Are DVDs dead? Do you still use your old DVDs? Buy new ones? And if not, what's your alternative?
shareI have a LED tv with usb ports...i bring a movie,or a tv show from the net and move them on a flash-drive.
shareMay I ask what format? Sny good websites you recommend for downloading?
shareMkv,you don't find avi anymore...sites...you can try isohunt,torrentz.com or filelist
shareThx
shareNo, DVDs are not dead. Yes, I still sometimes use my old DVDs. No, I don't buy new ones. My alternatives are renting and streaming. I got rid of almost my entire DVD collections years ago.
shareYou ripped your DVDs before throwing them out? Would you say ever buy GOTs on DVD? BlueRay dead too?
shareNo, I gave my DVDs to 2 of my friends. I didn't rip them beforehand, that would be illegal.
No, I won't buy any more DVDs even if it's GoT which is my favorite tv show. Renting and streaming are way more economical. And I don't waste bookshelf space for physical discs. Bookshelves are for books.
BluRay is also not dead. People still buy them, just not me.
We have all the Harry Potter movies and extended Lord of Rings Trilogies on B-Ray. We love GOTs but don't have discs yet. When it's over, wondering if they'll sell s box set or digital copies for download only? Sounds like DVDs are dead?
shareIf it's something I value enough that I will want to revisit, I would like to own it in some capacity. Nowadays that doesn't necessarily have to be physical media, though a DVD/bluray can also be a form of collecting in its own right. To me, it would serve at least as a much a purpose as random memorabilia that people buy from the same source material.
At any rate, for something I actually care about, I never want to leave it to the hands of a streaming service that could take it away, even if theoretically.
So you are saying everyone just streams now and never watches it again? Then if they want to own it forever since streams won't have them forever, you download a digital copy from somewhere? So DVDs and B-Rays are dead?
shareNo, all of my comments above are my own personal preference for whether or not to collect DVDs/Blurays. If I love a show or movie enough, I will probably get one. If it's not available, I'll go with the digital copy. If I don't care enough, I don't need to own it.
I believe there will always be a market of physical media collectors. Whether it's prevalent enough to justify an ongoing market remains to be seen, because there are plenty of people who consume their media almost exclusively through streaming.
Where do you get most of your digital movies? Torrents or iTunes or Amazon? Curious what most people use? I mostly just stream now because I'm too lazy too burn anymore and but DVDs of something I really like, like I have the special edition extended b-ray lord of the rings trilogy because I'm too lazy to download it.
shareiTunes or Amazon, though my digital movie collection is quite modest.
shareI've been buying movies on Vudu for the last 2 years or so. They also have a "disc-to-digital" program that lets you convert dvds you already own to HDX digital copies (1080p, same as bluray) for $5 and any blurays you own for $2. Haven't tried that out yet but I'm sure I will at some point.
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The older movies that are presently on DVD should be re-released back into the movie theatres.
shareThat's happening with the most popular films. Happened with Titanic a few years ago, and with Close Encounters just a few days ago.
I didn't know about the re-release of "Titanic" back into the movie theatres, but I did see advertisements for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
I saw "In the Heat of the Night" during it's 50th-year national re-release in select movie theatres. That was a good film.
"Bonnie and Clyde" was also re-released as a 50th-year Anniversary screening.
"West Side Story" was re-released for its 50th-year Anniversary back in early November of 2011. I saw that, however.
I am always looking for good releases of all movies on blu ray. Best possible quality. No compression issues like with streaming. I own DVDs that I have had since back in the day and still keep them even when I buy the better blu ray release. Some movies you can't get on blu ray. Many are only on DVD and some still are only on VHS. I love to own the physical media and like the cover art. It's impressive to look at hundreds of movies lined up on shelves and in racks. I am also the kind of person to rewatch the same movies over and over.
shareI have a lot of DVDs. I live in a rural area with poor internet service so I can't rely on streaming. Besides, I like to have my own physical copy of something. I don't see the point of Blu Ray, which as far as I can tell seems to be just a fancier and more expensive version of DVDs.
I don't see how DVDs are dead, because everything still gets a DVD release. VHS is dead because that doesn't happen anymore. If stuff stops being released on DVD, then I'll reconsider my options, but until then, I'm sticking with DVD.