Streaming has run its course. People are getting tired of content being edited for triggers, or simply not being available. Then to add insult to injury, these services started forcing ads on viewers, ultimately becoming the cable service they were supposed to be replacing.

Maybe this will give you guys hope. I haven't bought a disc of any kind since Ironman 1 released. I went to streaming after that. This past summer I was looking for a tv show that's streamed free forever and found it behind a paywall I don't pay for. I was already paying for 5 paywalls. I got fed up and decided to buy the series. This lead me into how cheap second hand blu'rays are after you've been gone from collecting them for over 14 years. Anyway between a local resale media shop, goodwill, amazon and ebay, lots of buy 2 get one free. Even had a buy 5 get 15 free one time. Sales like that it didn't take me long to pick up over 350 titles mostly at bargain basement prices. I have them up on my wall and they make me happy looking at them. In fact the first day I got my first Blu ray in, my internet went down and I knew I'd done the right thing going back to media. I don't buy anything willy nilly. I stick to my favorites or stuff I wanted to see and just never got around to. I mostly stick to sci-fi, action with a few favorites from other genre's thrown in.

Bold prediction Cotton! You're definitely on to something and I agree. Think we will see physical media make a comeback with more releases, and streaming basically become more like cable. Streaming was a mistake and physical media is the superior format.

As a Doctor Who fan I've found it good to have physical media. The original story was taken off streaming sites and oh look there it is on my shelf to watch anytime.

I agree. I've been predicting this since 2021. There are too many streaming services. I go to Goodwill and pick up a few DVDs and BDs every Saturday.

I cancelled all my streaming services this last year (except KZfaq and Spotify if you count those) and honestly? Good riddance. It’s all so carved up and expensive that I would probably just go back to cable if not for the huge physical media collection I already have. 😂

I hope it’s true. Certainly seems to be the way forward as whether or not it’s what we want as a majority as consumers, the streaming services are killing themselves

Love the new set up! Keep it up! Streaming is teetering for sure. My wife loves the pitch perfect movies. We had to go through 3 apps to find them all and the 3rd one wasn't streaming anywhere, we had to but from Amazon. She doesn't understand my physical media collection, but I can watch whatever I want, when I want. I can pop in Alien Apocalypse or House 3 anytime I want. I don't have to search. Plus, streaming is getting to be as expensive as cable. I agree that all the interfaces suck terribly.

GOOD 🤣 been waiting on this streaming shit to die, I just need the music industry to follow suit; I also really miss behind the scenes shit that DVDs had so let's goooo!

I dont pay for streaming services except for spotify . I got cable . Ya i like having the physical copies of my movies . If video stores came back that would be dope as well .😊

Physical media rules! I use some streaming as well, but there are times where I spend 30 minutes or more searching for something I´d like to see. Sometimes I end going to the room and choosing a Blu Ray I have to put it. That, and the fact you could want to watch something to find out later that it´s out of the catalogue. Or some of the content has been modifyed or "cancelled", getting censured scenes or whole episodes erased for the platform. Add some internet/device connection errors too.

Streaming only worked when everything was in one place as soon as they split it then it was doomed

DVDs are cool, and they feel special. And there are still plenty of shows that need complete series sets. Spider-Man 1994, Avengers EMH, Regular Show, Ninjago, Thundercats 2011, and so many more.

I really do hope so... I love my dvd & bluray collection. Streaming services are annoying & useless without internet and like you say the films/series can just be deleted from the streaming servers.

Happy to see Martin Freeman supports physical media! Also, he's been working on his American accent, it sounds flawless 👍🏻

Streaming is terrible. When I had Netflix, they didn't even carry half the movies I have in my DVD collection. Hulu is even worse, I am not getting Disney +, even if it were worth a dollar a month. Disney is the reason why streaming is going out of control and I will not support their crap. I hope physical media comes back in some form. I was born into the world of VHS and am saddened that DVDs are being tossed aside for those horrible streaming services that don't give you everything you want. A cinephile looks for the most hard to find movies that stores will hardly carry and that is the reason why we want physical media to stay.

Been a prophet of this idea for a few years. I have my own Plex server, to make my physical collection easier to manage and to share with family. I host it all, its my files so they arent going anywhere. Streaming sites also have removed all the cool features DVDs once gave. Behind the scenes footage, bloopers, Director commentary, all lost with streaming services. I do wish there was a new, really good physical media player though, with modern options and speeds.

Love my DVDs and blue rays. Never had a streaming service!!!!!

I decided to buy a physical copy of The Hitcher 1986 since I couldn’t find a streaming service that had it and sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands and buy a physical copy of the things you want to see or enjoy

That’s the way it should be DVDs and blu-rays need to comeback and let’s take down streaming services

I hope you're right. It's cable all over again. It's convenient sometimes but no substitute. When I want to watch something I don't have on disc it's always "what tf streaming service is it on this month?" Like checking TV guide instead of just popping in the disc or tape.

I was in Target the other day and saw Mutant Mayhem on Bluray and snatched that up right away. I've been vocal in the comments before about physical media and man I hope people start realizing that streaming isn't everything it's cut out to be. Both can co-exist, but we should absolutely be trying to keep physical media around as much as possible.

The path to obsolescence would have been the correct sentence, lol you had it right the first time :P

I canceled all my subscriptions a few years ago and never looked back. Such a money sink and the content isn't worth it. Better Call Saul needs a 4K UHD release though.

When services started going to yearly subscriptions instead of monthly, to keep people from jumping ship when there's nothing good to watch, people should be able to read the anti-consumer writing on the wall. Couple that with some of these services trying to reinvent cable TV by putting *UNSKIPPABLE ADS* ahead of your selected content... yeah they're getting desperate.

As much as I love the idea of physical media making a big comeback, I just don't see it happening. The Normies are too happy with the way things are now. I know a bunch of people who don't even own DVD/Blu-Ray players anymore. I am also a big proponent of physical media, but unfortunately there are just too few of us. Oh well, at least I can watch Tales from the Crypt. By the way, do you have THX-1138 on VHS? Apparently it's the only way to view the theatrical cut of the movie (not really a surprise seeing as how it's Lucas).

Kick, punch, it's all in the mind, if you want streaming to fail, I'm sure you'll find...

I totally agree. CDs too.

Really? Sure a few like Peacock and Netflix UI is mediocre, but unless you're an idiot, they're not terrible when it comes to UX. Also, your prediction is... well, it's a reach. Disney+ is on track to become profitable in early 2024, with Hulu and ESPN being very profitable (enough that Disney is folding Hulu into Disney+), Apple's sitting on enough cash, that they can tank ATV+ until it becomes profitable (see the AppleTV hardware),, even Paramount is on track to be profitable next year. As much as I'm an avid collector of physical media (specifically games, LDs and LPs), I am not deluded enough to think DVDs/BDs are coming out in anything more than a niche collector centered much (see: Disney's recent MCU D+ releases), it won't be stuff like Willow or the Pink Ladies, as sadly, no one watched them when they streamed, why waste money on shelf warmers.

This honestly seems like wishful thinking to me. People keep complaining on streaming, but they keep ponying up and paying. Yeah, sure, a lot of people will leave it behind, but I don't see the majority going back to physical media, and even if they do, Companies will fight hard to go back to pushing physical media, so it would be later than 2024 if we actually see a return. Sorry to be a debbie downer. I'd love to see physical media come back, but I'm just not optimistic.

Little did you know there already people buying huge amount of movies and it mostly bought by people who are 19 to 25 years old

Physical for life❤❤❤

We started buying blu rays of movies we know we would have streamed once a year. The James Bond set alone saved us many many dollars.

There's certainly going to be a shift, but I wouldn't place bets on that shift being a return of physical media. People have grown too accustomed to the convenance of on demand streaming. As shows are pulled over licensing agreements and as prices rise while simultaneously cracking down on password sharing, well... yo ho me hearties.

I like streaming only because I rarely watch a movie more than once, and the ones I do I will buy the disc. But there are collectors out there that buy movies and never watch them, that is a real shame.

The day they stop selling blank dvds and blurays is the day physical media truly dies. As long as you have discs, a certain website, and a vpn, you can still have a serviceable form of physical movies and shows.

We need technology that supports physical media, because computers no longer have a CD/DVD slot. Cloudless tech is failing and I hate it! I am actually surprised that DVD players are still being made. I am a huge Proponent of physical media or physical anything!

Other than Netflix i have never wasted money on a streaming service and since every single show is on a different streaming service now and most have left Netflix i no longer even pay for Netflix. Infact i watch all my shows "illegally" now since i am not ever going to pay 200$ for 10 different sites just to see one show i like.

Man, I´m a VHS guy personally.

The best of both world would be giving whoever makes your favourite films money directly, get the data on... you know where…, and finally print the round things yourself, with maybe custom versions of the labels, or whatever.

There is a place for both! It's not practical nor economical to permanently acquire everything you want to watch, e.g. (series, films), so watch it streamed and if it's something you would like to watch again and again, then perhaps get the physical copy for an enjoyable and likely even better quality viewing...

I agree. As a major proponent of physical media, this whole streaming situation will be a disaster. And that's when DVDs and Blu-rays will make a comeback. I'm more or less a collector, with titles on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, 4K Ultra HD, and even Laserdisc. I'm that kind of guy.

You're completely right. Shit keeps on going up.

I probably wont go physical as in DVDs and Blurays outside of maybe some small indie movies... But I do have a harddrive for the rest.🏴‍☠️

I have 304 vhs tape In my collection and physical media forever ever 🎥📼💿🤟

The Netflix UI was great about 12 or 13 years ago, but it's steadily gotten worse as time goes on. I guess that's just the way things go. Physical media is definitely the way to go for both movies and music, but I purchase far more CDs than any movies. I'm okay with streaming movies because most of them are only worth watching once. However, the ones that I know will be watched multiple times are the ones that I will purchase on physical media, sometimes on various formats.

I wish. There has been now so many films that have not come to DVD and it makes me sad so often.

I don't think they'll bring back dvd/bluray to shops, its more about the cost of floorspace they take up, returning little or no profit . Plus the storage space in the warehhouse. I think they are all in with streaming and must be at least breaking even if not making a profit. I think the plan is to have people transition to all streaming so it is the norm. That plus the manufacturing eco effects of plastics is another agenda they say we need to recycle cut back on etc. People embrace whatevers new whether its better or not. I do prefer vhs and dvd to streaming but do have a few services like dismal and noflex😂and yes there interfaces do indeed suck👍😎

I don't see it, streaming subscription services and their recurring payments are too great an lure for the media companies; they want to force and hook people onto their service, physical media would be seen as an inpediment to that. The resurgance of vinyl is more due to it being old and cool I think, retro chique. In that vein, I could sooner see a resurgance of VHS over DVD.

I miss Blockbuster 😢

I've always been into physical media because it's always had the best picture and sound quality. I was into laserdiscs in the 90s because the quality was a lot better than VHS, and VHS didn't have commentaries or supplemental material. Also, a lot of people don't know that DTS and Dolby Digital laserdiscs still, to this day, have by far the best audio quality the consumer can get. It buries Blu Ray and 4K audio because ever since the advent of DVD, consumer media uses what is called a 'Home Mix.' It's a much, much more tame mix compared to what you heard in the theater. Very flat by comparison. Whereas, the sound mix we got on DTS and Dolby Digital laserdiscs was pretty much identical to the theater mixes.

I felt this same exact thing a couple of days ago… random this video pops up in my recommended! Gaming as well!

That would be nice if it happened ! We don’t have Disney releases in Australia anymore and I heard a rumour that Sony might stop too I really like having brick and mortar stores with physical media and the odd chance of finding a VHS out in the wild. Until it changes I’ll have to get Disney stuff through Amazon. I wish I could have gotten some of those best buy specials you guys had but I heard that store is stopping physical media also.

Also I still collect physical media, I have never left my cd collection.....

I hope the Astroplus(Cd store in the Philippines)open again because Philippines needs physical media BABY!

Cant wait!!

As much as I am a proponent of physical media & an avid collector - Streaming is here to stay. People won’t be going back...WHY? Coz its been the biggest weapon against piracy 🏴‍☠️ The success of Spotify proves it. Piracy is waaay down now compared to the ‘00s. In the age digital people won’t pay the full whack for anything. But they will pay a small amount of money for convenience

Yeah I’m not a fan of streaming either. I prefer physical media. Streaming is anti-consumer.

Hopefully HD-DVD will make a comeback in 2024, it was the look and sound of perfect after all!!!

We're in the digital age

Love the channel and your work, keep up the great work! I know the risk of digital media, but I have no room for more physical media. Did you watch the "Disney's Willow" series? Better forgotten than re-watched. Having my movies/tv shows available on my phone, tv;s, and laptop is a super plus mark in my life.

We are seeing it now! 3 services going under! Buy a 4k player and discs now!

It's a nice thought ! Logically streaming services cannot stay in business if they don't make a profit, the movie industry would welcome the return of it's post-theatre physical media revenue stream and consumers will start to recognise the benefits and quality of physical media over streaming services but if I've learnt anything over the past few years it's that we don't live in a logical, rational World anymore ! 😉🤣

Used blu-rays and dvds are going for pence on the pound right now so my advice is to take your wheelbarrow down to cex or carboot sale and fill her up whilst the gettings good 👍

I watch a lot of obscure asian films and cheesy horror films and streaming will never come close to understanding my tastes. Physical media understands me :)

I can't even get over DVD interfaces. I mostly watch my Laserdiscs and VHS. No menu, just straight to the action, I love it so much. I actually feel like i own the movie.

Was looking for something to watch on Amazon prime and noticed that the RoboCop remake was free to watch, but RoboCop 3 required a paid rental.

I bought mutant mayhem today at target there was tons of movies available.

I was bummed when Target left Canada

Lover Blu Rays

"DVDs are coming back" LOL I'm sure people will be happy to have to get up from their couch, search through their collection of hundreds to thousands of DVDs and watch one...movie... Then repeat the process. I personally download all my movies to my computer. If the source doesn't have that option, I capture it using software, (I use OBS), and save it to my movie hard drive. When I want to do a theme I can queue all the movies I want to enjoy and watch while sitting, surfing the internet, cooking, playing with the dog, etc. If you have DVDs just copy the movies over to your hard drive. Its pretty easy these days.

One thing I used to love about DVDs was all the special features they used to have. You just don't get all those extra goodies on streaming.

Firstly, sweet Plan 9 reference! Secondly, I think the word you were looking for was obsolescence. And finally, Gods, I hope you're right. I'm still trying to snap up DVDs when and where I can. Mostly because the older and more obscure movies are either barely on streaming or will never be picked up for mainstream platforms.

I jumped to physical in 2024 to the bs, cost, and unreliability. 100+ and counting

Streaming services suck so much

Oh heck yeah!

Would love that but sounds like a bunch of wishful thinking to me. 😢

Never.

Totally agree!!!

I think physical media's comeback will be bigger than vinyl's streaming is still new, and people are just now realizing some of the drawbacks. You don't have to worry about where you can watch your movie and how long it will be there before it moves to another service. You can still lose your digital copy that you paid to own because of licensing issues like with what happened on sony's digital service. You don't have to worry when you have a physical copy of your movie later being edited for political correctness of the day.

Perhaps the phrase you are looking for is physical media exponent? Yes I am one of those.

Long live physical media!!! Hooray

I've decided the word you were looking for was "extant". As in "this movie is now physically extant again." It doesn't fit perfectly without adding "physically" since being on streaming or piracy sites would still count as being in existence.

I agree with you I'm a big dvd blueray collector streaming will die soon what happens when you have no internet physical media is beautiful you have special features bonus content clean picture and sound streaming you have commercials and have to pay extra for ad free movies looking forward to the demise of streaming.

I really hope this happens on games and film

I have canceled all my streaming services and I am starting my collection. I have an old crt tv that I love watching vhs on but on my flatscreen tv does it matter between dvds and Blu-ray?

Streaming is fast-food for the masses. Physical media is real food. There's approximately 500 000 movies in the world and Netflix has 3600 of them. That is 0.72 %. People need nutritious media and letting a huge corporation decide 100 % of the art and entertainment you consume is just pure madness. Only way I see that streaming could work well is a service that would be the Spotify for movies - a portal that has pretty much everything on-demand. Considering that a proper 4K movie movie is ~60GB in volume, this isn't happening anytime soon. And even if the average consumer internet speed becomes 100x faster, worldwide licencing would be a nightmare.

I love physical media too but this is just delusional. You underestimate how much people value convenience.

I vividly remember when The Office was taken off Netflix and everyone was freaking out and wondering how they would watch it and I was chilling with my blu ray set that looks better and has more extras than it ever would on any streming service. It matters guys!

MASSIVE physical media proponent. This is an interesting angle. Quite optimistic, hope you're right.

I don’t think they will come back. But people are getting sick an d tired on streaming and the constant price hikes across all the services.

People like myself are buying VCR players cleaning tapes vhs movies everything else off eBay now days

I like dvd

It stinks when a good movie is exclusive to a streaming service. 99% of the time it never gets a physical release. I've resorted to getting some bootleg Chinese copies and I am legitimately surprised as to the quality of them packaging included. Ironically they show up in better condition traveling half way around the world then anytime I order something from Amazon!

Have always loved dvd phisical media,streaming honstly eats your wallet up with the subscripton plans. 😊😊😊

02:14; did get a dvd release.

I'd rather have the hard copy.

I agree, so many times I have looked for a common movie i wanted to watch only to not find it available on the service. I have a good DVD collection myself for this reason. No internet required to watch them. VHS though..those tapes and players are troublesome. I have many still but no good player for them. Walmart seems to be the place for cheap movies. Amazon as well.

Way too optimistic of a view

Terabyte hard drive takes up less space