As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?

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As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?

  • crawancon@lemm.eeEnglish
    1113·
    9 months ago

    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.

    • WolfLinkEnglish
      42·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • crawancon@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        you can digitize your own collections and store everything you watch…

        sure you can augment with a streaming svc.

        • WolfLinkEnglish
          23·
          9 months ago

          That starts with buying physical media. Except music since a lot (but not all) music is sold for DRM-free download on various sites.