So I'm obviously obsessed with G1 Transformers, this led me to this site years ago. And well, I'm still here. Another thing that I have a thing for is copping film in the format of physical media. Does anyone else still buy physical media? If so, what have you recently bought, or looking forward to? Are you into boutique labels like Criterion, Arrow, Eureka, etc? I'm always going to the Barnes and Noble Criterion 50% sales, which tend to happen twice a year. Arrow releases are also sometimes listed during this time. Does anyone here do this? Post your purchases, news, or thoughts on this thread. If there is already something like this then close it. So to kick it off, these are my most recent purchases: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (Arrow) Version with the slip cover. Have always liked how Arrow provides new cover art while still providing you with original. They let you make the choice on which one you want to display via the two sided cover art insert. If you get a slipcover, you can display both. Mr. Klein (Criterion) Shaft (Criterion) Was happy to find out that this set comes with two films. Nice unexpected bonus! Dune (Arrow) Inframan (88 films)
I absolutely still buy physical media for multiple reasons. The main reason is,I don’t want to always rely on streaming and streaming companies also edit or won’t certain episodes to be aired depending on what they deem offensive. Last blu Ray I purchased was probably The Batman.
I still try to when I can, in my case, cost depending on timing and physical space to store them are drawbacks, but those are more drawbacks unique to me than criticisms. I also haven't gotten a legit 4K player yet, though I've only had a 4K television since last holidays. Timing can definitely be an issue when it comes to modern physical media, I'm pretty bummed I missed out on the 4K release of "Heavy Metal" for instance earlier this year since it only seemed to be on sale for a few weeks despite being on Amazon.
I still have years and years worth of DVD’s and Blu Rays, but I’m definitely guilty of not buying home releases for new movies that are now available on streaming. I SHOULD get them but I haven’t. The presence of YouTube movies and Amazon has also numbed me since I can rent or buy pretty much anything I want from there. I still SHOULD.
I stopped buying physical movies/show discs, because of lack of space. Transformer figures became the dominate top priority for me. And in turn, I wanted to make more room to display them. Sadly, I had to make sacrifices.
I've been hurting for money for a few years, so I haven't bought much new in a while. I do still plan on increasing my collection in the future. Streaming can be great, especially for trying out different movies your not sure enough to actually buy. For the movies I truly love I'll always try to get a hard copy. That way I always have it on hand, even when I have to drop a service, like recently. There's also no guarantee that a particular movie or show will always remain availible. It's heartbreaking that this can be true in this day and age, but it happens. Like the show Infinity Train being dropped everywhere because of the WB fallout. My personal area of interest is 3D movies. If anyone is interested in what I've got, click here. I've loved 3D things since I was a kid. I really think it enhances any movie it's used in. A few of my favorites are: Hugo, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, Kung Fu Panda 2, Inferno, Lichtmond 2, Gravity, The Taking of Tiger Mountain, and The Walk. I really wish I could pick some more up. Recent hollywood movies have been drying up, but classic release have been on an upward trend. Sangaree - a Drama/Love story, 2 martial arts movies - Dynasty, and Revenge of the Shogun Women, I, the Jury - a Film Noir, and 3D Rarities 2 - a full spanish language swashbuckling movie called El Corazón y la Espada (or Sword of Granada) with a collection of shorts. There's even a classic XXX film that's going to release soon. Since this is a Transformers forum, I've also got to say how disappointed I am that Transformers Animated never got a Blu-ray release. The DVD is serviceable, but the show already had a HD master. Just release it dang it! Not going to happen of course. I'm pretty sure we'll never see another Transformers show release physically.
I only buy physical media. I will not give me money to something I can not physically own. That's why I'm so glad companies like Shout! Factory, KINO, Arrow, and Criterion exist. What's even greater is now Disney is starting to give other companies access to their catalog, which means we may see Disney owned stuff get proper releases.
I sometimes buy actual 35mm film that I want in my collection. I keep them in a small refrigerator that I have in the basement because I don't want the film to decay.
Yeah I did see Criterion is going to release Wall-E. That is interesting. I wonder what other titles they will be adding?
I absolutely still buy physical media. The apartments I live in unfortunately are in an area that loses power or internet if the weather so much as sneezes, and if power goes out then obviously so does the internet. And if there was a separate issue that happened to the internet infrastructure around the same time (as has happened), the internet will be out even longer. The worst internet outage was just in the last month, which took them three weeks to fix (two weeks of that for them to even recognize it as an area-wide outage). Wish I could say it was just a small company as my ISP as the explanation, but it's one of the largest in the country; they have no excuse I would accept. Whenever either the power or the internet goes out my physical media (or the digital copies I make from them which I keep on a tablet) are one of my only forms of entertainment at home. In relation to the previously mentioned outage various movies, several seasons of Columbo, and a variety of anime got me through it.
I've not bought anything but a few CDs a few months ago due to them never been digitized for sale anywhere, and that's been proably close to 5, maybe even 10 years since I've done so. For movies, I stopped at DVDs, which I have a massive collection that now sits in my basement... Way before the internet was even considered possible to stream beyond modem 56K speed, movies and TV shows were not a possibility whatsoever and not a single source could predict how fast they resolved the speed issue, so being ahead of my time, I built a system with computers and a hard drive boxes and took the time to rip all my DVDs, converted my VHS tapes, and anything I could find... From my oldest files in the system, I found it to be dated 2006, so that's 16 years ago that I started building it, updating the technology as I could at the time. It's now up to about 44TB, and it's still going strong. We do watch from the streaming services, but I hate the interface, that their content is actually limited, etc. While my system has been fairly solid and very well used for quite a long time. It's funny whenever someone comes over and we watch something from it and they think that it's some sort of new and improved system. The rough part is that it works Win7's media Center via a plug-in and I have to make sure that I don't lose the software as it's no longer available anywhere. So if the internet was to go down, I'll be fine.
I haven't picked up any of the 4K releases yet. I was hoping given this was the 60th anniversary of Bond they would have announced a 4K box set of all 25 movies. If I don't hear anything come Xmas, I'm going to put the Craig box set on my list. At least his run makes sense to have in a stand alone box set.
Oh hell yes I do. I track them on iCollect. Over 1300 titles. More than that if you count individual movies as some are box sets with double features or multiple films. Got 50th Anniversary James Bond box set with Dr No through Skyfall. 20+ films, one title. i’m also trying to upgrade some dvds to Blu-ray’s. Occasionally hit the used dvd places.
Yeah, that's why I bought that one. It's basically one complete story that really needs to be watched back-to-back to make sense as it's presented almost more like a 5-episode TV series.
One thing I was trying to find on DVD or Bluray (If it exists) is the Robot Detective K series. I have only seen a release only in Japanese. Was wondering if there is a subtitled English release anywhere (Official or Not)?
You mean the Toku series from Toei? If so, nope, but with Discotek getting into the Toku game, it's always possible they will release it at some point.
Yeah, discotek is doing a great job with their releases. Was just wondering as I am watching the series currently with a fan sub, and I am loving it. Definitely would like to own it. I'm already a sucker for Ishinomori's Cyborg 009 franchise, so this was a given to be a fan of. Another release I would like to see is the 1979 Cyborg 009 series. I know of the Japanese releases, but I need one with English subs. All I got is a bunch of burned DVDs I actually bought off the internet from some guy years ago with subs from a rare stateside subbed broadcast. Love the 1979 version (along with the 2000s series). However, I could see 008's appearance creating an issue stateside (I'm so glad they corrected him in the 2000s).
I enjoy having physical media of the movies I frequently rewatch (like, yearly or so). It's nice to know that I will always have access to stuff like the original Star Wars trilogy or The Lego Movie, even if the studios decide to put them in their vaults or sell the exclusive rights to some streaming service I don't have. One thing I really miss are video stores. Sometimes I just can't come up with anything to watch, and spend more time trying to think of something than actually watching it. But with a video store you can just browse around and usually find something good. Sure streaming platforms often have features that let you browse, but there's nothing quite like walking through a video store and seeing hundreds of options. Usually streaming just recommends popular stuff, whereas video stores have everything organized more or less equally, so you're more likely to stumble upon less obvious choices.
