Why I'm Done With Streaming Services
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- In the age of streaming services, why on Earth am I going back to physical media? Let's yap about it!
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I love collecting DVDs and finding a classic at a thrift store for 3 bucks
Reading the comments. I feel like ive found my people.
Happy to be part of this movement. Been listening to albums on CD from start to finish every morning and it's a different world from listening to music while doing ten other things and bouncing from track to track across various artists. Plus I know the music was created by actual human beings and is not AI generated.
There’s just something about the quality and effort that makes it all the more worth it
Bro, fear and loathing in las vegas is a classic. Its a must watch ASAP
Any physical media will do great for this! Love me some VHS
I started collecting vinyl a few years ago alongside VHS and it makes your house look like something out of a time capsule for sure!
I don't miss VHS or vinyl. DVDs were always superior and the last time I watched a tape of ET (1982) it just reminded me of how superior my Blu-ray is. Same goes for vinyl. I don't miss all the ticks and pops then not being able to listen to them in the car unlike a CD or an iTunes file.
@@stonesfan285 I always preferred VHS to DVD. DVD often had unskippable ads and didn't remember your place. As a kid/even as an adult, being able to stop and immediately pick back up is a huge win.
Oh my god, I went to my local target and I asked one of the employees, "Didn't you guys used to have a larger selection of movies??" Granted, the answer has been streaming services. I look back and it's like, what the hell happened, honestly. I miss those 5 dollar movie bins man.
Walmart still has them!!!! They have a $5 and $7.50 bins. They actually have some pretty good movies in there. I got “Everything Everywhere All At Once” a few months ago in one of those bins
@BrettAbaurrea that's such a great film!! I gotta get that for dvd! You Don did it! I'm gonna have to go to my local Walmart now, get some movies! I'm all jazzed up now 😁😁
I love physical media. My wife and I put off streaming services for YEARS and we never had cable. So we ended up with a ton of dvds that we never got rid of luckily. Once we had our kiddo, we bought a box of 100 Disney (and similar) VHS tapes for something like $20. I started buying vinyl records of the albums that mean a lot to me and I use film for family pictures and trips in a photo album. It will be nice to pass all this along to our kiddo rather than everything getting lost when a phone breaks. Plus who knows how long streaming services will last.
My parents have a load of DVD’s that I watched on repeat and I have my own Blu Ray and 4K collection now that I hope to share with my family someday. I started buying records and photographing on film and it’s all just so enjoyable and tangible it’s hard to describe!
Wait till your kid is older and bringing friends round to watch movies, they’ll be like “what the heck are these plastic bricks?” Hell, some kids don’t even know what a CD is now (which is so sad)
Way back when the dvd came out there were all these magazine and newspaper articles telling you that the life span of a VHS tape was only 8 years so you need to just throw them out and get the space saving and far superior DVD along with the player. I never could get rid of mine. I loved them so much especially when they were being left at thrift shops and resold for practically nothing. I now have too many to count all in shelves in the garage. They did not deteriorate save a few that got white mold probably from poor storage by a previous owner. I have a special room equipped with an older smaller flat screen that allows me to hook up my VHS player. It is my happy place.
That’s awesome and crazy to think they said lifespan was only 8 years… I have tapes from the 80’s that play flawlessly
@@RealSkylarDolanAgreed. I've had the same VHS copy of Jurassic Park since I was 8, still have the same VCR that I got for my 8th birthday and only got a new television about 5 years ago (I also got it for my 8th birthday). Keep the tapes clean and they'll last forever.
VHS will never Die! Rock on Broski you are right up my style of collecting and hunting, In the physical media wars you either Rent or Own! I have been hunting VHS since 2012 as well as never stopped buying them technically, 3rd generation. I have 33 VCRS and roughly 4K Tapes, wise to stay ahead of the craze that will come, like what happend with Retro Video games is occuring with VHS in ways right now.
Hell yeah! Crazy to see VHS be the wave but obviously very happy to see it and enjoy it while it still lasts
@@RealSkylarDolan There will always be damaged junk out there in the future, but it is thinning out. When Collections get turned over to thrift stores untouched, that is where I intervine LOL I found 4 box sets of special episodes from each of the first 4 seaons, FOX Release, 24 episodes 12 Tapes $4.35 People think "I don't have a VCR and can't watch this." Turn it over regardless what it is....... Do people stop and think that these are vintage collectibles? 2004 last main stream VHS year. 2024 Broski, Keep on Huntin'
VHS is dead. They stopped making them quite awhile ago.
I'd rather have a hard copy of the things I want to watch again. The quality is often better too.
My rule personally is to watch the film/show first and if i love it, I will buy the Blu ray. I have a total of 8 physical movies and they are movies i have watched multiple times or have been wanting to rewatch
@@bigmanmccheez5342 Same here. I will try to see if I can find somewhere to stream the movie first. Often it's either free or it's under $5 to stream it. If I like it, I will find a used Blu-ray copy or spring for the 4K if it's something I really love. I've got around 1500 movies right now, mostly Blu-ray, some 4K and a few DVDs.
As a person who actively collects VHS, laserdisc and DVDs my only complaint about VHS is that you end up watching most movies in “pan and scan” format. In this regard i think DVD is far superior due to the movies being presented in their proper widescreen format, but VHS tapes are still fun as hell to collect and watch
There are dozens of movies considered "classics" which might -- are you ready? - actually be in black & white!!! - and were NOT filmed in 16:9!! These types of movies, from the 1940's through the 60's are perfectly preserved on VHS, and might even be worth a look!
100%!!!
Thank you for this video. I have felt this same way for a while now.
Recently, I started collecting vintage PC technology and have actually built a Windows 98 PC for older games and a Windows XP PC to sort of recapture that magic I once knew as well as VHS tapes and other means of physical media.
Additionally, do not say that your video isn't going to change minds or change hearts because it certainly will. Even if it changes ONE persons mind, then it's worth it.
That is so cool! I love the idea of keeping games alive with older technology. Thank you for the kind words :)
@@RealSkylarDolan oh no prob! Just discovered your content today but already lovin it
I was done with Netflix in the pandemic when their stream looked worse than DVD so i cancelled it and carried on with my large physical collection instead!
It can be more expensive upfront but I genuinely just enjoy watching physical more especially with all the special features you get
Sometimes even their “HD” looks worse than dvd
I never got into streaming; I always preferred physical media and ended up having that vindicated by the way these corporations splintered up the streaming, edited their products on the sly, or even just straight-up pulled stuff off the platform. My copies of Dumbo or Peter Pan doesn't have some "content warning" on it.
Recently I got a converter so my VCR will work again. I've hooked up my DVD player near my computer so I can listen to my movies and shows. I've gotten a music player that plays everything from records to tapes to CDs. And yes, I've pirated shows that never got a proper release, not even on streaming. Some people might mock those of us who prefer cultivating these collections, but my collection is tailored to me, not them, and it's not dependent on a constant internet connection either.
At the end of the day it makes us happy and we have something to show for our money it’s a win win
Love collecting vhs. Recently picked up a 27” Samsung CRT for free to upgrade my set up.
Nice! Those are getting expensive so getting one for free is a real score
With streaming it’s only going to get worse and far more dystopian. If a platform doesn’t want to show a movie or film, it could just disappear into the ether of nothingness never to be seen again.
I got my DVD collection and gaming collection, so I’m good.
It makes me sad to see so many films and tv shows just be straight up lost to the public because studios don’t want to deal with rights issues or for tax incentives like Warner Bros. Same with video games especially I’ll always push for physical games.
"There's so much more intention". Mindfully consuming, instead of mindlessly consuming. What musicians do you like? "Oh I don't know, I just put on this playlist on Spotify." No connection to what's being consumed!
Great video, thanks for posting!
Thank you for the kind words!
A question that I really love and always have an answer to because every time I really like an artist, I buy their music either in physical or downloadable files on Bandcamp. My CD collection is like a family to me. I always know which styles of music are on them and the names of every song for the most part. Owning media is so cozy and engaging.
It's crazy to me when I'm talking to people about music and I ask what their favourite album is, and the response is "Oh i don't listen to the albums" or "I just listen to the top tracks". Worse again is if they don't know the name of the song even remotely.
@@bigmanmccheez5342 zero connection to the artists creating what they consume.
I detest them. Raising prices, adverts not only at the begining but during the movie, short episode runs, 2 year gaps between seasons, weekly episode releases, an attempt at abolishing binge watching, are all factors. If i wanted normal tv then id watch normal tv.
We’ve just successfully created cable 2.0 that’s all it is
@@RealSkylarDolan I just watches on hour long episode of the boys on prime and i have 7 adds broken into 3 segments. This is getting out of hand already.
Netflix gone yesterday. I actually feel free!
I want to join you but my partner likes Netflix. So I'm stuck with it for the time being
100% agree with you on this!
Streaming has gotten out of control on prices plus digital rights still aren’t true ownership.
I’ve gotten back into collecting DVDs & CDs for these reasons alongside nostalgia.
I get so annoyed seeing everything leaving streaming and switching services etc that it has to pop this bubble soon
This is a follow up for a video about how buying physical is cheaper than streaming. He calculated at least 1000$ a year on subscription services just for the access to the platforms, not even for the content. If you have four or more of these services it would be cheaper to buy a good movie every once in a while and getting other movies from the library
I've been stock piling Blu-rays and DVDs damn I even still have a couple of VHS players with a large collection of old pre certificate horror tapes. Dinosaur and proud
Same here man I got like over a 100 vhs tapes
I started out collecting mostly horror tapes and now I’m rounding it out so I probably only have around 30 or so
I don't understand people who don't own and have no interest in owning CDs. I've always hated listening to music on the radio because they choose the music, not the listener. And I have no interest in hearing "More than a Feeling" for the 1000th time or whatever Foreigner tune they pull out of their bin. I am constantly scouring thrift stores for CDs. $2. Give it a try. Brazilian music, Chinese classical music, some bizarre band that nobody's ever heard of. Choose an album based solely on the cover. But have Sirius XM choose the next song? Pay money to a streaming service so that I can hear the same music I've already got on CD? I will admit, however, that having a streaming service to watch some TV show or some movie that I'm never going to watch again is convenient. I liked watching "Bosch" and "Flying Circus" on Amazon or whatever because I just can't see owning the DVD. Shows and music aren't like music. There's only so many times I can watch something. Black Sabbath or Miles Davis is forever.
Not to mention CD quality is so much higher than streaming and radio! Radio has always annoyed me because it’s mostly ads now anyway but I love finding CD’s for cheap
I've started to build up a collection and I am absolutely all for it. There are so many films that have taken me years to get to because of the abundance of choice i got with Netflix. I now watch films with intention more than i have before in the last 10-12 years and I love it.
I can't really afford to buy physical movies so my current situation is video files but even so, they're still so much higher quality than Netflix has been. I've built up a collection of sci fi and horror movies that I've been wanting to watch for years and have finally gotten to them because my choices are now limited. I've wasted a lot of time just scrolling through netflix for 20-30 minutes before giving up and watching a youtube video, completely missing out on what I wanted to do, which was enjoy a movie.
I have downloaded and watched so many classic movies that I was missing out on in the last 2 weeks, stuff like Scream, The Crow and Friday the 13th, things i should have watched a long time ago.
These days, I only keep streaming services installed on my phone or using streaming services on my tv to experience new films I haven't seen that also have a dvd/blu-ray copy for purchase somewhere. If a movie is good enough after i watch it, I'm increasingly more likely to buy it physically. Eventually, I'll reach a point in time where I'll also be done with streaming services and will have more money in my wallet month by month from just using dvds and blu-rays on one of my playstations.
16:27 you know I've heard that 35mm film looks so good today because it has the equivalent of 35 million pixels. That may not be accurate but yeah it captures sooo much more detail than digital cameras. Its why a 4K remaster of 60 year old movie can look so good.
Yeah I’m very interested in the amount of data that film captures and how it compares to digital, it’s amazing just how much information is stored that’s why I love getting 4k scans of older movies
I too have went back to buying Music, Movies, and TV Shows on physical media. But however, I do believe that physical media is going back to being an collectors market thing for hobbyists
100% I was in Target the other day and they had like 10 movies in their media section and it was just sad
I started collecting dvd blu ray and 4k again I also bought a record player and started collecting records to
I don't care how much they cost you own them and can watch or listen to them at anytime you want
I watch a movie every day
It’s more expensive but more gratifying is how I look at it
@@RealSkylarDolan true collecting physical media is so cool and a great hobby
Plus things you collect will go up in value to imo
I just regret tossing out my dvd cases cause I wanted to put them in one of those dvd books and my collection is about over 400 + dvd and blu rays i also have a vhs collection vinyl and cd collection i also regret that me have a huge collection of physical i was still paying for streaming but just yesterday i said no more I cancelled all my streaming services… love your video by the way
Thank you! I also have a DVD book for when I bought movies from Redbox to keep and wish they had cases but can’t win em all
You can only watch so much with streaming services. That was the main reason why I stopped and canceled my subscriptions.
And the moment paid streaming platforms like Netflix started putting advertisements inbetween your watches, I knew I made the right move.
There are free streaming platforms like Pluto or Tubi and they play advertisements between watches, and I'm fine with that.
The nice thing about physical media is the satisfaction of not only owning what you buy, but the satisfaction of not relying on the Internet when you watch the content. And the DVD/Blu-ray has extra behind the scenes stuff, something streaming platforms do not provide.
Yeah i’m a huge fan of special features and getting so many different extras and documentaries is a bonus that just can’t be replicated with streaming
how do the vhs tapes look on an hdtv? last time I tried that years ago I remember it looking terrible. I have a crt now specifically for vintage gaming or the occasional vhs.
Sadly my TV doesn’t have a spot for component cables so I have to use a convertor and it looks good enough to watch without a problem but it’s definitely not the purest way to watch them
My physical media is used/thrifted.
That’s the best kind of media getting a deal and adding to the collection
I have an entire bookshelf in the basement of films. Ive been going through thise and have half abandoned most online services
It’s always fun to physically see how much media you’ve watched, I’m definitely guilty of not watching all my own movies
When it comes to preserving old games, I would recommend going with the emulators on PC
I am so glad this popped up on my homepage. This is an enjoyable listen while doing other stuff fr. (Like writing this comment. xD )
I could go on and on, but all I'll say is I saw the original Alien from 1979 for the first time when it was re-released in theatres a few months back for the 45th anniversary, all its glory on the big screen. Digged the Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack (Which as a Trekkie, well, the likelihood was quite high that I would, yeah.), and now I found them all for dirt cheap on VHS at a sale and watch them on an ancient round screen TV. (Well, maybe. I think the first one will be my favourite, have not even seen the others. Though the fun thing about the franchise is they are kind of all standalone) Life is good.
Gotta love it when you're luck enough to have many unlabeled tapes to explore. (Ah, brutalmoose, inspiration.)
Going back to older media and seeing it in different forms is genuinely so fun and I love brutalmoose! His series in VHS tapes always makes me laugh and hits that nostalgia center of my brain.
nobody sells vhs tapes around me at all
vhs tapes can break so easily so u have to be so careful with them
To be honest idk a single young adult man who doesnt collect stuff. My spongebob figurine collection is threatening to drown me lol. But yeah i love physical media. Nevermind the fact i don't want to subscribe to ANOTHER streaming service just to watch the one movie or show my current subscription services dont have. But if it's a good enough movie, i want to see it in the best quality possible. Low bit rate, and frequent dips in resolution due to internet lag is not how i want to view 2001 A Space Odyssey
Exactly! It also gives a sense of more intention which I really enjoy
The dream of the internet and streaming was the preservation and availability of everything everywhere but instead the mechanisms that inform what is available on streaming services has ruined them. Corporations / publishers using their "content" as bargaining chips in a ratrace to sell license packages to the highest bidder which only results in a terribly unpredictable supply for the consumer when the entire point of the model was ease of use and freedom of choice. So much old stuff isn't offered either, or they do offer them but it's some inferior version of the thing you want, or they only offer it partially. It's honestly horrific considering how much cultural momentum has been sucked out of the television and cinema industries, trying to watch certain old shows on streaming services is very hard to do and it almost feels like a deliberate move to obfuscate how crap some of the new stuff is by trying to hide the old stuff as best as possible. The absolute best way to get what you want it to just buy it physically.
In the olden days when streaming services had just started it was incredible to have so few services and so many shows and then it just devolved into chaos and it’s really unfortunate. I hope that since we likely won’t go above 4K in terms of home media that we start getting more things that are stuck in DVD seeing new releases.
The internet has provided that through piracy, so in a way we got it. Just not through the official means (by their own fault)
i would love to burn some dvds to keep.
DO IT SKYLAR !!!!!!
you should find the free streaming services and see if it is worth your time to watch for free instead of paying for streaming as there are several options out there
I’ve heard good things about Tubi and I have a Roku TV and they occasionally have some good stuff
What got me back to collecting dvds was so i can rip them and try to make them 1080p with ai as a hobby
Also failing at it too but gonna keep going and learning
I’ve watched a few videos on AI upscaling and it seems really interesting, good luck!
1:36 hey I see Adventure time also I do recommend investing in a region free Blu-ray or 4k region free player
Huge fan of AT! Region free is actually super good idea
Bring back Blockbuster!
That's why I watch movies for free on sketchy websites 😅😅
those of us without netflix had to watch Beverly Hills Cop 4 somehow 🫡
I can't believe this isn't a joke or an RLM sketch. You sound like the old hipsters who used to swear that vinyl was the best way to listen to music, that the cracks and pops made it sound more authentic, the way it was meant to be heard, and all the technical hassles were worth it. You're got this adopted nostalgia for a time you missed out on and it's sad, you need to find ways to appreciate your own time. As for media, physical is sometimes worth it but only for special features and commentaries, anything else is so much better stored digitally. You didn't grow up with VHS so you didn't get to use its main function, making your own tapes from free sources or movie channels. That habit extended to some who would also make their own copies of tapes they rented, and then that would translate into the era f ripping dvd's. Sadly, no one thought to preserve all the features and extra people worked so hard to collect before disc rot claimed them, streaming services just have the title itself and you're lucky is the subtitles work correctly. Yes, collect and curate your own collection, but drop this silly love of the boxes and plastic cases and magnetic tape, all that is doomed to die out. Try to preserve value in your own collection, not monetary, but cultural and entertainment value, and for that the dvd era is your golden age. If you're going to be a physical collector, at least make plans to back it up digitally, trust me, you'll be glad you did later on. Dedication of any kind to VHS for any purpose other than making content or turning it into digital is pure vanity.
I grew up on VHS and tape. To claim that a hobby of enjoying a media format is vanity is an insane stretch, I’m just trying to have fun
I get what you’re saying, but especially for old movies/music, they were made with the hardware of its time in mind.
A “worse” experience might very well be more enjoyable in some cases.
As a personal anecdote, recently i watched Phantom Menace on 4k Bluray and was disappointed that i thought the CGI looked realistic 25 years ago. “How could i have been fooled like this, it looks terrible!”
Then i tried watching it on DVD on an old CRT, and it look much better despite the lower resolution (and zoomed in image). The CGI actually looked credible again, because it was meant to be seen on this older lower fidelity hardware. Not on a 55” 4K living room display , it doesn’t hold up to that level of scrutiny and the experience is worse for it
You can go backwards with your streaming nonsense, low nitrate trash while us with physical discs have the highest quality and it's ours, not in the possession of these companies that remove it at any cost due to rights issues etc. I've had multiple people asking me do I have such an such on disc and 9 out of 10 times i lend it out as no streaming site has it unless you pay to rent the title say off Amazon.
@@carck6442 This is especially true for anything sci-fi or basically anything that used a lot of special effects. I watched A New Hope on Disney+ a few months back and it's just not the same as watching the DVDs. Even on a modern TV, the slight blurriness of the DVD bothers me much less than the pixel perfect smoothness of 4k. 4k makes me uncomfortable anyway, I don't entirely know why but i find that extreme amount of detail unnerving.
I dont understand this video. Its like you made this just to persuade yourself.
Why are you buying VHS? its such low quality that they dont even make them anymore. Stranger things and Jaws are still bluray but in VHS packaging for reteo style.
How is you listening to the same songs the fault of spotify? you have access to millions of songs.
Not able to find a movie to watch is a you problem. People nowadays have low attention span and cant try new things. You have more ease of access to movies than any generation before. And yet people are conplaining about this? Place a movie lover from the 80s or 90s to today and theyd be absolutely ecstatic from the cenveience of watching movies.
I see these kinds of videos all the time. Not only being pro physical media but somehow regressing to VHS. They dont even make VHS players anynore. Ridiculous.
Also, cant afford to stream? Seriously?
I love my VHS collection. I still have the same VCR I got when I turned 8 (over 25 years ago). I really think it's just a preference. I still have cassette tapes and my cassette walkman. I put music from my CD collections on my mp3 player and make my own mixed tapes. It's actually quite fun.
I agree. A few years ago before my parents sold their house, I slept in the basement on the futon to babysit my sister's dog. I got bored and decided to put a tape of E.T. (1982) on that I found in a moving box. It was laughable how bad the quality was even on a small 27-inch CRT TV. It was one of those VHS/DVD combos. It just reminded me of how superior my Blu-ray copy is. I don't miss VHS, same as how I don't miss vinyl. I sure as hell don't miss having to rewind them all after watching. DVD/BD/4K are superior and same goes for CDs and iTunes downloads.
@@futoijosei I like VHS too but the downside is that many 'Scope/Panavision movies are pan & scan. I have a ton of VHS and still record stuff on tape at times but really prefer DVD overall, even to later formats.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 I usually have a copy of both if I like the movie.
As someone who spent most of my life in the pre-streaming days, I find you guys absolutely hilarious.
$16/mo. for Spotify = access to most recordings ever made
$16/mo. for new physical media = maybe one new CD per month (if you're lucky)
What a deal!
And VHS, seriously? It was a trash format when it was new, and it looks terrible on a non-CRT monitor.
It's funny how none of us who lived through this era have almost no nostalgia for it, while you guys do? Your problem is not the format and convenience, it's managing your expectations that matters.
The whole point is that overconsumption creates diminishing returns, sure I can listen to anything on Spotify but it becomes mindless. As for VHS I lived through it to see the creation of the DVD and it’s just something nostalgic that people find fun, it’s not about getting the best picture quality that’s what 4K is for which is why I use both. At the end of the day if you’re not hurting anyone who cares?
@TheSkylarDolan
My point is that overconsumption is a choice, and making considered choices from a vast library of options does not diminish that experience. Growing up, I was so frustrated that there was so much music out there that was out of my reach because I couldn't afford to buy everything I wanted. While scarcity did make me cherish what I had all the more, I would NEVER want to return to that era when you would only be able to experience some music if you happened by chance to catch it on the radio or MTV. For a real music afficionado, it really sucked compared to today.
Now I listen to pretty much everything from streaming services (and I have literally thousands of CDs and LPs collecting dust). But I don't listen indiscriminately to whatever some algorithm thinks I like. I curate my own playlists and mostly listen to what I've chosen myself...I just have a much bigger library to choose from than ever before...and I'm no longer stuck listening only at home or to whatever cassettes/discs I have floating around the car. The flexibility, price, quality, and choice are the greatest thing that have ever happened for listeners of recorded music. I don't even miss the liner notes, as all of that information and much, much more is available at my fingertips on the same device as my music plays on!
Spotify is complete trash and CDs can be had for pennies in thrift stores.
What looks better...Digipak remastered releases of AC/DC albums which I have all the early classic ones or looking at thumbnails of the album covers on a screen?
@DavidMander-rs4uk
I'm curious why you think Spotify is trash. And album artwork is great to have, but the portability of music is most valuable to me.
I was born in 1980 and collect VHS. Analog signals have soul. No 4k transfer can reproduce that.