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Owning DVDs And Blu Ray Vs Netflix Rental
I've rented from Netflix 4 months an have gotten 4 DVDs that I can't play. Even my replacement disks are the same. So having cancelled Netflix I will buy DVDs new out right.
The reason is this - By the time you get the disk from Netflix it will have been worn out to the point you can't play it which happened to me. Owning disks new is the solution in this case. It's a matter of condition that the disk you want to watch is in. |
Obtaining a disk from Netflix? That practice is no longer ubiquitous across the board! It must depend on the format Netflix continues to follow region-by-region.
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Wait...Netflix still does movie rentals? Interesting. That tracks with your issue, though. It would make sense that they're not keeping their inventory up-to-date as the rental service isn't available everywhere.
Anyways, since I've never rented a Netflix DVD, I'll do a streaming vs owning comparison....and what it really boils down to is: how readily available to stream is this, how often do I intend to watch this, and how important is it to me? I enjoy buying and collecting movies, but I don't see the point in buying something that I can watch on just about every streaming service I pay for. Streaming is also more convenient, and takes up less space. Nowadays, I only buy really niche stuff, or stuff that's not available to stream. |
Yeah physical discs still exists and its a great way to get an expanded library. With streaming there is a lot more regulation and exclusivity. But if its been put on a DVD, Netflix can do whatever it wants with it. Studios can't really stop them.
A serious film enthusiast friend of mine used to have a disc subscription up until very recently. He would rent all sorts of rare and foreign movies. Nowadays there's likely a streaming service for whatever you want though. |
My plan for Netflix is this -
I own Doctor Who XXVII - Doctor Who XXXIX on DVD. Flux will ship in. I was going to use Netflix to watch episodes dating back to An Unearthly Child Parts 1 - 4 on those DVDs. I will buy the episodes they don't have if released. Or if a disk sticks on me. I did buy a few new shows on DVD. Episode disks get watched quite a bit from Netflix. I watch my own disks to fill in for mail travel time. |
I haven't used Netflix mailing in the last 10 years. I always own movies and TV shows that I like because streaming won't have them around forever. Netflix is removing the Marvel shows and not all of them have Blu-ray releases.
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I bought 4 TGIF shows on DVD
Boy Meets World Family Matters Sabrina The Teenage Witch Sister Sister All 4 need live TV Feed to stream them. Hulu charges 80 bucks for live TV. Also bought Saved By The Bell (1988 Series). This runs on Peacock TV presently. Pocket Monsters Indigo - Sinoh League Victors DVD Sets Pocket Monsters is the rare exception as nobody streams old episodes any more. Only Journeys The Series. Not counting on Sun and Moon. Star Trek Discovery (Series I - III) Star Trek Picard (Series I) Paramount + exclusive |
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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. |
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.
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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.
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dvds cheaper most of the time
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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
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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. |
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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. |
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- 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. |
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This exactly…..man this made me laugh way harder than it should have as a fellow blind person Not everything is streaming that I want to watch, especially Tokusatsu No annoying nonstop GODDAMN ADS in buying separate media DVDs (and if it does, I chuck it in the fireplace) makes me happy. |
The advantage to DVD is this.
On DVD you can watch an episode or movie without signal interference. On an Over The Air feed you have signal break up and the picture freezes. If you DL a video and watch off line no problem as I found out with Netflix. If you watch on stream over the net the picture quality can be weak. Also what happens is if your connection is slow you get bad video quality. For reasons stated I will only watch movies and episodes on DVD. |
You do have movies that don't exist on streaming services. I had to buy Adam Chaplin because no one was streaming it. I was unable to find it on Youtube at the time.
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I used to buy most of my episodes from Shout Factory but after Hurri I've had to out source from another country.
I finished up Go Busters thanks to NTSC region 2 DVD. And Bouken. Sailor Moon is a special case as my set is full screen. Apart from that I get the official sets if somebody in the USA has them. I've had to stream Beast Morphers and Dino Fury on Netflix darn it. Things have gotten interesting with Pokemon. Viz has released Journeys which is a Netflix exclusive in 3 parts. This will go next in August so I can now add the 23rd series to my home library. I may need to split up Black and White and Kalos in parts on DVD. I might grab Sun and Moon outright in those 3 sets. Hopefully Unova will be up next year again on Pokemon TV. I'm watching Journeys on Pokemon TV so I can stay current. |
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