I live in a rural area with mediocre DSL. The only reason mine isn't 100% physical is because I subscribed to mlb.tv a couple months ago. It usually works but is often blur-vision.
I rented a Hobbit movie from one of those Georgia red kiosk boxes once about a hundred years ago. I had to scrape the dust off the DVD player to play the disk. Physical media is deader than disco, girls.
I have two girls and one thing that makes long car trips bearable is that each girl has their own dvd player in the car. For dvd players to be useful they require dvd movies so I end up buying every kid-friendly movie as a physical copy.
I'm one of the hold outs of physical media still. I watch my fair share of netflix and other streaming videos, but for the content I love I still seek out the blu-ray version.
The main reason for this is that the streaming quality, although close, just isn't quite up to the blu-ray. I have a 120" and 100" projector along witha 65" tv. I can often pick out compression artifacts, especially in darker colors from streaming videos.
I also have a 9.2 channel home theater, and hope to upgrade to a 4k projector soon. Although not supported right now, I suspect they'll be on physical media well before streaming.
On an even pickier note, I have some issues with netflix changing aspect ratios and doing pan&scan on some of their movies. http://whatnetflixdoes.tumblr.com/
I will be more than happy to invest in the storage space to support the large file sizes which will be required to house a digital file with the same bitrate and quality as a disk.
@Lister That is true, but the streaming rate is 15.6Mbps, which means it is HIGHLY compressed. 1080p blu-ray is at ~25 Mbps. 4K disks being around 40Mbps. As I mentioned earlier I can easily spot compression artifacts in streaming videos already. Maybe it won't be as bad with the 4K video.
@all_hail_me Oh, good! Nice to know I have some company, and I may not be the only person in the world who orders a Blu-ray movie after streaming it on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon.
uncrate has some nice things, but I find a lot of it is over priced. That $17,500 pool table is ugly, and ridiculously expensive. I'm on Meh. because I like spending as little money as possible. Although I do like the $120,000 tv http://uncrate.com/stuff/samsung-uhd-s9-105-inch-curved-tv/ Do you think meh could sell one for about 80% off?
@all_hail_me Netflix does pan and scan? I have been a holdout so far and this is a deal breaker for me. I will stick to my widescreen Blurays. I have about a dozen or so of movies I love and enjoy re-watching (ie Blade Runner!)
@Duneatic Only on some movies and some regions. Apparently lots of people complain about the black bars on 2:35:1 aspect ratio movies so they crop the video to fit in 16:9. For most things I plan on watching once I don't care so netflix is fine
Remember that photo of all those long pine crates filled with LPs?
I bought a bluray player from Woot maybe two, two-and-a-half years ago, and haven't hooked it up yet. Nothing worth watching. It was a decent price, though.
They still make DVDs and Blu-ray discs? Who knew? The only physical media at my house are a few PS4 discs, and I feel so behind the times when I have to change those in the console tray. Get with it, Sony!
I have over 1,000 DVDs and Blu Rays but we don't watch them much anymore. We mostly watch TV and movies on Netflix and other electronic media. I actually bought two DVDs this morning, they are the first I have bought all year. They're both older films I haven't seen yet starring actors I like. They were $1.99 at Walgreens. That said, I buy a lot of TV series on DVD and Blu Ray at the Black Friday sales every year. They won't alway be available online, but I will always want to have them.
I've resorted to $$ microwave internet service at my rural location. (Not even DSL available.) It's fast enough to stream, but I have limited monthly bandwidth allocation. So only occasional Netflixing. For that, and reasons @moondrake stated, I buy discs. Mostly Blu-Ray and ripped to a server for local streaming. But it's been a few years since buying a CD. Mostly because I'm too lazy to choose what I want to hear, and rely on Pandora and Rhapsody to choose for me.
@walarney I pay extra every month for going over my bandwidth allocation. It's funny, I never buy CDs, but that's because I buy MP3s. I am picky about music, but I don't have music playing very often, I even mostly drive in silence. I play music when I exercise, clean house, or throw a party. I have 300 songs on my Sansa, and from time to time I add or remove one, but for the most part I have been happy listening to the same core group of songs for about 10 years. I pick up most of my new music from TV shows or movies as I rarely listen to the radio.
@moondrake man to each their own but driving in complete silence sounds absolutely awful to me. I love music and like to have it playing as often as possible, even in the background. Though when I'm driving I pretty much exclusively listen to podcasts, but driving in silence and being alone with my overactive brain's thoughts isn't fun.
@JonT Well, silence was an overstatement on my part. Most of the time I drive with my windows open or partly open and I like to listen to the sounds of the world around me. I used to listen to music or tv when I worked on art in my screen room, but I have found that listening to the birds, the wind, the wind chimes, and the distant sound of the train, kids playing down the street, are more soothing than some electronic device yammering at me.
The only physical media I watch is my collection of vhs tapes
I live in a rural area with mediocre DSL. The only reason mine isn't 100% physical is because I subscribed to mlb.tv a couple months ago. It usually works but is often blur-vision.
@SSteve I did not know mediocre labs provided internet, is it fast?
@caffeine_dude It isn't particularly fast. Or particularly slow. Somewhere in the middle, I guess.
Digital satellite DVR and on demand.
I rented a Hobbit movie from one of those Georgia red kiosk boxes once about a hundred years ago. I had to scrape the dust off the DVD player to play the disk. Physical media is deader than disco, girls.
@ruouttaurmind Disco Zombies?
@nadroj I'm pretty sure if you pitch that to the SciFi channel, they'll bite. Sharknado? Meh.
@nadroj
I have two girls and one thing that makes long car trips bearable is that each girl has their own dvd player in the car. For dvd players to be useful they require dvd movies so I end up buying every kid-friendly movie as a physical copy.
I'm one of the hold outs of physical media still. I watch my fair share of netflix and other streaming videos, but for the content I love I still seek out the blu-ray version.
The main reason for this is that the streaming quality, although close, just isn't quite up to the blu-ray. I have a 120" and 100" projector along witha 65" tv. I can often pick out compression artifacts, especially in darker colors from streaming videos.
I also have a 9.2 channel home theater, and hope to upgrade to a 4k projector soon. Although not supported right now, I suspect they'll be on physical media well before streaming.
On an even pickier note, I have some issues with netflix changing aspect ratios and doing pan&scan on some of their movies. http://whatnetflixdoes.tumblr.com/
I will be more than happy to invest in the storage space to support the large file sizes which will be required to house a digital file with the same bitrate and quality as a disk.
@all_hail_me Netflix has some 4k streaming content right now.
@Lister That is true, but the streaming rate is 15.6Mbps, which means it is HIGHLY compressed. 1080p blu-ray is at ~25 Mbps. 4K disks being around 40Mbps. As I mentioned earlier I can easily spot compression artifacts in streaming videos already. Maybe it won't be as bad with the 4K video.
@all_hail_me Oh, good! Nice to know I have some company, and I may not be the only person in the world who orders a Blu-ray movie after streaming it on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon.
@all_hail_me sounds like meh is a little below your standards with that kind of setup! You should probably check out someplace like uncrate.com so you can buy a $17,500 Pool Table or a $23,000 TV
uncrate has some nice things, but I find a lot of it is over priced. That $17,500 pool table is ugly, and ridiculously expensive. I'm on Meh. because I like spending as little money as possible. Although I do like the $120,000 tv http://uncrate.com/stuff/samsung-uhd-s9-105-inch-curved-tv/ Do you think meh could sell one for about 80% off?
@all_hail_me Netflix does pan and scan? I have been a holdout so far and this is a deal breaker for me. I will stick to my widescreen Blurays. I have about a dozen or so of movies I love and enjoy re-watching (ie Blade Runner!)
@Duneatic Only on some movies and some regions. Apparently lots of people complain about the black bars on 2:35:1 aspect ratio movies so they crop the video to fit in 16:9. For most things I plan on watching once I don't care so netflix is fine
Old VHS porn
Remember that photo of all those long pine crates filled with LPs?
I bought a bluray player from Woot maybe two, two-and-a-half years ago, and haven't hooked it up yet. Nothing worth watching. It was a decent price, though.
It occurred to me that the Xbox Ones are both bluray players too. So I've got three. For my one TV. That I don't even turn on most nights.
They still make DVDs and Blu-ray discs? Who knew? The only physical media at my house are a few PS4 discs, and I feel so behind the times when I have to change those in the console tray. Get with it, Sony!
No physical. All media is either streaming or stored on my Plex server.
I have over 1,000 DVDs and Blu Rays but we don't watch them much anymore. We mostly watch TV and movies on Netflix and other electronic media. I actually bought two DVDs this morning, they are the first I have bought all year. They're both older films I haven't seen yet starring actors I like. They were $1.99 at Walgreens. That said, I buy a lot of TV series on DVD and Blu Ray at the Black Friday sales every year. They won't alway be available online, but I will always want to have them.
I've resorted to $$ microwave internet service at my rural location. (Not even DSL available.) It's fast enough to stream, but I have limited monthly bandwidth allocation. So only occasional Netflixing. For that, and reasons @moondrake stated, I buy discs. Mostly Blu-Ray and ripped to a server for local streaming. But it's been a few years since buying a CD. Mostly because I'm too lazy to choose what I want to hear, and rely on Pandora and Rhapsody to choose for me.
@walarney I pay extra every month for going over my bandwidth allocation. It's funny, I never buy CDs, but that's because I buy MP3s. I am picky about music, but I don't have music playing very often, I even mostly drive in silence. I play music when I exercise, clean house, or throw a party. I have 300 songs on my Sansa, and from time to time I add or remove one, but for the most part I have been happy listening to the same core group of songs for about 10 years. I pick up most of my new music from TV shows or movies as I rarely listen to the radio.
@moondrake man to each their own but driving in complete silence sounds absolutely awful to me. I love music and like to have it playing as often as possible, even in the background. Though when I'm driving I pretty much exclusively listen to podcasts, but driving in silence and being alone with my overactive brain's thoughts isn't fun.
@JonT Well, silence was an overstatement on my part. Most of the time I drive with my windows open or partly open and I like to listen to the sounds of the world around me. I used to listen to music or tv when I worked on art in my screen room, but I have found that listening to the birds, the wind, the wind chimes, and the distant sound of the train, kids playing down the street, are more soothing than some electronic device yammering at me.