I think for me, the problem is that I don't have any device to play discs on. Most people my age move from dorm to dorm or small apartments, and we don't have the money or space to invest into a TV+disc player. Laptops with disc drives (or even hdmi/vga ports) are also becoming rare. Books, on the other hand, can be engaged directly straight outta the shop, and I can carry them around anywhere.
@@neondarling379 since the discless ps5 is cheaper and was easier to get at leat in my country, I think even that option is dying out. Also idk if a college student can afford a ps5. The older model works as well tho, PS4 can play bluray too. Bt you are right, I do use my consoles for blurays a lot
That is a great point that I hadn't even considered when I was thinking of this topic. It took me genuinely 2+ years to finally see a PS5 in stores so I can imagine it was just as hard for everyone else to have some access to platforms to watch physical media. I also was the exact same way in college, all of my blu rays stayed at home because I had no way of watching them
In interesting news Arcane season 1 recently got a bluray announced as season 2 is coming soon to Netflix. Riot Games used Netflix as the distributor for the show, but now season 1 is getting a physical release so I'm really curious about the details of their distribution agreement.
@@colorlesswonderland I would assume that is the reason why. Riot only used Netflix as a worldwide streaming distributor, so even though it's a "Netflix Original", Netflix themselves should have had zero input in the series both in terms of money and direction. Additionally, the Blu-ray and 4k Blu-ray are being distributed by GKIDS, who are an independent film distributor based in New York City. You may know them for distrusting a lot of animated works from Studio Ghibli and works such as: The End of Evangelion, The First Slam Dunk, Promare, Tokyo Godfathers and more. I recently got their "The First Slam Dunk" Blu-ray and it was a bit barebones, only including the english trailers, audio commentary from the english cast, and one interview with the creator/director. But that may be just what they were given. I hope the Arcane Blu-ray includes the entire behind the scenes series they posted to UA-cam called "Bridging the Rift."
I missed your channel so much! Funnily enough I am a Film and Literature student so your videos are hitting the perfect point between my two biggest interests
the only thing missing from the existence of stores like this imo (and I'm mainly making a comparison to record shops, but maybe something like kim's in nyc) is passionate and knowledgeable employees who can guide you. Browsing to find media online, you're gonna get force fed the same stuff that has been deemed important enough to be remembered by online communities. Tons of great films/records have been forgotten with time because the same classics get pushed to the top of rec lists, and if you're being guided by algorithms you're gonna miss out on it. Of course I miss the aspect of handling the packaging, reading the liner notes etc, but now that stuff is only for collectors and people who want to support the artists. There's lots to hate about streaming services, but we're nearly 2 decades deep into the answer being to pirate everything you want, and buy the stuff that you loved.
That was actually a recurring point that I kept seeing when I would watch news clips of video store owners talking about their shops. They all mentioned how a unique experience is tailored just to browsing these stores is talking to people who can recommend stuff to you. I used to love doing that when I would shop at movie stores in LA, just chatting with the employees about movies on their shelves
I love collecting physical media and I love that stores have stopped fooling themself into thinking any place other than a specific physical media collectible store should have. Only collectors buy physical shows or songs so Best Buy doesn’t need to offer physical media, and the demand for collectible stores is rising so fast as the supply of media dwindles
I bought a blu-ray player today so I can buy more physical media and actually have a way to watch them. I have lost all trust I once had on streaming services and have started to collect my favorite media in a physical form that I can own, which no company can take from me, nor do I have to continue paying for a subscription. Since everything is a lot more expensive right now I have to choose more carefully what I want to own. But I have definitely noticed that finding dvd and blu-ray's is so hard which is really a shame. I'm ordering stuff from online since there isn't really many stores around me that have them anymore at all.
@@tonymalagon9644 I disagree, the increase in borrowing and repurposing of physical media such as dvds would tell the government that there’s still avid interest in physical media. It also helps people who can’t afford constantly buying dvds all the time. Why can’t we be flexible with this issue?
My 600+ films and 30+ TV shows aren't going anywhere! Most are DVDs and my favorites on blu ray. I'm happy to own what I love, and not rely on a streaming service to revisit my favorite films. Collect asap! Build your own collection as streaming will continue to rise in price.
Interesting video, you made some good points. My thoughts on why the physical music market (including both vinyl AND CDs, by the way) is holding up quite well - someone's favourite music really becomes part of their identity, so they want to own the album and listen to it over and over again. I think for a lot of people, movies have a lower 'repeat value', and they're happy with viewing them only once or twice. Also owning physical music has been mainstream for over 100 years, whereas owning physical movies really only became common in the '90s.
Half Price Books and thrift stores is where I go typically for blu-ray. I haven't been to Scarecrow Video in a year or so and I live next to Seattle, I need to shop there more to give my support.
I think it's fascinating to think about how recent of a concept owning and being able to rewatch a copy of a movie or tv show actually is - what like 30-40 years? and only much recently in qualities that are actually comparable to seeing something in a theatre. For most of film history it has existed as something temporary. Movies used to come out for a few weeks, you either saw it or you didn't, and then it was gone. Definitely wouldn't have sat well with my FOMO brain!
the sheer coincidence of you making this video right after i found out about criterion and the barnes and noble sale. very excited to get more into movies, and hope to see you uploading more. love your videos
I think part of it is people don’t have blu ray or dvd players at home, or don’t know which kind to buy. Vinyl is always sold next to record players. Books can always be read if you’re not visually challenged. I myself struggled to find the right player for the movies I wanted to watch (and I’m a literal Film Professor). So maybe there’s some education on the tech that needs to happen. Def something to talk with my students about
OMG. You don’t know how happy I to see you back on UA-cam / Booktube. I will continue to fight for physical media until my dying day. (Even to my own detriment.)
just today was watching a movie on dvd and got sad because now most people don’t use dvd’s. and i get mine for 20 cents. 20 cents in this economy is equal to zero. this means that great physical copies of great movies are not needed anymore
Physical media is not dying but going into hibernation, because if the demand comes back like how LP is trending again, the sale of physical media will. What bothers me more is the archival preservation of physical media. I don't know if during your research you came across the articles regarding media archival tools that are becoming obsolete due to upgrades and/or technological advances that is making it difficult and costly to every time have to re-archive every media due to the lack of long term backward compatibility, So studio's start making cuts to which movies are being stored. Causing some movies to truly become obsolete. Truly gone forever.
Holy shit its you. I was looking everywhere for your ppun pun video cause it got me to read it, and I just couldn't remember your channel name lol. Amazing video as always man👍
Moving out of my parents home and then moving again from college dorm to the first house I bought was enough to get me to drop like 90% of my physical media, its insane how heavy a single bookshelf worth of books can be let alone how much space they take up, same for blurays/manga/video games largely
If I am being honest, I really just wasn't as happy with that video as I wanted to be nor do I feel like I properly did Berserk justice. I went into that video with way too many scattered notes/ideas/topics and I don't feel like it conveyed all that I wanted to. I took down a bunch of videos I made because I wasn't proud of them!
@@colorlesswonderland I understand, I respect it. If its any consolation I still enjoyed them, this is a very genuine channel and thats getting harder to find these days. Keep up the good work!
Sad to hear scarecrow is going through some rough times. Rented the Higurashi box set there when I couldn't find it anywhere else. Is kind of scary to think that these stories that we care so much about could just disappear. Thanks for the upload!
Criterion got me interested in collecting all-around physical media, from movies to CDs to books (though I've always been collecting books because used books were and still are so darn cheap). I'm hoping we get a Criterion release of I'm Thinking of Ending Things in the near future, doesn't seem like an impossibility considering we have a Criterion Irishman release
I'm a lifelong physical media enjoyer and currently don't have any streaming services. I used to, but I realized could easily go a few months months without using any of them and I'd rather save my money. They never had what I was looking for anyway! Plus if they do have something exclusive (like The Bear), I can just get Disney for one month and then leave. I don't want to pay month after month in case I want to stream. The annoying thing is that where I live there's still one store with more niche movies, but then they charge 53 dollars for like, Eraserhead and stuff like that. Lately I've been buying a few cd's as well. I would do vinyl, but I know I won't be getting a vinyl player with all the gear that you need. Also the library has movies! Use the library! Also I didn't know they won't releasing Killers of the flower moon... yikes.
@@colorlesswonderland I'm using a yeti right now but I think I might benefit from that one because I enjoy handheld recording a lot more than stationary
Can people stop talking about the death of physical media, like seriously dude, sure its become less popular than back in the 90s and 2000s but lots of people do still buy dvds, blu rays, cds, ect... And as a 14 year old, physical media isnt dying, but its definitly not as prominent
Just checked out this "Film Frauds." Can confirm it's the best podcast ever and should be rated 5-stars by all.
I'll only rate it 5 stars if you agree with every opinion I say all the time forever and ever
@@colorlesswonderland clickbait title .... Physical Media isn't dead
oh shit it’s nice seeing another video from you it’s been a minute, glad to see you back
Physical media will never die
He is back 🎉🎉🎉
I think for me, the problem is that I don't have any device to play discs on. Most people my age move from dorm to dorm or small apartments, and we don't have the money or space to invest into a TV+disc player. Laptops with disc drives (or even hdmi/vga ports) are also becoming rare. Books, on the other hand, can be engaged directly straight outta the shop, and I can carry them around anywhere.
If you have an Xbox or a PlayStation 5 you have a player.
Edit: assuming it has a disc drive. Those consoles are beginning to go disc less.
@@neondarling379 since the discless ps5 is cheaper and was easier to get at leat in my country, I think even that option is dying out. Also idk if a college student can afford a ps5. The older model works as well tho, PS4 can play bluray too. Bt you are right, I do use my consoles for blurays a lot
That is a great point that I hadn't even considered when I was thinking of this topic. It took me genuinely 2+ years to finally see a PS5 in stores so I can imagine it was just as hard for everyone else to have some access to platforms to watch physical media. I also was the exact same way in college, all of my blu rays stayed at home because I had no way of watching them
PlayStation 4 accepts discs
That's why a book is one of the best present options. However, Play Station does play discs.
In interesting news Arcane season 1 recently got a bluray announced as season 2 is coming soon to Netflix. Riot Games used Netflix as the distributor for the show, but now season 1 is getting a physical release so I'm really curious about the details of their distribution agreement.
I wonder if it's because it's not wholly a netflix original?
@@colorlesswonderland I would assume that is the reason why. Riot only used Netflix as a worldwide streaming distributor, so even though it's a "Netflix Original", Netflix themselves should have had zero input in the series both in terms of money and direction.
Additionally, the Blu-ray and 4k Blu-ray are being distributed by GKIDS, who are an independent film distributor based in New York City. You may know them for distrusting a lot of animated works from Studio Ghibli and works such as: The End of Evangelion, The First Slam Dunk, Promare, Tokyo Godfathers and more.
I recently got their "The First Slam Dunk" Blu-ray and it was a bit barebones, only including the english trailers, audio commentary from the english cast, and one interview with the creator/director. But that may be just what they were given. I hope the Arcane Blu-ray includes the entire behind the scenes series they posted to UA-cam called "Bridging the Rift."
I missed your channel so much! Funnily enough I am a Film and Literature student so your videos are hitting the perfect point between my two biggest interests
the only thing missing from the existence of stores like this imo (and I'm mainly making a comparison to record shops, but maybe something like kim's in nyc) is passionate and knowledgeable employees who can guide you. Browsing to find media online, you're gonna get force fed the same stuff that has been deemed important enough to be remembered by online communities. Tons of great films/records have been forgotten with time because the same classics get pushed to the top of rec lists, and if you're being guided by algorithms you're gonna miss out on it. Of course I miss the aspect of handling the packaging, reading the liner notes etc, but now that stuff is only for collectors and people who want to support the artists. There's lots to hate about streaming services, but we're nearly 2 decades deep into the answer being to pirate everything you want, and buy the stuff that you loved.
That was actually a recurring point that I kept seeing when I would watch news clips of video store owners talking about their shops. They all mentioned how a unique experience is tailored just to browsing these stores is talking to people who can recommend stuff to you. I used to love doing that when I would shop at movie stores in LA, just chatting with the employees about movies on their shelves
I love collecting physical media and I love that stores have stopped fooling themself into thinking any place other than a specific physical media collectible store should have. Only collectors buy physical shows or songs so Best Buy doesn’t need to offer physical media, and the demand for collectible stores is rising so fast as the supply of media dwindles
I bought a blu-ray player today so I can buy more physical media and actually have a way to watch them. I have lost all trust I once had on streaming services and have started to collect my favorite media in a physical form that I can own, which no company can take from me, nor do I have to continue paying for a subscription. Since everything is a lot more expensive right now I have to choose more carefully what I want to own. But I have definitely noticed that finding dvd and blu-ray's is so hard which is really a shame. I'm ordering stuff from online since there isn't really many stores around me that have them anymore at all.
You can borrow disks from the library as well!!! Watched Sprited Away for the first time through a blue-ray player
@napiltree5917 that won't help physical media.
@@tonymalagon9644 I disagree, the increase in borrowing and repurposing of physical media such as dvds would tell the government that there’s still avid interest in physical media. It also helps people who can’t afford constantly buying dvds all the time. Why can’t we be flexible with this issue?
My 600+ films and 30+ TV shows aren't going anywhere!
Most are DVDs and my favorites on blu ray. I'm happy to own what I love, and not rely on a streaming service to revisit my favorite films. Collect asap! Build your own collection as streaming will continue to rise in price.
So glad you’re back! Your videos got me to read the count of Monte Cristo lol
Did you enjoy it? I wish I could experience going through it for the first time again
@@colorlesswonderland Yea! it was the longest book I read up to that point, and now im not so intimidated by a book's size
This has completely made my week going into the holiday weekend! Glad to see you back on here 😭
Art is a distraction from all the bad things happening right now and that's why we have to protect art. I'm glad, you're back. I missed you on UA-cam.
Love to see you back!!!
Interesting video, you made some good points. My thoughts on why the physical music market (including both vinyl AND CDs, by the way) is holding up quite well - someone's favourite music really becomes part of their identity, so they want to own the album and listen to it over and over again. I think for a lot of people, movies have a lower 'repeat value', and they're happy with viewing them only once or twice. Also owning physical music has been mainstream for over 100 years, whereas owning physical movies really only became common in the '90s.
Half Price Books and thrift stores is where I go typically for blu-ray. I haven't been to Scarecrow Video in a year or so and I live next to Seattle, I need to shop there more to give my support.
I know three guys with a Star subscription! They use it to watch sports matches live in HD. I could never but I think that's the point of the service
I think it's fascinating to think about how recent of a concept owning and being able to rewatch a copy of a movie or tv show actually is - what like 30-40 years? and only much recently in qualities that are actually comparable to seeing something in a theatre. For most of film history it has existed as something temporary. Movies used to come out for a few weeks, you either saw it or you didn't, and then it was gone. Definitely wouldn't have sat well with my FOMO brain!
The last physical media store in our town closed like years ago. Even before the pandemic.
the sheer coincidence of you making this video right after i found out about criterion and the barnes and noble sale. very excited to get more into movies, and hope to see you uploading more. love your videos
it's great to see you again man!
So excited you’re back!!!🤎
I think part of it is people don’t have blu ray or dvd players at home, or don’t know which kind to buy. Vinyl is always sold next to record players. Books can always be read if you’re not visually challenged.
I myself struggled to find the right player for the movies I wanted to watch (and I’m a literal Film Professor). So maybe there’s some education on the tech that needs to happen. Def something to talk with my students about
Yayay you’re back!!
I would've never stumbled upon this topic. Great video!
respect man I owe a dvd collection because i love cinema happy summer from Romania
Seeing this in my feed was such a pleasant surprise! I missed your vids so much
Really love this video. I've been wanting to make a video on this topic for a while actually
OMG. You don’t know how happy I to see you back on UA-cam / Booktube. I will continue to fight for physical media until my dying day. (Even to my own detriment.)
YOU'RE BACKKKKKKK AND TOO WITH SUCH A BANG BRUH!🤩
Love scarecrow video. I’m really hoping they pull through. We may not be strong in numbers, but we are a passionate bunch.
just today was watching a movie on dvd and got sad because now most people don’t use dvd’s. and i get mine for 20 cents. 20 cents in this economy is equal to zero. this means that great physical copies of great movies are not needed anymore
Spotted After Hours in the thumbnail! Always cool to see another criterion/physical media collector. Nice to see you’re back! 💕
Thank you!!!
Back into the wonderland. Love the podcast.
Welcome back!🎉
I've thought about you few days ago. You haven't posted anything for such a long time... And here you post the new video
Physical media is not dying but going into hibernation, because if the demand comes back like how LP is trending again, the sale of physical media will. What bothers me more is the archival preservation of physical media. I don't know if during your research you came across the articles regarding media archival tools that are becoming obsolete due to upgrades and/or technological advances that is making it difficult and costly to every time have to re-archive every media due to the lack of long term backward compatibility, So studio's start making cuts to which movies are being stored. Causing some movies to truly become obsolete. Truly gone forever.
I had the original Mortal Kombat on vhs if there were streaming services in power back then soccer moms would have banished it to the shadow realm.
You're back!!!!!
Wsp Tyler it’s Jack Noah’s friend nice video man
Netflix already took away Mike Flanagan's Hush and you cannot watch it anywhere else :/
Film frauds should watch Wallace and Gromit curse of the wererabbit and howls moving castle and compare who ‘deserved’ the Oscar
Glad to see you
Holy shit its you. I was looking everywhere for your ppun pun video cause it got me to read it, and I just couldn't remember your channel name lol. Amazing video as always man👍
Damn!! He's back!
Not only vinyl but cassettes are on the rise. It is such a surprise for me.
Moving out of my parents home and then moving again from college dorm to the first house I bought was enough to get me to drop like 90% of my physical media, its insane how heavy a single bookshelf worth of books can be let alone how much space they take up, same for blurays/manga/video games largely
Kino Lorber and Shout, along with other boutique companies are doing great work keeping stuff on physical media.
Return of the king!
Aye glad you're back! what happened to the berserk video?
If I am being honest, I really just wasn't as happy with that video as I wanted to be nor do I feel like I properly did Berserk justice. I went into that video with way too many scattered notes/ideas/topics and I don't feel like it conveyed all that I wanted to. I took down a bunch of videos I made because I wasn't proud of them!
@@colorlesswonderland I understand, I respect it. If its any consolation I still enjoyed them, this is a very genuine channel and thats getting harder to find these days. Keep up the good work!
Sad to hear scarecrow is going through some rough times. Rented the Higurashi box set there when I couldn't find it anywhere else. Is kind of scary to think that these stories that we care so much about could just disappear. Thanks for the upload!
YOU ARE BACK!!!
HE'S BACKK
welcome back!
the comeback of the year!!!!!
Criterion got me interested in collecting all-around physical media, from movies to CDs to books (though I've always been collecting books because used books were and still are so darn cheap). I'm hoping we get a Criterion release of I'm Thinking of Ending Things in the near future, doesn't seem like an impossibility considering we have a Criterion Irishman release
I'm a lifelong physical media enjoyer and currently don't have any streaming services. I used to, but I realized could easily go a few months months without using any of them and I'd rather save my money. They never had what I was looking for anyway! Plus if they do have something exclusive (like The Bear), I can just get Disney for one month and then leave. I don't want to pay month after month in case I want to stream.
The annoying thing is that where I live there's still one store with more niche movies, but then they charge 53 dollars for like, Eraserhead and stuff like that.
Lately I've been buying a few cd's as well. I would do vinyl, but I know I won't be getting a vinyl player with all the gear that you need.
Also the library has movies! Use the library!
Also I didn't know they won't releasing Killers of the flower moon... yikes.
My goat is back
so glad you have summer wars on bluray now thats true taste
physical media (music/films) might die but books will live forever.
THE KING IS BACK
This is why you pirate and donate directly to the creators. Its the only way to "own" certain movies
Always remember, Piracy isn't theft if purchasing isn't owning.
Return of the king
i love you Scarecrow boy
i have soooo much to say about this subject - my dvd / blu ray / 4k library is the rival of no one lol
id love to talk cinema with you someday
Man this is a happy day
It’s far from dead
omg finally!!
What mic is that?
It’s the SamsonQ2U USB mic! Super great I really recommend it!
@@colorlesswonderland I'm using a yeti right now but I think I might benefit from that one because I enjoy handheld recording a lot more than stationary
I MISSED YOU!
Long live physical media.
okay sorry this is unrelated but SPIRIT ORB 12:28
Oh Hey, it's been a while
The death of physical media, but the resurrection of colorless wonderland 🤝
8 minutes in and the guy still hasnt started talking to the point...
Can people stop talking about the death of physical media, like seriously dude, sure its become less popular than back in the 90s and 2000s but lots of people do still buy dvds, blu rays, cds, ect... And as a 14 year old, physical media isnt dying, but its definitly not as prominent
Glad to see you again on my youtube feed 🩷
Pirateit bestie. If they dont want you to buy it, just torrent it and burn it on a dvd