cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/9716935
As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?
Screw physical, you can have your streaming cake and eat it too with Plex/Jellyfin
All streaming and yet all the digital content files are still under my control…
but, why?
dvds have a shelf life of ~25-40 years on average. they won’t magically contain all future releases as well (digital only releases, etc)
Now VHS… that’s a physical medium. lol kidding. they all suck and it’s dumb to stick to a physical anything.
also screw vinyl.
Because streaming services discard shows once they aren’t “new” anymore. There’s a lot of content you simply cannot stream on any streaming service.
you can digitize your own collections and store everything you watch…
sure you can augment with a streaming svc.
That starts with buying physical media. Except music since a lot (but not all) music is sold for DRM-free download on various sites.
That starts with buying physical media.
“Lol” said Sonarr and Radarr, “LMAO”
No, it starts with downloading a torrent client
Me giving my last piece of bread for season 2 episode 3 of everybody love Raymond in the ends times…
Lmao. Use a home media server and store your videos in drives. The future is now, primitive disk user.
I don’t think 99% of people in America would ever stop to think, ‘What would I do if I woke up tomorrow and all access to digital media disappeared?’
Bruh, I don’t want to be the one to tell you what the first D in DVD stands for.
Dirigible Video Disc :)
Fuck if they aren’t probably right
I’m honestly considering this myself. I’ve started buying copies of the movies and shows I really like when I see them.
I do know most physical media decays though. Not sure what the best way is to cope with that, but I’ve never been a huge fan of streaming in the first place
Once you have the physical media, ripping it to a file and using standard backup practices is really your best bet. It’s a bit roundabout, but 4K on disc is significantly higher quality than the compressed bandwidth saving versions available via streaming services.