Why physical media is having a comeback, explained
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Streaming dominates how we consume content, but physical media like vinyl, DVDs, and Blu-rays is making a surprising comeback. This shift reflects a growing appreciation for quality, tangibility, and ownership in an increasingly digital world. From the superior audio and video quality of analog formats to the nostalgia of collecting physical items, the resurgence of physical media challenges the convenience of digital streaming. Discover why more people are turning to vinyl records, Blu-ray collections, and other physical formats for their entertainment and how this trend is reshaping modern media consumption.
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4:05 Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs do indeed use compression. However, they still offer significantly higher bitrates and better quality than most streaming services.
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It’s also important to point out, streaming is censoring content.
Scenes have been changed and removed from movies, and whole episodes of tv shows have been removed due to modern taboos.
Videos and Dvds are also censored
@@keithparker1346case by case basis there
@@keithparker1346 there are many stores though, just go to one of that doesn't have censored shit
@@keithparker1346 More so newer releases, you can always track down older releases if that's the case.
Physical Media is also censored. If it weren't, then people are angry.
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't theft
"If buying isn't owning, Piracy isn't theft."
New mantra unlocked
Y-E-S!!
Wrong on multiple levels. They use midwit mantras like this to justify all-digital, streaming only media.
🤦♂️I wish our side had higher level thinkers.
Care to "rent" me your house, then?
@@mikecraig2996 just take care of the mortgage and property taxes. Property taxes. Property taxes (echo fading out)
People when Streaming was introduced: Wow this is more convenient than DVDs and Blu-Rays!
People now: They removed our favorite movie off the platform! We’re going back to DVDs and Blu-Rays!
and it’s a cycle of hating and loving and hating.
Streaming like netflix was justified for the price and A LOT of content was there. No exclusives
Back when everything didn't have a fucking subscription.
I hated not being able to rent movies or even being able to buy what I wanted to see!
So since they started this streaming thing I've been forced to not watch what I wanted to see!
So I haven't paid into the system by not watching their content.
I refuse to pay for multiple streaming services. It's just not feasible to me!
So Hollywood misses out on my money! Lol
@@DannyWildmen sooo you don’t like dvds because you can’t rent or buy them
and you hate streaming because you thought you’d be able to watch anything
The reason I buy vinyls is because I like owning my favorite albums, physically. Having the album in front of me makes me feel like I bought a piece of art that has personal value to me
Awesome, but please stop calling records "vinyls"
Literally the reason I buy CDs. Also lets not forget how services like Spotify sometimes has incomplete discographies (like Judas Priest. Jugulator is missing on spotify)
@@fclefjefff4041 no. that's what they are.
@@fclefjefff4041 they are vinyls lol
@@fclefjefff4041 Vinyl
THIS, exactly this!!! Another worry of mine is lost media, a film or series goes on a streaming, everyone raves about it, the hype dies down, it’s removed and it’s gone.
pirated websites with 4K resolution 🙏
@infinitehexington then you burn it on a DVD so you can keep it for life without internet 💪💪
Yeah we collect movies on dvd of cult movies and movies from European countries. They are not streamed on any streaming platforms. Some dvds are already rising in price because they are getting rare.
How many movies, older than 50 years old, have you watched? How many video games?
Ultimately, I don't think we need to keep everything, all the time, forever. We're just hoarding at that point. I think it's perfectly fine that future generations make new things, and experience new things, instead of having everything *we* like shoved down their throats as "required experiences".
If everyone raved about it, then it was good, and it fostered good memories, and ideally good times with other people... and now it's time for other thing and other experiences.
There are zero movies in existence/that have ever existed for which you can say, "Every person in my lineage needs to watch this, or else their happiness, and any ability to live a good life, will be forfeit".
@@ReclaimerTyphoon no but there are many good movies that are already 30 years old. For example Pulp Fiction is 30 years old. In that period they made many good movies in Europe. And I collect these on DVD because you can’t watch them on Netflix or other streaming platforms. Same for anime etc.
I might see it wrong, but to me the picture of a regular 1080p blu-ray is still miles better or crisper than a 4k streaming movie
No compression
No you are absolutely right, especially since most the time the "4k" they advertise doesn't even playback at that quality, it can be 720p or lower because they throttle it, it's gross and misleading
@@aregularfan7506and they're not even throttling because of hardware capabilities. Sometimes you only need to change the browser, e.g. from Chrome to Edge, because of the stupid DRM (Widevine) not working and thus not allowing higher resolutions being played on an otherwise perfectly capable hardware.
@@Uhhhhtheuhhhhmewhentheuhh*significantly less compressed
Depends on the service and movie (bitrate). But a 4K disc is always better than a 4K stream. My thing though is "if you can't tell, does it really matter?".
Once the internet goes, so do Streaming Services. Not to mention the way studios keep removing content from services gives us all the more reason to buy books, DVDs, CDs and so on.
Therefore, physical media DOES have a reason to exist
Once the internet goes 😂
@@keithparker1346 It could happen
@@keithparker1346 Remember the Y2K Bug thing before the new millennium began or have you heard of EMPs
@@SilverScribe85 so sci-fi techno babble?
@@keithparker1346 "scifi techno babble" wow.... all of the things OP listed are very real possibilities, you can literally look them up. On top of them, the realest possibility being solar storms/flares, in which if a sizeable one were to happen it would result in global outages to the electrical and communications systems for weeks, if not months MINIMUM.
you have all the worlds knowledge at youre fingertips and your first instinct instead of doing some basic elementary level research is to be a snark asshole.
I've been going back to physical because the feeling of disconnect from the medium. I've been buying DVDs to play on my PS2, cassettes for music because there's a mindset with it. The hiss before a track plays gives a sense of excitement for the music.
Same... when I recorded the last shot and experienced navigating a DVD menu again it was kinda wild
Cassettes for music is kinda the worst experience 😂I remember listening to Walkmans (the first cassette ones) and the shielding was terrible
@@SandwichGlitch My Walkman's from 1987 and it sounds really good. The only issue I have is that the headphone jack is wonky and needs fixed.
I am with u I been buying a lot of dvds my self and they usually have the original copy’s of dvds at thrift stores instead of buying the new digitally master ones
That's hard on your classic ps 2!
It's hard to find working ones these days. I only use mine to play games.
Not mentioned but books and CDs are also slowly but surely making a comeback everywhere. More than the ‘physical experience’ which relates more to appreciation, I think it’s about permanence and access.
Man shi is sad, I ask my mom for a book my teachers hears it and gets shoked (non engleso speaker) like daam
There is a company making 8-tracks out there! Cassettes have made a comeback! CD sales have been going up the past two years!
I wanted to watch Infinity Train and Summer Camp Island. They were removed from HBO Max and since there were no physical releases available, the only way to watch as piracy. Infinity Train Book 1 & 2 eventually got reprinted, but the other half of the series never got a physical release.
Physical media helps keep creators' stories alive, especially with how much content is being pulled from services.
There is another way that it sucks for creators too. They can’t use it for their portfolios to get more work if it’s been wiped.
There's a really cool complete series bootleg DVD set, you should get it if you can find it.
@@actualnotanewbie I saw one on eBay but the cover just used a bunch of stolen fanart. I typically only buy third party DVDs if they use official renders since I'm not exactly comfortable buying ones with stolen fanart.
Some people will never know what it feels like to wake up at 3:30 AM hearing the same song on a loop and DVD menu of your favorite movie.
DVD menus are an art form 💔
You guys are the new generation of boomers 💀
The menu scene of HP:Deathly Hallows PT1 is etched in my eye lids
The dvd logo bouncing back to back from all the corner of your tv…a moment
Yass the shrek "O Pick Me Pick Me" still lives on to this day😎
After nintendo shut the eShop got their older consoles it made me reconsider how I purchase games, now I only get physical copies of games, I don't wanna be losing all of my games in the near future
Notice how they never released the digitalized version of Switch, unlike PlayStation and Xbox
@@Pearloryx honestly noni didn't even noticed this pattern 😔
Unfortunately, for gaming that is not a surefire guarantee. Live services and games that depend on online access to play are vulnerable to being EOSed even if you own the physical disc.
@@youraftermyrobotbee agree! But in my case I only play 1player games such as RPG's so this does not affect me as much
As if limited run industry is any better than mass media distribution
I never stopped buying physical media. I only used streaming as a supplement to my collection, until I got fed up with way content is being presented to you on the services. It doesn't help that content is now jumping from platform to platform either. So for the last about 1½ year I've been living without Netflix/Max/whatever, and only used Spotify for music. When it comes to music I support the artists I really like by going to their concerts if possible, and buying their music on physical media if available. I'm even considering getting a tape deck again.
I have an ever growing collection of DVD, Blu-ray, UHD Blu-ray, LaserDisc, and a few VHS tapes. Sure, a lot of new stuff might not turn up on those formats, but then there's over 100 years of movies and TV shows that I can dive into, and never run out of stuff to run. My latest additions are Shawscope Vol 1 from Arrow, a collection of old martial arts movies, and two John Waters flicks.
Games is a very different story though. PC gamers have been living with digital distribution for about 20 years, and while physical media is still a thing on consoles, except for maybe Nintendo games, I don't think you can count on the entire gaming being on a disc because it's so common that a major patch or update drops on day 1, fixing all the stuff that wasn't fixed before the discs were pressed. On PC the only real way to make sure you don't lose the game, is to get it on GOG, and back it up yourself.
Physical media is definitely still a thing on Nintendo consoles- I'm mainly a Nintendo console gamer, and almost exclusively get physical media- aside from some indie stuff which doesn't have physical releases (or really limited and expensive ones).
@@Stathiosame. I don’t actually mind digital but because the industry is shifting so quickly and so permanently I stick to physical whenever possible
New movies are always being released on physical platforms if they get a theatrical release! It’s just streaming content that’s not! Even some streaming content are getting a Blu Ray release because the streaming services are waking up to the people are fed up with paying for all these services!
in my school they're calling this new period "l'economie d'usage" (economy of use in french), and it can be beneficial to the planet, like for renting out sports gear from a store and returning it when you no longer have a use for it, reducing overconsumption and if the gear is maintained well, leads to far less waste when disposed of at its end of life or forgotten and even recycled, repaired or reused, it even was in my final exams, I answered it wasn't a perfect all around solution as it can easily be abused by companies and media and digital goods could disappear because of it.
If it were a public service then absolutely. But as-is, they're companies, and don't have to answer to the public
Have you ever considered that your school is indoctrinating you with their bias and denying you access to all the information that you should have access to in order to actually reason through issues or even see it the “issues” you heard about are the real issue? It’s proven that Disney will even alter the content of their movies or deny your access to the original content. This is easily proven when you own the original VHS and watch how corporations and even our schools gaslight and manipulate people to control them and push their biased. A prime example of how corporations like Disney censor and manipulate people both by their streaming services or how manipulation of previously owned property is used to indoctrinate in education would be how It’s hard for people to gain access to Song of the South (you know, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah’s movie). This was a (boring) movie based on a book about a true story of a positive black story teller that taught the black and white children good morals together and the bad guys were bad and the good guys were good and the learning learned. There’s absolutely nothing racist about it. The black actors in the movie were proud of the work they did. Disney not only canceled them, but slandered them and their work with few people having access to the primary sources needed so that you’re able to defend them and the truth. Disney is denying access to Song of the South. And college campuses are repeating the same indoctrination videos that repeatedly tell people that because of the main characters “Christ like forgiveness” during the time of reconstruction people shouldn’t be allowed to watch it. Librarians have even removed this video and are trained in Library school not to give people access to it. There’s actually nothing wrong with the video that makes it even more terrifying that this is being done. Yes, a black man being “too Christ like” is a stated reason, but there are also other nonsensical reasons they state such as a movie that was made part cartoon for children being cartoonish and not showing racial divide and animosity where there isn’t forgiveness. However, the truth of the matter is this was based on a true story and also during the reconstructive era was the Azusa Street revival that had black and white people together seeking holiness and the Holy Spirit bringing in the modern day charismatic and Pentecostal movement with racial unity and peace. Millions were led by the one eyed black man in California that didn’t preach racial unity, he preached relationship with God and being a temple for the Holy Spirit rather than going on about how his parents were slaves. In the same way, many people are made very fearful by what they have access to and what they are not allowed access to. Long before the president of the United States was censored for saying let’s peacefully go where we are peacefully allowed to go, certain people have been tremendously censored to the point of shocking outcomes the bot still won’t let me comment on. Just this week 350 political prisoners of America were deemed to be held unconsciously, that’s first page news that I bet you didn’t hear about. What has been called science is only a selected amount of scientist pushing what’s to be pushed. I can tell you for a fact by our family working in medical science that in 2020/2021, we were told what the bias was to push and not to question or test anything else and It’s no secret that millions were forced under arrest to do what they didn’t feel was necessarily best thanks to government advice that wasn’t necessarily the most scientific. Does that sound right to you? You might be told that certain things are good for others or the environment because of A B and C reasons, but have you actually ever looked into and researched if they’re feeding you a bunch of crap or not? You can’t look at clips from the primary source you have to actually go to the primary source and stop listening with the interpretation. They’ve told you to hear it with. A lot of people look at the past 4000 years of climate change and we don’t blame current situations on it. But you’re not taught that are you? In fact, the bias you’re probably taught is that those who stand against rapid climate change caused by aerosol hairspray, and non-chemical laden paper straws are reality deniers or some other ad hominem as you battle straw men as trained. Careful, many people are starting to see their degree put their education and access to truth at risk. Bias quickly pushed in our formidable years by the so called (self-proclaimed) experts from (self-proclaimed) trustworthy sources had reasonable enough and logical enough reasoning always sounds like the truth, but that doesn’t mean that it’s the truth. The truth is always black-and-white. Yes there are many facets to ever issue, but the simple, black and white truth always exist on every single facet. The second someone tries to push a gray, they are pushing a lie. Keep access to primary sources. Don’t think that bias fact, checkers are going to be giving you facts. There are a lot of people who humbled to the truth, and at first it was pretty humbling, now the truth is empowering because finally, there’s a clarity that had always been lacking with the people who pushed their gray lies and denied you access to the original documents always telling you to instead trust what they were telling you about them. I’m saying a lot, but when it comes to research, even the news will repeat, the summary called the abstract, but they’re not looking at the actual study, the way it was done, or who paid for it. I know that sounds dramatic when people say it, but it’s the truth. If you’re listening to the popular teachings on how to be green, you don’t know how to be green because Science is testable, observable, and repeatable, most theories pushed as the truth are just beliefs and any testing attempted was probably biased towards the results, those paying for the study wanted to see. 🤷🏽♀️
I think the difference is also that in most of your examples the objects are still physical, and that they’re rented, not “owned… but the company has the right to delete them at any time”. So for instance I borrow a *lot* of books, CDs and DVDs from my local library (a free service btw), but if I like an item so much that I want to buy it for myself, I can do it, because what I borrowed had a physical form to start with. I think a library economy / économie d’usage would indeed be good for the environment, but it’s not really what those streaming companies aim for. The channel Andrewism has a good video about library economy btw if you want to learn more. Et félicitations pour ton exam :D
Yes, public libraries are the best way forward here. It provides a huge collection of physical media that you have perpetual access to without the huge cost and waste and storage requirements of owning thousands of the discs yourself. You can own your favorites and use the library for everything else, like stuff you only watch once a year or two. Most of us only watch the discs very rarely anyway and have a sentimental connection to a small few. This simultaneously solves that problem and also the sustainability problem of production of millions of petrochemical plastic discs and boxes that end up collecting dust on people’s shelves for years before ending up as waste in landfills for the next thousand years.
Indoctrinating the new generation with WEF propaganda I see.
one thing you neglected to mention about gaming is: most games are considered "lost", meaning there is no official way to obtain them. The only way to play them is to buy a used copy or download a pirated one. Despite game studios not making any money off of used game sales, the ESA (Like RIAA but for games) still take down copies of their old games.
I can provide a personal statement as to how annoying this can be
Around the time that Paper Mario: Sticker Star was released (released in 2012) I had heard of Paper Mario and how much praise the first two entries of the franchise were getting
Unfortunately the only method for me to play the first two Paper Mario games would be to buy two different used consoles just to play two different used games, or figure out how to pirate both games
I only got to play Paper Mario 64 and The Thousand Year Door thanks to Nintendo Online and the remake of TTYD for Switch
Chrono Trigger is another game that I heard is a highly rated must play game but I haven’t been able to get my hands on a used copy for a console I already own as of yet
A good example of lost games are believe it or not, the first 5 Touhou games.
Being that they all released on PC-98, were exclusive to JP, and were likely limited release at launch due to Touhou not taking off until later combined with ZUN losing the source code, the ONLY way to play the original 5 Touhou games is through emulation. This fate would’ve extended to even the iconic three Touhou games (EoSD, PCB, IN) without the reprints. Hell, Touhou 9 (PoFV) just narrowly avoided becoming lost, ZUN just found it one day.
Sword Coast Legends my beloved. Got pulled from sale, and never had any physical release. Apparently people thought the game sucked, but I loved it. Probably won't play it ever again though, since I can't buy it anymore.
@typemasters2871 Chrono trigger is pretty hard to find these days. All of the copies of that game are extremely expensive, no matter the port. The only way to find affordable copies is to buy the Japanese versions but then you need to know the language. If you want an official way to play it they did release a port on steam that is based on the mobile port, which was terrible at first but got patched to be a bit better now.
Other than that onky emulation is a realistic choice if you don't want to spend over 100 on a single game
@@Araxtos thank you for letting me know
I believe a lot of people are fearful that the digital media they "buy" can be removed at any point and might as well be named as rented instead.
You pretty much are renting.
There is a precedent for it. And companies are well within their legal right to do so if they do decide to have to pull the content that you "bought". With a DVD or Bluray movie studios aren't going to send people to walk into your house and take your movies off your shelf.
If its a service like spotify or netflix with a monthlu subscription then yeah "rent" works as a term to describe it.
But when "bought" then the term lease seems more appropriate
Not to mention what if some system crashes or some streaming service goes under. This metaphoric ownership is not a thorough enough sense of ownership
I recently subscribed to PlayStation plus but with the whole episode with horizon zero Dawn being removed from there, as well as being increased in price on the store because of the new “remastered” version. It makes me even more prone to go for physical media. don’t get me wrong. The convenience of digital is great, but I prefer physical media.
Physical media is king. Streaming can be taken from you or censored easily. If you own it physically, you actually own it. DVD/Bluray, vinyl records, physical books.
Games on cartridge, games on disc, consoles, CRTs. Records, tapes, tape players, record players.
Cassettes out the ying.
Or be a streamed on victim
I’m not kidding, your video has one of the most unique and vibrant thumbnails ever. I love it so much
Thank you - that means a ton!
as someone who's buying album CDs for the past 20 years, you own it and no one will take it from you except if it was mishandled it.
physical media brings so much sense of ownership and control of what you truly want in your library and not overwhelm you with 1k of titles to choose from on streaming services
Even having the files on your own HDD is a much better experience than streaming.
You can sort stuff the way you want it to be sorted. Sometimes you rediscover old songs or movies you haven‘t seen in ages.
Not possible if you are streaming..
SSD drives are better!
@@nicktechnubyte1184 For speed, yes but for mass media storage traditional hard drives are better because you can get more storage per euro. You also didn't need the speed of an SSD for storing content.
exactly. I can organize my music collection with so many ways like genre tags, 5 star ratings, composer tag, year range, I can't do that on streaming.
facts
@@nicktechnubyte1184SSDs are good for short term storage where you need extremely fast read and write access, eg video editing. If you’re just watching movies you don’t need higher speeds, and don’t want the risk of loosing your entire catalog because the SSD failed after some time.
This is why we always have to make back ups of physical and digital versions to preserve history
Physical is digital
You do realize that 99.999999% of people who want digital backups of content exclusively want it for the sake of having access to free stuff, right?
Preservation is pointless without curation. Just because something exists doesn't mean it's necessary, or worth keeping around for all eternity.
@@ReclaimerTyphoon You do realize that made up statistics are made up, right?
unless it Means Something to you
My friends and I have a single unified massive collection of music, movies, games, toys, books, collectables, and just stuff that has entered the pop culture zeitgeist. We have it all stored in a well maintained shipping container out on a farm and our goal is to keep adding containers to form a museum of sorts. A snapshot of the current state of pop culture
that's amazing. if you have any websites or social media accounts I can follow based on this project I would love to know. or if you take any funding I would happily donate.
I love owning my things. I love knowing that it can't be taken back after I bought it. I also love displaying the items on shelves to show off my interests to people who come in my room.
If you can't hold it, you don't own it. Ask anyone who 'bought' a movie from Redbox.
recently i started to get into tapes, and i can say that making mix tapes on my shitty 86 panasonic boombox is way funner than making a playlist on spotify.
Me still using my phone as a mp3 player instead of using Spotify. Still owning a cd/casette player: oh good, I knew I wasn't alone.
Idk where my cassette player is but I'm just glad I have a bunch of empty CDs to use
I'm really glad I held onto my old Sony twin-tapedeck now. Lately I've been thinking about making mixtapes of certain music vibes from different genres that I can just leave playing in the background on a loop.
Kept all of my CDs. Digitised them for convenience, and repackaged them into sleeves (with all the artwork) to save space. But all of that music is MINE. Not to mention every time I handle one of the booklets, I'm mentally transported to the time in my life that I bought it and first listened to it. My collection is tantamount to a personal diary.
I feel like this is now the best time to invest in Physical Media more than ever. Netflix at one point had reached a plateau in terms of releasing their content onto Physical Media, but that is slowly making a comeback with the release of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio by The Criterion Collection, and GKIDS announcing the acquisition to the Physical Media rights of Arcane. My hope is that more companies get access to shows movies and series as time goes on. Especially Klaus.
My moto is live your best 2000s life. Traded my smart phone for a flip phone, only on the internet with my pc, bought a PS2 to play my old favorite games, dvds, and music cds, bought a bicycle to ride to my friends house, and comic, book, record, and used game stores. Its like being a kid again i love it
You guys have the opportunity now to change laws about video game preservation. Look up Stop Killing Games. Don't ignore this.
Unfortunately that same video points out that you’re shit out of luck in USA
Honestly, I've never felt physical media ever gone.
My dad still owns Pink Floyd cds from when he was a teenager in the 80s. I still listen to them, and the audio quality is just as good if not better than anything digital. If you can store physical media effectively, it WILL outlast anything digital.
I still buy physical media and I will support it as best I can. I love DVD's and Blu-Rays and physical games. I even still buy CD's on occasion
I realized when i wanted to watch Fast and furious 9 last week, and they were like ups sorry, you gotta have apple tv plus to be able to watch it
Immediately told myself "oh hell no, I'll just buy me the 10 movie bluray collection and theyll never bother me again
Right
Straw that broke the camels back for me was Band of Brothers. Either buy them all a-la-carte digitally for $3/episode and own nothing at the end of the day, or just buy the bluray box set that includes The Pacific with it for $30. I bought the box set and was sent down the physical media rabbit hole.
EXACTLY!
Who doesnt have apple tv? Its the best streaming service currently and its only $10 a month
@aspirationrecords I'm not paying for another one, besides you forget not everyone lives in the same country and pays the same money
I always get physical game copies. My favourite movies on dvd. No one can steal those from me, unless someone gets into my home.
I’m still buying physical media, I’m upgrading & building a new 4K Blu-ray collection right now of my personal favourites. The funny thing about Vinyl is that they didn’t wait for the sales to die down they just discontinued it out of nowhere without warning from what I can remember in the early 90’s
I started to build a DVD collection about a year ago and have probably spent less than what it would've cost to see them across dozens of fragmented streaming services. Never paid for a streaming service and never will.
We need more video's and short man, don't give up this channel is the sh*t...💯
I never stopped buying over 35 years. CDs, vinyl, and Blu Rays were dirt cheap at thrifts between 2012 to 2018. Now they are catching on to the demand again for physical media. I have 12,000 cds, 2000 records, and another 1000 or so mixed DVDs and Blu Ray pieces in my home media room. I am not a fan of analog tape of any kind. I hate storing digital copies on hard drives. Had a couple fail in the past and lost them all.
Obviously you didn’t have a back regime in place. If you had you wouldn’t have lost everything.
I agree. Physical things like dvds, video games and vinyls are so much better. Every time I go to Netflix I see one of my favorite movies/series and then get jumpscared by seeing that I only have like 9 or more or less days left before Netflix says „okay screw y‘all you will never see it again!“ Now never seeing it again is too much like it will comeback like after 5 or so years but still! It’s annoying. I love physical cds and games bc I can watch it by knowing I will have it forever. Also like mentioned in the video it’s special to have it in your hand and knowing it has things like behind the scenes and such. I love it.
Also love your video. I’m happy that I’m not the only one who thinks that in the same way. Keep it up! Also I love your editing ❤
Physical media will always make sense, digital doesn’t, it’s Always changing.
I also think physical media is making a comeback, or at least I hope it will! There's just something much more personal and exciting about selecting a physical DVD and plopping that into the DVD player than trying to find a movie to watch from your 'watch later' playlist on netflix- where the movie eventually just get removed, or you dont even remember what was on there in the first place.
Great video! Have purchased a cd player and portable blu ray player in the past year and love them. CD sound quality is better than streaming/itunes, etc. in my opinion.
I need a blu ray player! Thank you for watching!
@@dvdeanI bought a PS3 for $25. Its the best dvd and Blu-ray player in my opinion.
Not sure if you read through all comments (wouldn’t blame you if you don’t) but just wanted to say you’re one of my new favorite creators.
These micro documentaries/video essays are such high quality and I love how passionate you are.
Media and technology really impact all areas of life and are shaped in our own image. So glad you’re talking about two of my favorite topics.
Thank you so much! Your kind words mean a lot and are motivating as I work on my next video. I’m glad we share this passion, and your support keeps me inspired-thank you!
Immediately subbed due to your short on the lady who recorded 30yrs/71,000 VHS tapes of TV programming. I’ve always wanted to do this myself and wondered if it had ever been done.
I’m assuming you’re interested in physical media and topics like it and HAD TO WATCH MORE OF YOUR CONTENT.
I see you going to 1M subs in less than a year. Keep up the good work.
I hate digital only media. Physical media gives the consumer true ownership.
Tysm - your support means a ton!
As cyclical as generations are and we are firmly in the memetic age, I am grateful that people are catching up to the fact that streaming services and the lack of ownership of media is totally, wholistically FUCKED.
KEEP BUYING PHYSICAL MEDIA, KIDS!
Alr I’m gonna go to a store and buy some cd’s
This is why torrents are such an important thing for us. As long as there are people uploading P2P files, these movies and songs can never be deleted. It's out of control of their hands and in the hands of the consumer.
think about how many old retro video games would be entirely out of reach if torrents didn't exist......
I am keeping all of my DVDs and Blu Rays until the day I die
Physical Media can't be altered once it's in the hand of the consumer.
In Canada they removed "that's a cute outfit, did your husband make it for you?" from showings of Spider Man on tv.
The problem with digital media is that companies can remove or alter anything that they deem as "problematic".
They can't do that to physical media. And that makes them angry.
exactly. and they want to alter this content after it's already out as well so that future people who watch it won't get the same experience that past people did on the exact same streaming service. they want to be able to alter things based on things like location so it would know where you're from and give you different digital marketing ads. Amazon admitted to this and is being made fun of on The Boys tv show for this very reason.
it also has to do with the way they alter content for other countries in different markets.
Sometimes in re-releases of TV shows and movies on physical media some content might get changed or scenes edited for numerous reasons
Nobody can come in to your house and take your physical media like they can your digital media when a company decides to take things away.
It's 2024 and I still be recording UA-cam videos on a VCR 💀💀
Edit: it's a blank tape, sorry for starting World War 4 over here 😭🙏
Edit 2: fyi i’m just recording my own gameplay from a wii it’s not that deep 💀‼️
Cool
wth?
@millo7295No it’s not.
@millo7295the content isn't sold so it's not
I get DVDs or whatever but what? 💀
I always listen to CDs when I do homework. It allows me to not be distracted by my phone. And makes me skip songs less for some reason.
I need to try that!
I've also noticed that I skip songs a lot less when using my cd player. The quality is also way better vs streaming.
I have to say I love the video and showing the many ways the connection to the media is important. I recently started getting more dvds and cds for our car trips to slowly start cancelling my subscription services
I got into a debate over a decade ago with Frontiers Music over physical media! They kept trying to claim CDs would be gone & music would be digital only! I told them how out of touch they truly were with their customers! Fast forward a decade & vinyl record sales were climbing! CDs were going back up on the sales chart! I went right to their Facebook book & reminded them of what they said once & just basically said, told you so!
These companies are so out of touch with the customers that it’s not even funny! Add in new sales of physical media & take an estimated guess on people buying used, you will get a rough estimate of physical media is truly king! I can’t tell you how much used we buy each year in physical media!
Physical always be better. You can touch, smell...you feel you own it in the end. Thats why I always collected vinyl, CDs, DVD, Blu-Ray, video games. Noone can steal it or block you accsess to this (maybe some accident can ruin it). But this is the fault of modern art too. Most of products are dud.
I still buy physical when it comes to music because it more directly supports the artist. I’ll buy CD and play them while doing art. I recently got an old record player and hooked it up to the same speaker system my CD player is on. My player plays CD AUX AM radio, FM radio and Bluetooth.
I basically am set up to choose bluetooth, CD or record if I’d like to. It’s fantastic! No ads and it’s actually nice to not have shuffled playlists, sometimes it’s nice to go through a whole album on CD or vinyl.
One point is missing: Searching a DVD in a store compared to searching a film on a streaming plattform. In the store you will find a lot of amazing films and maybe buy a couple. You will be excited the whole way back home. On streaming you don’t know what to watch and maybe don’t watch anything instead.
Got back to buying CDs recently. Streaming is just not the same, I find I forget the music streamed just about as soon as it finishes playing. My memory works better with physical objects.
I’ve been a huge advocate for physical media (mainly Blu-ray/uhd & dvd) I prefer to own my media and not worry about it possibly being delisted. And there’s something rewarding and satisfying about holding something you own.
One day I was watching Rush Hour on Pluto or something. Paused it, left the house, came back and it was now only available to rent on Amazon. I made a point to buy the dvd eventually which I did and I feel so so much comfort knowing that I can watch my favorite movie on my terms
Classic!
How do you only have 85 subscribers?!
Great video! Keep going man!
Thanks so much I appreciate it
Yeah the audio compression streaming platforms use is insane. I have to crank up the volume to almost double what I do from a Blu-ray. And the detail in the higher frequencies is completely lost when streaming.
THE QUALITY!!! THE FLIPPING QUALITY OF THIS IS OUTSTANDING!!
Great work on editing and writing. Your shorts are insanely good. Keep up the good work, and see you soon with 1mil subscribers!
Oh geez hopefully one day 🤞! Thank you for your support !
I genuinely really love both of the videos that you have put up on this channel. I hope to see more soon. ❤❤
Thank you so much! Means a lot!
I have been moving out a lot during my entire life and got tired of having so much physical media that I sold most of it and resorted to streaming/pirate. Now that I will finally be able to settle for good, I will get more media in physical form. I miss it so much.
About a year ago I said fuck streaming, since then I visit my local movie/game/book store and load up on Blu-ray’s of my favorite movies. Luckily I don’t care for many shows/movies past the 2010s so I can find just about every classic movie I like for 5 bucks
Streaming will never take over Physical Media. I bought physical all the time from a child until now.
I do my best to buy shows I used to watch as a child on DVD. So far I’ve spent hundreds on DVDs I will continue to do so streaming services are good to a point but the subscription service way of life is getting very annoying. I’d absolutely love if video rental stores would return. I absolutely support the revival of physical media!!!
I’ve always loved my collection, got VHS, Laserdiscs, DVD, Bluray
And music I got cassettes and records
Doesn’t matter if real or bootleg, I like owning the stuff I pay for, some cuts of films are not on other formats. Such as the extended cut of Braindead (1992) on Japanese Laserdisc, I have the NC-17 cut of Kill Bill on Japanese DVD, I’ve always loved my physical media.
Just stumbled upon your video.and i can say the quality of your videos are insane
Thanks so much I appreciate it! Stay tuned!
Hopefully physical media doesn’t disappear, it might fall a bit more but I have to much distrust in putting all of the power in big businesses to control the media we own.
This is why you download your media on an SSD or Flash drive where it can still be copied and played as many times as you want. I'm not saying streaming doesn't have its place but Physical media allows you to have ownership without having to constantly be online just to watch one movie. I like CDs just to hear a specific album on a physical format, the one benefit of CDs is burning your downloaded music on it. I was surprised when my car's head unit was able to play .flac files on it even though the cd player rejected a few times before actually reading the disc, and this is on an 04 Oldsmobile.
Life long vinyl collector here….when ever my former coworkers were pushing Spotify etc…..I said no thanks I have 1000 albums I think it will take the rest of my life to listen to them all. I do have some of them in MP3 form so I can put them on my swimming headphones. The only music I download is that which I cannot find a physical copy of, or to expand the digital classic music library that I listen to when I am reading.
Excellent video, also i found your channel two weeks ago when you had 300 subs and now you're already at 3k! So excited to watch you grow!
thanks my friend same to you! keep going 💪
Thank you man! Congrats on 10k, first of many milestones 🤩@@dvdean
I made a speech about the importance of tactical media back in 8th grade during Drama class, and it’s surprising how I’m seeing the importance of preserving media is more important than ever after over a year now. I’m a sophomore in high school, and I’ve made a small collection of DVDs/CDs (mostly DVDs) of things I for the most part like. I think that it’s easier to just get tactical media so that way you can watch it on your own terms, be able to preserve it well enough, and it doesn’t require the internet.
Physical media never left
this editing is legit one of the best I've seen around UA-cam! kudos to you, Dean :)
Thanks so much, glad you liked it!
DVDs and players to me are like wifi to most people. How do you not have one?
does DVD gaming discs count?
I miss behind the scenes and extra dvd content, I loved watching what went on behind my favorite animated movies and discovering how things work, I notice many newer dvds don’t have those anymore which is just sad
I love owning things. I have a massive video game, cd, vinyl, blu ray and dvd collection! :D
Started collecting vhs over the last couple years. More for a nostalgic reason but i forgot how many movies came out on VHS movies that never made it on DVD or streaming. So its been cool finding old movies i forgot about. Great video.
I have this video game remix album I love, but its blocked on streaming services in America because of licensing or something.
I recently ordered the CD because i realized that eventually, it won't even be on youtube uploaded by fans someday.
May i ask which game? 😁
I keep buying dvd and blurays for thins i consider special, so that i can have it anytime i want
It's crazy how Netflix phased out all of these physical mediums I remember everyweek going to the redbox and getting a new movie that week and watching it with my family
Cassette tape are also making a big comeback as well I been had Cassette tape for a long time but im getting more now. I also got some dvd and even vhs tapes.
I realized my mom's Sony Cassette and cd player still plays cassettes and I just made a mix tape using it.
It was pretty fun!
I’m not complaining, DVD’s and blue ray go for 0,50 cent- 1 Euro in thrift shops over here. So 1-2 times a month I go by a couple and come home with a couple of dozens.
When I have seen them and think them not good enough to keep i take them to the office where we have a share cabinet. I put it there, we put in books, DVD, etc for others to take home. Anyone can take or bring what they like.
2:09 that text is wild
Physical media is always nice to have, more about nostalgia it's like having a collection that you can watch again and it really is fun to have.
I love physical media, but I’m too lazy to use them! 😭
As a metalhead, cds, lps and tapes have went nowhere especially in the more ubderground subgenres
I want what I paid for. I own and collect Vinyl, Blu Rays and ps4/5 games. I feel wealthy knowing I have personal access to these physical art forms vs having to having to rely on cellular data, cable or internet and then an app or streaming service to access them.
I seem to have places where I prefer one or the other. For stationary consoles I still prefer physical media, where that media can be stored with the console.
However, for mobile consoles I've begun gravitating towards digital media due to the hassle of trying to carry around and keep track of large amounts of tiny cartridges.
I also play digital games on my computer, as well.
One major problem I've noticed with physical media though is that it's just a hassle to transport and store when you have large amounts of it.
What a great time it is now; I found somewhere that is offloading second hand audio CDs for five pence each. I go every week and buy a bag full. Wonderful sound quality and no adverts!
I'm surprised this doesn't have more views
Couldn’t agree more. Also, for me with dvds and Blu-rays, for some reason I always find myself incredibly curious about what the main menu will look like. That’s something I can’t get with streaming services.
I remember my games for PS or Xbox the booklets inside and others with cheat codes etc and fun little things in them, you’d flip them around to find out other things, music cds getting the artwork out inside and hanging it on the wall! A poster unique to only what a buyer would have! Meaning you was a true fan, my friends wanted my slipknot posters because I bought all the cds😂but they knew I had them because l had bought all the CDs!!
Dvds not so much things inside but falling in love with the picture on the front! Cracking open the case and pressing the little doobly doo in the middle to get out the dvd and waiting for it to slide in was so cool!
Excellent video! I’ve been increasingly advocating for physical games over the last few years, especially with titles like Alan Wake II concerning me.
It’s also nice to see indie games getting physical releases as well, preserving an increasingly-important section of the industry. I just wish it was as available to consumers as AAA games, instead of being treated as a niche.
Physical media could benefit from a more robust format. It’s hard to say whether my cheap little dvds will play 20 years from now, but physical media like records are back with a vengeance because they are collectible, feel cool, and long lasting. If you made blu ray disks 3x as heavy, and metal, they’d sell for double the price they are now.
There are DVDs that are over 25 years old that still work and play to this day. And there are music CDs that are much older than that. Of course there are certain exceptions, but as long as they are well stored and maintained physical media will last a life time.
I had my troubles with streaming from the start cuz the regional licensing is mostly pretty random and you can pay for 3 streaming accounts and still don't find what you are looking for, so... I never stopped buying blu-rays if those are movies/shows that are dear to me
I'm glad people are waking up to that again ^^
I hope PC can get physical again. hell making the game be available on a USB drive would be perfect
I do agree and I'm a pc gamer while digital media is nice nothing beats physical
@@tobyzilla well for me I am only a PC gamer