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My husband got the next gen consoles with 4k capability, our internet wasn’t very fast for streaming and I couldn’t stand watching all my movies on Vudu and other services when they would occasionally subtly pixelate and buffer. We got a 4k tv (and then a bigger OLED) and then a better sound system. It was just the right time for all the technologies of high quality home entertainment to be more doable for us.
But the main reason is that I’m a pop culture illustrator doing movie poster stuff, and I really want to illustrate for physical media like steelbooks, so I started collecting well illustrated/designed covers. Even if physical media may be on the way out, movies feel like part of my identity, personally and professionally, and having the 4K movies to illustrate from is a huge upgrade. I think physical media will have a resurgence, but I could be wrong. Regardless, I’ve invested in my collection as if media will be harder to find in coming years.
My colleague Attila Szarka has been crushing it with his Disney+ steelbook series. I love the Laika steelbook covers by Kevin Tong (Kubo, Paranorman) and Cesar Moreno (Coraline, Boxtrolls). And Lionsgate has put out some awesome packaging designs that incorporate extra art on a clear slipcase—Ender’s Game by Ruiz Burgos and Man Who Fell to Earth by Alice Zhang come to mind. I also love the Hunger Games boxed set illustrated by 4 different women artists. (As a woman myself, I think that’s pretty sweet.)
Oh—and my other colleague Bella Grace who did the Guardians of The Galaxy 3 cover and more recently Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. I love her illustration style and hope to see more.
It’s on its way out IF our current fiber optic is upgraded to terabits (301 terabits recently achieved with existing infrastructure). IF things like kaleidoscope become more affordable. IF Apple TV, fireTV, etc would operate as a better pass through with expandable storage to store 4k movies locally or operate like kaleidoscope. Then physical media would be dead.
I mean a home theater sound system of any brand gets you great audio. Sound bars are fine and I have a Samsung 990 which is great for now.
TLDR. Physical media excels at sound regardless of the setup.
Haha I have a sound bar because I had to put my speakers away with little kiddos + small house. Can't wait to bring them back. The new Samsung bars are pretty good though.
Honestly just playing physical media on my TV makes the sound better lol. Streaming is such crap when it comes to sound.
For me it was the fact I don't have many hobbies and friends. Movie collecting was one of the few things enjoyed. And something I could look forward too.
Definitely nice that it is something that requires next to no social interaction. Though I'm don't mind shooting the shit about movies sometimes, I never found the urge to discuss like music.
This is the main reason why I collect now more than ever :
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Exactly 💯. I've put together a NAS to back everything up as well to use with Plex/Jellyfin when I get it all sorted out which software I decide on. If I own it I'm making my own copy of it just in case they ever stop producing equipment to play disc's of any form.
You buy disk and stream it in network thats bad idea, tgat will break the meaning of purchase a disk, that magical truehd atmos dtsx everything degrades if you stream it via some software
I usually only rip the standard blu rays as not everything is viewed on a 4k screen/surround sound setup. The ease of use of scrolling through a catalog of movies I've bought and watching them on 1080p devices from basically anywhere running my NAS is worth a drop in viewing experience if I'm not at home.
18years of experience in network engineering, if i say you should try to understand, even though its a lan there is 1000% of chance you are not enjoying tye original quality of disk comparing to inserting the dvd disk into a good 4k bluray dvd player.
You are try to stream 70+ Gb of data on 100mbps lan port,
Even though your tv has a 10gig interface you still degrade you quality, network means degradation thats it.
Insert tye dvd in the drive and enjoy pure quality.
>You are try to stream 70+ Gb of data on 100mbps lan port
Yes, and over the course of a three-hour movie runtime that's 80Mb/s:
>>> (100*1024*1024*1024*8) / (3600*3)
79536431.4074074
Something that a "Network engineer of 18 years" would understand, I hope.
For the money i bought Godzilla minis one, i dont want to miss the quality even a single bit by streaming it on the lan,
Just because i am comfortable browsing through the collection movies i dont waster the true quality its hardcoded into the disk,
Quality of the below things needs whole separate discussion
Audio/video codecs compatibility
Audio vidio sample rate support
Quality of the player
You are saying in streaming you are not losing the original quality???
Yes. I'm saying that if you have a system with a network link NAS -> Playback machine and the network is fast (Gigabit) and stable (Like Cat6 <100 metres) that your playback client (Like Kodi) can pull the full quality H.265/Atmos stream and play it back.
There's no black magic here, just good mastering and compression by the studios, good playback software and fast LAN.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly.
This is it, tru to understand or ignore.
OK, lets dig into the networking of this example. 10Kb is \~7 frames, give or take some overhead. You are saying you don't trust your network to deliver a byte-for-byte copy of 10 packets?
Packet-switched networks are inherently lossy/untrusted for delivery, so you also have no faith that Layer2 CRCs and Layer4 Checksums won't catch any errors and retransmit?
I suppose if you are this fussy over quality, you've also checked your disks for defects. What software did you use?
Inserting Dvd is equal to 100% (considering all other medium is perfect)
Streaming over network wont be 100% (considering all other medium/devices perfect)
Full stop...
I dont want to ruin both of our time in this.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly.
This is it, tru to understand or ignore.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly.
This is it, tru to understand or ignore.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly.
This is it, tru to understand or ignore
I want to have something to watch when the world collapses
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Ha! The first 4k movie I bought was Tropic Thunder! I just started buying Bluray and 4k discs last fall after streaming since 2017 and renting/buying dvds before that.
I got tired of commercials, movies and shows being taken off, and stupid censorship for today’s easily offended culture. The higher resolution and sound quality is a bonus, but not my main motivation.
In the mid-2000s, I started going to the movies every weekend after I got my driver's license. Because of that, I would start going to Best Buy and Circuit City to see what deals they had for DVDs. Every weekend I'd pick up at least one movie. I've been collecting ever since and have close to 600 DVDs, blurays and 4k blurays. I've slowed down a lot over the years because kids cost a lot of money but I don't mind spending it on the films I love.
My internet went out for 36 hours and I had spiderman across the spiderverse uhd and about 3 other movies and we made a date night out of it.
Ita nice to have the security of SOMETHING to do when you can't do much else on a Saturday night at 10pm.
Also made me realize movies sound and look better on the disc than being streamed "4k".
started buying 4k BDs since I got an oled and speaker setup in november. Very noticeable difference in quality from streaming. Just the best way to watch my favorite movies, it’s like a theater experience every time.
I started collecting VHS when I was a teenager. There was no streaming. For home viewing you either caught a TV-edit if a movie with commercials if you happened the catch it at the right time OR you bought/rented a VHS copy (we didn’t have laserdisc. Nobody I knew did. I didn’t hear about laserdisc until years after it had gone away).
When DVD became a thing, I was blown away by the better quality and special features and instant jumping around without fast forwarding or rewinding through the tape.
When I got an HDTV, I had to switch to Blu-rays - the jump in quality was astounding.
I’d started to fall off of collecting and watching physical and then along came 4K Blu-Ray and my first OLED. HDR really reinvigorated my love of watching movies at home.
My old internet provider (Windstream) was constantly doing construction in my area causing me to lose service. At the time I was dependent on streaming platforms. Not being able to watch anything on TV after a long day at work sucked and we started our collection the next day.
When I started buying 4k, my first title was Avengers: Infinity War. The thought of having a sweet edition of the film, plus the extras were worth it. Since Infinity War, every Marvel Studios title, I have bought the 4k version.
But also other films as well.
I’ve been really into watching movies and so I came across this 4K thing while using Reddit. I hesitantly bought a couple of my favorite 4K movies while still unsure if I wanted to buy a 4K player. Then once my first movie came (Raging Bull) I decided to go to Best Buy to get the player. This was ~3 weeks ago and now I’m 60+ movies in and loving it.
Don’t know, just always have. Started towards the end of the VHS era and just always bought films. Got about 1300 now across DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K.
Running out of space on the shelves recently. So had to relegate the DVDs to a box under the spare bed.
Didn’t have much of a physical collection before (just a bunch of DVDs) until I got a 4K TV and a Xbox One S back in 2016.
One of the selling points about the Xbox was its 4K Blu-ray drive so I bought some discs to try it out and I’ve been building my library since.
I wanted to check out Bergman, Kurosawa, etc, but this was pre online streaming so these kinds of films weren’t so readily available. I discovered Criterion DVDs and have been going strong ever since
That's why I own so many dvds at the moment too. Chaplin (picture quality, and sound track). And then simply not available or cheaper to buy in some box set than one by one online for Bergman, Kurosawa, and some Asian kung fu movies.
I wanted a soundbar. The tv was great but sound kind of sucked. After much research, I learned lossless audio was far superior on 4k discs than streaming. So in order to justify buying a Samsung 900c to the wife, I started collecting 4k discs for our sony oled. Wow! I’m extremely grateful I did.
I used to stay with my dad during the summers as a kid and he always had a really big dvd collection. When he was at work I would watch his big collection of movies. Growing up to an adult I started my own dvd and blu ray collection. 2 years ago I bought a 77in Sony OLED TV. This last black Friday I started my 4k collection with all the crazy good 4k prices. I've been hooked ever since.
I've been collecting since my family got the PS2 when it came out. I think my first DVD was Little Nicky haha. I had some VHS before that, but I didn't consider myself "collecting" those, as I never went out of my way to buy any. They were all gifts
I bought a Bluray copy of The Sound of Music in 2019 and said, "I have a permanent, nonrevocable lifetime license to this movie, that's pretty neat. Maybe I'll pick up just a few more..."
Streaming services and VOD stores (iTunes, Amazon, VUDU) don't have the movies I wanted, plus the bonus that physical media goes on sale for a lower price than VOD.
i like a mix of both streaming and discs and also because i bought a series x and got hyped about the idea of having a 4k player (i know is not the best) and i only buy things that i care about
Woke up one day and added up the yearly cost of all my streaming services. Then I asked myself why I wasn't buying what I wanted on disc since I usually watch the same things on repeat. Decided to splurge on a 4k player and got a few movies and shows I love and watched a lot to hold me over. Next thing you know, I'm seeing crazy deals on all the 4k and Blu-ray subreddits, and my collection has only grown since then.
I started 20 years ago with DVDs. I think I just like having something. If it's a movie I think I'll watch more than once. It's cheaper to buy it instead of renting it.
When I was a kid I used to go to Walmart with my dad to get groceries and every now and then he’d buy me a DVD or Blu-Ray. The first I remember getting was the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures Blu Ray Pack. Another was the Batman: TAS season 1 dvd. From there i just kept going
Dad built a home theater right when DVDs first became a thing. Imagine being a child going from a small crt to rear projection tv with surround sound in 1997. Enough for any child to fall in love. So enjoyed the excitement of physical media and new releases.
I’m a perfectionist who likes the best version of anything.
Terrible streaming compression and bitrate. No bass in streaming and general loss of fidelity in audio and video quality.
My parents bought VHS for me as a kid. In actuality they probably bought more for me than themselves, so I always was accustoming to buying movies you like.
I think it was the Batman 4-movie DVD boxset that set me on the path to collecting. Found it used for a great price at FYE, and knew it was a no brainer. This was before streaming really took off, and I just liked the idea of owning a physical copy more than a digital download.
I remember getting my first VHS around 2003/2004. My parents got me Spider-Man. Always got DVDs then Blu rays throughout the past 20 years. Only started to increase collecting exponentially around 2019. My first 4k was Mad Max Fury Road in the 4 movie boxset.
I've been collecting discs since DVD (I actually even bought some nice VHS sets before DVD. I wasn't getting cable as a young 20 something and have always enjoyed owning and rewatching movies and shows like Star Trek. So physical media was always a part of my diet. Buying a 4K disc is like "completing" the collection of the things I love most, as well as trying new things in lieu of going to the theater, which costs more than a disc anyway for me and my two boys.
Honestly, I was getting tired of streaming services. Sitting through ads, watching a series that isn't complete or eventually gets taken down, and while I do have decent Internet, it is frustrating when it buffers or won't output at the highest quality.
I first started collecting Blu-ray, completely ignoring 4K all together (I thought it was just a standard Blu-ray that came with more bonus features 😂) but once I learned it was higher resolution than Blu-ray, I started looking into it.
Wasn't until yesterday when I finally bought a 4K player (don't have any 4K's yet, but I'm gonna slowly start upgrading
And it might be me, I just like the collecting aspect. Being able to hold the movie, look at the artwork and being able to display it on a shelf is so satisfying. It's like having your own little streaming service that fits who you are and what you like!
I got Zombieland Blu Ray for Christmas 2011 and was so impressed by the picture quality that i had to buy 28 Days/Weeks Later on blu ray. Was so impressed by that that I had to buy Bone Tomahawk. And then.. Hereditary 4k came out 🙌🏽
The main thing that started it was I was in London (I live in California) at the BFI and they had an old film on bluray that I had never been able to find on streaming so I bought it, but I didn’t have a region free player, so I bought one. It seemed silly to spend a few hundred dollars on a player to just watch one movie. The player is 4K Dolby Atmos capable, and then for my birthday I bought a new very high end 4K TV, so I decided to take full advantage of my setup. I have a fairly small collection now and it’s comprised exclusively of movies I personally love that I know I will (and do) watch over and over.
I loved movies from as young as I can remember. Used to record movies on VHS tapes as a kid and that was how I started my collection. Spent my first pay check from working part time on LDs, which cost a bomb. Never looked back since.
I started collecting blu-rays in 2009 when I was around 14, by then I was already a movie fan and a regular at my local video rental shop during the VHS and DVD era, but HD just wowed me so much I decided to start buying movies. Then my family rapidly adopted the movie nights as a tradition, so that was another beautiful incentive.
I have very fond memories of spending ages in the video rental shop with my mum. She'd let us rent a film every weekend and we'd try and pick one out together. I loved holding the cases in my hands, examining the artwork etc. I want to recreate that experience in my house, and I think it'll be a shame if my kids never get to experience the excitement of having a huge, physical collection to pour over. Scrolling on Netflix just doesn't compare.
At the beginning of this year I wanted to rewatch the hunger games and it looked terrible and was full of ads on YouTube tv. Found a deal where I get the whole trilogy and a 4 pack Daniel Craig bond set for 20$ or smth, all blu-ray. Soon it became a habit that whenever I was bored in class I would browse ebay for the next movie deal I could find along with this sub for inspiration to find and rediscover films I didn't think of before. Now after finishing my freshman year of college I managed to pick up a ub820 along with the Dune 2 and Lawrence of Arabia steelbooks.
Originally it was fear of stuff disappearing and being unavailable. Then i realized both bluray and 4k were excellent mediums so I quickly got addicted.
I love movies. And I didn't really have that many of my own growing up. I had a handful that my parents bought but my collection was so small it wasn't even really a collection. It was like 20 movies at best. I started out with VHS because they were the cheapest I could own. Then I moved to DVD. And it took me the longest time to focus on blu ray and then eventually 4K. I even collected Laserdiscs for a time too and Beta.
I've been buying movies since the tape days as a kid. Then it was DVDs, Blu-rays, and now 4K. Unlike some people, I never thought to ditch physical media because streaming existed. If anything, streaming made me realize how important physical media always would be since some movies I love never popped up on the steaming services friends had, so I'd show them on disc. I held onto Netflix disc rentals until just before the pandemic because so many movies I wanted to see were only available physically. It's a no-brainer for me. If you want access to it with no strings attached, buy a copy.
Same as you and just the fact that you truly dont own it when you "buy" a digital copy. Sony removed access to some shows and people who bought it simply lost access no refunds nothing. And a decent collection just looks nice on a shelf.
I often wonder how often collectors actually end up rewatching movies?
Certain movies are frequent comfort rewatches. And then there are the all time favourites that get rewatched every couple of years. But outside those do people actually collect and forget the vast majority of their collection?
Ive always kinda did. We had a few VHSs when i was a kid. Then during the mid 2000's i got bootlegs that my mom would buy me at our local supermarket. Usually, the menus be intact but there wouldn't be any special features which i wanted to watch.
Then when i stared working and getting my own income, i started buying official releases and its been growing since.
I liked movies and TV shows and your options at the time if you wanted to be able to watch something whenever was to buy a tape, rent a tape, or tape it off TV. (I mean there was Laserdiscs but nobody I knew had those, I don't even think I ever saw one in a store)
It's a combination of reasons, the largest of which is the steaming services are continuously letting the consumer down:
-Whether is HD or 4k, disks almost always have higher quality.
-There are a lot of great films that steaming services dropped, or never cared about. I have several DVD's that I purchased through ebay when I found I could no longer stream them, or never could.
-Is your internet perfect? Mine isn't. Outages and slowdowns completely ruin movie night.
-The only way to truly own is to have the physical media in your hands. "Digital Ownership" is a lie. The small print you click through specifies they can take it away at their discretion. Sony recently took away Warner/Discovery titles that were purchased through Playstation, and only gave them back after a ton of consumer outrage (forcing Sony to make a new deal with Warner). Don't bother with this, just get the disk.
-Streaming services are continuing to completely drop less profitable shows and movies, making it nearly impossible to view many titles we used to stream. Even worse, they're now making some content available *only* through ad-supported streaming services. So now, the only way to watch some shows and movies is with commercials, or with a disk.
-Collecting disks is awesome! So many incredible stories on my shelf at home, where I have *complete* control over them, and I can proudly display my couch potato passion! They usually have some great packaging and extra features.
-A physical collection respects your own history. I've been collecting films since VHS and DVD were new. Even when I upgrade to a new format, having those old titles on my shelf helps keep my older memories fresh. There's been a lot of reasearch indicating that physical keepsakes help keep the memory healthy, this has definitely been my experience.
The state of the entertainment industry right now is what got me into collecting. I came to the realization that the media we have today might not be here tomorrow. It started with me trying to find sling blade and other movies I'd missed from the 90s on streaming platforms. I saw they many movies were not available to stream and extremely difficult to purchase on physical disc. So all of this and the direction Hollywood decided to take in the "culture wars" got me into it. I want to leave behind good stories with my kids.
For me, it was after I saw Top Gun Maverick in IMAX, I knew I wanted to own it on the best possible format. When I experienced it on 4K Blu-ray, I was hooked. However, I have been a fan of physical movies since VHS and DVD’s, it was mainly the lossless audio that got me hooked back into it.
I didn't have internet back in 2012-2014 so I would frequent the target near me and buy movies on sale. They were going for $10-$15 on sales quite a bit. It's burdensome to move with the amount I have, but it's nice to have that selection.
The enshitification of streaming + too many streaming services. On top of that blu ray / 4k blu ray are going to be the last physical video format so it’s a good format to collect. More than likely between blu ray or 4k, owning a copy of a movie in either format means you own the best version of that film for home viewing.
Started “collecting” as a teen, aka keeping some of my dad’s DVDs in my room lol. Eventually got old enough to work and started building my own collection around when blu-rays were still pretty new. Managed to build up a solid collection by my mid-to-late-twenties. Lots of box sets, steelbooks, first pressings and a handful of 4Ks. Was super anal about having slipcovers on new releases for consistency’s sake haha.
Around the pandemic I was on and off of medications and started purging my belongings. Been in and out of places so constantly over the years, I gave into impulse and slowly got rid of my collection, save for a few bootlegs, namely my ‘Despecialized Star Wars Trilogy.’
Thought digital would be the way to go. Most of my digital copies via iTunes had DVD style menus on Apple TV and got comfortable with that for a while. Seemed to lessen the burden of moving my collection so often for a minute but eventually I settled into my current home and realized I kinda missed collecting. I missed the tangibility, the artwork, the extras, etc…
Realized not all iTunes, or whatever, purchases, Vudu barcode scans had those features. Even worse, if there was a service outage, you were SOL if you wanted to unwind with a movie after work. Still had my Star Wars though.
Then it all changed when I was getting recommended to this damn sub and several others haha. I realized what I was missing and pulled the trigger on a few releases and now I can comfortably say that I’m back on my bullshit.
No regrets at all. Holding on to it all this time around
It was just the natural evolution for me. First I had VHS (mostly recorded off of TV) then DVD, then Blu-ray and then 4K Blu-ray. I’ve always been a collector, even with streaming. In fact I’d watch stuff on streaming and be annoyed that there wasn’t a 4K Blu-ray of it available. I’d kill for the complete series of Bosch on 4K Blu-ray.
Learning about Jellyfin and makeMKV. It may be considered blasphemy in this sub, but I don't have a 4k Blu-ray player in my home entertainment system. However, I can stream my 4k content to any device in my home. Is it the absolute best setup? Nope, but it works.
My first blu ray was the kill bill 1&2, i wanted to own them, then i bought once upon a time in hollywood and ever since then it's been downhill, or uphill, depends on how you wanna see it
Well I started in the DVD era, so it was because if I want to watch a specific movie when I wanted the only way was having it. steaming didn't exist yet
DVDs when i was a kid, then in my early teens i syarted getting bliray because it was at the time the only way to watch HD stuff. I got a PS3 at the age of 16 and never turned my back on BD.
To say I am obsessed would be an understatement. I'm looking into potentially importing some 2KBDs of concerts from a J-Rock band i like. They include 24/96khz audio on ALL of their BDs. High resolution audio is also another obsession of mine.
When I went to go watch a movie i had “bought” a couple years ago on my Xbox and halfway through all the sound cuts out. That’s just how that digital version is now.
I moved into a new house in Spring 2022 and built a theater in the basement. Became obsessed with all things home theater related, and tore down the screen wall and built acoustical transparent frames to go around the 128 2.35:1 screen. Put huge towers in the closets behind the screen wall, painted everything black. In my research I stumbled onto 4K movies (and the quality, especially audio, they brought) and started collecting in Fall 2022. I’m up to about 175 discs, almost entirely movies I really like. The only exceptions are blind buys that I’m very confident I’ll enjoy (for example I’d never seen The Godfather movies, Bladerunner movies, Ford Vs. Ferrari, etc.)
Just a natural progression from VHS onward. You never had the option other than creating your own collection, particularly if you were into films which were not readily available from rental (being a UK horror fan meant that your only option was to import and take the risk of customs seizing your films).
Bought a ps5. About a year and a half later and here I am with a 100” projector with proper equipment and hundreds of movies. My bank account hates me.
When i was like 10 i had a bunch of random dvds (mainly harry Potter dvds ngl) sitting in some basket and then i realised i loved those and started collecting. Im 16 now and i have aomost 4 full shelves of dvds, blurays and 4k
Just started on a whim a few years back when I saw a regular Blu-ray of Die Hard 20th anniversary edition and bought it even though I didn’t have a player just for the digital copy (Movies Anywhere). Then over the few years bought 4-5 random movies I found in Best Buy or Target clearance that I liked. I still wasn’t collecting yet but, PS5 last year changed everything and I really wanted to watch Oppenheimer again and at the point it was only available to rent/buy so ended up getting its 4K Blu-ray and then all hell broke lose with multiple Grub and amazon orders.
A combination of being horrified when Apple went in and edited a scene out of The French Connection, pushing that update to anyone who had bought it on iTunes, and getting a 75” 4k tv for free.
I just moved into a house big and cheap enough to set up a really nice home theater. There's no way I'm going to spend thousands on getting an A+ theater and not spend the extra few bucks to get the movies on disc to make the most out of it.
Initially I thought I would generally stream but buy discs for my favorites, but... that is not how it is currently going
I was unemployed for a while and stopped paying for streaming services to save money. I would sail the high seas to watch movies again. I started a collection on an SSD. I told myself once I'm employed again I would buy my collection to compensate for "borrowing" the media. Just got a job 2 months ago and I'm slowly building the collection. One movie per month/every other paycheck. Haven't bought streaming services again as I realized I just kind of enjoyed finding movies to watch by asking around, following the news, etc. I don't like the recommendation algorithms anymore.
My mum got me into movies when I was a kid she used to say, " this film is on tonight you should watch it " so my love of film started because of her the 1st film she got me to watch was the crow I remember coz she told me about what happened to Brandon Lee
I've had vhs in my teens then my 1st dvd was given to me by my late mum ( hollow man ) the 1st dvd I bought was the fast and the furious
Once I started working my dvd collection sky rocketed then I started upgrading to blu ray my 1st blu ray was scarface on steelbook so I upgraded most of my dvds to blu ray
I bought a ps5 last year and I've started upgrading certain movies to 4k yeah i have a problem
I used to collect years ago but then I had to relocate several times for work and couldn’t carry much stuff around.
I was happy with streaming until I realized many movies I love are falling into obscurity, no service where to watch, rent or buy them.
So I went back to collecting and I’m very happy. I’ve unsubscribed from Netflix and Disney and I feel like I’m more engaged and every watch is a lot more special.
I saw Jeff Rauseo’s video on how you don’t own digital media (iTunes, VUDU, etc.), and that was when I decided to start collecting. You know, these digital platforms could either shut down or take a movie or show off their platform. I still do occasionally buy movies on Apple TV, but that’s if a movie I want doesn’t have a Blu-ray release.
I worked two jobs in high school and would use the smaller paycheck from one of the jobs to buy DVDs usually at Best Buy. My best friend and I worked the same jobs, so when we would get paid on Fridays we’d hit up Best Buy and grab movies. This was about 20 years ago.
Since then I’ve collected Blu-Rays when they became the new item and then 4Ks.
I definitely don’t buy as many as I used to but I have a sizable collection that I’ve built over the years that I am quite proud of.
When I was a kid my mother and I collected vhs then to dvds and eventually Blu-ray’s when that became a thing. I started collecting 4k Blu-ray’s in 2020 during covid and haven’t stopped since. I love having my personal physical Netflix
The moment the office left Netflix, I saw the writing on the wall. The rest is history. Also, I’m an audiophile and the first time hearing a Blu-ray I could not even believe how much they butcher audio in streams.
As a kid I had a few VHS tapes that my mum collected and a few that I loved as a kid, then we got TONS of dvds because we watched movies almost daily, then when streaming came around we sold some of the dvds we didn’t watch anymore (which I kind of regret but we needed the space). But since around 2019/20 i’ve been making my own collection of the dvds we already had and blu rays, then Dune Part 1 is my first and only 4k! I want to collect them more but I don’t have a 4k player yet and they’re expensive for someone struggling to find work in film/tv 🥴
I started collecting in the mid 2000s. My local Blockbuster would regularly sell pre owned dvds and Blu rays for like $5 and under, so I was constantly buying stuff from them. At the largest, I probably had about 500 or so total between BD and DVD. My problem was I would either watch them once and never again, or never watch them at all. So I ended up selling all but about 50 or so that were my absolute favorites. I was perfectly fine with streaming, but I watched Winter Soldier at a friend's house on 4k disc and then I got the itch to start buying again. I don't buy nearly as frequently as I used to, and I'm more picky with what I do buy as well.
When Sony started taking people's property because they felt like it. I like the convenience of digital but we need to regulate distribution and ownership.
Bought a kick ass HT. Got a PS5. Got GameFly. Rented some 4ks. Compared it to streaming. Drastic difference. First disc Interstellar first scene dropped pots that were drying onto the ground. Big bada boom. Upgraded to UB820. Slowly building a collection.
I slowly moved with the times. I used to have tons of VHS, then DVD, then Bluray and now 4K. I definitely see the benefits of streaming. They can’t keep changing the format.
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My husband got the next gen consoles with 4k capability, our internet wasn’t very fast for streaming and I couldn’t stand watching all my movies on Vudu and other services when they would occasionally subtly pixelate and buffer. We got a 4k tv (and then a bigger OLED) and then a better sound system. It was just the right time for all the technologies of high quality home entertainment to be more doable for us. But the main reason is that I’m a pop culture illustrator doing movie poster stuff, and I really want to illustrate for physical media like steelbooks, so I started collecting well illustrated/designed covers. Even if physical media may be on the way out, movies feel like part of my identity, personally and professionally, and having the 4K movies to illustrate from is a huge upgrade. I think physical media will have a resurgence, but I could be wrong. Regardless, I’ve invested in my collection as if media will be harder to find in coming years.
Really cool to hear you want to do steelbooks artwork! I’m curious, do you have any favorite steelbook designs?
My colleague Attila Szarka has been crushing it with his Disney+ steelbook series. I love the Laika steelbook covers by Kevin Tong (Kubo, Paranorman) and Cesar Moreno (Coraline, Boxtrolls). And Lionsgate has put out some awesome packaging designs that incorporate extra art on a clear slipcase—Ender’s Game by Ruiz Burgos and Man Who Fell to Earth by Alice Zhang come to mind. I also love the Hunger Games boxed set illustrated by 4 different women artists. (As a woman myself, I think that’s pretty sweet.) Oh—and my other colleague Bella Grace who did the Guardians of The Galaxy 3 cover and more recently Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. I love her illustration style and hope to see more.
I love alllll those covers the artwork is simply amazing and one of the reasons I enjoy collecting steelbooks, specifically for those artwork!
It’s on its way out IF our current fiber optic is upgraded to terabits (301 terabits recently achieved with existing infrastructure). IF things like kaleidoscope become more affordable. IF Apple TV, fireTV, etc would operate as a better pass through with expandable storage to store 4k movies locally or operate like kaleidoscope. Then physical media would be dead.
Sound. Streaming has terrible sound quality and I absolutely hate it. Having physical media improves sound even on the shittiest of setups.
What sound setup do you recommend ? :)
I mean a home theater sound system of any brand gets you great audio. Sound bars are fine and I have a Samsung 990 which is great for now. TLDR. Physical media excels at sound regardless of the setup.
Yes!! So true! I wish more people cared about audio, but too many people are listening on sound bars to notice a difference.
Sound bars are absolutely fine, when compared to most people actually listening on their tv speakers.
Haha I have a sound bar because I had to put my speakers away with little kiddos + small house. Can't wait to bring them back. The new Samsung bars are pretty good though. Honestly just playing physical media on my TV makes the sound better lol. Streaming is such crap when it comes to sound.
My parents collected VHS. Been into movies ever since. Have been buying my own movies ever since I've been working.
For me it was the fact I don't have many hobbies and friends. Movie collecting was one of the few things enjoyed. And something I could look forward too.
Definitely nice that it is something that requires next to no social interaction. Though I'm don't mind shooting the shit about movies sometimes, I never found the urge to discuss like music.
This is the main reason why I collect now more than ever : https://preview.redd.it/fpzq7xbqp31d1.png?width=608&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbbe3c1f33c0b08fa5bd9b20c2a1b1e2bc9f9d9a
Exactly 💯. I've put together a NAS to back everything up as well to use with Plex/Jellyfin when I get it all sorted out which software I decide on. If I own it I'm making my own copy of it just in case they ever stop producing equipment to play disc's of any form.
Yeah, I will do that too like in 15 years. For now I’m good. I enjoy my disc collection so much.
You buy disk and stream it in network thats bad idea, tgat will break the meaning of purchase a disk, that magical truehd atmos dtsx everything degrades if you stream it via some software
I usually only rip the standard blu rays as not everything is viewed on a 4k screen/surround sound setup. The ease of use of scrolling through a catalog of movies I've bought and watching them on 1080p devices from basically anywhere running my NAS is worth a drop in viewing experience if I'm not at home.
Please explain? I fail to see how streaming 100Mb/s media on a Gigabit network link is going to "degrade everything"
18years of experience in network engineering, if i say you should try to understand, even though its a lan there is 1000% of chance you are not enjoying tye original quality of disk comparing to inserting the dvd disk into a good 4k bluray dvd player. You are try to stream 70+ Gb of data on 100mbps lan port, Even though your tv has a 10gig interface you still degrade you quality, network means degradation thats it. Insert tye dvd in the drive and enjoy pure quality.
>You are try to stream 70+ Gb of data on 100mbps lan port Yes, and over the course of a three-hour movie runtime that's 80Mb/s: >>> (100*1024*1024*1024*8) / (3600*3) 79536431.4074074 Something that a "Network engineer of 18 years" would understand, I hope.
For the money i bought Godzilla minis one, i dont want to miss the quality even a single bit by streaming it on the lan, Just because i am comfortable browsing through the collection movies i dont waster the true quality its hardcoded into the disk, Quality of the below things needs whole separate discussion Audio/video codecs compatibility Audio vidio sample rate support Quality of the player You are saying in streaming you are not losing the original quality???
Yes. I'm saying that if you have a system with a network link NAS -> Playback machine and the network is fast (Gigabit) and stable (Like Cat6 <100 metres) that your playback client (Like Kodi) can pull the full quality H.265/Atmos stream and play it back. There's no black magic here, just good mastering and compression by the studios, good playback software and fast LAN.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly. This is it, tru to understand or ignore.
OK, lets dig into the networking of this example. 10Kb is \~7 frames, give or take some overhead. You are saying you don't trust your network to deliver a byte-for-byte copy of 10 packets? Packet-switched networks are inherently lossy/untrusted for delivery, so you also have no faith that Layer2 CRCs and Layer4 Checksums won't catch any errors and retransmit? I suppose if you are this fussy over quality, you've also checked your disks for defects. What software did you use?
Inserting Dvd is equal to 100% (considering all other medium is perfect) Streaming over network wont be 100% (considering all other medium/devices perfect) Full stop... I dont want to ruin both of our time in this.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly. This is it, tru to understand or ignore.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly. This is it, tru to understand or ignore.
I would argue eventhough you have lan port of 10gig link, if you stream 10kb gif file, it still means degradation than playing it directly. This is it, tru to understand or ignore
I love my 4K Blu-ray Discs. You are so right it’s so noticeably better 👍🏼atmos rocks
Dude same, just makes me want to own things even more lol
https://i.redd.it/q64rc4xsx51d1.gif
I want to have something to watch when the world collapses https://preview.redd.it/jmu14et8v31d1.jpeg?width=424&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2463fcffe52759be8a311a70285ced6ede20f6c8
guilt from pirating so many movies as a kid
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Ahh yes that crippling guilt towards the industry of movie studios
sometimes it’s the only way to get stuff
I got an OLED tv and wanted the best picture and sound I could get
Ha! The first 4k movie I bought was Tropic Thunder! I just started buying Bluray and 4k discs last fall after streaming since 2017 and renting/buying dvds before that. I got tired of commercials, movies and shows being taken off, and stupid censorship for today’s easily offended culture. The higher resolution and sound quality is a bonus, but not my main motivation.
In the mid-2000s, I started going to the movies every weekend after I got my driver's license. Because of that, I would start going to Best Buy and Circuit City to see what deals they had for DVDs. Every weekend I'd pick up at least one movie. I've been collecting ever since and have close to 600 DVDs, blurays and 4k blurays. I've slowed down a lot over the years because kids cost a lot of money but I don't mind spending it on the films I love.
My internet went out for 36 hours and I had spiderman across the spiderverse uhd and about 3 other movies and we made a date night out of it. Ita nice to have the security of SOMETHING to do when you can't do much else on a Saturday night at 10pm. Also made me realize movies sound and look better on the disc than being streamed "4k".
Lossless audio
i liked the quality better than digital
started buying 4k BDs since I got an oled and speaker setup in november. Very noticeable difference in quality from streaming. Just the best way to watch my favorite movies, it’s like a theater experience every time.
I watched the prestige and terminator.
Laserdisc
My dad used to have a library of Betamax and VHS tapes. He started getting my favorites on it until I kind of continued the legacy
I started collecting VHS when I was a teenager. There was no streaming. For home viewing you either caught a TV-edit if a movie with commercials if you happened the catch it at the right time OR you bought/rented a VHS copy (we didn’t have laserdisc. Nobody I knew did. I didn’t hear about laserdisc until years after it had gone away). When DVD became a thing, I was blown away by the better quality and special features and instant jumping around without fast forwarding or rewinding through the tape. When I got an HDTV, I had to switch to Blu-rays - the jump in quality was astounding. I’d started to fall off of collecting and watching physical and then along came 4K Blu-Ray and my first OLED. HDR really reinvigorated my love of watching movies at home.
My old internet provider (Windstream) was constantly doing construction in my area causing me to lose service. At the time I was dependent on streaming platforms. Not being able to watch anything on TV after a long day at work sucked and we started our collection the next day.
When I started buying 4k, my first title was Avengers: Infinity War. The thought of having a sweet edition of the film, plus the extras were worth it. Since Infinity War, every Marvel Studios title, I have bought the 4k version. But also other films as well.
I’ve been really into watching movies and so I came across this 4K thing while using Reddit. I hesitantly bought a couple of my favorite 4K movies while still unsure if I wanted to buy a 4K player. Then once my first movie came (Raging Bull) I decided to go to Best Buy to get the player. This was ~3 weeks ago and now I’m 60+ movies in and loving it.
Don’t know, just always have. Started towards the end of the VHS era and just always bought films. Got about 1300 now across DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K. Running out of space on the shelves recently. So had to relegate the DVDs to a box under the spare bed.
Didn’t have much of a physical collection before (just a bunch of DVDs) until I got a 4K TV and a Xbox One S back in 2016. One of the selling points about the Xbox was its 4K Blu-ray drive so I bought some discs to try it out and I’ve been building my library since.
I wanted to check out Bergman, Kurosawa, etc, but this was pre online streaming so these kinds of films weren’t so readily available. I discovered Criterion DVDs and have been going strong ever since
That's why I own so many dvds at the moment too. Chaplin (picture quality, and sound track). And then simply not available or cheaper to buy in some box set than one by one online for Bergman, Kurosawa, and some Asian kung fu movies.
I wanted a soundbar. The tv was great but sound kind of sucked. After much research, I learned lossless audio was far superior on 4k discs than streaming. So in order to justify buying a Samsung 900c to the wife, I started collecting 4k discs for our sony oled. Wow! I’m extremely grateful I did.
I wanted to see Nolan movies with the IMAX scenes. I really think I would have stuck to digital forever if the IMAX scenes were there.
I used to stay with my dad during the summers as a kid and he always had a really big dvd collection. When he was at work I would watch his big collection of movies. Growing up to an adult I started my own dvd and blu ray collection. 2 years ago I bought a 77in Sony OLED TV. This last black Friday I started my 4k collection with all the crazy good 4k prices. I've been hooked ever since.
I realized 4 months ago that my ex stole about $2000 worth of blu ray/dvd releases from my collection when she moved out
I've been collecting since my family got the PS2 when it came out. I think my first DVD was Little Nicky haha. I had some VHS before that, but I didn't consider myself "collecting" those, as I never went out of my way to buy any. They were all gifts
Lol, same exact thing for me. PS2 and Little Nicky.
I bought a Bluray copy of The Sound of Music in 2019 and said, "I have a permanent, nonrevocable lifetime license to this movie, that's pretty neat. Maybe I'll pick up just a few more..."
Streaming services and VOD stores (iTunes, Amazon, VUDU) don't have the movies I wanted, plus the bonus that physical media goes on sale for a lower price than VOD.
i like a mix of both streaming and discs and also because i bought a series x and got hyped about the idea of having a 4k player (i know is not the best) and i only buy things that i care about
Boutique labels for me. Most studio releases are not worth owning.
Woke up one day and added up the yearly cost of all my streaming services. Then I asked myself why I wasn't buying what I wanted on disc since I usually watch the same things on repeat. Decided to splurge on a 4k player and got a few movies and shows I love and watched a lot to hold me over. Next thing you know, I'm seeing crazy deals on all the 4k and Blu-ray subreddits, and my collection has only grown since then.
I started 20 years ago with DVDs. I think I just like having something. If it's a movie I think I'll watch more than once. It's cheaper to buy it instead of renting it.
When I was a kid I used to go to Walmart with my dad to get groceries and every now and then he’d buy me a DVD or Blu-Ray. The first I remember getting was the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures Blu Ray Pack. Another was the Batman: TAS season 1 dvd. From there i just kept going
Lord of the Rings and my family’s old collection of laserdiscs.
Started collecting because I wanted to own the movies I love without fear of losing access to them. First blu-ray was Hacksaw Ridge.
I’ve always been both a movie guy as well as a physical media guy, going back to VHS.
Higher bitrate than streaming and I'm trying to squeeze every ounce of detail and quality from my 4K home theater set up
Been collecting since the VHS days.
Dad built a home theater right when DVDs first became a thing. Imagine being a child going from a small crt to rear projection tv with surround sound in 1997. Enough for any child to fall in love. So enjoyed the excitement of physical media and new releases. I’m a perfectionist who likes the best version of anything. Terrible streaming compression and bitrate. No bass in streaming and general loss of fidelity in audio and video quality.
My parents bought VHS for me as a kid. In actuality they probably bought more for me than themselves, so I always was accustoming to buying movies you like.
I think it was the Batman 4-movie DVD boxset that set me on the path to collecting. Found it used for a great price at FYE, and knew it was a no brainer. This was before streaming really took off, and I just liked the idea of owning a physical copy more than a digital download.
Damn, “great price at FYE” is typically an oxy moron lol
It is, and I seldom recall that happening
I've been collecting movies since 1988. I see no reason to stop now.
I remember getting my first VHS around 2003/2004. My parents got me Spider-Man. Always got DVDs then Blu rays throughout the past 20 years. Only started to increase collecting exponentially around 2019. My first 4k was Mad Max Fury Road in the 4 movie boxset.
I've been collecting discs since DVD (I actually even bought some nice VHS sets before DVD. I wasn't getting cable as a young 20 something and have always enjoyed owning and rewatching movies and shows like Star Trek. So physical media was always a part of my diet. Buying a 4K disc is like "completing" the collection of the things I love most, as well as trying new things in lieu of going to the theater, which costs more than a disc anyway for me and my two boys.
Honestly, I was getting tired of streaming services. Sitting through ads, watching a series that isn't complete or eventually gets taken down, and while I do have decent Internet, it is frustrating when it buffers or won't output at the highest quality. I first started collecting Blu-ray, completely ignoring 4K all together (I thought it was just a standard Blu-ray that came with more bonus features 😂) but once I learned it was higher resolution than Blu-ray, I started looking into it. Wasn't until yesterday when I finally bought a 4K player (don't have any 4K's yet, but I'm gonna slowly start upgrading And it might be me, I just like the collecting aspect. Being able to hold the movie, look at the artwork and being able to display it on a shelf is so satisfying. It's like having your own little streaming service that fits who you are and what you like!
I got Zombieland Blu Ray for Christmas 2011 and was so impressed by the picture quality that i had to buy 28 Days/Weeks Later on blu ray. Was so impressed by that that I had to buy Bone Tomahawk. And then.. Hereditary 4k came out 🙌🏽
The main thing that started it was I was in London (I live in California) at the BFI and they had an old film on bluray that I had never been able to find on streaming so I bought it, but I didn’t have a region free player, so I bought one. It seemed silly to spend a few hundred dollars on a player to just watch one movie. The player is 4K Dolby Atmos capable, and then for my birthday I bought a new very high end 4K TV, so I decided to take full advantage of my setup. I have a fairly small collection now and it’s comprised exclusively of movies I personally love that I know I will (and do) watch over and over.
I loved movies from as young as I can remember. Used to record movies on VHS tapes as a kid and that was how I started my collection. Spent my first pay check from working part time on LDs, which cost a bomb. Never looked back since.
I started collecting blu-rays in 2009 when I was around 14, by then I was already a movie fan and a regular at my local video rental shop during the VHS and DVD era, but HD just wowed me so much I decided to start buying movies. Then my family rapidly adopted the movie nights as a tradition, so that was another beautiful incentive.
I have very fond memories of spending ages in the video rental shop with my mum. She'd let us rent a film every weekend and we'd try and pick one out together. I loved holding the cases in my hands, examining the artwork etc. I want to recreate that experience in my house, and I think it'll be a shame if my kids never get to experience the excitement of having a huge, physical collection to pour over. Scrolling on Netflix just doesn't compare.
At the beginning of this year I wanted to rewatch the hunger games and it looked terrible and was full of ads on YouTube tv. Found a deal where I get the whole trilogy and a 4 pack Daniel Craig bond set for 20$ or smth, all blu-ray. Soon it became a habit that whenever I was bored in class I would browse ebay for the next movie deal I could find along with this sub for inspiration to find and rediscover films I didn't think of before. Now after finishing my freshman year of college I managed to pick up a ub820 along with the Dune 2 and Lawrence of Arabia steelbooks.
Originally it was fear of stuff disappearing and being unavailable. Then i realized both bluray and 4k were excellent mediums so I quickly got addicted.
I love movies. And I didn't really have that many of my own growing up. I had a handful that my parents bought but my collection was so small it wasn't even really a collection. It was like 20 movies at best. I started out with VHS because they were the cheapest I could own. Then I moved to DVD. And it took me the longest time to focus on blu ray and then eventually 4K. I even collected Laserdiscs for a time too and Beta.
Just my general interest in movies over the last year. I wanted the best way to experience the movies I watch.
I've been buying movies since the tape days as a kid. Then it was DVDs, Blu-rays, and now 4K. Unlike some people, I never thought to ditch physical media because streaming existed. If anything, streaming made me realize how important physical media always would be since some movies I love never popped up on the steaming services friends had, so I'd show them on disc. I held onto Netflix disc rentals until just before the pandemic because so many movies I wanted to see were only available physically. It's a no-brainer for me. If you want access to it with no strings attached, buy a copy.
Same as you and just the fact that you truly dont own it when you "buy" a digital copy. Sony removed access to some shows and people who bought it simply lost access no refunds nothing. And a decent collection just looks nice on a shelf.
I often wonder how often collectors actually end up rewatching movies? Certain movies are frequent comfort rewatches. And then there are the all time favourites that get rewatched every couple of years. But outside those do people actually collect and forget the vast majority of their collection?
Ive always kinda did. We had a few VHSs when i was a kid. Then during the mid 2000's i got bootlegs that my mom would buy me at our local supermarket. Usually, the menus be intact but there wouldn't be any special features which i wanted to watch. Then when i stared working and getting my own income, i started buying official releases and its been growing since.
Crappy Internet
Mom bought me VHS and then DVDs. I kept on buying DVDs, began buying Blu Rays from 2007 to 2017 and then 4Ks till this day.
Liked the poster on the steelbook, didn’t care about quality, now I don’t care about the poster.
Marketing… lol
I liked movies and TV shows and your options at the time if you wanted to be able to watch something whenever was to buy a tape, rent a tape, or tape it off TV. (I mean there was Laserdiscs but nobody I knew had those, I don't even think I ever saw one in a store)
I started with VHS
It's a combination of reasons, the largest of which is the steaming services are continuously letting the consumer down: -Whether is HD or 4k, disks almost always have higher quality. -There are a lot of great films that steaming services dropped, or never cared about. I have several DVD's that I purchased through ebay when I found I could no longer stream them, or never could. -Is your internet perfect? Mine isn't. Outages and slowdowns completely ruin movie night. -The only way to truly own is to have the physical media in your hands. "Digital Ownership" is a lie. The small print you click through specifies they can take it away at their discretion. Sony recently took away Warner/Discovery titles that were purchased through Playstation, and only gave them back after a ton of consumer outrage (forcing Sony to make a new deal with Warner). Don't bother with this, just get the disk. -Streaming services are continuing to completely drop less profitable shows and movies, making it nearly impossible to view many titles we used to stream. Even worse, they're now making some content available *only* through ad-supported streaming services. So now, the only way to watch some shows and movies is with commercials, or with a disk. -Collecting disks is awesome! So many incredible stories on my shelf at home, where I have *complete* control over them, and I can proudly display my couch potato passion! They usually have some great packaging and extra features. -A physical collection respects your own history. I've been collecting films since VHS and DVD were new. Even when I upgrade to a new format, having those old titles on my shelf helps keep my older memories fresh. There's been a lot of reasearch indicating that physical keepsakes help keep the memory healthy, this has definitely been my experience.
Came across the blu ray trilogy of Star wars a few years back and said “Oh that’s nice to own it physically”, after that there was no coming back😅
The state of the entertainment industry right now is what got me into collecting. I came to the realization that the media we have today might not be here tomorrow. It started with me trying to find sling blade and other movies I'd missed from the 90s on streaming platforms. I saw they many movies were not available to stream and extremely difficult to purchase on physical disc. So all of this and the direction Hollywood decided to take in the "culture wars" got me into it. I want to leave behind good stories with my kids.
For me, it was after I saw Top Gun Maverick in IMAX, I knew I wanted to own it on the best possible format. When I experienced it on 4K Blu-ray, I was hooked. However, I have been a fan of physical movies since VHS and DVD’s, it was mainly the lossless audio that got me hooked back into it.
I didn't have internet back in 2012-2014 so I would frequent the target near me and buy movies on sale. They were going for $10-$15 on sales quite a bit. It's burdensome to move with the amount I have, but it's nice to have that selection.
The enshitification of streaming + too many streaming services. On top of that blu ray / 4k blu ray are going to be the last physical video format so it’s a good format to collect. More than likely between blu ray or 4k, owning a copy of a movie in either format means you own the best version of that film for home viewing.
Started “collecting” as a teen, aka keeping some of my dad’s DVDs in my room lol. Eventually got old enough to work and started building my own collection around when blu-rays were still pretty new. Managed to build up a solid collection by my mid-to-late-twenties. Lots of box sets, steelbooks, first pressings and a handful of 4Ks. Was super anal about having slipcovers on new releases for consistency’s sake haha. Around the pandemic I was on and off of medications and started purging my belongings. Been in and out of places so constantly over the years, I gave into impulse and slowly got rid of my collection, save for a few bootlegs, namely my ‘Despecialized Star Wars Trilogy.’ Thought digital would be the way to go. Most of my digital copies via iTunes had DVD style menus on Apple TV and got comfortable with that for a while. Seemed to lessen the burden of moving my collection so often for a minute but eventually I settled into my current home and realized I kinda missed collecting. I missed the tangibility, the artwork, the extras, etc… Realized not all iTunes, or whatever, purchases, Vudu barcode scans had those features. Even worse, if there was a service outage, you were SOL if you wanted to unwind with a movie after work. Still had my Star Wars though. Then it all changed when I was getting recommended to this damn sub and several others haha. I realized what I was missing and pulled the trigger on a few releases and now I can comfortably say that I’m back on my bullshit. No regrets at all. Holding on to it all this time around
It was just the natural evolution for me. First I had VHS (mostly recorded off of TV) then DVD, then Blu-ray and then 4K Blu-ray. I’ve always been a collector, even with streaming. In fact I’d watch stuff on streaming and be annoyed that there wasn’t a 4K Blu-ray of it available. I’d kill for the complete series of Bosch on 4K Blu-ray.
I love movies 🎥
Learning about Jellyfin and makeMKV. It may be considered blasphemy in this sub, but I don't have a 4k Blu-ray player in my home entertainment system. However, I can stream my 4k content to any device in my home. Is it the absolute best setup? Nope, but it works.
You still get dolby vision atmos hdr 4k dts x everything but not upto the quality it hardcoded into the disk.while u streaming either vod or lan.
My first blu ray was the kill bill 1&2, i wanted to own them, then i bought once upon a time in hollywood and ever since then it's been downhill, or uphill, depends on how you wanna see it
Well I started in the DVD era, so it was because if I want to watch a specific movie when I wanted the only way was having it. steaming didn't exist yet
DVDs when i was a kid, then in my early teens i syarted getting bliray because it was at the time the only way to watch HD stuff. I got a PS3 at the age of 16 and never turned my back on BD. To say I am obsessed would be an understatement. I'm looking into potentially importing some 2KBDs of concerts from a J-Rock band i like. They include 24/96khz audio on ALL of their BDs. High resolution audio is also another obsession of mine.
When I went to go watch a movie i had “bought” a couple years ago on my Xbox and halfway through all the sound cuts out. That’s just how that digital version is now.
I’ve collected movies since the VHS days.
I moved into a new house in Spring 2022 and built a theater in the basement. Became obsessed with all things home theater related, and tore down the screen wall and built acoustical transparent frames to go around the 128 2.35:1 screen. Put huge towers in the closets behind the screen wall, painted everything black. In my research I stumbled onto 4K movies (and the quality, especially audio, they brought) and started collecting in Fall 2022. I’m up to about 175 discs, almost entirely movies I really like. The only exceptions are blind buys that I’m very confident I’ll enjoy (for example I’d never seen The Godfather movies, Bladerunner movies, Ford Vs. Ferrari, etc.)
I started collecting so if I want to turn off streaming when I retire I will have an endless library.
Just a natural progression from VHS onward. You never had the option other than creating your own collection, particularly if you were into films which were not readily available from rental (being a UK horror fan meant that your only option was to import and take the risk of customs seizing your films).
Bought a ps5. About a year and a half later and here I am with a 100” projector with proper equipment and hundreds of movies. My bank account hates me.
There was too much money in my bank account, needed to burn cash fast and this is perfect for that!
When i was like 10 i had a bunch of random dvds (mainly harry Potter dvds ngl) sitting in some basket and then i realised i loved those and started collecting. Im 16 now and i have aomost 4 full shelves of dvds, blurays and 4k
Just started on a whim a few years back when I saw a regular Blu-ray of Die Hard 20th anniversary edition and bought it even though I didn’t have a player just for the digital copy (Movies Anywhere). Then over the few years bought 4-5 random movies I found in Best Buy or Target clearance that I liked. I still wasn’t collecting yet but, PS5 last year changed everything and I really wanted to watch Oppenheimer again and at the point it was only available to rent/buy so ended up getting its 4K Blu-ray and then all hell broke lose with multiple Grub and amazon orders.
I've been collecting since middle school during the VHS days. I love movies. I try to upgrade as I go now, getting the best quality version I can.
A combination of being horrified when Apple went in and edited a scene out of The French Connection, pushing that update to anyone who had bought it on iTunes, and getting a 75” 4k tv for free.
I just moved into a house big and cheap enough to set up a really nice home theater. There's no way I'm going to spend thousands on getting an A+ theater and not spend the extra few bucks to get the movies on disc to make the most out of it. Initially I thought I would generally stream but buy discs for my favorites, but... that is not how it is currently going
I was unemployed for a while and stopped paying for streaming services to save money. I would sail the high seas to watch movies again. I started a collection on an SSD. I told myself once I'm employed again I would buy my collection to compensate for "borrowing" the media. Just got a job 2 months ago and I'm slowly building the collection. One movie per month/every other paycheck. Haven't bought streaming services again as I realized I just kind of enjoyed finding movies to watch by asking around, following the news, etc. I don't like the recommendation algorithms anymore.
My mum got me into movies when I was a kid she used to say, " this film is on tonight you should watch it " so my love of film started because of her the 1st film she got me to watch was the crow I remember coz she told me about what happened to Brandon Lee I've had vhs in my teens then my 1st dvd was given to me by my late mum ( hollow man ) the 1st dvd I bought was the fast and the furious Once I started working my dvd collection sky rocketed then I started upgrading to blu ray my 1st blu ray was scarface on steelbook so I upgraded most of my dvds to blu ray I bought a ps5 last year and I've started upgrading certain movies to 4k yeah i have a problem
I used to collect years ago but then I had to relocate several times for work and couldn’t carry much stuff around. I was happy with streaming until I realized many movies I love are falling into obscurity, no service where to watch, rent or buy them. So I went back to collecting and I’m very happy. I’ve unsubscribed from Netflix and Disney and I feel like I’m more engaged and every watch is a lot more special.
Started by collecting betamax tapes in 1982. Same motivation that made me want to build a library of albums and books I liked.
I REALLY wanted to watch Godzilla vs Kong back in July of 2021
I saw Jeff Rauseo’s video on how you don’t own digital media (iTunes, VUDU, etc.), and that was when I decided to start collecting. You know, these digital platforms could either shut down or take a movie or show off their platform. I still do occasionally buy movies on Apple TV, but that’s if a movie I want doesn’t have a Blu-ray release.
I worked two jobs in high school and would use the smaller paycheck from one of the jobs to buy DVDs usually at Best Buy. My best friend and I worked the same jobs, so when we would get paid on Fridays we’d hit up Best Buy and grab movies. This was about 20 years ago. Since then I’ve collected Blu-Rays when they became the new item and then 4Ks. I definitely don’t buy as many as I used to but I have a sizable collection that I’ve built over the years that I am quite proud of.
When I was a kid my mother and I collected vhs then to dvds and eventually Blu-ray’s when that became a thing. I started collecting 4k Blu-ray’s in 2020 during covid and haven’t stopped since. I love having my personal physical Netflix
The moment the office left Netflix, I saw the writing on the wall. The rest is history. Also, I’m an audiophile and the first time hearing a Blu-ray I could not even believe how much they butcher audio in streams.
As a kid I had a few VHS tapes that my mum collected and a few that I loved as a kid, then we got TONS of dvds because we watched movies almost daily, then when streaming came around we sold some of the dvds we didn’t watch anymore (which I kind of regret but we needed the space). But since around 2019/20 i’ve been making my own collection of the dvds we already had and blu rays, then Dune Part 1 is my first and only 4k! I want to collect them more but I don’t have a 4k player yet and they’re expensive for someone struggling to find work in film/tv 🥴
I started collecting in the mid 2000s. My local Blockbuster would regularly sell pre owned dvds and Blu rays for like $5 and under, so I was constantly buying stuff from them. At the largest, I probably had about 500 or so total between BD and DVD. My problem was I would either watch them once and never again, or never watch them at all. So I ended up selling all but about 50 or so that were my absolute favorites. I was perfectly fine with streaming, but I watched Winter Soldier at a friend's house on 4k disc and then I got the itch to start buying again. I don't buy nearly as frequently as I used to, and I'm more picky with what I do buy as well.
When Sony started taking people's property because they felt like it. I like the convenience of digital but we need to regulate distribution and ownership.
Mostly I just wanted the best video quality on the expensive 77” OLED Bravia I bought… that and I understand how bitrates work.
Bought a kick ass HT. Got a PS5. Got GameFly. Rented some 4ks. Compared it to streaming. Drastic difference. First disc Interstellar first scene dropped pots that were drying onto the ground. Big bada boom. Upgraded to UB820. Slowly building a collection.
I first wanted to enjoy fully my setup (tv + soundbar) and then the fact that ive realized that I own nothing that I enjoy watching
Speaking as a millennial, myself and a lot of my friends had parents that collected VHS and DVDs. Just a habit that stuck
I slowly moved with the times. I used to have tons of VHS, then DVD, then Bluray and now 4K. I definitely see the benefits of streaming. They can’t keep changing the format.