Ah. We're so different. The quality of streaming is absolutely fine as far as I'm concerned, precisely because I lived through the VHS and DVD eras. I accept, of course, that 4K Blu-Ray is superior to a 4K stream, but the difference isn't substantial enough for me to drop the convenience of streaming.
You're also right - obviously - about ownership versus 'ownership', but I always found with optical discs that I rarely watched a film often enough to feel that it was worthwhile owning. Some folk will watch their favourite films over and over again. I'm not really like that. I'd usually rather watch something new to me or something I haven't seen for years or even decades.
And, furthermore, I never cared about the special features either. I must have listened to about three director commentaries in my life.
So, it's horses for courses, isn't it? And streaming suits me down to the ground.
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PrimeMinisterX (8859)
3 years ago
Really, for me the special features and actually owning the movie are the big things. The small bump in quality over streaming is just a nice bonus.
The primary thing I look for are making-of features, preferably not just some short shit that's 15 minutes but rather a feature-length documentary. Top Gun and Independence Day, for instance, have AMAZING making-of materials on their discs.
The second thing I look for is the director's commentary.
After that, some of the stuff I find of value and some stuff I don't.
My hope is that physical media sticks around, even if it's expensive and only for the collectors. In that sense it could be like vinyl today or like LaserDisc in the 80s and 90s. I could see myself paying as much as $40 for a movie if it were a film I loved and the release was full of great bonus material.
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capuchin (3369)
3 years ago
My hope is that physical media sticks around, even if it's expensive and only for the collectors. In that sense it could be like vinyl today or like LaserDisc in the 80s and 90s.
I think that's exactly what'll happen. There's still plenty of people who prefer a physical copy. I certainly don't think physical media is going to go away anytime soon, but it is eventually going to become a niche market.
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PrimeMinisterX (8859)
3 years ago
The sales are falling from year to year, some companies have stopped making players, and one or two studios have already said they're going to stop releasing their films on disc. Those are not good signs.
But I do hope that the industry realizes that there IS a core group of us who want to actually own our movies and are willing to pay to do so.
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