I own less than 10 and they are all special editions.
I guess when it's so easy to stream movies or pick them up at the library like I do, I don't understand having $$$'s invested in owning them.
I know some of you have said you have large collections - simply curious - why ?
A lot of movies I like are not available on streaming services.
shareAs Amazon pointed out last week, you don't actually "own" the streaming content. Another example is Ultraviolet which folded months ago. They made an attempt to transfer the service to another company, but Millions of people still lost access to the content they thought they had owned.
sharebecause it is satisfying.
0 satisfaction with stream or download.
It's simply a question of feeling. (and addiction ;p)
Stupid? Maybe. True? yes.
MY WIFE SCROLLS THROUGH FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE AND OTHER SUCH SITES ALL DAY LONG,WATCHING ENDLESS VIDEOS AND GARBAGE...SHE CANT REMEMBER SHIT ABOUT WHAT SHE WATCHED BY THE NEXT DAY THOUGH...
IF MOVIES ARE FOOD...STREAMING IS AN IV.IT FEEDS YOU AND KEEPS YOU ALIVE,BUT IT HAS NO TASTE,NO SMELL,NO EXCITEMENT OR DISAPOINTMENT,NO PRESENTATION OR MOUTH FEEL,NO REAL JOY,ONLY A SLOW DRIP OF THE BARE MINIMUM YOU NEED TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT DAY.
Nicely put my good sir
shareWell, some of my collection was started before streaming hit.
The primary reason I retain DVDs or Blue-Rays - and add to the collection - is, as others have stated, largely about preserving certain titles that I want preserved. I don't want to have to worry about forking over monthly cash for a specific title. Streaming services plunk titles in and out of their circulation, so if there's something I want on-hand, I get a copy of it.
DVDs are also convenient because the internet going down doesn't affect them. There's never any load times or commercials or anything.
You pointed out another value: special features. Sometimes a commentary track is very enlightening. Sometimes they're dreck, but it can be fun exploring the extras.
I have many good reasons to keep dvd's of my own films:
1 - no commercials, ever
2 - not subject to copyright change and appearing or disappearing from time to time
3 - only have to pay once for the DVD and I don't have to rent pay to see them on places like Amazon
3 - not subject to sudden "editing" nobody asked for; no need to worry about some stupid streaming service placating "triggered snowflakes" - no stupid "trigger warnings"
4 - behind-the-scenes extras if you want them
5 - politically incorrect films that aren't being censored by unseen forces
6 - old films you might or might not find on streaming
7 - don't have to worry about the streaming service not working anymore, DVD player and tv will still work, regardless
8 - if I like a film a lot, I prefer to have my own copy anyway
9 - might be something that isn't available on any streaming service, for whatever reason
10 - nobody's monitoring my watching habits when I'm using my own dvd player
I just recently decided to start collecting movies again after selling my collection years ago. Just bought approximately 200 DVDs from some chick on gumtree for fifty bucks. The pictures were dodgy so I had no idea what I was getting outside a few titles I could make out. It was fun going through them all when I got home and unboxed them.
shareI used to buy movies, but you are right. Starting around 2005 I began to sell them all off on Amazon. I just kept a few. There is not point, and as time goes by there is even less point.
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