[wentwood]

I watch the new era of Doctor Who on DVD as I bought them.

There are 19 Marvel movies I want to see this month. Netflix has them on DVD. Also a few DC EU movies I haven't bought.

[Guyver Spawn]

I'm surprised that anyone would still use DVDs when you have Blu-rays. I don't buy DVDs anymore unless it's not on Blu-ray like with some older anime and obscure horror films.

[wentwood]

I'm catching as many movies as possible on DVD before the new ones are Blu exclusive. Hopefully I can finish the MCU line this and next month. All current MCU movies are DVD. Including both Venom movies. Waiting on Suicide Squad re up.

[Jello]

dvds cheaper most of the time

[MrWilliamGraham]

I only buy home video if it's a film/series I really love and/or something I'm gonna watch over and over again. Anything else I'm find just finding on stream or on the internet. Even with digital releases, I still like getting a physical disks

[wentwood]

Doctor Who Generation II (Rose - Flux Part 6) is on Netflix. Flux has yet to get on Netflix. (Disk rentals) Stream on this is HBO Max and AMC +

Doctor Who Generation I (An Unearthly Child Parts 1 - 4 - Doctor Who The Movie) is on Brit Box but there are some disk releases for them.

In March I want to try to phase them in starting with The Beginning (Story 001 - Story 003). I got delayed for this due to Revolution Of The Daleks and Flux to buy this month.

[EpsilonX]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

I'm surprised that anyone would still use DVDs when you have Blu-rays. I don't buy DVDs anymore unless it's not on Blu-ray like with some older anime and obscure horror films.

THIS OMG. I don't understand it.

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Originally Posted by Jello

dvds cheaper most of the time

It is, but not that much cheaper.

At this point, I don't see why people buy physical movies aside from for collection purposes. But even then, I don't see why a collector would choose a DVD over other formats. Blu-ray looks better, VHS and laserdisc are rarer and have more vintage appeal, etc. Heck, everything streams in HD these days, so why would somebody pay $20 for a physical edition of something that looks worse than what you can see streaming?

I guess people can do what they want, and I'm not trying to shame you or anybody else for collecting DVDS...I just don't get it, I guess.

[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

THIS OMG. I don't understand it.



It is, but not that much cheaper.

At this point, I don't see why people buy physical movies aside from for collection purposes. But even then, I don't see why a collector would choose a DVD over other formats. Blu-ray looks better, VHS and laserdisc are rarer and have more vintage appeal, etc. Heck, everything streams in HD these days, so why would somebody pay $20 for a physical edition of something that looks worse than what you can see streaming?

I guess people can do what they want, and I'm not trying to shame you or anybody else for collecting DVDS...I just don't get it, I guess.

There are varying reasons to commit to a DVD over anything else:

- There isn't a genuine streaming home at the time. Takes a long time for somethings to find a streaming service. I only just learned that "Freddy's Nightmares", an '80s series which hasn't had decent home releases ever, will now have a streaming home after all this time.

- There isn't a Blu-ray release at the time, which pertains more to out-of-print series and/or movies.

The only "official" streaming home is a "free-but-with-ads" model, which can piss-off people who hate ads! Take most older Transformers series. Most are on Tubi and maybe YouTube, which have ads. Best way to circumvent this is a physical release, which will be DVD for most.

- The older DVD release looks better than streaming cause someone may have made a mistake when uploading it to a streaming service.

- Not all locations have internet access and still rely on physical releases. This also relates to those who have temporarily lost internet access and have to rely on discs.

- Streaming depends largely on the service. If on Disney+, then the likelyhood that anything leaves for "rights issues" is unlikely. Anything on Netflix that isn't Netflix-owned could leave at anytime and take an eternity to find a new streaming service!

- Portable DVD players are good when the power is out, home internet is down, and phones have a tentative charge.

- Physical releases also have special features which aren't always available when looking at the same thing via streaming.

[EpsilonX]

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

There are varying reasons to commit to a DVD over anything else:

- There isn't a genuine streaming home at the time. Takes a long time for somethings to find a streaming service. I only just learned that "Freddy's Nightmares", an '80s series which hasn't had decent home releases ever, will now have a streaming home after all this time.

- There isn't a Blu-ray release at the time, which pertains more to out-of-print series and/or movies.

The only "official" streaming home is a "free-but-with-ads" model, which can piss-off people who hate ads! Take most older Transformers series. Most are on Tubi and maybe YouTube, which have ads. Best way to circumvent this is a physical release, which will be DVD for most.

- The older DVD release looks better than streaming cause someone may have made a mistake when uploading it to a streaming service.

- Not all locations have internet access and still rely on physical releases. This also relates to those who have temporarily lost internet access and have to rely on discs.

- Streaming depends largely on the service. If on Disney+, then the likelyhood that anything leaves for "rights issues" is unlikely. Anything on Netflix that isn't Netflix-owned could leave at anytime and take an eternity to find a new streaming service!

- Portable DVD players are good when the power is out, home internet is down, and phones have a tentative charge.

- Physical releases also have special features which aren't always available when looking at the same thing via streaming.

There's a lot of good points, but I'm specifically referring to when something is available on blu-ray, DVD, and to stream. Obviously if DVD is the only way to own something (Shout!'s Sentai DVDs, for example) that's the route you'll take. But...buying Avengers: Infinity War on DVD just seems weird to me. Or, for a more hyperbolic example, I've seen people who specifically purchase Criterion films on DVD instead of blu-ray. If you're paying that much for a boutique collector's edition of a film, why not get the higher quality one? I suppose situations like those are rare, though - people seem to do it out of necessity rather than choice.

[Jello]

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

It is, but not that much cheaper.

At this point, I don't see why people buy physical movies aside from for collection purposes. But even then, I don't see why a collector would choose a DVD over other formats. Blu-ray looks better, VHS and laserdisc are rarer and have more vintage appeal, etc. Heck, everything streams in HD these days, so why would somebody pay $20 for a physical edition of something that looks worse than what you can see streaming?

I guess people can do what they want, and I'm not trying to shame you or anybody else for collecting DVDS...I just don't get it, I guess.

I can't see 10 feet in front of me, I don't even notice a difference in quality