Do you miss the days when DVDS were more popular than online streaming?

The joys of going into the DVD store and picking out some movies on dvd

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uncalled4 · 56-60, M

DVD was kinda a placeholder format in the middle of LaserDisc and Blu-Ray. They looked awful on SD TVs, better on HDTVs, but are dwarfed by Blu-Ray.

And I want to own the movies and TV shows I like. Streaming is renting, at best. What a rip-off; at the end of the day, you own NOTHING, and when they take it down, the shows, for all intents and purposes, don't exist.

shanec · 41-45, M

@uncalled4 DVDS looked good on the old tvs I watched them on aka the box tvs. I have blurays too, they are better quality as they are HD, but DVD is still good. And I've got way more DVDS than bluray

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

@shanec I have a bunch of both, but the first ones truly looked like shit. In that NTSC era, it was one of these worlds--ugly compression artifacts(DVD) or blotchy chroma noise(VHS, cable, etc.). And that Macrovision signal that the players inserted so that they couldn't be copied left a big dark area in the upper third of the screen. Yuck.

Carissimi · F

I agree. It’s the “you’ll own nothing and be happy.” I have fitness walking CDs, that I used to upload to iTunes, then download to my phone. Can’t do that now, and when I looked to buy it again to put back on my phone, they no longer sell. So I have CDs with music I want to walk to, but no way of getting on my phone. It’s like going backwards. @uncalled4

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

@Carissimi They knew that people would go for cheap convenience over ownership. How idiotic--imagine only being able to rent a car??

Carissimi · F

And that’s what many do by leasing, and changing every 2-years. It’s never ending car payments, and it’s never yours. @uncalled4