Love the video!! I only buy 4k I love on sale. That way I will be able to keep the movie forever. The rest I will just stream but I agree that eventually streaming will most likely take over the platform. Physical media will be purchased from true enthusiasts.

We need a combination of both. Streaming is great for casual viewing of a wider library. Physical media is for the best titles you always want to have.

I will always be an advocate for physical media regardless if it is music, movies , video games or books. It’s just nice to have something tangible and ready at your disposable. Last month Comcast was having difficulties in my area and my internet was down for almost 2 days. Thank god I still had my blu rays to help with the boredom

I absolutely still buy physical media and will continue to. Streaming just cannot compare to the quality of what a physical disc provides. The visual aspect alone can be immediately noticed by someone who is not even into the home theater experience. I've gotten countless comments from friends on how a movie looks compared to how it looked when they've watched it at home via streaming. A few have even took to upgrading to a 4K player and now buying 4K movies they like to start their collection.

I swore I’d never buy a physical disc again… but recently, after setting up my OLED tv and 5.1 surround sound, I tried a 4K disc and compared it to streaming… it was so much better, and I had an absolute blast. My brother and I now do weekly movie nights where one of us buys a movie, and we watch it. It’s been awesome. Also, I love the special features on these discs. The behind the scenes content is so fun to watch.

The answer is yes, physical media reigns supreme. Having an actual collection for guests and family to see, hold, read and reminisce is priceless. A platform can only show so much and the platform's taste is being forced on us. Once all these streamers have their own content ONLY, we'll be back to paying hundreds of $ for multiple services.

I just absolutely love having a feel of ownership and having the case with the artwork there for me to browse

I still love buying and watching physical discs. For me, looking at the box art, taking the disc out and navigating the menu are part of the experience. That said, I've definitely noticed a huge leap forward in the quality of video streaming.

I love the ease of streaming but I also love collecting my favorite films. I hate having to search 5 different streaming services for one movie, only to find it's something I have to rent or subscribe to a new service for.

After buying the new LG C1 and a Dolby Atmos surround setup, I instantly went back to Best Buy and picked up their best Blue Ray player and have been building my 4K disc collection since. DEFINITELY noticeably better on a disc!!!

It’s tough to beat the convenience of streaming, and it’s probably the best option for “casual” viewers without a higher-end setup. That said, physical media is still my go-to. A 4K disc on the right setup will blow you away. Plus, it’s pretty damn satisfying to look at on a shelf.

Finally upgraded to a 4k qled tv, ps5, and a 2.1 klipsch system this year and got back into physical media. The 4k disc of Dune (2021) will change anyones mind on streaming vs. physical media. There is no comparison on the audio its just straight up better on disc. Streaming is awesome just for the amount of content you get access to for a low buy in; but for the best possible quality on my favorite films its just a no brainer i will make sure to find the 4k disc.

I only buy physical media and I don't stream. I don't think streaming will ever overtake physical media. In fact I think the trend will reverse and physical media will sell much more than streaming. It is the same situation with books; years ago people predicted digital books would overtake physical books, but the trend reversed and physical books have over taken digital books. There is just something about owning the physical thing that appeal to the human nature and digital ownership just can't satisfy it.

With streaming services you don't own the movie. If Netflix, Disney+ or Hulu decides to stop offering a movie you have no say to keep it. With physical media that movie will always be with you.

No matter which streaming provider, the bit rate of audio and video content cannot match physical media. If you are an audio video freak like me, streaming will never cut it when it comes to audio and video perfection. 😎

Absolutely I still do. There is so much they can put on a disc vs streaming that it's still worth it to me. Nothing more disappointing then compromised sound or picture quality via streaming.

Thanks for including specifics on the various bit rates associated with the different aspects of HQ video/audio distribution.

My kid loves Pacific Rim & I put it on for him recently on Netflix. I was STUNNED at how poor it looked compared with the 4K disc. The quality IS that bad on streaming.

I am an ardent buyer of physical media. A good friend of mine who does not and streams everything got a hard dose of reality about streaming a couple of weeks ago when he suggested we sit down and watch a Star Trek TOS episode. There he looked. Hulu? Gone. Amazon? Gone. Netflix? TOS gone. He was flabbergasted. I own all remasters of TOS and TNG knowing this was going to be the future. He did not...until now.

Great video with interesting facts on streaming vs physical discs. I still purchased physical media. Got a 4H/HDR Sony a few months ago that convinced me to by 4K BluRay when getting favorite movies.

Regardless of the quality, the disk will almost always be a better choice because the movies on the stream will not always be there. Eventually they will be taken off the service. Your physical collection will still be there.

I love 4K physical media! They just seem to have better picture and sound quality. Most discs also come with a digital download code! Once I watch the disc on my home theatre I bring the discs up to my cottage because the wifi isn’t great and I’ll use the digital copy to watch at home. Also with the digital codes you can download the films right to your phone and watch while camping without data. I find streaming services only allow you to download certain movies, not all of them. Also sometimes I go to rewatch a movie on the streaming service and they have removed it and now you can’t watch it anymore.

I regularly buy both blue ray and DVDs simply because the type of films I watch are not available for streaming. I did however notice how crisp the sound and picture is in blue ray!

To me , physical started winning when Daredevil was cancelled on Netflix because disney+ was coming. How long until you have to get 10 different streaming service to watch the few movies you want . Also what happen when they all reach Netflix's prices ?

If you own a decent surround set up you will always go for disc as the sound is always better, the bit rates on disc will trounce anything on streaming at the moment.

Great video! I am an avid 4k collector and LOVE IT!

Great and very informative, thanks for sharing.

I just got into 4K blue rays and I am glad I did. For me it’s mostly about the mental shift away from streaming, which for me devalued my movie watching from something I do in an intentional way and really savor, to something I do reflexively and unthinkingly to pass time. I love owning my favorites and it gives me joy to see them on the shelf. Also, the special features on a lot of discs have really enhanced my enjoyment of the movies I watch, particularly classics, which have so much richness that I would have missed if I just watched them on a whim on a streaming service. But to each his own! I’m glad there’s a choice.

So here's a question,. Is their a difference between getting Netflix through my set-top cable box or streaming it through my TV app?

What I love most about my Ultra HD 4K Blu-Ray discs are the immersive lossless Dolby TrueHD Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks. That is the primary difference, for me, between physical media and streaming.

Digital is nice but nothing can beat Discs and so far I love the 4K Blu-ray format.

Shout/scream factory, arrow video, criterion collection, and a few others will keep 4K blu rays alive. For example I just got “species” and “true romance” in 4K with dolbyvision, those cannot be found on iTunes or any streaming service. The old HD versions are still the only versions available online. So it will remain as a niche for enthusiasts, which is cool with me.

I buy physical media DVD Blue Ray and 4k for my library and store them on my hard drive. Those disks are the holy Grail and keep them well kept after I rip them. But it is interesting to hear the streaming has really good quality

There may be a difference between renting a 4K movie digitally. and to have a film package at a fixed monthly cost even when it comes to picture quality?

Hi, whilst streaming is convenient, I agree that the quality is compromised, so if i really like a movie I will always go for the 4k physical disc, and i never have to wait too long before they go on sale so that's a win win for me. and I'm a big fan of the 4k steelbook the artwork is amazing.

i just like collecting that which i admire, i like having a room that when guests come over they can see my history and hobbies in all sorts of ways.

Certain shows and movies are okay on streaming but the experience of being in a theatre and watching a movie and having a collective experience is the magic of it all

I still have physical media at home. However, I'm carefully selecting which movies to buy in native 4k or 1080p.

At this moment, this needs to be taken with a grain of salt. With Netflix now rolling out their AV1 encoded content, bandwidth requirements are significantly dropped and quality is significantly raised. It is possible to now have the same quality as you would have on a disk at roughly 1/4th of the bandwidth making it perfectly streamable. Also bare in mind that studios sometimes use higher bandwidth where it's technically not needed (especially with HDR content since non-tonemapped HDR is flat and easilly compressed) to fill up wasted space on a disc. If studios even while encoding for disks should aim for quality and optimal bandwidth, things would look very different. H;264 and H.265 (the second one a bit less) are also an old codecs and are in capabilities surpassed by VP9 and AV1 but are still being used on physical media.

Does anyone know why 4K disk still including Blu-ray 1080 disk which made the disk we bought always 2 physical disk? Why not just only 4K disk? If we buy 4K then what the hell we watch the 1080 disk?! Thanks

I have not even watched this video but am here to say a huge - YESSSS!!!!!!. Streaming depends on you having internet and good internet for 4k. Let's say you fell on hard times and had to seriously cut back on things. You may have to downgrade your internet to the most basic speeds or turn it off altogether. Your massive movie catalog in the cloud is now useless. When it's terrible outside due to bad weather and everyone is at home doing something online, good luck with getting a steady 4K image.

I still buy 4K Blu-rays but on a case by case basis. Some 4K BR movies are not much of an improvement on standard Blu-Rays so don't justify the expense. Some of the 4K movies are up-scaled and not true 4K, and others are ruined by digital smoothing used to to reduce film grain. 4K streaming is quite good but I doubt we'll see the quality match physical media anytime soon.

One more thing I did notice I was surfing my Apple TV the other day and saw they have the new Matrix movie. Watched the preview oh my it looked amazing on my apple TV 4k it blew my mind.

If you rely on streaming services all you're doing is basically renting the movie. If the service loses the rights to the movie, or becomes deactivated and no longer functions, you no longer have access to the movie. With a physical copy, it's yours forever (or until you decide to get rid of it).

When a professional TV calibrator. compared a movie on 4K disc and on Apple TV. So there was no big difference in image quality. but I noticed the technical data he showed on the screen that apple tv devoured 70 Mbit per second

Just bought a 4k tv and player, love going back to buying discs!

I continue to purchase physical media because the quality is better and I OWN it! I even own HDDVD media today. 🤣 No service can remove it or charge me a monthly fee to watch it. I just hope the studios continue to produce physical media.

I have phases of buying a lot of movies and then thinking whats the point in this and then they I sell them on eBay . As long as you have the internet up and running you can get almost any movie or series you want to stream. It shows how spoiled we are these days. A few weeks ago my internet went down and I literally couldn't watch anything because everything including my TV needs an internet connection to work. Thankfully I had an old collection of blu-rays and DVDS to watch. Ive never used a digital copy of a film but even if you have the digital code doesn't it get stored on a server on the internet and you need internet access to watch it?

I prefer to have all my shows and movies on physical discs. I've been buying more 4k Blu-rays and transitioning my DVDs/Blu-rays to Blu-ray/4k UHD. I don't trust the streaming services to be able to keep everything they have indefinitely on their service and we see that play out all the time. You basically would end up having to sign up for every streaming service just to have access to all of your shows and movies and that's a hard pass for me. I'm only signed up for Netflix, KZfaq Premium, and the Hulu/Disney+ bundle with no intentions of signing up for any other streaming services. If your internet goes out then you can't watch anything, but if that happens to me I have hundreds of titles to choose from on physical disc. What's to prevent streaming services from editing movies bc they think this scene or that line might offend someone. Disney has been dancing around doing just that, but hasn't made a move as of yet. Eventually, Disney will censor their streaming content to avoid "offending" certain people. Physical media is more valuable to own than being signed up for every streaming service.

I 100% still buy physical media. The media changes depending on what the movie is, a comedy can dvd but big sci fi spectacular will be 4k

Are there any 4K movies that can also run 120fps while being 4k?? I have a PS5 and ran a 4k bluray but it only produced 24fps.

I will always buy physical media, for 1 I live in an area where my internet isn't great, and 2 it's always nice to have one just in case the internet goes out, and 3 the difference in quality is astonishing, look at 2001 on 4K, and 4 it always is nice to add a new title to your collection, not too long ago I blew over $100 at Best Buy on blu ray's and 4K's

I can talk about quality and streaming rights forever, but at the end of the day, I'm just a collector. I like seeing it on my shelf

DTS-HD Master supports 24Bit and 192 kHz. But that is perhaps true of pure music records. however, the limitation may be 96 kHz. on 5.1?

Depends on your ISP's definition of 'typical' speeds. Streamed a 4K movie the other week on '50Mbs' and it still got blocky a number of times.

IMAX Enhanced is currently only video aspect ratio on streaming. No audio because DTS-HD isn't supported on streaming boxes.

Absolutely still buy movies on 4k Blu-ray Disc.I am a collector. I find the Blu-ray copy that's included with the 4k disc has better sound that most 4k streaming content.

what options are there if we want to rent 4k discs?

Yes I still by 4k discs love the quality and sound.

I rio my 4K disks to ISO files then put them in case and hopefully never have to open them again. I know Kodi can playback ISO files, you just don't get menus, at least on the Shield Pro 2019. That doesn't solve everything though. Dolby Vision is actually pretty complicated. Right now, there is profile 4, 5 ,7 (MEL and FEL) and 8. Profile 7 is what is used on 4K disks. Profile 4 is STD, which is where the display does the dynamic tone mapping. I don't believe there are currently any big name streaming device that can do profile 7. I know the shield not ATV4K can't. Profiles 5, 7 and 8 are LLDV (player does dynamic tone mapping). It was developed by Sony and Dolby Labs. Since the player (Shield Pro 2019, ATV4K Gen1/2, others) does the dynamic tone mapping, it's essentially sent as a static HDR10 444 signal. Going forward, all DV disays most support LLDV but they are no longer required to support STD. Any 4K HDR display can playback LLDV. With a non DV capable display, the picture is still washed out but not all green like with STD. This is how you get DV on a non DV display with an HDFury device. It's also why MS was able to do a software update to support DV. With LLDV, it's software based. With STD, a dedicated chip had to be built into the display by the manufacturer and different displays took different amount of times to do the processing so not.good.for.gaming. I always wondered why Marvel movies were only HDR10. Disney has probably planned on this. To make its streaming platform more appealing since it's got DV, Atmos, ect.. which is another"buzz word" used to often. Dolby Atmos and DTS-X are not actually sound formats. Atmos is metadata for spatial sound effects embedded in either a DD+ or TrueHD signal. Every streaming service uses DD+ (lossy, compressed but mult channel) for Atmos. Every 4K disk uses True-HD (lossless audio, equivalent to the master). DTS-X is the same, metadata bedded in a DTS-MA (lossless) or DTS signal. Since DTS only tends to be used on 4K disks now, it's almost always DTS-MA The difference between lossy and lossless is going to depend on your system. You won't notice a difference on a 100/200 Soundbar. You would if you have higher end wireless setups (Sonos ARC, Sony A9's, HT-A7000, ect.) but nothing beats a dedicated receiver or better yet, pre-processor and a dedicated AMP and hard wired speakers. That gets expensive quick though. I work with a guy that has a 7.4.2 setup. 4 overhead and 2 subs. I almost fell during a demo during heavy rain because it was so realistic and rain makes me tired, it was that good. Video wise disks are far superior. What I don't get is why movie studios haven't moved to a "higher end" service. Games can go over 100GB once all is said and done. Most 4K disks are way less, with Lord of the Rings trilogy being the only ISO's I have over 100GB. Almost all steaming content is 24fps but most streamers default to 60hz because 3:2 pulldown is cool I guess... Let people preorder movies so it's downloaded like games so it's ready to go the day it's released. Before anyone says anything about piracy, it's already out there and not hard to find. In fact, the Marvel remuxs looks better than anything else. They somehow extract the DV and embed it into a MKV or MP4 file 9f.the 4K disks video stream. Best of both worlds. Kind of like the despecialized star wars trilogy afterLucas ruined the DVDs. Fans can do amazing things. I also find it odd regarding the lack of HDR10+ content that is available. Bohemian Rhapsody looks amazing and with the right sound system, you will definitely notice a difference between lossy and losses. So yes, there is a reason for high bandwidth movies and tv shows, just not in disk formats. For purchase to own and can be downloaded again later to conserve disk space, just like games. The model is already there and movies would still almost always be smaller than games regarding download size and don't need 10GB day 1 patches either. Ok recently bought a Dune Pro Vision 4K Solo and the video/audio quality is far superior to the shield or ATV4K. It does all current DV profiles, HDR 10+ and HLG. Android is limited regarding reaction and HDR. Best you will get is 4lK no HDR outside KZfaq which does HDR. Not sure if they didn't pay the fees or if the streaming providers intentionally limit some android devices. Netflix is 4K no HDR while prime is 480p only. Yet, this thing can playback both the 400Mbps jellyfish files with absolutely no issues +h264 and h265. The only media player I've owned that can do that.

I use a combination of both (discs and free streaming channels). Some 4K Blu-rays (Blu-rays too) look really nice when properly done. I've seen quite a few that look outstanding and just blow away any streamed content hands down. I've seen others that are just mediocre and some Blu-rays (especially early ones) that are just plain piss poor like they didn't care. Digital usually has better deals so you have to decide if you want convenience and the possibility of stuff being removed, or if you would rather pay a little more for real ownership. After my Xbox One S got permabanned from Xbox Live and they refused to refund any of my games, that was enough for me to see they can take anything "digital" away whenever they want to and you have little, if any, recourse.

Absolutely I love them and the picture and sound is amazing ! And I still love 3D

Is 4-K version of "Heat" coming out this year? I know everyone wants it, and many predict it'll be released this year. Has anyone heard anything more definite?

I like both. Too little space means more digital downloads.

My questions for physical media: 1. Physical Storage space, runs out 2. How often do you really re-watch 100's of discs 3. Are you mitigating physical loss via fire, theft, disc rot, eventual player fail and replacement.? If yes is that a pain to rip it all to your own server or backup method. 4. Average general consumer isn't going to do all of that. Easier to stream. General casual market doesn't care enough about owning it. It's over for physical for average person.

I’ve started buying physical dvds,I miss the old days.

I have a hefty 4k, blu ray, and dvd collection( only stuff that never got a 4k/blu ray). And I still buy today. Only con is waiting for the 4k, majority of the time cones well after the streamed version. I still stream too but collect my favorite media on disk. Only stuff I know I’ll be watching again.

I started collecting 4k media and picked up the Sony x700 4k player as retailers began pulling the media from its stores. Hopefully, we see physical media stick around for a bit longer, but it doesn't look good.

I have a specific small list of movies that I want on 4k Blu Ray because of picture and sound quality. Most other movies are fine on DVD or streaming. As to owning media in general, it prevents losing the ability to watch certain episodes of shows when streaming services remove them due to cancel culture.

Long live physical media. I dont have Netflix, Disney, Paramount, Apple or any other streaming options other than Prime video as a result of being a prime member. Streaming does not and will not ever equal or beat physical media quality and ownership.

I haven't bought a physical 4k media disc in 4 years I stream everything in have tons of DVD and blue rays but to me it makes it less clutter as I have a digital ps5 and xbox series s and roku TV makes it so easy.

What about the consumers who have fast enough connection from Fibre internet such as 1gb download uploads speeds package. Can those users get higher quality streaming for 4K HDR? lossless?

I buy physical media for the quality and I like owning the bits, plus I like to collect. I don't like depending on one or more services.

I will always prefer physical media to streaming/buying digital.Same with games unless on pc (cause disc drives are non existent on pc pretty much anymore) If i love a movie and need it in my collection i will buy a physical copy. Got myself a ps5 last year so ive started collecting movies i REALLY love on 4k. Otherwise i stay with bluray. Plus as noted in the video, u dont own digital media. I can always re-sell physical media if need be. Great vid!

I still buy discs, the audio is night and day compared to streaming if you have a good surround sound system

should not things like Blu-ray pure audio . and DVD audio be able to have 24 bit in pure PCM ?

Consumers have decided they want physical film media killed off. But a tiny niche of film lovers still collect ancient music media, vinyl records. And books the oldest ever physical media are still very successful.

Bit rate seems to be physical medias last stand however even this will likely make minimal difference as years go by and speed and latency improves.

I still like physical media for my home theater. The audio coming from the center channel often suffers the most with streaming media especially Amazon Prime.

Recently started getting back into physical. They usually don’t have what I want or look worse than a regular dvd (not Blu-ray) and with my logic seeing a new movie costs almost the same as a physical disk (movie theatre) and can keep it forever and watch it whenever you want.

So let's say I have 1GBPS internet speed with no data caps streaming 4K HDR will it come close to being just as good as physical media?

I basically just got into the game of buying 4k discs... but I try to only buy them on sale or if I really like the movie (if available). Most discs I buy rn are normal Blu-rays (new and good shape used)

I went into best buy like 2 years ago and couldn't believe they still sold blurays because I was like what's the point if you can stream everything now im addicted to collecting 4k Blurays

I love collecting Blu-rays and 4K Discs, I like streaming because you can preview newer movies before you want to invest in buying them in case they are not worth buying

We still buy physical copies but unfortunately there are not many new movie worth collecting and most worth watching once only. Collect classic masterpiece but new movies only worth streaming.

Have a big question in mind for long. Are downloaded 4k movies able to compare to the ultra blu-ray?”

I have a large screen 4K TV, and a 4K Blu-ray player. For movies I want, I always go for 4K, if it isn't available on 4K, I see if I can get it on Blu-ray, and I drop down to DVD as a last resort.

No doubt physical media will be better as this video perfectly points out there are caps set by your streaming and internet providers so you won't reach the full limitations that you can reach on physical media. Streaming is obviously very convinient but if you want the best picture possible then physical media is the way to go plus there is a really good feature to physical media it gives you something to watch if you internet ever goes down. I do also keep media files on my computer using a lot of hard drive disks as well for those rainy days from the internet but overall you're not going to be disappointed grabbing physical copies. I think a lot of people like to have them as collectibles as well and it's something tangible that you can hand to somebody if you want to sell, give as a gift, or have somebody for somebody to borrow.

Buy dvd uhd vs hd Which one is better which one is better

Physical copy cannot be retconned, reshot or otherwise rebastardized to fit some current agenda. That alone is worth it.

Does anyone know what Entertainment center that is at 2:21 ??

YES. 10,000 TIMES YES.

What if I buy the physical media and rip it to my own server in MKV and only stream over my own home network?

I still collect Blu-ray discs along with 4k UHD discs for back up just in case the internet start acting up

does anyone know what a good 4K blu ray player thay has dolby ?

I don't buy too many movies(don't want a massive collection) But I'll keep an eye out for favorites and great looking steel books that usually come with a 4K copy

I still buy physical media to watch 4k but my internet speed is only 6mbps so i cant download 4k anyway as 6mbps is the only speed available to me the only physical media i dont buy is cds because i use spotify alot

Streaming is getting very good but still has a ways to go to compare to physical media, compromises have been made to sound and picture via streaming and less to physical media and physical media is yours to keep while streaming services can delete, cancel and discontinue service

My guy in the stores all the employees do is put the TVs into there store demo modes there’s no player in the back room unless they have usually one tv too show off most the TVs displayed are just in their demo modes you can activate in the TVs settings.

As long as people love to collect things, there will be a place for physical Media whether it is Movies, Music, Games or Books. People love to know that when they purchase one of these items that they own it. That is something that you cannot get with Streaming Services and Digital Downloads, as you are at the mercy of the provider.