DVDs / what are you doing with them?

[slowguy]

@southpaw

@slowguy

Lots of people here seem to have sketchy streaming services. I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem with streaming unless it was a live streaming event where the problem was with the service, like Netflix.

It’s not that the streaming services themselves are sketchy or anything, and more that they remove content periodically. If they have removed something that you want to watch then you either have to subscribe to a new service that has it, buy it digitally, or use a disc. We rewatch shows and movies all the time; it may not be an issue if you don’t rewatch stuff much.

Ahh. That makes sense.

[doug_in_co]

I have Lord of the Rings on DVD and re-watch it most years… was thinking I need to get it on Blu-ray instead, upgrade the quality
also the Studio Ghibli movies. Most of the movies I cared enough to actually buy on DVD, I’ll watch more than once, unlike streaming fodder…

[slowguy]

@doug_in_co

I have Lord of the Rings on DVD and re-watch it most years… was thinking I need to get it on Blu-ray instead, upgrade the quality
also the Studio Ghibli movies. Most of the movies I cared enough to actually buy on DVD, I’ll watch more than once, unlike streaming fodder…

The only reason I’ve found for keeping DVDs for me personally is for movies where the special features are really cool.

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@WelshinPhilly

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I have the same question about CDs. It seems even more wasteful than DVDs since you listen to albums repeatedly, far more so than watching a film. Not to mention, it’s great audio quality.

I have a large Rubbermaid tote packed with CDs. Rare/collector/box set ones are in a separate, smaller tote.

I don’t even have a means to play them right now, been looking for a basic shelf system that maybe has a turntable.

Don’t have a lot of DVDs/BluRays but the ones we do have we hardly ever watch (live concert ones get watched most).

I recently inherited a Miles Davis collector’s set of CDs with hundreds of hours of music over maybe 8 box sets from every phase of his career. Something like a $500 value, but I don’t play CDs and it’s a massive waste since I love his music. I have probably a hundred or so other CDs from the 90s and 00s sitting around as well, but I only stream and play vinyl. It’s a huge waste.

I’ve been looking around for an interesting way to work them back into rotation. My wife and I are planning to use a small corner of our main sitting room to build a little wine bar, and I’d like to find something wall mounted like a vertical player system. I’ve seen a few but nothing that made me pull the trigger yet.

Something like this woud be interesting if not super practical.

[WelshinPhilly]

@doug_in_co

I have Lord of the Rings on DVD and re-watch it most years… was thinking I need to get it on Blu-ray instead, upgrade the quality

Is that the extended versions? I have the DVD boxset that looks like a set of leather-bound books, but I think I’ve only watched them twice (once all the way through).

[TheRef65]

I’m building a theatre room in my basement and will keep the ones I still have. There are movies I have which are rarely on streaming services that I’d like to watch.

[RandMart]

I have some surfing DVDs (Bruce brown, Jack Johnson, Riding Giants, Gidget, Frankie & Annette, and so on)

While their quality was fine for my old TV, they’re not so great on a bigger screen

[TheRef65]

@RandMart

I have some surfing DVDs (Bruce brown, Jack Johnson, Riding Giants, Gidget, Frankie & Annette, and so on)

While their quality was fine for my old TV, they’re not so great on a bigger screen

Good to know. If that is the case, I may just donate them to the public library.