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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I am disappointed it feels like physical media is slowly going away though. It's not only nice to have a physical collection in my opinion, but it directly supports the stuff you like, and you don't have to deal with the bs that comes with digital "ownership" or the ever changing mess that are streaming services.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i feel like my 24TB of movies and tv is a physical copy. i can watch over 2500 movies or 30,000 episodes perfectly curated with extras, commercial free and can hand a copy to my kids on a single drive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't mind having downloaded digital copies. I have a Plex server of stuff too. But sometimes it's just easier to just buy a disk rather than find a safe/working torrent just to get it digitally

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i spose. theres lots of automation tools available now..

adding a title to sonarr and having it automatically downloaded, processed and added to my library seems a lot easier than driving to some store or ordering online where i would now i have to deal with 'disks'

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Haha! Physical media has been "slowly going away" since before UHD existed as a format. Just keep buying whatever format you like and distributors will keep it going. Look at all the catalog titles and niche (often limited special run) titles still being added to UHD.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You don't have to deal with digital ownership bullshit with existing physical media because some people broke the DRM.

The worst development for end users would be a normalization of physical media and new or ("updated") physical formats and players.

With brand new DRM and more tightly controlled playback devices.