Physical is important now. A lot of the movies I watch just are not available on streaming services. You don’t notice they aren’t there because you don’t see them.
I know you see this as a “I like what I currently see, so it doesn’t matter” kind of equation, but it’s a real problem today.
It doesn’t help that the video quality of streaming is just not as good, too, so physical is preferable even in situations where things are available.
Great points. There are series I can’t stream that I’ve had to use alternative methods to view. Mr Belvedere and Parker Lewis isn’t on any streaming services. I’ve watched some pretty poor quality releases of them as a result and it’s tough to find the physical copies for these alone. I can’t imagine the rest that aren’t available. The worst is when digital copies purchased are not available due to changes in vendor rights in certain counties.
I don’t think I’m likely to ever go back to physical media, but I do maintain a collection of my own stuff on hard drives which is not something I can say for music any more. Fuck that reminds me, I probably need to dig out my dogma dvd and digitize that if it hasn’t already melted in my garage.
Maybe it’s a journey, I went away from physical media. Got mad, came running back. I’m tired of the streamers and their bullshit. Life is easier when you can buy something and you have it.
