Best Buy WILL NO LONGER SELL PHYSICAL MEDIA

[Problematic Pat]

The joke is actually on the people. People can lose music, movies, etc if streaming companies act funny or go out of business.

Not with the sites I use

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

My issue with physical media was the bulk it created. DVDs, Blu Rays and Vinyls all create bulk and clutter. My brother's desk back in the 90s was a nightmare. My dad's vinyl collection is a nightmare today, even after he got rid of a lot of sh*t. I only have about 9 total Blu Rays, it's just classic stuff that I like to watch every now and then but my rule is "no more clutter."

 

[Methodical]

Streaming services have destroyed music and art

I feel horrible for a generation that will never know what it felt like when your favorite artist dropped their album on Tuesday, getting to a store and buying your favorite artist work for support, getting in the car ripping the plastic off the disc, listening to an entire album of work for the next hour or so, then getting home and reading the booklet from the cd case.

Those 14-18 tracks was a creative journey designed to allow the consumer to connect to the artist personally.

Now music is just move from single to single and the most you will connect with an artist is the weirdo clout chasing bs they post on social media. Streaming has just killed feelings of anticipation for a artist to drop.

I'm hoping somehow we turn this around. Where talent means something, a body of work we can judge from 1 to 5 mics, a catalog we can access etc. Truth is, nobody even loves music anymore

100% fukking truth!

 

[Consigliere]

That’s on you You want corporations to determine what they feed you.

Let me know when you finish defeating capitalism by buying old dvds.

 

[Starburst]

People still buying disks....for movies/tv shows?

Only physical media I buy are video games

Absolutely. Collectors item that can often be purchased for cheap. Looks great stacked on the wall and I prefer the experience to streaming…if that makes sense.

My intention is to have an entertainment room one day, so I’m getting ready.

Still need to get all seasons of Sons of Anarchy on DVD.

I recently got a VHS player from goodwill. Starting my collection soon.


My collection might be worth something one day.

 

[jdubnyce]

I recently got a VHS player from goodwill. Starting my collection soon.

dapped

 

[jdubnyce]

I don’t even buy physical for that anymore either

resale and trade in values

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

The joke is actually on the people. People can lose music, movies, etc if streaming companies act funny or go out of business.

I’m not sure why this is so hard for people to understand

If you were in a business agreement with someone, you wouldn’t allow them to keep the paperwork exclusively on their company server without you having actual physical paperwork to access. You wouldnt have ma dukes life insurance policy just in the cloud. This is about ownership and the right to have what you’ve paid for avaliable to you under your set terms and conditions.

 

[beenz]

what about video games? lot of people made the mistake of buying the PS5 with the disc drive for an extra $100, when the digital version is cheaper especially given no one uses physical media anyways.

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

People still buying disks....for movies/tv shows?

Only physical media I buy are video games

Blu rays are still the only way to view true, uncompressed 4k video, and you have seen the BS streaming companies pull with access.

This is just more, "You will own nothing and you'll be happy".

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

Streaming services have destroyed music and art

I feel horrible for a generation that will never know what it felt like when your favorite artist dropped their album on Tuesday, getting to a store and buying your favorite artist work for support, getting in the car ripping the plastic off the disc, listening to an entire album of work for the next hour or so, then getting home and reading the booklet from the cd case.

Those 14-18 tracks was a creative journey designed to allow the consumer to connect to the artist personally.

Now music is just move from single to single and the most you will connect with an artist is the weirdo clout chasing bs they post on social media. Streaming has just killed feelings of anticipation for a artist to drop.

I'm hoping somehow we turn this around. Where talent means something, a body of work we can judge from 1 to 5 mics, a catalog we can access etc. Truth is, nobody even loves music anymore

 

[Methodical]

Some of dudes on here are right. Laugh all you want and you gonna look back and would've said, "I wish physical media back, etc" cause many streaming services edited and censored your favorite movies/tv series, etc. like removing scenes. I watched a movie that I knew a certain scene would be there, but instead they cropped out what was happening. It made me wonder what else has been cut in movies I never knew about. I used to think R ratings meant that it would be the original cuts, and sometimes they are not. But you never know which version you are getting even if it's a rental. TV-MA rating is also a mixed bag, like example for Blue Is The Warmest Color that gives includes the graphic sex scenes, but for another movie, it cut out less graphic scenes. I noticed it with HBO Max, Prime, Netflix, Hulu, TubiTV, AMC Plus. Censoring includes, removing scenes, cropping scenes or even digitally adding things (like clothing or something blocking it) in sexual or violent situations. It's a bit disappointing and strange because it removes important information or make the weight of the scene less important.

The same is being done with music. They removed the columbine line from Eminem's 2nd album, The Marshall Mathers LP on Spotify and most streaming services but you can still hear the uncut and unedited music/songs version elsewhere. Gen-Z era are very sensitive these days unlike back then like 70s-00s. Me Too, especially Cancel Culture changed everything.

There are also censorship on ebooks and you could lose all those ebooks. That's why I never spend too much on an ebook. Always buying hard copies of books that they cannot be affected by an censorship.

I remember back in the day, when I've Xbox 360, I copped a digital game, "Dreamfall: The Longest Journey" from Original Xbox on Xbox 360, which is one of my favorite games of all time. Later on like in a year or two years later and they removed Dreamfall: The Longest Journey due to license issues and I didn't get refund, I waste my money and didn't even finish the game. I was pissed as hell and it hits me that " This is the future for sure" mind you this was way before PS4/XB1, streaming services big things happened.

 

[Dynamite James]

My issue with physical media was the bulk it created. DVDs, Blu Rays and Vinyls all create bulk and clutter. My brother's desk back in the 90s was a nightmare. My dad's vinyl collection is a nightmare today, even after he got rid of a lot of sh*t. I only have about 9 total Blu Rays, it's just classic stuff that I like to watch every now and then but my rule is "no more clutter."

I keep discs in a binder for most of them. Other things can be organized. There are ways to do it.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

People still buying disks....for movies/tv shows?

Only physical media I buy are video games

Yes. 4K Blu ray are superior when it comes to viewing content. If you have a $2000+ TV and want to make the most out of it, you go blu ray.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Some of dudes on here are right. Laugh all you want and you gonna look back and would've said, "I wish physical media back, etc" cause many streaming services edited and censored your favorite movies/tv series, etc. like removing scenes. I watched a movie that I knew a certain scene would be there, but instead they cropped out what was happening. It made me wonder what else has been cut in movies I never knew about. I used to think R ratings meant that it would be the original cuts, and sometimes they are not. But you never know which version you are getting even if it's a rental. TV-MA rating is also a mixed bag, like example for Blue Is The Warmest Color that gives includes the graphic sex scenes, but for another movie, it cut out less graphic scenes. I noticed it with HBO Max, Prime, Netflix, Hulu, TubiTV, AMC Plus. Censoring includes, removing scenes, cropping scenes or even digitally adding things (like clothing or something blocking it) in sexual or violent situations. It's a bit disappointing and strange because it removes important information or make the weight of the scene less important.

The same is being done with music. They removed the columbine line from Eminem's 2nd album, The Marshall Mathers LP on Spotify and most streaming services but you can still hear the uncut and unedited music/songs version elsewhere. Gen-Z era are very sensitive these days unlike back then like 70s-00s. Me Too, especially Cancel Culture changed everything.

There are also censorship on ebooks and you could lose all those ebooks. That's why I never spend too much on an ebook. Always buying hard copies of books that they cannot be affected by an censorship.

I remember back in the day, when I've Xbox 360, I copped a digital game, "Dreamfall: The Longest Journey" from Original Xbox on Xbox 360, which is one of my favorite games of all time. Later on like in a year or two years later and they removed Dreamfall: The Longest Journey due to license issues and I didn't get refund, I waste my money and didn't even finish the game. I was pissed as hell and it hits me that " This is the future for sure" mind you this was way before PS4/XB1, streaming services big things happened.

Not to mention digital is way easier to keep on lockdown. Anything you want to see digitally is behind a subscription wall.