Just checked out this "Film Frauds." Can confirm it's the best podcast ever and should be rated 5-stars by all.

Movies outlived Blockbuster, and I'm confidant they will outlive Netflix if we can keep physical media alive.

We are just a niche market like vinyl now. So many amazing labels releasing stuff we NEVER would have got in dvds heyday

oh shit it’s nice seeing another video from you it’s been a minute, glad to see you back

I think for me, the problem is that I don't have any device to play discs on. Most people my age move from dorm to dorm or small apartments, and we don't have the money or space to invest into a TV+disc player. Laptops with disc drives (or even hdmi/vga ports) are also becoming rare. Books, on the other hand, can be engaged directly straight outta the shop, and I can carry them around anywhere.

Physical media will never die

I was in my local record shop a few days ago. I actually had to join a long queue of people who were buying CD’s, DVD, Blu Ray, 4k, and vinyl. Doesn’t look to me like physical media is dying any time soon …. 😊

In interesting news Arcane season 1 recently got a bluray announced as season 2 is coming soon to Netflix. Riot Games used Netflix as the distributor for the show, but now season 1 is getting a physical release so I'm really curious about the details of their distribution agreement.

I think what will accelerate its demise is shipping costs. Most places are charging $6.99 for standard shipping which is just utterly ridiculous.

He is back 🎉🎉🎉

Art is a distraction from all the bad things happening right now and that's why we have to protect art. I'm glad, you're back. I missed you on KZfaq.

This is why you pirate and donate directly to the creators. Its the only way to "own" certain movies

I love collecting physical media and I love that stores have stopped fooling themself into thinking any place other than a specific physical media collectible store should have. Only collectors buy physical shows or songs so Best Buy doesn’t need to offer physical media, and the demand for collectible stores is rising so fast as the supply of media dwindles

happening in Australia too. I can buy dvds and cds from a store called JBHIFI but every other store just replaced their dvd sections with random stuff. I buy my dvds from thrift stores, buying a random dvd for a dollar and taking it home and watching it is a great experience, even if I didn't like the movie. Disney has stopped their supply of dvds to Australia so Disney collectors here have to pay an arm and a leg for shipping (shipping to Australia prices are insane)

I bought a blu-ray player today so I can buy more physical media and actually have a way to watch them. I have lost all trust I once had on streaming services and have started to collect my favorite media in a physical form that I can own, which no company can take from me, nor do I have to continue paying for a subscription. Since everything is a lot more expensive right now I have to choose more carefully what I want to own. But I have definitely noticed that finding dvd and blu-ray's is so hard which is really a shame. I'm ordering stuff from online since there isn't really many stores around me that have them anymore at all.

My 600+ films and 30+ TV shows aren't going anywhere! Most are DVDs and my favorites on blu ray. I'm happy to own what I love, and not rely on a streaming service to revisit my favorite films. Collect asap! Build your own collection as streaming will continue to rise in price.

It doesn't surprise me that books remain as popular as they are. Unlike with movies, with books you're constantly engaged with the object itself.

the only thing missing from the existence of stores like this imo (and I'm mainly making a comparison to record shops, but maybe something like kim's in nyc) is passionate and knowledgeable employees who can guide you. Browsing to find media online, you're gonna get force fed the same stuff that has been deemed important enough to be remembered by online communities. Tons of great films/records have been forgotten with time because the same classics get pushed to the top of rec lists, and if you're being guided by algorithms you're gonna miss out on it. Of course I miss the aspect of handling the packaging, reading the liner notes etc, but now that stuff is only for collectors and people who want to support the artists. There's lots to hate about streaming services, but we're nearly 2 decades deep into the answer being to pirate everything you want, and buy the stuff that you loved.

Long live physical media.

I love going DVD/blueray hunting at flea markets. You can get like 20 movies for $10. I don’t even watch them much, more like collectibles

This has completely made my week going into the holiday weekend! Glad to see you back on here 😭

I missed your channel so much! Funnily enough I am a Film and Literature student so your videos are hitting the perfect point between my two biggest interests

The design of lampshade in the back looks like it has post-it notes all over it. I like it.

I’m still hopeful that similar to vinyl, physical movies will have a big resurgence at some point

Love to see you back!!!

the sheer coincidence of you making this video right after i found out about criterion and the barnes and noble sale. very excited to get more into movies, and hope to see you uploading more. love your videos

Some lad used to sell me bootleg DVDs out of his car every Friday

it's great to see you again man!

No way you brought your videos back! I finished punpun a few months back and waited to watch your vid on it but I saw you had archived it. I’m glad you’re back and I’m looking forward to seeing your vid on it!

It sucks cuz a lot of older and obscure movies have been at risk of being lost for years now. Like you said it could be streaming, but if the movie is taken off… what then? Def gonna share this in my monster movie group.

Millennials and younger gen x ers are pretty much the only generations who grew up with an expectation of owning a movie. For the vast majority of the time when film has been considered an art form, the home video market was either non existent or priced for wholesalers. We were really spoiled in the 2000s. It really makes you appreciate the efforts of specialty theaters, programmers, curators, and writers who have kept the reputation of older films alive. I view streaming services as the modern day equivalent to cable. There are thousands of made for tv movies that have been lost to time. The ones that are still preserved on KZfaq and through secondary markets are because of older fans. The only reason why modern streaming originals can disappear in this day and age is because you have too many things competing for peoples attention. What I've come to really dislike about streaming services is that they cater to audiences who are fans of IPs and not necessarily fans of film in general. I prefer owning because it gives me the freedom to choose what I want to watch going back decades insted of being limited to a studios catalogue. Yesterdays equivalent would be mindlessly switching the channels until you settle on something to watch. I've been impressed by the number of titles that have been digitally restored in the last 10 years but there are still too many titles that are still exclusive to DVD and VHS. Part of the problem may not only be the decline of physical media, but consumers and studios not investing enough in VOD, which makes up only a small percentage of digital sales.

Kino Lorber and Shout, along with other boutique companies are doing great work keeping stuff on physical media.

So glad you’re back! Your videos got me to read the count of Monte Cristo lol

I WILL NEVER STOP BUYING PHYSICAL MEDIA. You can't beat the video and audio quality rendered from a physical disc than what you get from streaming services Providers. The downside to streaming movies is the streaming Provider can stop streaming a movie/series before you can finish watching the whole series. Plus, if your internet should crap out or your WiFi signal is weak, your experience will be a bummer. With physical media, I can build my own library and watch any movie WHEN EVER I want. The way streaming services are constantly increasing their costs to stream a movie, I'm predicting we'll see the resurgence of physical media in the future.

OMG. You don’t know how happy I to see you back on KZfaq / Booktube. I will continue to fight for physical media until my dying day. (Even to my own detriment.)

Really love this video. I've been wanting to make a video on this topic for a while actually

So excited you’re back!!!🤎

Yayay you’re back!!

Not only vinyl but cassettes are on the rise. It is such a surprise for me.

Dead to the mainstream audience, thriving with the collector's/enthusist market. It's the golden age if you are a collector. Physical media will never die as long the collector and people passionate about it exist. It just won't be what the mainstream audience uses.

You touched on it and I think it's mostly part of the profit-over-preservation situation across the board. I mainly ponder this from a gamer's point of view, but it's simply not good for business if you're happy with your one copy of a game or a movie; you need to keep coming back for more. Main reason why the corporations rely on our ever-shortening attention span and our collective need to always look for the next thing, rather than being concerned about keeping art alive. But as you've said, speaking with our wallets and making responsible choices as much as possible may be one best ways of combating this crisis.

Back into the wonderland. Love the podcast.

Spotted After Hours in the thumbnail! Always cool to see another criterion/physical media collector. Nice to see you’re back! 💕

I've thought about you few days ago. You haven't posted anything for such a long time... And here you post the new video

Interesting video, you made some good points. My thoughts on why the physical music market (including both vinyl AND CDs, by the way) is holding up quite well - someone's favourite music really becomes part of their identity, so they want to own the album and listen to it over and over again. I think for a lot of people, movies have a lower 'repeat value', and they're happy with viewing them only once or twice. Also owning physical music has been mainstream for over 100 years, whereas owning physical movies really only became common in the '90s.

There is only 1 mainstream store that sells dvds/blu-rays (and the selection is shrinking) in Australia. I find most of mine at op shops and garage sales because that's the only place.

It’s the death of brick & mortar for physical media, but physical media will always exist

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I think it's fascinating to think about how recent of a concept owning and being able to rewatch a copy of a movie or tv show actually is - what like 30-40 years? and only much recently in qualities that are actually comparable to seeing something in a theatre. For most of film history it has existed as something temporary. Movies used to come out for a few weeks, you either saw it or you didn't, and then it was gone. Definitely wouldn't have sat well with my FOMO brain!

Seeing this in my feed was such a pleasant surprise! I missed your vids so much

Welcome back!🎉

You're back!!!!!

Netflix already took away Mike Flanagan's Hush and you cannot watch it anywhere else :/

Holy shit its you. I was looking everywhere for your ppun pun video cause it got me to read it, and I just couldn't remember your channel name lol. Amazing video as always man👍

The last physical media store in our town closed like years ago. Even before the pandemic.

Love scarecrow video. I’m really hoping they pull through. We may not be strong in numbers, but we are a passionate bunch.

Vinyl made a comeback. VHS is making a comeback. I think we will be fine as streaming prices go up and will continue to.

respect man I owe a dvd collection because i love cinema happy summer from Romania

I stopped using all streaming services, except for Night Flight (highly recommend!), and I’ve been relying on second hand blurays/dvds, and buying new remasters of old movies from the boutique labels like the glorious Vinegar Syndrome. Streaming is censoring, removing episodes and altering previous content for modern taboos. No way I’m paying those maniacs to take old art and alter it at their whim.

With the return of vinyl, we just need to push for the return of VHS or LaserDisc 😉😉

Moving out of my parents home and then moving again from college dorm to the first house I bought was enough to get me to drop like 90% of my physical media, its insane how heavy a single bookshelf worth of books can be let alone how much space they take up, same for blurays/manga/video games largely

Half Price Books and thrift stores is where I go typically for blu-ray. I haven't been to Scarecrow Video in a year or so and I live next to Seattle, I need to shop there more to give my support.

The best on-demand media services I have are the ones on my shelf.

Sad to hear scarecrow is going through some rough times. Rented the Higurashi box set there when I couldn't find it anywhere else. Is kind of scary to think that these stories that we care so much about could just disappear. Thanks for the upload!

Damn!! He's back!

Film frauds should watch Wallace and Gromit curse of the wererabbit and howls moving castle and compare who ‘deserved’ the Oscar

i came to this realization as well when it came to watching movies. If i seen a trailer for a movie i liked i would rent or buy it digitally if i couldn't find it on a streaming service. Now i just buy the physical copy, and funny enough it's the same cost but now i actually own it.

Glad to see you

YOU ARE BACK!!!

Criterion got me interested in collecting all-around physical media, from movies to CDs to books (though I've always been collecting books because used books were and still are so darn cheap). I'm hoping we get a Criterion release of I'm Thinking of Ending Things in the near future, doesn't seem like an impossibility considering we have a Criterion Irishman release

so glad you have summer wars on bluray now thats true taste

welcome back!

the comeback of the year!!!!!

Ive recently been getting into cd's, they are very fun to collect and I like using my cd player

I'm a lifelong physical media enjoyer and currently don't have any streaming services. I used to, but I realized could easily go a few months months without using any of them and I'd rather save my money. They never had what I was looking for anyway! Plus if they do have something exclusive (like The Bear), I can just get Disney for one month and then leave. I don't want to pay month after month in case I want to stream. The annoying thing is that where I live there's still one store with more niche movies, but then they charge 53 dollars for like, Eraserhead and stuff like that. Lately I've been buying a few cd's as well. I would do vinyl, but I know I won't be getting a vinyl player with all the gear that you need. Also the library has movies! Use the library! Also I didn't know they won't releasing Killers of the flower moon... yikes.

HE'S BACKK

THE KING IS BACK

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I love collecting physical media. For things that are new and don’t get physical media, I watch on the streaming service (so support the creator) and then pirate that shit for when I wanna rewatch it. I love piracy, as much as I also love artists.

I know three guys with a Star subscription! They use it to watch sports matches live in HD. I could never but I think that's the point of the service

My goat is back

Return of the king!

Aye glad you're back! what happened to the berserk video?

When streaming got popular (in Germany) i was a huge Fan and never watched DVDs anymore (or listened to CDs). But a while ago i got myself a blu ray Player again and got my DVDs back out (which i thankfully did Not get rid of, only moved them into an Album instead of their cases). Cause I am so annoyed by the development of streaming Services. Cancelled them one by one when they increased prices or tried to get me into their plan with ads. I the future i will just get subscriptions month my month on one service that has what i want to watch an that time and keep my favorites as DVDs Plan ob getting my CDs out again as well, though i think i got rid of way more than my DVDs unfortunately.

Killers of the Flower Moon has a 4k Blu ray released in Italy. A lot of collector like myself import movies from other countries. I myself have imported over 50 movies from the U.K., and 2 from Italy because the rights around those movies are different in other countries. 4k is region pfee (for the most part) so if you get the 4k then you have nothing to worry about. For the movies that aren't import a region B (europe, U.K, & Australia) player on Amazon from England, France, or Italy and your able get around any region locked discs.

If a streaming service won't release on physical. Just get an empty disk box. Pirate it and print off a picture for it. Simple

HE'S BACK!!!

Must of been a fake death? I’m having a ball this Criterion sale 🤷‍♂️😎

Physical media is not dying but going into hibernation, because if the demand comes back like how LP is trending again, the sale of physical media will. What bothers me more is the archival preservation of physical media. I don't know if during your research you came across the articles regarding media archival tools that are becoming obsolete due to upgrades and/or technological advances that is making it difficult and costly to every time have to re-archive every media due to the lack of long term backward compatibility, So studio's start making cuts to which movies are being stored. Causing some movies to truly become obsolete. Truly gone forever.

bring back physical media! i want to start watching some of my favorite tv shows on dvds now 📀

Return of the king

Years ago I went towards streaming, and my purchasing rate of dvd Blu-ray’s dropped. I would only buy physical media when I really like the movie, the rest I buy digital download . Last couple years of favorite movies releases I would purchase on 4k physical even though I didn’t have a player. Then this year watching KZfaqrs speaking of higher quality over streaming, then I decided to get a 4k player. Oh my! They are not kidding. Evan my Blu-ray’s look better, and believe it or not, so do the regular dvd look better on this player. So anyways going to my thrift store now.

I would've never stumbled upon this topic. Great video!

just today was watching a movie on dvd and got sad because now most people don’t use dvd’s. and i get mine for 20 cents. 20 cents in this economy is equal to zero. this means that great physical copies of great movies are not needed anymore

I had the original Mortal Kombat on vhs if there were streaming services in power back then soccer moms would have banished it to the shadow realm.

Sorry I just think a digital copy is far easier to deal with. Just wish they would lower the prices on these and put more of a guarantee behind it. Like if they told customers yeah stuff can be revoked if they lose the rights or something, but they will refund you or allow you to redeem it on another service or something. Since it's just a long term rental and you can lose access, they should refund you if they remove it. Right now the idea of you pay the same as a disc but you own nothing is ridiculous.

You're hereeee 🎉🎉🎉

Looks like you have Bull Moose in MA, which is not nothing. But I hear ya, the options are definitely dwindling, overall.

Physical media isn't dead but it feels like the players sure are. Where can you find a new 4KBD player? Where can you find one for under $300? BD players (standard ones) have also gone up in price. I think it will get to be like how CDs are. You'll still be able to find the classics and big movers. Boutiques will still put them out but at a higher price point (like with those gold CDs). The only player options will be used stuff or buy a high-end boutique player.

i have soooo much to say about this subject - my dvd / blu ray / 4k library is the rival of no one lol id love to talk cinema with you someday