Best Buy WILL NO LONGER SELL PHYSICAL MEDIA

[TEH]

Sell … not sale

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

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

Only physical media I buy are video games

Yea... some people just want to watch a movie.. Not search 148 streaming services for $150 a month to find out they don't have the movie

 

[Deltron]

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.

Speaking of em, my name is ... is changed too, instead of the line about having sex with his teacher it's the censored line about flunking

 

[EastsideRio]

I think Graduation in '07 might've been the last physical album I bought

It was Cassidy’s B.A.R.S. album in 2007 and Jay-Z’s American Gangster on the same day. Opening up the plastic and playing the intros while reading the cd cover and inserts, I miss those times

 

[EastsideRio]

Streaming services have destroyed music and art

No, illegal file sharing sites like Kazza, Gorkster, and Limewire did. Streaming services actually saved the record companies. Because no one was making anything at all from Napster (until they went legit) but atleast with streaming you can eat well, if you own most of your masters and publishing of course.

 

[Deltron]

No, illegal file sharing sites like Kazza, Gorkster, and Limewire did. Streaming services actually saved the record companies. Because no one was making anything at all from Napster (until they went legit) but atleast with streaming you can eat well, if you own most of your masters and publishing of course.

you sound like them execs from that era

Bootleggers were gonna bootleg regardless if Napster etc happened.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

you sound like them execs from that era

Bootleggers were gonna bootleg regardless if Napster etc happened.

I'm saying. Bootleggers were already selling 4 CDs for $20 and throw in a 5th one for free before Napster.

File sharing was a reaction to the sh*tty music industry status quo at the time

 

[Big Boda]

Thats what piracy is for, I'm not gonna fill my house with disks I'm never gonna watch, if I wanna watch something that is not in the services I have I just download it.

Dont cast pearls before swine situation

 

[Dynamite James]

No, illegal file sharing sites like Kazza, Gorkster, and Limewire did. Streaming services actually saved the record companies. Because no one was making anything at all from Napster (until they went legit) but atleast with streaming you can eat well, if you own most of your masters and publishing of course.

Yep.the modern Streaming era is a result of the Napster era

 

[BaileyPark31]

This is what I plan to do...Blu-Ray discs going extinct... I remember when i played that transformers dark of the moon blu-ray visuals was insane... worth the $20... this is how certain movies wont be aired on tv or cable anymore you MUST own them before they get phased out... which is what they will do eventually. Disney has done this to their classics...if you hadnt noticed.

Yup... I stay buying Disney classics / cartoons on DVD and .... the kids like messing with the old vhs player

 

[TheGreatMTB]

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

that's why I save copies of everything I purchased the rights to. If I paid for the digital movie I'll have it forever

 

[Kenny West]

Thats what piracy is for, I'm not gonna fill my house with disks I'm never gonna watch, if I wanna watch something that is not in the services I have I just download it.

Unless you are downloading ASAP then it faces the same risks of censorship and companies pulling the plug like streaming.

It's even riskier than streaming considering how every few years they start shutting down the file sharing sites. Any pirated media link 5+ years old is probably a broken link these days.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Unless you are downloading ASAP then it faces the same risks of censorship and companies pulling the plug like streaming.

It's even riskier than streaming considering how every few years they start shutting down the file sharing sites. Any pirated media link 5+ years old is probably a broken link these days.

You're definitely wrong

 

[Kenny West]

You're definitely wrong

Show me a working megaupload link

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Show me a working megaupload link

There's private torrent sites and even paid sites if you want to go that route and everything you want is right there for you. Nobody said piracy is free