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Your Movie Library, the Medium/Method of Choice?

What is your preferred owned movie library of choice?

  • Disk Version kept at home.

    Votes: 7 36.8%

  • Streaming.

    Votes: 4 21.1%

  • Both

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • Don’t have a library, I prefer to rent.

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Total voters
    19
A balance of streaming and disk. Disk for the great visual experiences where quality is tops and I want to keep and streaming for the "meh, OK for a Saturday night".

I hope that in a few years the rates are upped and all physical media is a think of the past.

I have kept DVDs that I cannot get in HD and binned the rest.

Interesting what I have bought for iTunes that I had on DVD. Not a great deal. Must have been great films.

Edit. I use cheap charts and get the films on iTunes at discount. Many have now been bumped to 4k. Using this I have more 4K than if I had bought the disk.

Netflix if a streaming for a fixed monthly and it is often hard to find out what is on.

Personally the 4K offering from Netflix is not that good. Apple is better, it uses a larger bandwidth and it shows.

Also 4k films on iTunes can get pulled back to HD, hence I buy the bargains around the rental price.
 
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velocityg4 said:
Trying to sell old movies on VHS I found out some things.

- If the movie is re-released on a new format. The old format has little to no resale value. You can still get something for some DVD movies because they are good enough. They'll probably become worthless once 4K becomes the norm.

- Mass market items have no chance: Millions of people bought Disney movies and kept them in mint/near mint condition. If it isn't in mint condition. No one will buy the old format version. Unless it is ridiculously cheap. DVD can still sell due to low shipping costs, especially a small lot of appealing movies, they are still good enough and many people don't understand the difference. I tried selling Disney movies individually, in collections and even a whole lot (I had every Disney animated film as I was a Disney fan as a kid). I couldn't even get a bite when selling at shipping cost. I have a good sales record on eBay, I'm not a power sale but I had a few hundred good sales with no negative reviews. I also had collections of other popular movies/actors. Tried a John Wayne pack, Jimmy Stewart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, war movies, documentaries, looney tunes, period pieces, westerns, &c. Nothing, didn't matter if the starting price was $1 plus shipping, low buy it now, starting at shipping cost (free shipping listing). I let the ads auto-relist for months. I think I sold ten or fifteen movies and brought hundreds to Goodwill.

- The only old format that really has value is when there is no new format option. For VHS cheesy horror flicks have a high resale value if they were never re-released. Not many copies were ever sold, they were never re-released and old cheesy films have a cult status. Therefore, they can have a high value. Because VHS is the only option for physical ownership and legit copies are hard to find. Some people buy them for box art so case condition matters. I remember a friend spent $250 for "Naked Lunch, 1992" on VHS because it was hard to find. It has been finally been re-released on DVD and Blu Ray. Now that VHS copy is worthless. So, the only Disney movie that has much chance is an old VHS copy of "Song of the South". There is no way Disney will ever re-release that. At least not until racism becomes such a distant memory that no one can relate to it anymore and is something just read about in history class. Like burning heretics/witches at the stake.

- I'd expect Blu Ray copies to take many decades to ever be worth anything meaningful once they are obsolete. Perhaps when your kids are retired. Those old copies will have enough nostalgia factor and enough copies will have been tossed to be worth something. At least worth enough to take the time to list, pack and ship.

Video is not records. Records, Reel to Reel even cassettes add their own character to music. CD beat out records because of durability, length and convenience. Records have made a come back because they add a warmth and character to the music being analog. As long as there isn't a decline in the condition of the recording. They give you an excuse to focus on music. Plus records have large and intersting album art to display. CD sales have plummeted because streaming/digital purchase can offer the exact same quality (both are digital), with infinite durability and vastly superior convenience. Video is different there is a noticeable and quantifiable difference in quality between generations. Although we are reaching the point where visual acuity is becoming a limiting factor.
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Wow great post. Thanks for all the info. I keep my grandparents old stuff just cause. Typewriters cameras stuff like that. Maybe one or two dvds would be interesting to my grandkids someday but I bet most will just be thrown out someday. Or donated to a kids hospital maybe?
 
D.T. said:
Apple did this as a one time perk for existing HD movies where a 4K version became available (during their transition to 4K content), otherwise, I haven't seen this, you get what you buy and another format is another purchase.




I'm sort of confused by this, are you talking about 4K physical media vs. 4K streaming sources? Because of course, a physical 4K source vs. a non-4K streaming source, the former will be better!

OK, just a general comment: I realize that a physical source could be better (PQ/SQ) than a streaming source, but even as a film buff, I haven't really any issues. I've had people ask "What if your connectivity is down?" I read a book or a play a game :) I'm just out of buying physical movie media, I really prefer the convenience factor (and cost) of streaming movies, where I can watch in different locations, different devices, I can easily pack up an AppleTV and take 200+ movies we own on the road (not to mention the 1000s of other movies/shows through Netflix/Hulu/Prime).
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I was saying that 4K in physical media would be superior to any streaming that’s not 4K. Last time I checked my cable company and Netflix there was no 4K streaming choice, but it’s just a matter of time, and at this point it’s academic as I don’t have a 4K player or a 4K TV. Possibly next year. :)
 
Huntn said:
I was saying that 4K in physical media would be superior to any streaming that’s not 4K. Last time I checked my cable company and Netflix there was no 4K streaming choice, but it’s just a matter of time, and at this point it’s academic as I don’t have a 4K player or a 4K TV. Possibly next year. :)
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Well, yeah, that kind of goes without saying ... :D

Netflix has 4K streaming for some [most? all?] of their original content right now (as well as a few shows/movies they don't produce) :)

https://hd-report.com/list-of-4k-ultra-hd-movies-tv-shows-on-netflix/

I'd between the various sources, including rentals and purchases through MA/iTunes/Vudu, there's a pretty decent amount of 4K. It's funny, we own the 4K versions of quite a few (digital copy) movies just by way of that's-how-we-bought-it, but we don't have 4K gear yet either. Well, the little G has a smaller 4K set (it was just the best option, the 4K was kind of "free"), but we'll probably buy this year, set and an ATV 4K for the main TV room downstairs :cool:
 
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D.T. said:
Well, yeah, that kind of goes without saying ... :D

Netflix has 4K streaming for some [most? all?] of their original content right now (as well as a few shows/movies they don't produce) :)

https://hd-report.com/list-of-4k-ultra-hd-movies-tv-shows-on-netflix/

I'd between the various sources, including rentals and purchases through MA/iTunes/Vudu, there's a pretty decent amount of 4K. It's funny, we own the 4K versions of quite a few (digital copy) movies just by way of that's-how-we-bought-it, but we don't have 4K gear yet either. Well, the little G has a smaller 4K set (it was just the best option, the 4K was kind of "free"), but we'll probably buy this year, set and an ATV 4K for the main TV room downstairs :cool:
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I wonder and hope that the 4K players are backwards compatible to DVD. I’ve got a DVD player I keep ready for the day I need it.
 
I choose "Both" because i stream iTunes/Retails/Purchases,but also use Home sharing TV Shows/Movies, i'm just too darn scared my favorite show will be snuffed out from Apple's Servers.
 
Both, but prefer physical media. There's something special about the scent of a cardboard and plastic DVD or BluRay box. The fine worn down edges. The ability to pinch your finger skin without warning causing you to curse under your breath. The ability to gather dust. And sometimes serve as a coaster.

I've got VHS from the early-mid 1980s that still work beautifully. They're all stored in a manner to protect them. They've all been transferred to other mediums, but sometimes you want to relish the past in the way it was meant to be enjoyed!
 
Huntn said:
I wonder and hope that the 4K players are backwards compatible to DVD. I’ve got a DVD player I keep ready for the day I need it.
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Mine does.
It will be in the specifications of media it will handle.
Though SD on a 4k screen is very noticeable hence my dvd are destined for a new life somewhere, Blu-ray minimum for me now.
 
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D.T. said:
Matlock was an investigative genius!



(I'm not even 100% sure what the show was about ...)
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...loved by the geriatric crowd (my Mom, Aunts). :D
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Mine does.
It will be in the specifications of media it will handle.
Though SD on a 4k screen is very noticeable hence my dvd are destined for a new life somewhere, Blu-ray minimum for me now.
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Good to know!
 
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Not sure whether it is a requirement of the 4k bluray player standard also not sure what the minimum standard at the output will be. I assume 4K upscaled from SD internally at the HDMI output, also bluray HD will be upscaled (option on mine for the TV or player to upscale) but that (HD->4K) is pretty good on most devices. Also check what specification you want,Dolby Vision for example. HDMI cable that will support the higher bit rates. No need to be expensive (my pet hate , the snake oil is strong with this....).

If you consider streaming, if at all possible, hard wire to the router. Wifi can be flakey.

AVS forum would be a good place to check up on.
 
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