Physical media when you can, because you cannot trust these companies.
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Sailorcurt
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When you "buy" something electronically, you're only buying a license to it. Part of the agreement is that the license can be revoked by the provider if they decide it makes financial sense for them to stop storing it on their servers. You're at their mercy.
I started buying and collecting movies back when VHS was high tech. When DVDs came out I replaced most of my VHS tapes. I still have a few left (when the original Star Wars trilogy came out as a box set, I bought two sets. I still have one set wrapped in cellophane. The fact that they never released the original, unedited versions on DVD means that set might be worth some money someday).
Currently I have somewhere around 400 movies and TV series on DVD and BluRay.
The tricky thing is what to do when demand drops off enough they stop making BluRay players?
At any rate, there honestly haven't been that many movies that have come out in the past 10 years worth buying so my collection is mostly old stuff.
I also still have many pieces of software on the original media. I still have some old DOS games that I enjoy playing (I use DOSbox Dos emulator for that).
Anyway...long winded way to say "I agree with you completely".
When spamazon stopped offering the epub format and locked every book to the kindle, that was the last time I bought books from them. I just wish authors would offer books on a website. Like the After Moses series. Michael Kane sells them direct.
For the same reasons you all mention, I set up a home video server last year. Ripping DVDs to it turned out to be a huge waste of time since some of my new-from-the-store DVDs were damaged and were made at a lower resolution. I found that using a downloader software and streaming services (HULU, Tubi, Amazon, HBO and Netflix) produce a superior content, and it can't be taken back by anyone. Mine forever. Over 500 movies and 100 TV shows with every season. Even some that are still being made. Updating my library is easy. There is just the initial expense of the server, some big HHDs, and learning how to use Linux. --Generic
Years ago I bought a DVD recorder and transferred all my VHS. I also have a device in between the two units that defeats the copy protects on the tapes.
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When you "buy" something electronically, you're only buying a license to it. Part of the agreement is that the license can be revoked by the provider if they decide it makes financial sense for them to stop storing it on their servers. You're at their mercy.
I started buying and collecting movies back when VHS was high tech. When DVDs came out I replaced most of my VHS tapes. I still have a few left (when the original Star Wars trilogy came out as a box set, I bought two sets. I still have one set wrapped in cellophane. The fact that they never released the original, unedited versions on DVD means that set might be worth some money someday).
Currently I have somewhere around 400 movies and TV series on DVD and BluRay.
The tricky thing is what to do when demand drops off enough they stop making BluRay players?
At any rate, there honestly haven't been that many movies that have come out in the past 10 years worth buying so my collection is mostly old stuff.
I also still have many pieces of software on the original media. I still have some old DOS games that I enjoy playing (I use DOSbox Dos emulator for that).
Anyway...long winded way to say "I agree with you completely".
When spamazon stopped offering the epub format and locked every book to the kindle, that was the last time I bought books from them.
I just wish authors would offer books on a website. Like the After Moses series. Michael Kane sells them direct.
That's why I buy actual disc's. Just because of this.
Same. We own several VHS tape players and several DVD/BlueRay players. What I need now is a PC that runs on Windows 95 - great games.
For the same reasons you all mention, I set up a home video server last year. Ripping DVDs to it turned out to be a huge waste of time since some of my new-from-the-store DVDs were damaged and were made at a lower resolution. I found that using a downloader software and streaming services (HULU, Tubi, Amazon, HBO and Netflix) produce a superior content, and it can't be taken back by anyone. Mine forever. Over 500 movies and 100 TV shows with every season. Even some that are still being made. Updating my library is easy. There is just the initial expense of the server, some big HHDs, and learning how to use Linux.
--Generic
Years ago I bought a DVD recorder and transferred all my VHS. I also have a device in between the two units that defeats the copy protects on the tapes.
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