left that I haven’t watched or are favourites of mine. Dvd or blu ray are not that cheap here in the Netherlands. A blu ray that’s just released is around € 30,- Some older once are € 12 to € 15 each. I’m to easy to influence when they tell me that I should donate that old stuff. I will no longer listen to others. I love my physical stuff and keeping it. Thank you for your message and making me aware. ❤

They need to put laws in place to make all movies that get cancelled become available online and become public domain. Especially if they don’t have a valid reason for it.

When I was a teenager I used to download songs on my old computer from music and archives websites back in the 2000s, before streaming came along. On my computer there were more than 5000 songs that I downloaded more than 10 and 20 years ago, some songs even dated back from the late 90s. Now I have copied all those songs on my notebook and edited some of them, fixing the metadata such as the title of the song, the album, putting the corresponding image, the year the album was released, the genre of the song, etc. Although they are not physical media, but files, they have the same functionality, since I can listen to my songs whenever I want, without being subscribed to a streaming service or being connected to the Internet, which makes me highly value all the songs that I downloaded in particular, and physical media in general. We have to keep physical media alive.

i absolutely own physical media and will continue to purchase more as often as i can . physical media for life 💯👍

I think that streaming services have a place as it allows more people to give a wide variety of films a go because they have access to it and don’t have to worry about spending money to buy or rent something they don’t like. HOWEVER, I usually find myself getting physical versions of the films I love the most just to ensure I permanently have access to them

Physical Media >>>>>>> Streaming Thanks for spreading the word!

Great video and I fully agree on the importance of physical media. I have a music collection on CD that I intend to keep forever, and hopefully there will always be players available for me to enjoy it.

I own plenty of dvds. My niece who's a toddler loves them and often requests for me to put on avatar since we have the whole box set. She also likes looking at the art inside. Can’t do that with streaming.

I believe shows like Infinity trains and other's weren't write offs but removed to avoid paying residual checks

My favourite thing about Physical Media is the ability to get your favourite films/tv shows/games autographed by the people who work on or appear in them. I’ve already got six of the actors from Red Dead Redemption II to autograph my copy of the game.

Physical media are needed for the preservation of movies and shows that will guarantee it longer lasting power. For me, personally buying a physical copies of a movie or show means that it had rightfully earned a place in my heart, while its one thing to go for digital and streaming show or movies cause it can come and go. Which is why it will always have a place in my heart. If people are saying otherwise then you can bet that they want us to suffer through another gigantic lost of movies and shows. Dont believe me, just look at how many percentage of films made in the very and very early 1900 to 1930 and you will see what I am talking about. Now I am not saying digital or streaming is bad or anything or the fact that I dislike it. I believe streaming and digital can allow people to know and watch more show. But physical media should never be pushed aside as something of the past. You never know nor appreciate what you have until its gone forever

The big issue I have right now with streaming is that it's slowly becoming the only way of watching films and that these companies are actively taking away the option to buy films physically. And it's not just with movies. We have a lot of Games on consoles which don't even have the full game on them. Physical games for PC have basically become abandoned, and the only way to buy them is through digital platforms. Sure, they're still around, but all they have in them is just a code of the game inside the empty cases, which makes them completely useless. Having the option really matters to me, and just removing it entirely because it's not selling as well as streaming or digital is what really makes me upset about all of this. I do hope that in the future, this will change, and these companies will finally wake up to this problem.

5:36 you gotta really feel for the animators. That shit takes time. Real shame, cause Willy is my favorite loony toons character. Him and Rode runner are hilarious.

Books are still the ultimate physical media as long as you can read it even if no cover and torn pages there's no such thing as a damaged book.

I started buying DVDs and Blu-ray again. I live my 4k but costs to much to buy everything in 4k.

This video explains everything about physical media. The thing about streaming is that your favorite show or movie will be on the streaming service, but then, it will get removed eventually. Another aspect, especially in Disney’s case is the theaters. People have relied on Disney Plus to add the theatrical released movies to streaming after 2 months of being in theaters. People have said, “Why see it in theaters? Just wait for it to come to Disney Plus.”. I think Streaming is bringing movies and shows into a dark aspect where it’s like the older days. You don’t get to own your favorite shows or movies, and instead, you have to wait for it to come on. I hope that doesn’t happen at all. Physical Media is better. I always knew there was something very special about it, even at the time when people didn’t realize that.

I've been buying movies since the 00s started collecting early 2010s now I'm mostly just curating my collection with boutiques and 4K starting to phase out my dvds

I have just come off streaming, now look for old DVDs and boxsets in charity shops for a couple of quid. Fun fact, I have found every single charity shop in the UK seems to have a full boxset of 24.

I'm going into the digital age of movies kicking and screaming! I own over 1,000 of them on DVD, Blu-ray, and in 4K. I actually went to Etsy and got "Barbarian" on Blu-ray when I found out that it wasn't getting a physical disc because I don't want to depend on an Internet connection to watch a movie. In fact, I give my digital copies to a friend of mine since I'll never watch them when I have the disc itself. Besides, as I get older, my arthritis is making browsing through an app a painful endeavor. It's so much easier to look over my physical collection and just grabbing something to watch.

If they themselves refuse to release a physical version then creating one is transformative enough it should have the right to exist.

I also love the idea that if I don’t have internet service , I can still watch physical media with a player & tv over my speakers

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

Not to mention that Blu-ray releases are much higher quality than even the 4K streams on the streaming services because the videos on them are on much higher bitrate.

Finally someone is expressing concern and talking about this, I'm a HUGE dvd/Blu-ray/VHS fan and I have 300+ dvds/Blu-rays/VHES of my own and am still collecting them to this very day, I feel like NOBODY is expressing any concern about this or has enough appreciation for physical media anymore at this point and it saddens me that no one has enough appreciation for this, and that big stores like target, Safeway, Walmart etc. Are limiting their dvd sections more and more as days go on and it seems like the only place in my state that isn't doing that is entertainmart which just makes me sad and sorry if I sound crazy saying this but, I feel like some day all the internet across the world will go out for days and days at a time but by then everyone will have already thrown out their physical media and will have NOTHING to watch especially since streaming channels and $h!t like that requires INTERNET!!! AKA something that we will not have during that time period, while dvds and Blu-rays and VHES, all you need is a working tv (something that 95% of households have) and a dvd/Blu-ray/VHS player and barely any internet whatsoever :D Not to mention the fact that dvds/Blu-rays and VHES have sooooo many great qualities streaming won't give you like bonus features, trailers, if you have disney dvds they'll give you mini games etc. :D Thanks for spending your time reading this, bye-bye now!!!

Thanks for this - great video and points!

Love film and TV to hold a disc is the best, speed my days off going through charity shops

great video hitting all the important points! I have a small cd collection of albums I love & started this collection mainly because I didn't want to see any of these songs or albums disappear from streaming services like I've seen with random songs. I wanted to own what I love & it's so much more fulfilling listening on a cd player than opening an app

Charity shops are a godsend. I frequently see them selling DVDs and CDs for 20p or even 10p each. That's 5 to 10 films and/or music albums for £1 which when you consider that they were going on for £10 each new in the 90's and 00's, it's an absolute bargain.

These companies rely on subscriber growth month after month but the issue is there’s a finite amount of consumers out there. You can’t realistically expect continual growth like that. It will peak. It will tapper off. But these companies can’t comprehend that.

Great video, I think protecting art (and therefore culture) should be a core human value… but companies don’t really care :/

Just realized this is a new channel, great video and good luck!

I agree with everything in this video 100%, and would add that the preference for physical media should absolutely extend to music and video games too.

I never stopped collecting - I have CD, vinyl, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray, UHD BD, and a handful of VHS. My collection is always going up and down, and right now my movie / TV collection sits at around 2000 titles. My biggest problem is actually that so much non-mainstream stuff is coming out on physical media that I don't have money or space for it all.

I love it when I can have both physical and digital when buying it at the same time. I generally prefer watching through disc but sometimes I’m out of the house and want to watch something and don’t have a disc player so I’ll just pull up my digital copy 👌

Synology DS1821(with 8 bay) + 8 x 20 TB WD Red. All your movies in a little place.

I agree about physical media I also love it I have a ton of DVDs and blu-rays of classic movies that I like to watch and video games I only ever get physical video games if I know I'm going to play it more than once and I have quite a physical game collection that I hope continues for as long as possible as long as we support physical media

I…*LOVE* physical media, I’ve been collecting DVDs and physical copies of games for years now (almost a decade to be exact) I had more DVDs when I was younger, but once we got to streaming my parents sold almost all of them. Luckily I still have a few, and my collection is growing. I’m trying to get back those movies that my family owned back then. And fun fact, my family used to have our own home movie theatre in our basement. It wasn’t very big, but it was so fun and cozy. I remember watching movies and playing the Wii down there for hours as a kid, I miss that theater :’( maybe someday, I can make a theater like that in my own house (if I ever get one, I wish I could get the money for it) also, I absolutely despise greedy, scummy, corruptions. We need to take a stand and get them off their high horse, bring them back to reality (because I feel like they’re so far up there but that they need a slap across the face…or a kick in the crotch)

for $50 a month take that and go around to all the pawn shop and charity shops in you area and buy the physical release and if you have a few freinds who do the same you can loan them a movie and visa versa and double your entertaiment

downloading media onto one's hard drive is even more important arguably. physical media withers over time, but a few backups of your collection is eternal, and much easier to share.

There are defiantly pros and cons to both. Physical media is just cool to own alone, plus you get extras, like CD booklets or bonus film scenes or interviews, etc. I've always appreciated the box art too, not just the cover but the spine, back and even the inside when it's there. On the flip side, streaming services make it easier to discover things you might not usually have tried out, since viewing something new comes at no extra cost. As for music services, Spotify has made it so much easier for me to get into things that I couldn't find in HMV (though I could easily order online nowadays). Furthermore, I live in a tiny student room at present and I just don't have the space to store much physical media. Not will all the boxes and booklets, that's for sure. There's a discussion to be had around piracy, too. It's not optimal, but it's surprisingly good at preserving lost media.

Started my collection 3 weeks ago and now I got 80 movies between dvd and blu ray same with my games collection

I never stopped buying physical media

I don't collect DVDs, but I do collect albums of my favorite Kpop groups. Not just because they're cool in design, but if for whatever reason I couldn't stream my favorite songs on Spotify or UKposts anymore, I at least have a physical copy that I can always go back to. I'll probably start collecting DVDs of my favorite movies and animes soon (although anime DVDs are pretty expensive).

Good video and I love physical media too

I never got rid of my physical media collection, but I did stop buying things for a while during the golden age of streaming. About 12 months ago I started buying physical media again. It is very cheap to get used DVD's. I'm slowly cancelling streaming services, so I'm going to be relying on them more and more.

this is the reason I painstakingly got my hands on the first 20 seasons of the Simpsons between 2021 and 2023

There are only 3 reasons why I haven't been collecting movies in physical form (I have only been watching movies more regularly for about 5 years): - I always thought physical copies are pretty expensive because I did'nt know there were good second habnd options avaible - Since I haven't started collecting them I haven't invested in a device for playing it - I still don't like the fact that they take up space because as a student I don't have a lot of space to spare but that might change soon too Thanks to videos like yours I see more and more incentive to start building my own collection

Great vid!!

After The Dune Part Two steelbook sold out in a matter of minutes, I would say, the amount of Blu-ray collections are growing. Especially Steelbooks or Special Editions.

This is actually part of why I love books so much. They’re the cheapest, most accessible form of media. All you need is a library card.

I've only had like one or two Blu-rays. Everybody who likes physical media seems to like Blu-rays, but I've only had traditional DVDs.

I think streaming services should be used occasionally if you realllly want to see a show, everything else should be physical media, we should go back to the old days

Wow that looked very cool. Travel at its finest. Looks like this was a super unique experience. Looking forward to the resort tour. What is Nubian food? Never heard of it.

I prefer physical media in both books and movies.

I actually have both a download collection (like, movies bought somewhere digitally) that sit somewhere and I have a growing DvD collection (but no player for it yet, they are just there so that I know I can watch them when I want to). I also have books (physically and digitally but downloaded so no one can take them away, unlike for example kindle unlimited). Generally, I am a collector sort of person. From like, when I was really young, I have started collecting media in physical form. On my wishlist there are always multiple DvDs and so on so that I can grow my collection without spending money xD

I always prefer to get a physical release when possible. Not everything is available on streaming, and I like building my collection. The reason why I’m still rocking my iPod and use my iTunes library more than my Spotify account is that my iTunes is a library of all the music I own physically, either on CD or Vinyl (even if the latter aren’t including digital downloads as much anymore).

Physical media is lightyears better than streaming. There are no ads, you only need to pay for it once, and you can watch it at your leisure with no strings attached. I own some rare and out-of-print DVDs of some of my favorite shows, anime, and others and I love them to death. If given the chance I'll buy physical media over streaming sites any day. Streaming services are just money sinks that only offer something for a short time before taking it away while physical media is forever preserved and at your fingertips at any time. Physical media is truly the best.

I hate rewatching content but i still collect because i like the library look. So it becomes a decor piece after usage.

I have a childhood dvd collection from the time where I could not watch cable tv, that I want to expand. Especially considering the fear of these movies and shows becoming lost media or at least hard to view.

Nice, well b in put together video 👍

As a theater person, this interests me because there is also this argument in theater. Yes there are FEW pieces of live theater filmed on streaming services but what happens when they are taken away? As an avid theater goer i would pay $$$$$ for a box set of multiple broadway musicals in a heart beat

I prefer physical media

I genuinely don't understand the reason to create a movie and not even release it. I know everything these big bad companies do is for money but what's the point of making something just to delete it? Art is meant to be seen, stop gatekeeping it.

I LOL at the fools who jumped on the streaming (aka renting) bandwagon!! Love my CDs, DVDs, and my Digital Library

I’ve been saying this for years! My friends would always laugh cause I’d always buy my favorite dvds, games and CDs. Now they look at my collection in awe and appreciation cause they just now are getting into buying physical media. Edit: what really woke my friends up to physical media was Community on Netflix and how they removed the DnD episode. I was able to bring my copy of the physical series to watch that episode with them.

All streaming services combined were totaling just under 30€ for me, I unsubscribed from everything except Spotify and will now buy physical movies each month.

Whenever people mention bluray or 4K I feel ashamed because 90% of my collection is DVD, not the other stuff

I use streaming all the time for stuff im more passive on, like a tv show or movie that ive never seen before or something I like. I have a small blu ray collection of stuff that I love that im guaranteed to watch more than once.