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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Here's the difference though:

DVD/BD: You own it. You can do whatever you want with it. You can let friends borrow it. You can sell it if you decide you don't want it. You can put it on your shelf. The video and audio quality are the best currently available, if not forever.

Streaming: You can only watch it as long as that streaming service allows you to. The video and audio will only be as good as your connection, your playback device, and as good as the servers will allow (which will never match up to a physical release). You have to constantly get that streaming service to watch it.

Oh I know dvd and blu-ray is superior to streaming. I'm well aware of the limitations. However, due to the nature of how I consume toku, it's extremely impractical for me. I have limited time to watch stuff, so any time spent watching toku will most likely be spent watching a new series. I usually just watch fansubs, and in fact, I usually delete episodes after I finish them I also have limited space to keep physical things, so I don't need to ADD clutter. However, if they were to be put on Netflix, I would watch it there instead of downloading fansubs.

That being said, I loved Zyuranger to the point where it would be worth it, so I plan to own it for the reasons you listed above. Other than that though, when a series is announced for DVD release, all that goes through my head now is "well, I guess I can't watch fansubs of that one anymore..." I'm not arguing against these DVDs, just stating that it's very impractical for me and I'm not so much excited when they're announced anymore. In fact, I even passed up the first season of Dragon Ball (one of my favorite anime of all time) on DVD for $10 recently. It's hard being a geek and being frugal at the same time. Maybe some day...

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Netflix has proven to me why streaming is idiocracy. You know what movie they took off when October 1st hit? The Exorcist. WHY WOULD YOU REMOVE A TOP TIER HORROR MOVIE BEFORE HALLOWEEN??!! They also rarely carry the movies I want to watch. Out of the 50 Film Noirs I own, Netflix only actually streams 2 of them, and one of them is no longer available. They can't even be bothered to stream The Simpsons, Batman TAS, X-Men, X-Men Evolution, Spider-Man TAS, they only have the third season of Ultimate Spider-Man, etc.

Netflix definitely does make some questionable decisions. However, lots of other shows and movies are on there for what seems like eternity. I can't remember a time when How I Met Your Mother wasn't on Netflix.

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You do know the difference between SRP and actual price, right? ALL of the Sentai series have a $60 SRP, but actually sell somewhere between $37-40.

Amazon used to have a listing for both MSPR and how much they charge, but they switched the system. Now there's only one price, and it's saying that this will be sold for $60 per set. Until stated otherwise, that's what I'm going to go by.