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Post by Brad on Aug 23, 2012 11:25:56 GMT -5
I was buying my movies on blu-ray but I've got a limited amount of space and have technically already ran out of room. I've been heavily considering buying all my movies/tv shows via amazon digitally.
It saves space, it's so easy and I have a kindle so I'd have all of that stuff with me on the go.
Not to mention I can buy an apple tv or a roku and take it room from room while carrying my entire collection. The more I think about it, the better it sounds.
Amazon gives you free 5gs of cloud storage but anything you buy through them doesn't count towards the 5gs so all of it would be securely backed up.
Anyone else switched to doing their collection this way or considered it?
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Post by Suckasays on Aug 23, 2012 12:09:25 GMT -5
I was perfectly ok with going digital with my music. I used to have over 500 CD's but today I have maybe 3 lying around. But I can't imagine I'll ever want to go that way with movies. I'd especially hate to put a lot of money into it only to have some sort of unexpected happening such as a (currently) huge company go under thus causing my collection (if it's in a "cloud") to disappear. With physical copies, even if there is a format change, It's likely that I'd always be able to find a player to play them. I don't like to mess with file conversions and all that. I know it can be done, but I'm not that savvy on that sort of thing and it becomes a pain in the butt.
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Post by Sully© on Aug 23, 2012 12:27:20 GMT -5
I have to watch how I word this... You could always back up your video libaray on your computer and do it that way. I've already started backing up my tv seasons. Works wonders we have 3 internet tvs in my house, and i can view all of my movies and tv shows on any of the tv's.
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Post by Brad on Aug 23, 2012 12:31:02 GMT -5
I have to watch how I word this... You could always back up your video libaray on your computer and do it that way. I've already started backing up my tv seasons. Works wonders we have 3 internet tvs in my house, and i can view all of my movies and tv shows on any of the tv's. Yeah, the cloud would just be an extra backup. And I imagine that if the company were to shut down the customers would get notice so that they can make sure their movies and what not are backed up elsewhere. |
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Post by Parchandri on Aug 23, 2012 12:39:47 GMT -5
I can see it being beneficial, but there's something about having the physical copy that will never grow old. Blu-ray cases are so sleek and appealing. Also I couldn't imagine buying something like the Alien Anthology and not having that awesome packaging.
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Post by James Hetfield on Aug 23, 2012 12:50:04 GMT -5
I still buy CDs most of the time, DVDs/Blu Rays too, but I think the new iTunes M4A format is actually pretty good quality, and you can change them to MP3, unlike last time when iTunes files were locked.
Can't ever imagine myself getting all digital movies though.
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Post by T R W on Aug 23, 2012 13:00:58 GMT -5
I don't buy physical copies of movies anymore. I hardly watched them enough to justify the cost of buying them. It is much cheaper for me to rent them when I actually want to watch them.
I currently subscribe to Amazon Prime and have access to a lot of free movies with that service. And if a movie I want to watch isn't there, it is almost always available to rent for only a few bucks. I have yet to come across a movie I wanted to see that wasn't at least available to rent on there.
As I get older, and married, space is a premium. I used to have thousands of VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD when all of them where in vogue and it just takes up so much space. I realized one day that I am not running a library, and that paying all this money to own movies I hardly use, and the space they take up was just wasteful. The result has been more space in my house, and more money in my wallet.
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Post by Brad on Aug 23, 2012 13:08:57 GMT -5
I don't buy physical copies of movies anymore. I hardly watched them enough to justify the cost of buying them. It is much cheaper for me to rent them when I actually want to watch them. I currently subscribe to Amazon Prime and have access to a lot of free movies with that service. And if a movie I want to watch isn't there, it is almost always available to rent for only a few bucks. I have yet to come across a movie I wanted to see that wasn't at least available to rent on there. As I get older, and married, space is a premium. I used to have thousands of VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD when all of them where in vogue and it just takes up so much space. I realized one day that I am not running a library, and that paying all this money to own movies I hardly use, and the space they take up was just wasteful. The result has been more space in my house, and more money in my wallet. While I understand where you are coming from, if it's something you're ever going to watch more than once, even renting it you end up spending as much as you would to just buy it to keep over the course of time. |
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Post by T R W on Aug 23, 2012 13:37:55 GMT -5
I don't buy physical copies of movies anymore. I hardly watched them enough to justify the cost of buying them. It is much cheaper for me to rent them when I actually want to watch them. I currently subscribe to Amazon Prime and have access to a lot of free movies with that service. And if a movie I want to watch isn't there, it is almost always available to rent for only a few bucks. I have yet to come across a movie I wanted to see that wasn't at least available to rent on there. As I get older, and married, space is a premium. I used to have thousands of VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD when all of them where in vogue and it just takes up so much space. I realized one day that I am not running a library, and that paying all this money to own movies I hardly use, and the space they take up was just wasteful. The result has been more space in my house, and more money in my wallet. While I understand where you are coming from, if it's something you're ever going to watch more than once, even renting it you end up spending as much as you would to just buy it to keep over the course of time. Most HD new releases are $3 to rent. Compared to a $15-$20 blu-ray, that's a pretty big difference in price if you only watch it once or twice. I see a lot of movies in the theater, so usually on DVD it is a 2nd viewing, which is usually enough for me for over 90% of movies. Interesting that you posted this though. I was just reading an article about how the DVD/physical disc is a dying medium and that Hollywood/movie studios are very slow to catch on to consumer demand, as the music industry was with digital audio. |
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Post by Brad on Aug 23, 2012 13:59:37 GMT -5
While I understand where you are coming from, if it's something you're ever going to watch more than once, even renting it you end up spending as much as you would to just buy it to keep over the course of time. Most HD new releases are $3 to rent. Compared to a $15-$20 blu-ray, that's a pretty big difference in price if you only watch it once or twice. I see a lot of movies in the theater, so usually on DVD it is a 2nd viewing, which is usually enough for me for over 90% of movies. Interesting that you posted this though. I was just reading an article about how the DVD/physical disc is a dying medium and that Hollywood/movie studios are very slow to catch on to consumer demand, as the music industry was with digital audio. I guess if you know you're only going to watch it twice, then renting is better for you. I was just comparing it to the fact that a lot movies on amazon instant video are 10 bucks to by and keep and 2.99 to rent for 24 hours. If I know I'm going to watch it more than twice, might as well buy it. Even more so in this format seeing as it won't take up physical space. |
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Post by J12 on Aug 23, 2012 20:23:51 GMT -5
I can see it being beneficial, but there's something about having the physical copy that will never grow old. Blu-ray cases are so sleek and appealing. Also I couldn't imagine buying something like the Alien Anthology and not having that awesome packaging. Yep. I don't see myself ever going digital unless I have no other choice, movies or music. I love my Blu-ray/DVD collection, and people love to look at it. Having it digitally takes away all of the appeal. I refuse to spend nearly the same amount of money for something completely intangible. I'm the same way with CDs. If it's a band I love, I go to Bull Moose Music and buy a physical copy on release day. The only time I buy digitally is if it's a single, or a digital only album. |
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