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10 Things Switching To Physical Media Taught Me

Nomad Over Normal

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Physical media is awesome, but it teaches you some lessons you may not have considered.

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0:00 I thought this was a money decision
0:46 1. Special features are the first thing convenience kills
2:21 2. You don't need infinite options
3:23 3. Access is not ownership
4:25 4. Libraries are the best video stores that ever existed
5:31 5. Media becomes an event again
6:48 6. Streaming quality is worse than they let on
7:39 7. The thrill of the hunt is real
9:34 8. Your collection says something about you
12:01 9. You get the original version
12:56 10. The friction is the whole point
14:01 What the disc teaches that the app can't

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20 Comments

@Jessicab-u7c 1 month ago

Rewatching loved movies is the beauty of physical media.

@Geneparmesan 1 month ago

I started listening to CDs instead of streaming after watching your videos. What I've realized is, I listen to so much more different music instead of just what got pushed to me on spotify. The algorithms keep replaying the same things and being able to choose amongst even 10 different albums gives me so much more

@albro65 1 month ago

I've been building my physical media collection from scratch since last year. The hunt is for real one of the best parts. I'm blessed to have a video store where I live that sells clothing, vinyl records, cds, VHS, cassette tapes, DVDs, Blu-rays, and recently video games. I've found so many of my favorite movies and tv shows because of that store. (And for good prices too because most of the movies and shows are priced below $4 each). Also even a DVD is better quality than streaming, at least where I live, and I've also noticed that the audio is more stabilized and consistent on a DVD vs streaming (ie audio is the same volume throughout vs streaming where the commercials are 10 times the volume of the show).

@Ralphanese 3 weeks ago

What's really gonna blow your mind is that, technically, physical media is a type of proprietary solution made to sell you an entirely different product. All of the standards we enjoyed from Cassette tapes, to CDs, to DVDs/Blu-Rays, Vinyl, Cartridges, ALL of these are NOT open standards. They were developed by specific electronic companies, made to use media to sell you the devices on which you play that media.

It's only recently that we have open digital standards for media, and a lot of these legacy electronics companies hate that, so they introduce things like DRM on their newer formats in the hopes that it would dissuade people from ripping the contents of their physical media, which would deprive them of the pseudo-monopoly they have on controlling the media they own the intellectual property rights to.

@ThomasCostigan 1 month ago

Rewatchhed the first series of Heroes after Hayden passed.
£1.50 it cost me.
Worth it.

@smappdooda 5 days ago

As per #7, the one thing we lost as a society is "Side quests". Going to hunt for the media and having adventures on the way and discovering new things is important and we lost that and I think we need that to really value these things again.

@colbyhardison 1 month ago

I couldn't agree more! I have even started digging out my old VHS tapes, and I'm working on a record/8-track player for my home! They fit right in with my antique landline!

@maitreip1433 1 month ago

So gratifying to get back to PM and progressively grow your collection

@Kizzy__ 1 month ago

5:17 libraries are hidden gem cheat codes

@SegaCDUniverse 8 days ago

I love the event of sitting down to watch and pick a movie, like you said, making popcorn etc. I need the intention of physical media. I do stream one off watches, but I re-watch things I love and want to own them.

@neonaviolett6281 4 weeks ago

I agree 💯 The perks are important but you can't describe the feeling taking your physician media, placing it on dvd player. You need to experience it ❤

@neonaviolett6281 4 weeks ago

Fun fact- before I started collecting I thought there will be many movies but instead there are mostly TV shows. Who would know 😊

@farfromblake 1 month ago

I love the idea of Physical media I started collecting a little; I hope to collect more one day

@mugenmaster9223 3 weeks ago

When I first decided to do the go off physical media decision. I figured out which films that I knew that I needed from XYZ streaming service to not watch them at all and not be tempted. My holy grail find was getting Pokemon The First Movie with its packaging. Streaming services removed a big portion of the film out, so I’m so glad that I can watch the film, the proper way.

@Superstarearth 1 month ago

For point 2. There is some value of being to be able to look through a media library even though 99.5% you won't be interested or care about that title but being able to see what is out there can help you remember stuff that you have missed or streaming only content to make note of to collect at a later time. (Or find a copy cough cough) There are sites that mimics the library of all the streaming platforms to be able to look through titles.

@christopherbarker1048 1 month ago

No way, your name is Chris. My name is Chris.
I was gonna do the whole Batman v Superman your mom's name is Martha joke.

@EvaUnit02 8 days ago

In the Australia + NZ market, 4k BDs are often only on one disc, especially Paramount releases. So if you like special features and for whatever reason they're on the 1080p BD disc only, you're screwed.

@JOSEPH-i2e7r 12 days ago

Glad I found ya! Interesting videos!

@RodrigoBessa 3 weeks ago

Would love to keep building my star wars collection, but disney dont release dvd/blu-rays in my country anymore and buy from the US is fricking expensive.

@jspectre7975 1 month ago

I'm lucky my library is across the street from my favorite local coffee shop so just stop over and look for something fun all the time. Also I love the clearance section of Half Price Books for something maybe I want to see but didnt think about getting or something I really wanted super cheap.