To keep or give up all together

[trappedslider]

so, this was an interesting read http://collider.com/why-you-should-keep-buying-blu-rays-and-dvds/#collection

I do love the extras that come on the discs along the fact that not everything I enjoy watching is available for streaming from any one of the services or is at the whim of streaming rights. I do also have a nice digital collection, which lets me download to my ipod to watch on the go. I don't think I'll be switching over to purely digital anytime soon.

 

[Jhaelen]

I've already made that switch. Similar to novels, I believe there are very few movies that are worth watching twice (or even more often), and I've never watched any bonus material twice (if at all).

 

[Blue]

I don't believe the author of the article took into consideration the costs of TV series.

One season of one show will easily triple, quadruple or more the cost of an entire month's streaming. If you watch more than one show, or more than one season in a month it's overwhelming. And TV series often have little to no replay value.

So, now let's look at movies. You streaming is already absolutely paid for many times over by TV shows. So, movies you can watch on it are free, movies you need to pay a rental/on-demand you need to spend <$5 on. Purchasing a DVD/Blu-Ray has unlimited potential for replay, but only an actual amount of replay for the cost to be depreciated over.

So a movie you end up watching three times, if it's not available for free streaming at ANY of the times you want to watch it, will be about equal in cost to a $15 Blu-Ray.

And while there are movies worth rewatching, I'm finding that there are many that don't clear the threshold of "I have so many new shows available for free on streaming".

So in my experience streaming far outweighs purchasing DVDs and Blu-Ray with very few exceptions - movies you intend to watch over and over that you don't expect to be offered on streaming. At other times either watching a movie offered on streaming or renting an on-demand movie through streaming is much more economical as well as offering more choice.

 

[Mad_Jack]

I don't watch tv at all. No memberships with any of the streaming services. Digital copies are useless to me since I never watch movies or tv anywhere other than at home.
I have a large collection of dvds. I'm one of those folks who enjoys watching movies more than once, even if I have them completely memorized - I also tend to put them on as background noise when doing other things.
I rarely ever buy new movies at full price, preferring to wait until the price drops. My main source of new acquisitions is generally the bargain bins, used bookstores and the local Goodwill. It's not generally too hard to find a particular season of a tv show on dvd for much less than I'd have to pay to buy it new.
For things that I get tired of, I can always resell them to the local used bookstore and get money towards new purchases.

 

[Ryujin]

I don't exactly have a large collection of movies, on DVD, Blu-Ray, or digital, but I do have some of each. A lot of my stuff is indie productions, that were produced via crowdfunding. The physical media frequently has add-ons and commentaries that are every bit as good as the production itself. Whenever possible I get both the physical and digital copies as rewards, and I currently have 5 of them sitting on my phone.

Without the physical media it wouldn't feel like I had anything. I'm old school, I guess.

 

[Morrus]

I haven't bought a DVD, CD, Blue-Ray or any other physical media other than books in years. We're talking a decade or so, I think. All the old items I have are in storage.

Digital all the way, baby!

To be honest, years ago when my DVD collection was at hand, I never touched it. It just took up space. I can only watch a film once or twice per decade before I'm bored of it.

I don't think I've ever bothered watching a DVD extra. Maybe the occasional deleted scene? And not in the last decade.