Why you ought to be buying DVDs and Blu rays

I talk about why I still collect DVDs and why they are better than streaming services. If you’re fed up with streaming services, now’s a great time to rebuld a DVD or Blu-ray collection again. With cheap prices on the second hand market, there’s never been a better time to buy DVDs.

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[catguy]

4 reasons to buy DVDs/Blu rays over digital copies:

1. You actually own the copy and no one can take it away from you. Unless your house gets burglarised, but that's actually less likely to happen than the company being a jerk.
2. The quality is always better, particularly on blu-ray disc. An Internet connection for HD just isn't always reliable. Plus the service has full control over it.
3. You get more bonus features
4. You can sell the film if you don't like it

[richardansley]

Physical media wins hands down as far as I’m concerned. Streaming services can and do totally remove content and edit / censor stuff from time to time. With discs you get the movie or series and frequently extras, interviews and deleted scenes. You can also watch it anytime you want to. Some older, rare and OOP stuff will simply never make it onto streaming channels!

[times]

I was spending around £60 per month on various streaming services. I stopped cold turkey and have moved back to buying DVD's, Bluerays etc. Just picked up the complete Columbo DVD collection at less than £30. Bargain.

[Jackie-jisj]

NEVER EVER STREAMED ANYTHING, NEVER WILL. I WANT THE PRODUCT IN MY HAND IF IM PAYING MONEY ❤

[jr]

I never gave up collecting DVD's, Blu-ray's and 4K. We've now a collection of 2, 000 films and TV series. We haven't streamed for years and don'#t miss the wokery/

[notacarnist]

Totally agree with you.

There's a charity shop near me that does 4 dvd's for £1. Nuts.

I've started picking up movies that I already love or are highly rated to store away for the future.

But don't forget to eat healthy (boycott highly processed food completely) and exercise. Live life free from chronic disease and pain while enjoying your films.

[waynecheshire]

I always say streaming is for somebody who likes films and physical media is for somebody who loves films, I think your on to another winner 👍

[patrickmartin]

With a huge collection of DVD's, if TV & movies disappeared tomorrow, I would still have more media to watch that I ever could for the rest of my life. Great video once again. Keep it up!

[ApolloT-vpdn]

Streaming is basically renting forever, but without the choice of what you'd like to watch.

I'm much happier buying both new and old BluRays/4Ks, without risk of changes in the future like censorship or directorial fiddling (directors cuts) which aren't always for the better.

I've built a large collection of film and TV over the last 20 years. I'm in a position to never be bored. I have a running list of films I haven't watched recently and I'm going through that list.

My realisation was that I spent more time scrolling Amazon Prime or Netflix (the only two I have) than watching anything. Then putting something on, just because of scrolling fatigue. But the thing that's going to completely destroy streaming is the forced introduction of adverts. It's NOT acceptable for Amazon Prime to bill me, then change the terms of the service for the worse. I will NOT be watching any streaming service when adverts are required or it's too expensive to pay for ad free versions. No thanks.

Ultimately, there's 100 years of great films and TV available on physical media. I don't actually need new content if they don't offer it physically.

[michaelalanpowell]

We should also keep supporting HMV and Zavvi etc to keep new releases coming as well. It is also nice to get remastered versions of our favourite films in steelbook or box set versions. I'm glad new films like Oppenheimer are still released on physical media. Physical media will always be there as long as us fans and collectors buy them. It's not just about collecting, preserving, it's also our hobby and it's fun dammit!!!

[scottw]

I was VERY close to selling most of my dvds because of convenient streaming. Thankfully, i didnt. I even bought some cheap classic movie collections this week. Havent bought dvds in many years.

I just dont want to give Disney and Netflix my money anymore. So happy i still have my favorite comedy classic collections. Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, Three Stooges, Marx Brothers, etc. I imagine they will be edited for content at some point.

Just picked up a Don Knotts 5 movie collection for ten bucks. Im going to get the Get Smart series collection soon. Loved the show as a kid, but never picked it up. Make DVDs great again!

[gmc]

I have been buying used dvd boxsets for a couple of years now. I ditched Netflix for the usual reasons i.e generally disappointing content and time consuming searches for anything interesting. I'm 57 and love anything produced in the 70s and 80s especially for the nostalgia. Currently I'm binging on a Secret Army boxset from the 70s. It's excellent, well acted and a snip at £30.

[typebiter]

So glad to have found your channel!
I have been buying DVD's again for a few months now and it has been a game changer. It has also helped me to become more deliberate in my viewing and as such I have watched some real classics that I would have missed if I'd have left it up to the algorithm (which never seems to know what I want)
All the best!
- Typebiter

[Nick_Scratch]

I had to cancel my streaming services for a few months recently, and was forced to realize that after all that money, I had zero to show for it. Now I am having such a good time hunting for items for my physical collection.

And now streaming companies are trying to get us used to ads again, even though we’re already paying them! Ridiculous.

[chazilla]

Preaching to the choir my friend! I love physical media. I'm slowly cancelling my streaming services, and buying more, More, MORE DVD's!

[dannypoo]

The TV show Scrubs has had significant portions of its soundtrack changed by streaming services due to licensing issues. In addition, three episodes have been permanently removed due to certain jokes being taboo. That's a good reason to physically own the DVD's of that show.

[David-nozi]

Yep - I stopped paying for any streaming services and I'm buying DVD's 4 for £1 at my local charity shops. They are practically giving them away and I've amassed a large collection of movies that I actually OWN for far less than what I'd spend on streaming.

[JerryRoark]

You are spot on. As for price, it is a bit more for me because, as a long-time collector, I already have a very large collection of DVD, Blu-ray, and even VHS. So, when I'm shopping for more, I'm usually looking for something specific. I still usually pay under or around $10 for a DVD or Blu-ray. I have paid much more, such as $85 for the Cleopatra 2525 series and $65 for Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy on DVD. I was more than happy to pay $145 for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection box set... loads of exclusive extras in that set. One thing a lot of people aren't aware of is the advantages of audio and video quality. I read about this and tested it myself, and because of varying bit rates on streaming services, a physical Blu-ray has significantly better audio and video quality than a 4K movie streaming. The 4K only signifies pixels on screen, not bit rate. That, I had to see for myself, and it held true.

[MrsCoffeeWalks]

We had stacks of DVDs and VHS donated when we had a fund raising yard sale for our granddaughter, during her cancer treatments. We sold what we could and gave away the rest. Someone even took the VHS! We do have a few sets of DVDs here, Flashpoint, a Canadian police show, and a bunch of old Daniel Boon shows that our boys loved. And of course Anne of Green Gables! We don’t watch often, but I keep them anyway. I’ve also passed lots of educational sets on to our oldest daughter for her kids.

[SEBSEB]

Another one is, with streaming services, if you're paying money each month for it, you feel obligated to watch it, otherwise you'd be wasting your money. You might go through a period where you're not watching much tv though, you're doing other things. So then you'd think you're kind of wasting money on it, and you may even force yourself to watch it so as to get your money's worth. With physical medai though, there's no such urgency. You feel more at ease to watch it whenever.