I haven't bought a Blu-ray in a couple years now, but if/when I finally get a PS5 or other 4k player, and a 4k tv, I plan on at least getting the LOTR and Star Wars 4k box sets, since I don't even have those on Blu-ray. Still have my old DVDs.
Do you still buy Blu Rays?
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It's been a few years. I wish I could say I was an A/V nerd, but I can't - and I can't really tell the difference anymore versus a physical disc and watching the same thing over a high-quality stream with good internet.
The content on the physical disc can't be changed by the woke mob or George Lucas
TXAG 05 said:
The content on the physical disc can't be changed by the woke mob or George Lucas
I do occasionally. If I'm in Best Buy I'll glance at the $5 bin from time to time. That's how I scored Big Trouble in Little China and Beerfest on BR.
When I can get cheap like that it is a no brainer to have a physical copy as long as I still have a player. Still rocking the PS3 but whenever our projector bites the dust I'll upgrade to 4K TV or projector, PS5 (assuming that is the latest still at the time), etc.
I have Star Wars full set on BR - minus some of the spin-offs like Rogue One, Solo, etc. I'll add them eventually.
When I can get cheap like that it is a no brainer to have a physical copy as long as I still have a player. Still rocking the PS3 but whenever our projector bites the dust I'll upgrade to 4K TV or projector, PS5 (assuming that is the latest still at the time), etc.
I have Star Wars full set on BR - minus some of the spin-offs like Rogue One, Solo, etc. I'll add them eventually.
Staff - take out the trash.
I watch most movies digitally, via my Apple TV collection, but every movie I own digitally I also own physically on either 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, or DVD. As long as studios continue to sell physical copies, I will continue to buy physical copies, for two reasons: 1) the picture/audio is obviously better on discs (though the gap is admittedly narrowing), but more importantly, 2) the physical copies are essentially my insurance/backups, considering, as previously mentioned, studios can do whatever the hell they want with the digital copies, and remove/change anything on a whim. That, and in some imagined apocalypse scenario, where I somehow have electricity but no internet, I'll have my own, physical library to keep me company (the same reason I don't subscribe to a monthly music service and (digitally) buy every song I listen to, all of which are stored on my hard drive, as opposed to my digital movie collection, which lives on the cloud). As for my collection itself...
My 4K Blu-rays (with some Blu-rays mixed in, if part of a franchise)...
My Criterion Collection...
My Blu-rays...
My DVDs (plus some Blu-ray TV spillover)...
My 4K Blu-rays (with some Blu-rays mixed in, if part of a franchise)...
My Criterion Collection...
My Blu-rays...
My DVDs (plus some Blu-ray TV spillover)...
FAT SEXY said:
There are shows and movies that I'd like to have on physical media. I've been starting to buy 4k versions, but there are several things that aren't on 4k that I want.
Would you just buy the Blu Ray or wait and hope that it releases on 4k in the future?
Also, how do you know which movies are slotted for 4k prints in the future?
P.S. Bring Captain Ron and The 13th Warrior to Blu Ray or 4k.
I mostly use...
https://thedigitalbits.com
... and...
https://www.blu-ray.com
I usually just buy Blu-ray, unless the 4k is same price or cheaper when on sale. I typically go to Dollar Tree and look through their BR stash. All BRs are $1.25 there. I also visit the local half price books stores. You can usually get a fantastic price on used BRs.
Alphabetical. Props.
Only psychos store their collection in random order. That's utter madness.
Growing up we had hundreds of VHS + DVDs, and looking back on it, it's crazy to me that we only ever had them in random order.
Hell, we didn't even have them on a shelf. As a kid I'd have to sift through multiple boxes to find the tape I wanted to watch.
Plus, a lot of them were recorded off the TV, which made things even harder.
I had a tough childhood.
Plus, a lot of them were recorded off the TV, which made things even harder.
I had a tough childhood.
TCTTS said:
Only psychos store their collection in random order. That's utter madness.
From you I expected them in alphabetical by screenwriters........
https://i.postimg.cc/rpHKr9JQ/IMG-0770.jpg
I would have thought he sorted them by Third assistant producer.
You are missing both of the good criterion collection movies
This is spinal tap
And
Salo
Everything else might as well be of the 5 for $10.99 bin at walmart
This is spinal tap
And
Salo
Everything else might as well be of the 5 for $10.99 bin at walmart
Imagine having only one opportunity to watch something, with no way to record it, or that one of your favorite movies was going to air on Sunday night but not getting to watch all the way through because it was a school night.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Hell, we didn't even have them on a shelf. As a kid I'd have to sift through multiple boxes to find the tape I wanted to watch.
Plus, a lot of them were recorded off the TV, which made things even harder.
I had a tough childhood.
My life changed the day my parents brought home that first Betamax.
Arrakis ecologist said:TCTTS said:
Only psychos store their collection in random order. That's utter madness.
From you I expected then in alphabetical by screenwriters........
I once flirted with organizing by director, for at least the big-name directors, but that got unwieldy fast.
That said, I do have some additional rules/thoughts, which some might consider extreme...
- All MCU movies live together in the M section, specifically under "Marvel." So before The Matrix Trilogy, not after it (had it been under "MCU"). Also, if I owned the entire MCU collection, I would put them in either release or story order, but because I only own certain entires I organize them alphabetically within "Marvel."
- Same for any movies in the Alien franchise. Prometheus, for instance, goes in the As, under "Alien," but *before* Alien, since it's a prequel to Alien.
- I thought about putting Solo and Rogue One between Episodes III and IV, but it ruined the aesthetic of all nine saga movies lined up in a row. Sometimes look trumps story order.
- Man of Steel goes in the S section, under "Superman." If only because I plan on upgrading Superman I, II, and Returns from Blu-ray to 4K Blu-ray, and then all Superman movies will live together. (The complication would be if I owned any other DCEU movies, which I don't. But if I did, MoS, Batman v Superman, Justice League, Wonder Woman, etc, would all live together in the Ds, under "Detective Comics."
- That said, Creed is currently in the Cs, but if I were to buy any Rocky movies, Creed would likely be grouped in the Rs with them.
- The Craig James Bond collection was also a tricky one. Does it go in the Bs for "Bond"? The Js for "James Bond"? Or is it a numbered title because of "007"? I ultimately decided on the latter, since that's what's on the spine.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Hell, we didn't even have them on a shelf. As a kid I'd have to sift through multiple boxes to find the tape I wanted to watch.
Plus, a lot of them were recorded off the TV, which made things even harder.
I had a tough childhood.
Prior to DVDs, this is more excusable. You get a pass. Movie collections weren't as much of a thing, and I didn't know anyone who owned enough VHSs to treat them like a vast library of books on a shelf.
But remember how expensive they were back then. Terminator was "priced to own" at $80 or $90 in 1985.
There weren't collectible because you could afford to have a collection
There weren't collectible because you could afford to have a collection
Man, I don't even remember that. That's nuts. I think I only officially owned Batman ('89) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ('90) on VHS. Everything else I recorded from cable.
I'm an idiot. What is criterion? I see they take some very old films and standardize on disc.
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It's like super fancy versions of mostly more artsy/drama type movies (though they have a ton of mainstream stuff as well). With special, custom cover art, usually a brand new, pristine transfer of a movie, new/additional extras, etc…
https://www.criterion.com/
https://www.criterion.com/
Movies I only watched recorded from tv:
Home Alone (and in Spanish)
Superman II (Also in Spanish, never even watched 1 until years later)
Back to the Future Part III (Again, way before seeing 1-2)
My Girl
Kindergarten Cop
Three Men and a Baby
And a whole bunch of Simpsons episodes (In Spanish, which was an awesome dub, and most of them just so happen to be some of the best Simpsons episodes of all time.)
Home Alone (and in Spanish)
Superman II (Also in Spanish, never even watched 1 until years later)
Back to the Future Part III (Again, way before seeing 1-2)
My Girl
Kindergarten Cop
Three Men and a Baby
And a whole bunch of Simpsons episodes (In Spanish, which was an awesome dub, and most of them just so happen to be some of the best Simpsons episodes of all time.)
Garrelli 5000 said:
I'm an idiot. What is criterion? I see they take some very old films and standardize on disc.
They are a collection of very select movies that typically had some impact either culturally or cinegraphically. It is a pretty big deal to get you movie released as a criterion collection film. The criterion release typically have a lot of special features that aren't available anywhere.
Apparently a mint vhs copy of Terminator sold for $32k not to long ago.
Yeah it was crazy. People would have one, maybe 2 movies at home. And $80 was cheap at the time most movies were $400 or so. Keep in mind we are talking 1985 dollars ($200-250 and $1000ish)
Yeah it was crazy. People would have one, maybe 2 movies at home. And $80 was cheap at the time most movies were $400 or so. Keep in mind we are talking 1985 dollars ($200-250 and $1000ish)
Hulk in the DVD is under H. Not M
Bad Boys is flipped the wrong way, but you lined it up by the other label.
And unless I missed it, you don't have any Indiana Jones.
Bad Boys is flipped the wrong way, but you lined it up by the other label.
And unless I missed it, you don't have any Indiana Jones.
https://i.postimg.cc/rpHKr9JQ/IMG-0770.jpg
TCTTS said:
Only psychos store their collection in random order. That's utter madness.
Mine are all random because I digitize them as soon as I buy them, add them to my media server, and then store them away for safe keeping.
You did. Indy is right there.
Arrakis ecologist said:
Hulk in the DVD is under H. Not M
Bad Boys is flipped the wrong way, but you lined it up by the other label.
And unless I missed it, you don't have any Indiana Jones.
- Hulk isn't an MCU movie, thus it doesn't belong with the MCU movies.
- Bad Boys I & II *isn't* flipped the wrong way. Rather, it's obscure/special packaging where, if the spine were placed the proper way, the movies themselves would fall out of the sleeve the second someone pulled it off the shelf (see pic below).
- All four Indiana Jones movies are in the 4K Blu-ray section, in the white "Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection" box, just after Hell or High Water.
That's true, but every year around Christmas in the early 80s, Paramount released some titles priced to sell. An Officer and a Gentleman, Star Trek II/III, and Raiders of the Lost Ark/Temple of Doom were $29.99 or close to that.Duncan Idaho said:
But remember how expensive they were back then. Terminator was "priced to own" at $80 or $90 in 1985.
There weren't collectible because you could afford to have a collection
Somebody paid money for Bad Boys movies.
Absolutely. Early Michael Bay is fantastic.
Also, two of my best friends worked and met on BBII, and one of them is actually in it. Heck, the stories I've heard from that set alone are enough to make me want to own that movie.
So it's part moral support, but I also unabashedly love both movies. Anyone who doesn't can GTFO.
Also, two of my best friends worked and met on BBII, and one of them is actually in it. Heck, the stories I've heard from that set alone are enough to make me want to own that movie.
So it's part moral support, but I also unabashedly love both movies. Anyone who doesn't can GTFO.
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