Wait a minute, people still BUY films?
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shareAll the time.
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MovieChat Forums > General Discussion > Wait a minute, people still BUY films?
Why not? If I really like a film, I'm going to buy it. On physical media. There are so many not so popular movies that aren't streaming anywhere, and even buying a digital copy has no guarantee that the distribution company will keep agreements with iTunes, Prime, Google, or where ever has digital copies. Same with music.
shareBuying films is unnecessary when you can borrow all the titles you want from the infinitely expanding collection of the Victorville Film Archive.
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Yeah......I still occasionally do.
What I was surprised to find out is the fact that people are still shooting and developing still photos on film !! 😲
MORE SHOULD...I HATE DIGITAL PCTURES...THEY AREN'T REAL...THEY GET LOST,FORGOTTEN,BUIED UNDER A MILE OF OTHER DIGITAL PICTURES BASED ON BEING ABLE TO TAKE UNLIMITED PHOTOS NOW...I MISS THE FAMILY PHOTO BIN/ALBUM.
shareOnce you have digital pictures, you can print them out using a laser printer and photo paper. These pictures look identical to the pictures that I used to have to develop.
Having said that, there is still one instance where having original developed pictures is better, and that is for really old pictures. I have pictures of my great-grandparents and great-uncles from the 1920's and 30's. These pictures have a different look and texture. If I were to print them out on a laser printer and using photo paper, they would look like modern (post 1990's) pictures which ruins them.
I am actually looking into trying to learn how to create old looking photos. I remember finding some website that uses the old type of paper and technology to create those 1920's looking pictures.
YEAH...BUT WHO GETS AROUND TO PRINTING EVERYTHING OUT...I DON'T OWN A PRINTER ...SO...IT IS A PAIN.
shareI have an old inkjet HP printer from the 90's (HP G55). It was pretty awesome. I used it to print a CD cover/booklet for my band's CD album.
The results were spectacular. The CD and the case looked really amazing, like a professional CD. These days the printer sucks. There is something wrong with the print heads so the quality isn't that good. I only use it to print out black text, so mostly documents and such.
But I'm planning on getting this laser printer:
https://www.amazon.com/HP-LaserJet-Wireless-Printing-7KW75A/dp/B083ZYLGGR/ref=sr_1_3?crid=JROKZ8ZW079Q&keywords=HP+Color+LaserJet+Pro+scanner+copier+all+in+one&qid=1669685320&sprefix=hp+color+laserjet+pro+scanner+copier+all+in+one%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-3
And some photo paper:
https://www.amazon.com/Sigel-LP141-Colour-Copier-2-sided/dp/B00129CDGW/ref=sr_1_114?crid=2FSLC3G4CM6FC&keywords=laser%2Bprinter%2Bphoto%2Bpaper&qid=1669686579&rnid=2941120011&s=office-products&sprefix=laser%2Bprinter%2Bphoto%2Bpaper%2Caps%2C86&sr=1-114&th=1
This way I can create professional looking photos.
Currently, if I want to create a physical photo, I just put it on a thumb drive and go to Walgreens. They will print photos for you.
HP sux. I had 2 printers which disintegrated. The plastic parts broke apart and crumbled off making them useless. Never again. They don't last long.
shareWell the HP I have, worked well for 20 years. But I haven't used it in 10 years. It just sat in the closet. I recently fired it up and the print quality sucks. Having said that, getting 20 years out of any modern electronic/computer device is pretty good. They don't make things that last anymore.
As for the laser printer, I have to get an HP because I use FreeBSD (UNIX) as my operating system. It's really difficult to get the printer server up and running. You have to do a lot of configuration in the command line. It's not like on widows where you just double click on an .exe file and it installs it for you. On FreeBSD trying to get it working requires doing research and feels like you are writing code.
I succeeded in getting my HP printer to work, and I found out that the laser printer will work with the current setup. This way I don't have to start from scratch.
I tried installing an EPSON printer and I wasn't able to make it work even after fucking around with the Linux drivers.
So it seems HP is the only option for me.
I have a 22-year old Epson scanner that I routinely use and it works perfectly fine although it squeaks very loudly when it's scanning. I had to configure it a certain way to get it to work on my PC.
I had two inkjets. The quality was fine, but plastic broke apart. 1x is a fluke. 2x is a quality issue. My guess is the ink ate through their cheap plastic. I printout stuff at work for now. I'm set until I retire.
Electronics like TVs used to last a year before something broke or blew-out. My VCR, TV and desktop are old, but still work.
UNIX is a great way to give Bill Gates the middle finger. My laptop has 2007 MSWord from a CD installed which came with my original PC. Works fine and no subscription fee.
I said goodbye to windows in 2014. Once I saw Windows 8 I peaced out.
I learned FreeBSD and created my own custom operating system and desktop environment. It is literally tailored made to my specifications. No one else has the same desktop as me. The level of versatility I have with this system is remarkable; however, to harness its full potential, you must invest a lot of effort into learning. But you do have complete control over your system. No proprietary bullshit, and like you said, parasites like Bill Gates don't get any $ from me. FreeBSD is, as the name implies, Free. Free as in "liberty" and free as in "cost".
As for TV's, I have a Samsung LCD that I bought in 2009 and it still works to this day. It did crap out on me like 5 years ago, but it turned out that they put some shitty capacitors in it. So I took out the circuit board and replaced all the electrolytic capacitors with ones that can handle a larger voltage. I soldered them in and the TV has been working ever since. Recently I bought a new Samsung LED 55" and it stop working after a year. I got a replacement and I think this one is starting to fail too. I had it for only like 8 months and the screen sometimes goes black for like a second. This is what started happening with the previous TV before it took a shit. These filthy parasitic corporations can't even be bothered to produce quality anymore.
I do not but as you can see we do have several Regs that are big physical media fans.
I prefer streaming, it’s just a lot less clutter.