Players can be expensive, but the most significant reason is probably having to get up and switch discs to watch something else. The vast majority of consumers have no idea how to rip a disc, nor the know-how required to set up a media server.
This is true… But it’s also true that there are like a billion fucking movies out there, so even with such a small % being worth owning, that would still equal a pretty large collection.
So does piracy, and it gives just as much money to the corporations who made the movie, if that’s something you’re worried about. And piracy don’t cost you shit.
Piracy is an option if they don’t care about the laws in their country, but some people care for one reason or another. The conversation was initially about about the cost of disc vs the cost of ad-supported streaming, so I offered a used option.
Because a single movie costs like 3 months of ad-tier Netflix.
Have you looked at blu-ray prices lately? Shit is cheap af. I’ve been amassing a collection of Criterion Collection blu-rays, usually $30-50 each, on Amazon for ~$15 a piece, on sale consistently. Sometimes even cheaper (Blue is the Warmest Color Criterion Collection Blu-Ray was just on sale for $12.49 on Amazon). The sales seem to change regularly, so I just check every few weeks. And you get a ton of really cool extra shit on top of an amazing film transfer.
And that’s for Criterion Collection. Regular blu-rays are often $7-10
Waiting 20 minutes through unskippable trailers, 4-5 different 30s logos, a 2-3 minute menu intro then a menu that takes 2-3 seconds to respond per arrow press?
Is there a reason why people won’t buy blu rays?
You mean the technology Sony just discontinued?
Players can be expensive, but the most significant reason is probably having to get up and switch discs to watch something else. The vast majority of consumers have no idea how to rip a disc, nor the know-how required to set up a media server.
I’ve got a PS5, otherwise I’d have no way to play my blu-rays and 4k blu-rays… Definitely getting my moneys worth from it.
fair enough.
Because a single movie costs like 3 months of ad-tier Netflix.
They’re not on ad-tier because they’re flushed with cash…
I would rather buy the movie and own it than pay netflix money.
You’re not part of the majority
Most movies aren’t worth owning
There defiantly is.
What?
That is not a proper response to what I said.
sorry, im confused.
I think you meant ‘definitely’. Defiance is very different!
That doesn’t fix it. No.
This is true… But it’s also true that there are like a billion fucking movies out there, so even with such a small % being worth owning, that would still equal a pretty large collection.
The point is, there’s a lot of movies worth watching once, and never again…which is where streaming comes in.
Brand new, maybe. But second hand markets exist for this reason.
So does piracy, and it gives just as much money to the corporations who made the movie, if that’s something you’re worried about. And piracy don’t cost you shit.
Piracy is an option if they don’t care about the laws in their country, but some people care for one reason or another. The conversation was initially about about the cost of disc vs the cost of ad-supported streaming, so I offered a used option.
IF it exists in their country. It also requires enough people to buy the new ones first for it to be available for the second hand market.
True. But there are also libraries with some content that can be lent, and also the option that _cryptagion offered up.
Have you looked at blu-ray prices lately? Shit is cheap af. I’ve been amassing a collection of Criterion Collection blu-rays, usually $30-50 each, on Amazon for ~$15 a piece, on sale consistently. Sometimes even cheaper (Blue is the Warmest Color Criterion Collection Blu-Ray was just on sale for $12.49 on Amazon). The sales seem to change regularly, so I just check every few weeks. And you get a ton of really cool extra shit on top of an amazing film transfer.
And that’s for Criterion Collection. Regular blu-rays are often $7-10
Waiting 20 minutes through unskippable trailers, 4-5 different 30s logos, a 2-3 minute menu intro then a menu that takes 2-3 seconds to respond per arrow press?