I tried to show a new friend Firefly and it wasnt streaming anywhere. Luckily I had it on DVD.

Video games - depends on where I can get the best value when I decide I want a new game. I don't splurge on sales a ton since I usually wait to buy until I want a new game to play. I have a big backlog as it is.

Movies are pretty split. Will splurge on sales sometimes for digital titles but I like physical copies still. If I find a physical copy with digital code copy included I am set.

I rarely ever buy tv shows or music.

No

Don't do games.

If a piece of music that I want is available digitally, I will get it that way, otherwise I'll get the CD.

I have bought my last physical disc movie. I had the entire Star Wars collection going into March this year, when The Rise of Skywalker was released. I've bought many digital movies since then via iTunes, typically when I find a title that I'd like to have in my digital library for $4.99 (most recently bought The Mummy trilogy (Brendan Frasier) for $14.99).

For books, I still prefer the physical copy. I do have several titles digitally, but my physical book library remains far larger. I am awaiting a shipment from Amazon later tonight that will include the hardcover release of Ian Toll's third volume in his Pacific War trilogy.

I had a 200 disc CD case stolen out of a rental car in New Orleans in 2002. I haven't bought a CD since. I've bought a couple workout DVD's and a season of the Wire on DVD since but that's about it in the last 18 years.

The Debt said:

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I tried to show a new friend Firefly and it wasnt streaming anywhere. Luckily I had it on DVD.

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Yes it is.

It's on Hulu and also for sale on several platforms.

Use Jus****ch or ReelGood they show all the streaming content providers and you can customize which you have. Then it shows you where anything is playing or available.

For example:

Scroll down and you'll see streaming and Buy options.
https://www.jus****ch.com/us/tv-show/firefly

Books are about it.

Does my real doll count?

I'm basically 100% digital now. I have some old discs but don't buy anything new on disc and I don't even have a BR/DVD player any more but I could play them through my Mac if I want to.

Music - 100% digital - I have both Apple Music (family plan for everyone) and Spotify (on a college student discount my daughters). I actually have my own music library too backed up on an external drive with over 13K titles. Just in case the others become too expensive I'll revert to that.

Movies - I redeemed and converted everything I could. I have over 120 movie title digitally mostly on Vudu and across platforms shared via Movies Anywhere on Apple TV, Google Play, Fandango NOW and Amazon Prime libraries. A few titles are unique to those platforms so I have a spreadsheet DB that lists them all and where they are. I also have a friend that has a PLEX server/library of 300+ movies and shares it with me.

Books - I sold most of my books when I moved as I did not want to move and store them. I have 100+ digital book titles on Amazon and B&N apps. My wife has probably 500+ she reads trash romance novels and I made her move to all digital 7-8 years ago.

My TV content is 100% streaming via Roku or laptops or apple TV device. I have Hulu + Live, Netflix, Prime (free), Apple TV+ (free), HBO (free), Vudu for the movie library, plus several other free services (Hoopla, Kanopy, Xumo, Pluto, Crackle, Tubi, Stirr, etc.). I occasionally do free trials of Disney+ or CBS AA for certain shows and then cancel.

C@LAg said:

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Use Jus****ch


https://www.jus****ch.com/us/tv-show/firefly

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please watch your language. this is a family friendly site.

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ha!!!!

it's just watch all together which forms the embedded offending word

t w a t

what a dumb filter.

Here is the other one I use to find stuff

https://reelgood.com/show/firefly-2002

I still have some older dvds/blu-rays and kept a few cds, but I haven't bought anything non-digital in years.

For games, I tend to go with discs but just because I've found the best deals on them for the last few I wanted.

Books are almost exclusively print. I bought a few on kindle over the years and will download a free one every now and then when I happen to see one. Haven't actually read a digital one in quite awhile though.

Movies are 99% Blu-ray.

Books are about 50/50 because it's weird to give someone a Kindle book as a gift. And cookbooks are still better via physical book.

Music is 100% digital

I bought one of the early Kindle's in 2012 and made the mistake of reading Game of Thrones there. I was so confused until I got to the end and realized that in the back of the book there were house genealogies and a map. Been back to physical books ever since

Amazon had a thing a little while back where a digital album was like $12 and a real cd was like $8, but with the real cd you got a digital version too. As a result, I have several real cd's that are still in the cellophane.

I can't imagine not having bookcases full of books. But everything else is now digital.

Silky Johnston said:

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The recent wave of wokeness and censorship has me reconsidering relying too much on streaming. Community, The Office, and other harmless shows have had episodes pulled from streaming because of offensive content.

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It happened to the Simpsons and South Park as well. The Simpsons pulled the Michael Jackson episode.

With South Park, you have to know what you are getting into there. I think all of those episodes had some depiction of Muhammad.

I'm 100% digital. I could see a market for empty boxes with movie poster covers. I have no need for disks, but it would be nice to have a shelf of movie boxes to see and choose from instead of clicking on a digital file from a folder called "Comedy".

Same thing with famous album covers. But I'd only need about 50 classics to put on the wall.

I'm 100% digital. I didn't think I could ditch books but got a kobo Forma a year ago and love it.

I'll never forget the week I spent ripping all my CDs to iTunes and google music. It was several shoeboxes with thousands of CDs I have bought my whole life. Over and over and over and over.

Now they are safely in google drive although I really wonder how safe that is.

Digital is extremely convenient and portable.

However it does lose some of the satisfaction I used to get from physical media. For instance, I miss reading news from an actual newspaper. There was something about it that I just loved. I would read much more of it. Now I just skim the news.

Movies/tv - if it's something I really like and want to always have a copy instead of relying on streaming it somewhere

Video games - I usually trade in games that I won't play again so I try and do physical, but if it's a game I want to play ASAP or know I'll keep it around for replay I will buy digital

Books - all physical unless I want a ebook to listen in the car

Books - physical
Movies - physical
Console games - physical
PC games - digital
Music - digital


Some games digital but ideally a nice full-price AAA release would be physical. For something cheap or remastered I'm fine with a quick digital download.