The Wild World of DVD Releases
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2023
- stuff i read for this video on dvds:
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dvds are awesome and we should bring them back, there are too many streaming services these days like netflix and hulu and amazon prime but dvds will always be there for you. theyll never leave you. you can play dvds and bluerays in your ps2. did you know that? dvds are so cool. nice.
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there’s nothing quite waking up to the menu replaying over and over but you don’t feel like getting it up to turn it off so you just listen to it for an hour
And that weird place between sleep and awake where the DVD menu sounds became part of your dream
I'm still haunted by the time when I was a kid sleeping at my friends house, the Ice Age menu was looping, and it was just sid sliding down some ice going Whoa! every few seconds.
this went on for hours, and eventually I got sick of it and went to get up and turn it off, and my friend very seriously said "No, leave it on, I like it!"
@@ludi_64 💀💀💀💀😭we all have our sleep music preferences, I guess... But why was your friend awake 💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@mightymeatymech I don't wanna talk about it...🙊
@@ludi_64 I wish mercy on your soul, I can only imagine 🙉
As a physical media collector this warms my heart. Long live physical media
As a social media collector, I think streaming is the absolute future. All hail netflix
I'm with you, friend. Physical forever 🙌
@@calebbennett6048 wow you're so funny
@@calebbennett6048 as a metaphysical media collector I believe human imagination is the future. all hail the mind’s eye.
My goal for this year is to start building my own collection. Hell yeah!
I’m a physical media die hard. If you love a movie, buy a physical copy for sure!! Support them. We need it!
I'm the same way with books. No e-books or downloadable pdf nonsense for me. I do not understand how a person can read and/or watch from a tablet or a laptop. Physical copies of things are wonderful.
Physical media is a part of my childhood and I don't want it to die out😢
Me too
Me too.
Mainly for my favourite tv shows as you don’t have to subscribe to watch without ads and or have to deal with streaming services raising their prices each time especially when some streaming services remove content after a while and or only have selected seasons available of a tv show.
Books, music, and movies, too! Voila - you're no longer subject to the vicissitudes of streaming service contracts where the movie or show you previously watched on, say, Netflix is suddenly pulled from that service only to pop up months later on Disney+ (yes, I'm still bitter about Daredevil, dammit).
I’m forever a DVD girly. With the many many problems of streaming like rotation, censorship, edits, money, etc etc it’s just nice to have a physical copy of movies that are special to me. It’s always the highlight of my trip when I go thrifting.
no
Yeah physical media is great
For some reason there’s something that just feels… right? about physical media. The idea of being able to *own* movies and music just feel so appealing to me.
Yes! That’s part of why I love k-pop. A huge part of it is physically owning the music. And there’s lots of incentives to buy the CDs too!
Exactly, imo it’s so much better because you don’t have to worry about paying a monthly subscription to have (temporary) access to them. I feel the same way about software, I absolutely hate when things (like for example Photoshop, Premiere Pro, etc) switched to exclusively using a subscription service vs just being able to buy and own something with no strings attached.
But at the same time, or maybe I'm just younger, digital copies are just so much easier to deal with. No worries of scratching the disk, losing it, damaging the player, losing cables, damaging cables and yadda yadda. The only physical media I've had in my life are videogames from my childhood and I do understand the good feel of having a copy, but at the same time my steam library seems so convenient that I don't really know if I would ever go back. But also in videogames the platforms that allow you to own and play are fewer and more reliable than streaming services to there's that
@@ssnekky yep they give us wayyy more than the CD. Makes it more exciting
@@MrChoklad i agree but the biggest collection of physical media i have is cds and i just 'burn' them (basically create digital copies of them) on my computer and still use the physical cd. and it's not that easy to scratch and ruin a disk if you're careful with it
Borat’s dvd release is so funny because of the disc design. It’s made to look like a bootleg, and people on Amazon genuinely think they got a fake copy 😭
This reminds me that I have a Blu-Ray which briefly brings up a menu screen for Never Been Kissed starring Drew Barrymore, before the screen jumps and switches to the actual movie... Fight Club.
I bought the DVD at a resale store and totally thought I got a fake copy
Oof
Lol I still have it, even the dvd was see through lol
I actually have that one. I remember buying it when it just released and removing the plastic while on the train back home, my first reaction was: WTF. And then I got the joke.
Owning physical copies always feels the best, it just triggers childhood nostalgia for me. Be it shows, movies, video games, books.
And don't forget CDs!
@@scorpionwins6378Nuts
I love DVDs. Having DVDs allows you to choose what you want to watch without having to search for it. I hate how Netflix and other services only have the movies on for a certain time and them remove them. You don't get that issue with DVDs. Plus, having a physical collection reflects your personality.
I hate that Netflix movies or shows I wanna own without having the subscription cannot be bought physically.
@@fornamnefternamn1532 Same, now only two TV shows they have, beyond that I'm done with Netflix...
I agree with how your collection reflects your personality. I have just about every movie with Tim Curry in it and it really freaks out my guests when they come to visit.
@@scorpionwins6378 And I have 6 of Joey King's films on physical media, and 4 of them on Blu as well-- she has had some great pictures in her career in Tinseltown, and I'd love to have her Netflix successes on physical, especially the Kissing Booth trilogy.
When you have a DVD collection like mine, you still have to search for it (nearly 1,200 Titles in my collection).
There are 2 paradoxes when it comes to streaming services:
* The more something is available, the less you'll want it
* The more choices you have the less satisfied you are with any particular one
It's how they keep us subscribed
Got more than 64TB of BD backups i made myself, that is more than 1000 movies and 200 shows. I dont really feel like i have too much of a choice, takes me not long to find something i might want to watch. It is that i have a real choice between good content and not two gems and the rest is garbage.
I miss the days when Netflix was the main service I would find sci-fi movies I would of never watched if I had all these choices now
@@BudzBunny422 the issue is the choice are bad. Have a 40 TB Media Server with my family, 1200+ movies and they are all good (in our opinion) and all hand selected by me. Did you ever scroll down d+ to the very end? It is full of fill up trash. Going back buying blue rays was best decision in terms of Media for me in decades.
Also if your internet goes. You are out SOL. My Internet has gone out 5 times in a 2 month period.
Core memory unlocked. I didn't realize how great the Shrek 2 DVD-ROM really was. The Second Harry Potter DVD had a lot of fun little things, too.
SAME!! I must've forgot because i never actually owned the dvd myself but my good friend did and i'd watch it all the time there growing up
Omg I remember them, that was my favourite movie for so long. I watched my copies of the first two movies so much we had to get new ones. I still have my old copies though, cause they have a cool case.
YES harry potter did soooooo good w this
god i wish i knew where my old dvd/blu ray of the third harry potter movie was, bc it had an interactive section where you could walk through hogsmeade !! i do have a dvd of it today, but it's not the same one, and i doubt it has all those features, but i should check! i wish more media would do stuff like this nowadays
The Charlie and the chocolate factory disc 2 contained some of my favorite games. I love them so much
I have addiction of buying cheap, DVDs from thrift stores, so I understand completely. I must say, I'm quite proud of my collection!
The monsters inc DVD is the perfect version of the movie because the end credits feature the ‘monsters inc company play’ that Mike and Sully perform unlike the Disney+ version.
This along with the added animated outtakes extend the length it takes for them to finish their version of “I wouldn’t have nothing if I didn’t have you” across the credits meaning it now perfectly syncs up to finish just as the credits themselves finish.
Perfection.
What version of the DVD though?
Movies are often reissued with different changes, such as the 2002 "Toy Story 2" disc letting you play the movie with only the SFX, not seen anywhere else
She's out of our hair
And just when I dare to care
She says "Au contraire,
You're my pair
A friend
I love you"
And so we put that kid back where she came from
And she helped us to find
A better tomorrow
TODAAAAAAY
I grew up on the old barbie movies and they are on dvd only. Now i have fun searching thrift stores for already loved barbie dvds. Also something so fun about dvds are the booklets, the barbie ones had like a whole toy catalog in it.
barbie for some reason is on and off limited streaming services ALL the time, my younger sister has the whole classic collection and it was worth every penny
Me too! I have all the early 2000s Barbie movies on dvd 😆
The Fairy secret theme song was a staple in my household
I only know them in German but sometimes I listen to the song from the princess and the pauper on UA-cam and it is filled with comments saying "I'm a boy but I love this song so much, it was a great part of my childhood" and that warms my heart. Not only is barbie made for boys too, it also created such a peaceful environment that they feel comfortable enough to talk about it.
And the barbie DVDs had such fun stuff in them! Like in a Christmas carol, the sing-along with chezzlewit. And the outtakes for diamond castle. And all of the various singalongs for all of them. And, like, fairytopia literally had an entire disk dedicated to a single game! I loved that shit. It was a terrible game to play because it skipped so badly, but it was my childhood
That shrek 2 dvd was a masterpiece fr. That's really where society peaked
2004?
There have been some true masterpiece DVDs before and since Shrek 2. Emperor's New Groove Ultimate Groove Edition is one.
@@KeybladeMasterAndy
Emperor's new groove was peak Disney
Oh hell yeah!
See? This sort of crap right here proves our generation is fucked.
Even though I’m not that old, I’m 28 and my wife is 25, we’re not subscribed to any streaming service. We buy physical media for everything we want to watch. We love it and we want to be able to have the opportunity to watch whatever we want whenever we want to.
Oh
Recently had my internet go down, and my DVD collection was there to keep my sane. I'm actually getting more and more into watching movies I own a physical copy of because of the points you mentioned.
Yeah
Honestly been on a massive DVD binge since it's so easy to find them in charity/thrift shops for dirt cheap
Just yesterday I got three DVDs at a thrift shop! I only have about six episodes of Backyardigans, but with my new purchase I have an additonal three episodes!
And last year? Legitimately the best DVD haul I've EVER gotten. I took quite the long drive to visit my friend, and he showed me a local thrift shop. They had nearly every Monster High DVD. They didn't have Haunted nor Scaris, and now those are the only ones I need to complete my collection. Thrift shops are heaven sent.
I admit being "lazy" and using streaming plattforms since a few years. I successfully skipped the blu ray, own just 1-2 and just bought a few used. They are not nearly as cheap as the good old dvd.
As mentioned, don't watch dvds anymore with few exceptations. Last time I put one in my player, picture quality was not good at all on my 55" tv (had a like 46" before). Am not an HD or 4K fanatic, but watching good looking movies is what I demand. So I'll have to see if my old dvds hold up - or I'll have to watch them on my computer screen.
I got Blade Runner 2049 on blu-ray for US$2.60 the other day. Ghost in the Shell (1995) for 0.65c yesterday. Both thrifted. A market today had easily 300 DVD's, making them the most popular thing being sold.
Scanning a shelf or box of titles to find a gem is a bit more fun than being online and being able to choose anything.
With what I pay for internet, it works out cheaper than downloading and the quality is better too. When the net drops out, the quality of streaming drops to 0.
fr i got the first 2 seasons of community for a dollar
@@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops I got 3 Barbie movies i was missing for my collection at my local thrift store. I still need like 2 more but I was so happy to find the ones I did
I'm actually so glad someone is mentioning the Far Far Away Idol bit from the Shrek 2 DVD. That was comedy gold for me as a kid, and even then I could recognize how much work they put in for just a random DVD extra
Shrek 2 has probably the best dvd release ever, its not surprise everyone remembers it
I was just gonna comment on that. By watching this video, I just realised that "Shrek 2? What kind of title is that" sentence was engarved in my soul long before I could understand any english.
I didn't find it funny
@@OutFreak28 it really was awesome!
Man I watched that so many times on my shrek 2 dvd as a kid.
My 13 yr old daughter is big on cds and is wanting to get into dvds again. Happy to have had an influence on her. Goodwills and thrift stores are a huge help. Peace!-)
"People aged 25-39 still buy dvds"
Me laughs in early 20s 😂
As a Blu-ray collector, I love that people are talking and appreciate it more
The best part of collecting Blu-rays, is that they’re basically dead and cost $5 (for the most part)
they're so awesome! i'm trying to get all of the hosoda and nolan films on blu-ray
@@veryinactiveukmapping Go for the Nolan 4K's (if u have the equipment) they r VASTLY superior to the 1080p Blu-rays
@@SoapNugget unfortunately i only have a regular blu-ray player, i can't afford a 4k player and the 4k blu-rays themselves for the time being :/
Nothing quite like filling up shelves with movie selections that *YOU* like.
your local library will also usually have a DVD collection - I check out DVDs from my library all the time and it's honestly so much easier than hunting around on streaming (plus it supports the library!)
That’s how my 11 year old daughter has watched almost every movie she’s seen in her life. I refuse to subscribe to all the streaming stuff. It seems like such a time and money waste.
Agreed I’ve found new dvd releases at my library all the time and sometimes they do have long waitlists but sometimes you luck out. Great way to support your local library.
as a local library employee -- yeah!
This just unlocked one of my most treasured memories. Every time we went to the library, my brother and I got to pick a DVD to rent. Me, being a stupid little child, chose Shaun the Sheep almost every single time. I wonder if it’s still at that library...I still live near it, I’ll have to go check and see
Only thing that sucks about the library is that half of their film collection is already ruined & they don't even know. Particularly the kids movies, the comedies & the big hit TV shows.
Worked at Barnes and Noble for a year, and was shocked that anyone bought DVD's. (I also got ranted at by older people about how small the section is now). I wanted to cry when I had to search for a specific vinyl/DVD/CD (especially for a phone call), because we often only had one and they're just tedious to look through. Just if you ask for one, please don't be shocked if they can't find it when it says it's in store 😭
My mom runs a little bookstore out of her church, and while visiting for Christmas this year she brought home the stack of Barbie movies she had, as know one was buying them. We have been slowly moving through them reliving my childhood and playing all the special feature games. Also does anymore remember the dvd cases with the little latches you had to pop open before the case would open? The pure satisfaction and nostalgia I get from those lol.
In the Far Far Away Idol game, my Grandma thought Simon wanted you to pick a specific one, so she chose every person, getting more and more angry at Simon. Needless to say, she didn't like him
That is how it was though from what I remember! If you picked a main character like Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, or Puss in Boots, then they actually won and got to sing their songs. If you pick anyone else besides them, Simon disapproves & proclaims himself the winner singing “My Way” 😅
@@whatdoyousuppose maybe my Gma rage quit before choosing a main character, so it just felt like Simon always won in my memory lol
Such a good release, even the box talked
PSA: your local library probably has a decent DVD collection. I donated most of DVD collection to a library. Also, if you're dumping your DVD collection, look in to donating it to the library.
and many libraries also sell them!
I guarantee you…if your town or city has a library, you’ll be HAPPILY SHOCKED at your dvd choices! And they’re neatly sorted (people who work at libraries-generally- care). You have nothing to lose! A library card is FREE! And you can typically check them out for up to 2 weeks! It’s actually pretty cool…
Both best andnsad thing is even in the early 2000s when i was a kid my local public library actually had vhs movies and some dvds that i couldve borrowed for free but me and my family still went to block buster to pay and rent films. If only we realized it sooner then we wouldve gone every week borrowing whatever films we couldve watched.
Actually u should donate them to resellers
@@Brandon-bc5um why?
This is exactly what I have always love about DVD's all the special extra features!! They did this to encourage people to buy the DVD instead of the VHS, all these extra features, like Director's or actors commentaries, are lost media, streaming apps do not show you these.
As a 2008 child i LOVE DVDs i just like to know i can always watch my favorite movies/shows
i miss movie nights as a child when me and my brother would pick out a dvd or a blueray from the big movie shelf and then we would watch our dad struggle to connect the playstation to the tv 😔
you can do the same with your local library if they have a dvd section :D?
we used to have friday movie nights at my moms house, choosing from our hefty collection of dvds or what we rented out
good times
@@ladylark10884 i know, and we still have the dvds and the playstation but we mostly watch stuff from streaming services bc we dont have more recent stuff on dvds
Been saying this for years. All streaming services (especially Netflix) should do all of the extra things that DVD's used to do. That would make things way more interesting and entertaining. The bloopers especially would be fun!
The only thing I've seen close to this is the digital streaming for PBS (yes, *that* PBS) where they will release behind the scenes and other related vignettes along with the relevant show. I wish the other services did this too.
@@Cyraxior Disney Plus did this for some of it's catalog, but not nearly enough.
the criterion channel does this and it's fucking awesome
Netflix used to have commentaries on every episode of the first series of House of Cards that weren't on the blu ray. Mike Flanagan has been begging to record commentaries for his Netflix films. Don't know why they don't take him up on it.
That's a fabulous idea.
I'm a giant film nerd and I have over 150 dvds by my last count, they are super cheap now at thrift stores and truthfully all the "satirical" reasons you listed to promote DVDs are the main reasons I enjoy collecting them
Very good thinking. I have close to 600 DVDs I have accumulated since the Blockbuster days. For years now I just buy used DVDs for dirt cheap. So, I am with you 100% on this.
You hit the nail on the head with our dependency on internet. I have family who are 20 mins from anywhere here in Indiana, and they have internet slower than DSL. They have a MASSIVE DVD collection from 20 years of purchasing DVDs. They had to throw away all the cases and have at least 10 of those DVD Binders.
Heyyy fellow Hoosier!
This video was the trigger for me to start seeing all the downside of video streaming. Now I am starting to build my dvd and blue-ray collection and I don’t regret it.
It’s a good thing cz at least now you own your movies + you’ll get to enjoy them in better quality then the streaming services. I also recommend you look into 4K uhd disks
My physical media collection really kicked off after I bought Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Steelbook this year, nothing beats owning media yourself and the higher quality in most cases!
@ishkapiska4516 You're definitely correct.
Ive rebuilt my dvd and VHS collections because nothing beats VHS releases with the iconic previews
@@KenshiVA coming soon on dvd
I actually really love this content. It's always so diverse covering loads of topics. Subscribed
The real question I have is why didn't Blu-Ray take off like DVDs since they can do basically the same thing but with better resolution?
I wonder the same thing. My theory is that newer DVD players these days do a good enough upscale job that most people just don't care. Like I can tell when something looks SD, or even 720p, but my 63 year old Dad can't tell unless I point it out. UHD Blurays are even worse since dedicated UHD Bluray players are an endangered species and are a bit more expensive compared to even the 3D Bluray player we have.
Also, in my opinion Bluray menus these days just suck and have no effort put into them, so I usually just rip them to my Plex server.
@@TheGreatMcPainBlu-ray spent too much money and effort on trying to be uncopyable and clustered into certain regions, which ended up causing menus to not work well. Then, they get their DRM broken anyways, so they can be put on a HDD to play on the Plex server anyway.
If Hollywood would just make it easier to use, they would sell more legit copies but they make you have to alter the firmware on a bluray drive in order to play UHD discs. No wonder people get fed up and pirate it.
I just recently finally bought a 4K UHD BD player for $158 and that was a really good sale price. They should be much less expensive and more people would get them. I use streaming services to watch TV shows and first time movie watching, to even know if I want the movie. But it is so frustrating when you're binge watching a show with multiple seasons and it gets pulled from the streaming service before you're finished with it.
For me personally, the only reason I keep buying DVD's instead of Blu-Ray's is because the cases look better. I like that they're thicker. And I've just accepted that the quality will be a bit worse haha.
DVDs are "good enough" for most people --- it was categorically different in a better way than VHS rather than just the same but better --- and it's cheaper than Bluray. Also, a large collection of personal DVD rips takes up a significantly smaller amount of storage than the same collection on Bluray. I'd say we're getting to the point of that not mattering so much on hard drives, but it still matters quite a bit for removable media (SD cards, thumb drives, etc).
@@jbrian53 When you convert blurays to mkv files, you can make them much higher quality than DVD but take up a lot less storage space than an uncompressed DVD takes. I prefer to not compress them as much as I did with a 1080p TV because it is noticeable on my 4k TV. However, if DVD quality is good enough, than you can watch in 720p or 1080p and still be significantly better than DVD quality, while still taking up less space on HDD, SSD or USB drive.
The fact that dvds are now being explained as the “newest” member of the boomer tech collection has me feeling some kind of way.
What's weirder is having someone multiple decades older than you say that DVDs are outdated & no one should have them anymore when they kept a giant VHS collection until the 20-teens.
To be honest, even back at the height DVDs felt transitional. VHS lasted as THE medium for nearly 30 years, DVDs lasted about 10, if we're being generous. By 2005 Hi-Def Blue-Ray was on the horizon and even THAT only pulled another 5 years before streaming just curb-stomped physical media.
For me, DVDs don't make me feel old, it's more this feeling of, "yeah those were a thing for a hot minute when a teenager."
I can’t tell if by “dvd” we also mean blu rays….because I didn’t know that blu rays went anywhere.
@@nickb9113 Neither have DVDs. You can still get both just about anywhere, but people aren't really buying them anymore & opting for streaming instead. That's why most major stores have shrunk their selections significantly, unless that's all they sell.
Blu-ray is not far behind either. 😮
let's appreciate how she put every possible PowerPoint transitions
Yes I remember all of this. I stopped watching regular tv a while back. But got loads of DVDs from over the years. Over 100- probably over 200 is my guess? But yeah I am for sure an art, book, & movie hobbyist collector.
After seeing multiple films and series this last year alone getting removed from streaming services - with no plan or announcement to grant a physical release to any of them - I do not regret still buying physical media.
Every decade we lose films and shows to 'time'. And in the age of streaming, we will likely lose more movies, shows, and video games every year to the abyss of time.
Watching the shrek 2 dvd screen gave me the strongest feeling of nostalgia I’ve ever experienced
ME TOO
SAME
YES SAME
Yeah
Getting a movie physically on 4K is always going to look and sound superior to streaming as well
i replaced buying DVD for Bluray and now 4k Bluray, love all the discs !
@@lucasRem-ku6eb Yeah, there's no comparison. I wonder why DVD still exists.
@@jgrab1its cheaper to produce
@@midosyt it's so freaking cheap lol. It's insane
@@jgrab1 dvd sell more than 4k & blu-ray
the "this effect requires gpu acceleration" bit at the beginning of the video was funny as hell.
also the video is really well made and tbh it's convinced me to start rebuilding up my DVD collection
I was happy to see this; I've continued buying DVDs for years because I don't want to lose a movie that I purchased just because some streaming service goes out of business, or my internet is down!
I remember in the original Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone DVD you could do a point and click walk through of Hogwarts and it blew my 10 year old brain.
Lucky! 😄
Yes! I still have that original release!
Yes! That and the Lion King DVD safari tour were so cool as a kid
My parents are all hip and cool with digital streaming now.... so I have the entire set of our original Harry Potter DVD
I own every Harry Potter 2 disc dvd editions. Remembering those special features gives me such nostalgia.
The Incredible DVD had an entire second disk just for special features that was actually fire. It was all themed like Syndrome's computer and you could go and get these really detailed files about all the background Supers he killed. Some of them even had like recorded "interviews" with the Supers.
THAT'S WHAT THE SECOND DISK WAS FOR!?!?! I literally organized ALL the DVDs in my house Tuesday, and was wondering what the hell that second disk was for. Was never really into The Incredibles so I never found out!
I'm literally gonna check that out later.
I used to spend literal hours playing around on that DVD when I was home sick from school.
ARE YOU SERIOUS. I can’t believe I never knew this 😭 I loved the incredibles
I wish I had this! My dad got me a sketchy bootleg DVD of The Incredibles from Venezuela while he was on a work trip, while the movie was still in theaters and an official DVD hadn’t come out yet, it cut out the first like 5 minutes 🤣 I had the official DVDs for other Pixar movies like Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc and those were wonderfully done, super interactive and you could comb though the bonus features for hours!
have it as well!
There is also a Soderberg movie Full Frontal
almost all of the bonus materials are kind of PART OF the movie because of how the movie is and how they were done - sooo cool
I have a very deep love for hard media, it's an experience. The feeling you get when you play a vinyl record is like magic, the rewinding of a VHS tape while staticky white, gray, & black patches appear aggressively on screen, & the Fast Revving noises as the disc gets read, Ect.
As a 27 year old lad in the UK i felt out of place when i realised nobody i know buys, has or even uses dvds anymore. In recent months, I have collected anime shows i like since Crunchyroll removed so many shows. I think collecting dvds today is a unique hobby, its old school.
Crunchyroll having an essential monopoly over an entire medium is frankly wrong.
Even if seemingly a lot of new anime is a single season of varying quality, having one company decide on what you can have, how you have it and for how long is just gross.
Gabi completely blank face while dancing is a total mood
I love that Gabi Balls has been using Comic Sans and Papyrus so much ever since the Papyrus video, like it was a big "cringe is dead, I'm free" moment
balls lol
Physical media menus are the BEST, and having just a copy of a no longer popular/ very old movie that is streamed nowhere is special!
Love the vid!
Love your takes. Love your editing -- tons of fun, and so with you on the state of consuming cinemahhhh.
the "find puss in boots" with pinocchio just floating in a bubble actually made me choke laughing
i was literally just talking about cassettes and CDs this morning so i’m excited to have this video be a part of the conversation! there’s something about tangible art that makes it feel more intentional and worth spending money on even if it’s less practical nowadays. but also y’all, LIBRARIES HAVE DVDS!! if you can’t find a movie on streaming, your local library might have it! and it’s FREE! you wanna talk about nostalgia let’s go back to our LOCAL LIBRARIES ✊💥
Ooooh I didn't think about that! I love the DVD extras
Libraries also have video games!! And if you're lucky enough to have a well funded local library, they sometimes even have games that are pretty recent releases. This can also be good if you want to play an older game made by a company that refuses to offer discounts on their games even after 5+ years of the game being released!
oh yes .. pro tip
Yesssss I love all of my physical things and especially my movies and books ❤️ it's so comforting and nice
@@danieneit6830 Libraries don't have games. I never see any at the ones here in Springfield Missouri.
Honestly I think DVD bonus features are the best thing about owning them. Cast and crew commentaries, behind the scenes features, deleted scenes, all that good stuff that makes me love a movie even more; getting to know just a little bit more about how said movie was made. I remember when I first bought my 2-disc edition of Finding Nemo back in 2004 and getting absolutely floored by how rich in bonus features it was! It even had a thing called a visual commentary, in which you played the movie with the directors’ commentary and every once in a while the DVD would play a small segment related to whatever it is that was being commented, like a deleted scene. It just made me fall in love with the movie making process, and I forever mourn how DVDs have fewer and fewer bonus features as time went on… 😭
This brought back so many memories of what it was like owning DVDs. I'm lucky enough to still have the ones I grew up with.
It's a shame streaming services aren't able to capture the same magic as physical media, particularly when it comes to what DVDs offer.
Nice to see younger film fans appreciate physical media
And this video is just so funny!
I am 18 and I agree, I still use physical media because I like the Original Theatrical Track of Jaws and The Terminator that I can't find on streaming.
@@axelfiedel3793 I want to get terminator on dvd, rn I’m watching older things on 123 sites.
And pants
I actually have my own dvd collection with 100s of dvds! I think it's just so much easier to physically own everything than pay for 5 different streaming services.
My family is really big on media preservation and we still have all our old VHS tapes, CDs, Vinyls, and games. I honestly couldn't imagine living any other way.
that's so awesome, as someone who's studying to be a librarian media preservation is really important to me too ^-^
Piracy
I will always prefer physical media, but part of the issue is that, as dvd sales have decreased over the years, they've also lost a lot of their original charm. I miss having a full second disc-worth of special features, bloopers, games etc. as Gabbi mentioned. But nowadays they don't even put effort into the packaging. Discs are just plain silver with the title on them, and the inside cover maybe has an episode list. It's so boring and if I'm ONLY getting the movie/series, there's less incentive to pay the $30 for it (and that's not even taking into account shipping costs for titles that are harder to find in store). A lot of new media also just doesn't even get released on dvd anymore and it's so disappointing
This is absolutely my favorite video from Gabi
Omg I miss the bloopers on the DVDs. I remember Barbie and Pixar animating bloopers- 7 year old me was in LOVE.
does anyone else love watching old trailers on dvds too? it’s always super nostalgic for me and it’s cool to see what types of movies were coming out at that time!
unfortunately i have no way to play dvds right now but as soon as i do i’m taking like half of my family’s dvd collection with me lol
This !! Hahaha
I do
Yup, and trying to figure out if it's already in the stash or you need to put it on the list for your next DVD/BD run 😁
That’s one of my favorite reasons to still buy BluRays! Even if the menu sucks it’s nice to pop in a disc and get a sorta time capsule of the year that disc came out. It’s nice to be reminded that Stuber was a movie that came out and was also released in 2019, or watching Blu-ray Discs from 2009-2011 and being reminded that the way you watched movies digitally back then was by using the “digital disc” and copying it to your laptop
They’re almost always forgotten movies too. It’s the best
As a movie geek, I am an advocate for physical media (i.e. DVDs, Blu-rays, books) in today's world full of e-books and streaming services. Don't get me wrong, I watch movies and TV series on Netflix, but that doesn't stop me from hating DVDs and Blu-rays. DVDs and Blu-rays are compact and have cool-looking interactive menus where you can select a scene and watch some of the features that are added to the disc.
Furthermore, DVDs and Blu-rays became a part of my childhood before the domination of the streaming giants began in the 2010's, and I still am to this day. And I will always cherish those wonderful moments of watching movies on DVD with my parents back in the day.🙂💯
Now days there are no special features on DVD 😢
It’s weird to be an older zoomer, where you lived through so many home media eras. To the point where you can remember both the current over saturated streaming service hellscape, as well as the guy from Blockbuster pestering you for not rewinding your VHS tapes before returning them.
Zoomers would remember VHS at blockbuster??? Pretty sure VHS faded by 2003 or 2004 from the video rental stores, since dvd was king by that point. Maybe you’re a millennial after all? Ha
@@Miller1989 im a Gen Z 2000s kid i have some old memories as a young kid that i just now remembered of rewinding Bob the Builder and some Playdough movie on VHS in my parents bedroom connected to an old box tv. i remember when it got replaced with a DVD player and i was sad
@@Miller1989 1996 here, I don't remember renting VHS tapes but I absolutely remember watching them. Small town + growing up poor makes trends lag a bit.
@@Miller1989 I was born 1997. Technically zoomer. So my parents and older sister would get pestered when I’d go in with them lol. But yeah. It was about 2005 they completely died off. But we didn’t have a DVD player for a while.
Also I’m Australian, which means I live at least 5 years in the past.
As an avid DVD collector nearing a thousand titles, I thank you for making this video
@@32discodaveWow! Yours is bigger.
Debating starting a collection since DVDs are just cheaper, but worried the quality on a 4K TV will be too noticeable. Should I go for Blu Ray instead?
@@mrbrit6746Yea DVD quality is significantly lower quality than streaming and Blu Ray. Blu Ray still has better quality than streaming. 1080p blu ray has higher bitrate and less compression than 4k streaming.
@@HeavyInstinctthatswhatshesaid 😅
@mrbrit6746 Personally, I’d definitely go for blu-ray, especially if you’re just starting out and don’t have to worry about doubling up on ones you’ve already got on DVD.
I think DVDs are still completely watchable, and if your TV is not that big and you’re sitting a fair distance away you might not even notice the difference much. I was watching a DVD with someone recently though, and as soon as I got a bit closer to their TV, it became extremely obvious how low quality the picture looked compared to the blu-ray and 4K discs that I’m more used to.
Blu-rays, at least as far as I know, can also (I don’t think it’s guaranteed) be more resistant to scratches on the underside of the disc.
There’s also PAL vs NTSC. If you live in the UK, Europe, Australia or some other countries/areas, your DVDs would often be sold as PAL format, instead of NTSC like the same movie/show would be in the US. If you have a PAL format DVD, at least when the movie/show was made in a country that normally uses NTSC, then, as far as I understand, and I definitely don’t understand it fully, the speed it plays at would be slightly faster than the equivalent NTSC disc, and the music, voices etc. on the PAL disc would be slightly higher pitched too, whereas, as far as I know, a blu-ray in the PAL regions wouldn’t have any of those drawbacks.
But that’s all obviously if those differences are worth the extra price to you, and if you’re in the US or another NTSC territory, that last part wouldn’t really apply. There is the initial investment of a blu-ray player too, if you don’t already have one, or a PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox One or Xbox Series X which can play blu-rays.
I’d also mention though that if you’re looking to get more niche stuff outside blockbusters, mainstream tv shows etc., then you might find it harder to stick with DVDs, et least if you’re buying new and not used. As far as I can tell, some smaller boutique labels for movies and shows only do blu-ray and/or 4K releases now, so even if a movie has gotten a re-release on blu-ray/4K in the last year, the newest DVD release still might be years ago, and potentially harder to find new. Or there’s also the chance it could still be in-stock and cheaper due to age, so up to chance there.
If you are considering getting any anime in your collection, many new releases there don’t get a DVD release at all anymore. Sentai Filmworks and Discotek are two US anime distributors that now basically just stick to blu-ray, though Discotek might sometimes release the odd 4K. Other companies can still do new DVD releases though so depends which one does the release.
Sorry to ramble, but if you hadn’t made a choice already, hope something there might help.
my dad buys dvds and i didn’t realize this wasn’t a regular thing
That bop to the top took me down a nostalgic wormhole I wasn't even ready for. I grew up in that era but never seen the movie but the hook was featured in a Disney commercial but when I head it I instantly reverted into a kid
Yes DVD menu appreciation! I remember being being disappointed when Blu rays got more popular because the menus were more basic. I miss the creativity!!! I used to watch the BTS stuff while my mom was fixing our plates for dinner and is a large part of why I developed a passion for film ❤
Nothing like the Barbie movie menus lol. PS, i also like owls. They're my favorite
@@crazyowlgirlcncowner Aaaahhh I used to love the barbie movies even during my "not like other girls" phase haha. Barbie on swan lake was iconic lol
Love to see another owl lover too btw 💕
Yeah that was a shame but, as far as I know, Blu-ray never sold more than DVD and still doesn't
The behind the scenes content on the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs are so comprehensive and well made that I enjoy watching them just as much as the movies themselves! I miss this.
LOTR is the gold standard of DVDs. The collection that launched a million failed movie careers (because movies aren't typically as well crafted and loved while being made)
I loved this video. Your passion for DVD came through. :)
I will say, make the leap to Blu-ray. Blu-ray/4K provides the best presentation quality possible and there are tons of releases with extras only on Blu-ray/4K that might not be on DVD these days. I also noticed you included a photo of a bootleg Ghibli DVD box set on accident - please pick up the GKids/Shout Factory editions and show support for the industry. :)
I have hundreds of DVD's and always buy them if it's a TV show or film I want to keep forever. The temptation to flick onto another TV show or movie when things get a bit boring is completely removed and you're more invested. My brother in law gave us all his DVD's too because he said "Everything's on streaming now". Not true at all. So many titles aren't on streaming and even if they are chances are they'll leave after a few months.
I miss that golden era of DVDs. I still collect them now, but back then they had all the unique menus and features you mentioned, plus really unique and vibrant disc art that was almost as cool as the movie poster itself. Nowadays you're likely to get a grey disc with the title printed on it, and a still JPEG for a menu that only has the movie and no bonus features.
At least Blu-ray still has the bonuses. Not always the disc art though.
yeah you could tell with long running series like King of the Hill after season 6 or 7 that Fox just couldn't be bothered doing anything special with the DVDs and so you got just the bare minimum. Just the shows and that's it... kinda sucks. Surely it wouldn't have cost um that much to come up with some special features. Give us a reason not to sail the high seas...
Golden era is laserdisc n beta max
I can’t stress how influential the Lord of the Rings Special Edition DVD special features were to me. It was a masterclass in filmmaking, showing love to every department and how they all came together to create the final product. Those DVDs are why I became obsessed with the sound department and how important they are.
I have over 800 DVDs/blurays. But the new ones are all low to zero effort 😔
Much needed discussion. Own your movies and music instead of renting/ streaming!
The $5 DVD bin is a godsend. I've found some classics in there.
7:20 The random transitions🤣🤣🤣
i ONLY watched dvds as a kid because my family didn't pay for cable, so i feel like this video was made for me. i literally use the excuse that "I'll have it forever, unlike streaming services...unless of course my house burns down or something" when I want to buy the dvd of my favorite movies.
it's not an "excuse" just a good reason. I'm the same. I like things i can keep forever. If I lose all my DVDs it probably wouldn't cost too much to replace them, you can buy most of them for pennies right now...
@@bretton_woods when it out of print price go up so seller hit a lottery when that happen if it complete set & in a good condition too
My family didn't have streaming services until I was 16 (5 years ago), even now I'd rather buy DVDs/Blu-Rays than stream
I also watch dvd’s as a child. But by parents threw most of them away, because I was “too old for them”. Now I’m slowly starting my collection again
@@lorenzo_smit fair enough
I'm a teenager and I love my dvds because when i was little we had cable and no streaming so I would use dvds
Lived in small town Washington with terrible service for a while, stepmom was my savior giving me her dvd collection
Buying a nice DVD from the Criterion Collection has become something I do when I have a little extra money in my paycheck for whatever reason, and I go, "I think I deserve a treat." The bonus materials on them is always awesome, and the box art slaps.
Never heard of blurays?
Yeah bluray criterion is what you need.
@@stingersplash Even Criterion’s Blu-Ray releases can get a little expensive at times. Every time I look at my Godzilla Showa era set that Criterion put out a few years back, I die a little inside knowing I dropped $130 on that set.
They have a 50% off sale twice a year June/November and can be purchased off their website or at a physical Barnes and Nobles
@@IAmAriqueAlt that's cos criterion is over priced and pretentious.
Regular used blurays are like a few bucks each - yet this girl only talks about crappy DVDs, which nobody now would deem as acceptable in terms of quality...
Also, DVDs are infinitely more satisfying as presents than an email with a digital code. I have a long running joke with a friend of gifting the most terrible late 90s/early 2000s low-budget obscure anime movies we can find, and making him physically unwrap some absolute garbage is really the cherry on top.
Love that you changed your editing style for the sake of this video
Physical media > streaming
You ma'am have tapped into a vault of my childhood with that Shrek 2 DVD menu. Even now at 31 years old I can still quote Donkey and his entire alternate titles monologue lol
You should look up the story of the the guy who could watch Shrek in his head.
As a fan of Japanese music, Japanese artists still regularly release their concerts on DVD and Blu-ray, sometimes bundled with their latest album. The price can seem a bit steep at first glace (often $60+ dollars for some multi Blu-ray releases), but it's so worth it to be able to own a full concert, and my concert DVDs/Blu-rays are some of my most prized possessions. It is a shame concert blu-rays never caught on with Western artists, so many tours are being lost to history with no official footage being released for purchase.
Also the Shrek 2 DVD games were super nostalgic, I still have my copy too. I imagine some of the games weren't working well because of your USB-DVD drive, I've noticed problems when using mine for DVDs in comparison to an internal drive/proper DVD player.
do you have any recommendations for Japanese artist?
@@heyheyv.1807 The Japanese music scene is huge, so I can't really recommend anything without knowing what else you like. There are so many idol groups, pop soloists, electronic musicians, rock bands of all genres, etc.
@@heyheyv.1807 Babymetal!
@@somethingboutthekiss so i mostly like everything! i’m also a Kpop fan maybe that helps you. sometimes i also listen to some rock and indie music. and my fav genre is boss’s nova and i also listend to a little bit of city pop.
@@annas4277 Second that
Hearing you talk about DVD & special features made it feel nostalgic
Its Amazing the things you have shared in this video .
I still miss those days , when I brought DVDs every week . . .
thank you so much for saying "i hate how everything is so internet reliant"
until literally last week i was one of those people whose internet was too bad to watch most streaming services. i like to own dvds because they're always reliable and i'll always have them even when my internet isn't working. i really wish more streaming services sold dvds of their shows because they'd be such great items to own and they wouldn't make me unsubscribe from that service. literally they're getting more money
Omg same!!!
i’m so happy to see anyone talk about this!! i’m in high school and i absolutely LOVE collecting dvds. there’s something about someone wanting to watch a movie that’s not on any streaming services and being able to say “I HAVE THIS ON DVD WE HAVE TO WATCH THIS RN.” and i genuinely love having them. there’s something i cant put my finger on, but owning all of my favorite movies physically gives me joy i cant get watching them on netflix.
There is a movie called “freaks” I thought it was a great twilight zone type twisted story that I recommend everyone to go to Netflix and check out. Then awe….. the only way I know to see it is MY BLU-RAY!!!!
movie party at my place because my copy will never disappear
Ever heard of bluray?
Pink Floyd The Wall directed by Alan Parker and The Man Who Saw Tomorrow starring Orson Welles are great examples of movies that never were available on streaming, only in home video. The first one was available in Betamax, VHS, Laserdisc and DVD, but not in Blu-ray. The second one was available in Betamax and VHS, but not in Laserdisc, DVD and Blu-ray.
Your shelf of DVDs is adorable and it reminds me that my parents' video library of over 400 movies on disc is the exception and not the norm.
I'm in my late 40s and have never stopped buying DVDs. I've also never signed up to any streaming services. I just prefer having exactly what I want and not being at the mercy of whatever that service wants to have available at that given time, as well as being able to own that physical copy of the release to watch whenever I want. Love what you were showing about DVD menus. It's a shame that companies got lazy and menus became really minimal. Shrek 2 is a great example of really going all out - as are the individual Red Dwarf releases.
I'm 46 and I don't use services either. DVD's all the way.
Early 30's here and same. I view streaming as more like a TV broadcast: good for casual viewing, but I want to own my faves.
Same but mid-40s. Also we subscribe to everything due to my wife's insistence. But if entirely up to me this would be ENTIRELY a dvd (and VHS) house. Can't stream for Jackie Chan, where is he? My DVDs that's where.
I'm 44 and i still buy dvds brand new.
I'm 39 and just got into DVD's for the first time in my life last year. It's such an old format and I was surprised to find I actually dig it. Why? Because television turned to shyte, and the streaming services have the issues you mentioned. DVD comes in and saves the day, giving me what I want, when I want it, for as long as I want. And for older TV shows the DVD paradoxically has the best video quality. Channel BT is pretty good too :o
I love that you made a video about this. I've been complaining about reliance on digital/ internet like an old person. BRING BACK DVDS.
I agree DVD's need to make a comeback. AND they actually might with everyone tired of all the massive ads on streaming services.
11:06 Exactly why I only buy physical games, I dont want to own an electronic license, I want to physically own the games I own. You're also able to resell them later
Being a 41 year old New Yorker, I've never given up on physical media! I still purchase films on DVD. My latest obsession has been The Criterion Collection. Great old school movies given the DVD treatment! Hell, I even bought THE BATMAN... on DVD. Yup, new films are still being released physically. Streaming be damned!
also 41! I don't buy much these days but my DVD library is solid and yes I've bought a handful of Criterions over the past decade of must-haves:
Watership Down
Until the End of the World
each of Kubrick's
still waiting for Meet the Feebles
I think the really cool DVDs were the Pixar ones, where they actually re-rendered and reframed the movies for the 4:3 DVD resolutions so that you don't miss out on any of the scenes. (Like when disney+ started cropping the jokes out of simpsons episodes) Pixar actually put time and effort into making the DVD the same or better than the experience in the theater.
Yes, it's very noticeable when a series has been "improved in widescreen". People like widescreen, sure, but would they be as sold on it if they knew the process of it was to have one of those gingerbread cookie shapes, walking up to a painting and then just ripping out whatever section that looked the best, because the shape of the cookie stamper is more appealing? I think not.
Any widescreen Seinfeld episode feels like a "close talker" (sorry for the Seinfeld reference) since you're up in their nose rather than watching the entire living room and the interaction between the characters.
@@HenkibojjSeinfeld crop is the worst so lame it happened. Uncropped on vudu though
@@redx459 Or the entire dvd collection. It's surprisingly small on the shelf, just two inches wide for 30 dvds. The menus are very creative and the extra material is VAST with interview series, audio commentary, deleted scenes and so on. I would actually believe that the extra material holds more data than the episodes themselves.
There were also open matte DVDs, which were films shot on 4:3 but meant to be matted to widescreen for cinemas.
Most Blu-rays, digital streams, and widescreen DVDs have the matted widescreen versions from the cinema.
But fullscreen DVDs sometimes have an open matte version, which expands the height instead of cropping the sides.
This is similar to how some films have an expanded aspect ratio on IMAX.
It was great, sort of like IMAX on a CRT.
I have a fullscreen DVD of Top Gun and I prefer how the film looks in 4:3 than the intended theatrical CinemaScope version.
I really wish they released this 4:3 version on IMAX alongside Top Gun: Maverick.
I also have open matte fullscreen DVDs of The Princess Diaries films, Ella Enchanted, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the Rocky films, many of the ‘60s/‘70s Dark Age Disney films, and Elf.
I now love the expanded height of 4:3, especially after Zack Snyder’s Justice League was in open matte 4:3 so Snyder could bring the IMAX experience at home.
The Whale was another recent film made in 4:3, and the claustrophobic feel was enhanced by being in 4:3.
I really wish widescreen TVs never became the mainstream, and that 4:3 was always the norm while 16:9, 21:9 and 32:9 were relegated to being premium options.
@hydraspectre9493 I remember watching a full screen version of The Incredibles and during scenes where the characters are talking, they would pan the camera to each person.
I deeply regret getting rid of my physical media. We've started haunting garage sales, second hand stores etc and buying DVDs and CDs again. Modded an old iPod and am loving having what i want to listen when I want to do so.
I love this topic. As would my mom. Though I haven’t bought a new dvd in over 10 years, I isn’t throwing my vast collection acquired from having no cable from 2000-2005. Those drug store dvd bins always got something cookin!