Why You Should Collect DVDs Again

Streaming sites were once a revolutionary way to watch films and TV series, but now they're a corporate tug of war. If you want no part of that, you should start collecting DVDs again.

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[ICECREAMAN]

I will never stop buying dvds/blu-rays.

[eternalhalloween]

Even if you prefer standard DVD, the point is, you are in control of it. With streaming, you are not.

[animalenotturno]

I fully agree with your point, I have been collecting DVDs for about 10 years, a big hug from Italy!

[jordancampbell]

I still have my DVDS.
I'll never gets rid of them.
Plus, my friend has gone back to DVDs.

[dazjackson]

I can understand people not wanting to have massive collections of DVD/Blu-ray in the streaming age, but think it's short sighted not to have at least your favourites on a physical format.
I have certain films or TV shows that I rewatch every few years as I feel the urge - it'd be very annoying to rely on the "hit and miss" nature of streaming.

[JB-oufl]

I agree with your thoughts. Another reason why I prefer physical media compared to streaming are the special features that are usually included on physical media copies. I find them interesting especially for my favorite movies.

[iang]

I can't stand the fact that streaming services like Netflix also created a higher price rate for 4k quality streaming. Everything in standard just looks terrible.

[marklockey]

I still buy and collect DVDs, even though I get “stick” from people for being “ old fashioned “.
How can anyone get rid of classic films just to “ fit the trend of streaming “….
I also used to receive underhand comments as I refused to ditch my vinyl years ago….well, vinyl
Is back so, “well done” for anyone getting rid of LP’s that are now sought after and cherished.

[nickthompson]

That’s why I’m hanging on to my DVDs/ blu-rays

[tonycollazorappo]

I have a ton of those and not to mention all my music CDs. I refuse to pay a subscription to listen to my music or watch a movie without the interruption of commercials. I'm a senior and I don't do that, lol.

[UserJ-r]

My journey of DVD collecting has just started…

[ldwp]

In the UK the best places to find DVD's is in charity shops, sometimes you can get tham for 3/4 or even 5 for a pound. I mean in the last year I bought a copy of The Wolf of Wall street for a pound, still in the wrapper.

[redwillowschippers]

Streaming is awful. The picture quality is usually subpar and the amount of commercials is ridiculous. Plus the censorship and missing episodes. There is usually nothing I want to watch on streaming anyway. I have a nice collection of around 500 to 600 movies on Blu-ray and DVD. They don't take up much space with my nice shelves and sit flat against the wall. I can watch whatever I want, whenever I want with no commercials and no censorship. Not to mention the movies people buy digitally and it suddenly disappears with no refund. People who trust streaming are suckers. Wake up people! You will lose everything

[Hammerstein]

Just holding physical piece of film in your hands is priceless.

[goonerinSP]

I bought the 4k blu ray version of 2001 and my god what a huge difference in quality over streaming.

[TheNITRO]

Streaming is convenient but! you cant go wrong with physical media that is in your hands end of story.

[zapplague]

I'm such a physical media type of person that every single film our college club makes, we will always have a dvd item for people but of course it will include additional content not available on screenings

[FoggyBadger]

I recently started collecting dvds and blu-rays again. It started because The Hunger Games, as big as that franchise is, isn't streaming on anything. So I bought the 4-movie collection on blu-ray. I watched them and while at first I was annoyed that I had to manually get up and swap the discs between each movie (I'm lazy, leave me alone!), I realised that I didn't have to worry about it freezing. I have bad wifi, and it sometimes takes me a couple hours to watch an episode of Loki. So I started buying movies and shows physically. Currently have 45 blu-rays and 15 dvds.

Unfortunately, some streaming exclusive titles are literally streaming exclusives and aren't available physically.

Oh, and I don't understand why everyone is so strongly against physical altogether. I was determined to get the disc version of the PS5. All my friends were like, "Why? The digital only version is cheaper, and everything is downloadable anyway". I mentioned maybe getting blu-rays someday (this was before the Hunger Games incident) incident) and they were like, "Everything you could ever want to see is streaming".

The Hunger Games movies, Anne of Green Gables 1-4 (Sullivan Entertainment), Yellow Submarine, Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Ring trilogy, Ringu, The Wind (1928 Silent Film), San Francisco (1936 Clark Gable film), Eyes of the Mothman, and I Know My First Name Is Steven are movies I own which are not streaming.

So yes, I'm glad I own the disc version of the PS5!

[andrewamp]

Way ahead of you, I've been doing it for decades, I own ~2K movies and still counting.

[ChocolateMilk]

I have over 3, 000 blu rays, 200 plus dvd’s and about 50 4K’s. I can watch whatever I want to whether it’s John Wick, Oppenheimer or Full House.