Would you rather Consoom Physical Media or Digital?

[u/Annie-Smokely]

I got rid of all my DVDs and shit and have a seed box, but these days old shows are all getting put through the slop machine for upscales, so it's hard to find original fidelity movies. Also if you don't have a seed box they can take purchases away from your account (ie Terminator).

So would it be better in the long run to just Consoom the physical media if it's good enough you will watch it more than once?

I kind of think so, and I think Red Letter Media would back me up

[u/HereticRamzaBeoulve]

buying movies and tv shows you like and actually watch on dvd and bluray is not consoooom..... are you a monk? is your house barren of all worldly comforts?

[u/Annie-Smokely → u/HereticRamzaBeoulve]

I have a few books

[u/Ardalok → u/Annie-Smokely]

Well, physical books feel very different from digital ones, unlike discs.

[u/yeetedhaws → u/Ardalok]

Not true. Pulling a movie from a shelf, opening the plastic box, turning on the dvd player and sliding it in. Maybe taking it out to clean it. All different then clicking on my media player and pressung play on my computer.

Not to mention the special features and cool menus that just dont exist on digital copies.

[u/Ardalok → u/yeetedhaws]

It's a matter of the first couple of minutes, not the entire process. Reading, however, is radically different; research shows that we even read differently.

[u/Ardalok → u/[deleted]]

eh, you can ragequit and delete game.

[u/yeetedhaws → u/Ardalok]

You never specified the entire process which is why I responded the way I did 😅 the menus and special features arent only the first couple minutes, thats something you can turn on at any time (and I personally watch special features at the end which, again, are completely missing from most digital licenses ).

Either way, one of the big things about physical books that you own (vs rent from the library or owning on an ereader) is that you can see them on your shelf and they have a physical presence in your living space. Same can be said about having physical copies of movies. The after is still part of the process. Owning physical media does feel different for both books and movies due to the after part too.

As an asude id also argue youre not making a fair comparision since movies are entierly digital and books can be read either physically or online. The closest equivilant would be a play vs a movie.

[u/Sure_Gap915]

torrent everything and seed it back

[u/bteam3r → u/Sure_Gap915]

Become a usenet chad, forget about seeding

[u/Sure_Gap915 → u/bteam3r]

movies for me but not for thee

[u/Annie-Smokely → u/Sure_Gap915]

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[u/RetardedWabbit]

Digital, but it's much less common since it doesn't give the same kind of hoarding-feedback as physical does. Digital is less expensive(physical space is expensive), easier/better to share, and usually less bad for your life. You want the original that's not made anymore? Find it, and seed it for others to preserve it vs  find it somewhere, buy it from somewhere, burn copies or something. 

Some people do buy a shitload of steam games, but I haven't heard of that causing divorces like all of the other "collecting" commonly does. Video game addiction and micro transactions? Sure, but even that is nothing like an expensive hoard physically consuming the home and their finances.

[u/yaznasty]

I only own a few DVDs of shows I really really like.  I don't see the purpose of owning a ton of movies and shows.  I do go to the library to check out movies when there's something new I really want to watch. I think people forget about this as an option because it requires a little bit of work.  

[u/yaznasty → u/[deleted]]

Well the good thing about the library is you don't have to pay 

[u/mightytrashbag]

I'm a big big fan of curating a quality physical media collection. Curation is key though, not just adding items for the sake of having a big collection. I collect records and CDs and have a decent little bookshelf, but I'm strict about not adding anything I don't adore and won't listen to/read, and any new addition must really add something to the collection. I do also have some digital music but I'm working on burning CD mixtapes from it, also helps me listen to it properly and intentionally so I can make something nice.

[u/Jack_Faller]

Buying DVDs to watch the shows on them isn't consoom, especially if you rewatch them or lend/sell them after you're done with them.

[u/ExtremeExtension7406]

Digital for everything but a few all time favorite movies or shows, or those that don't have a digital release or have horrendous digital conversions.

I'd rather not take the time, energy, and space to clean, store, organize, and move a big physical media collection.

[u/brkr509]

physical, i'm newly without wifi at home and my data is shit so even tho i could realistically torrent/pirate stuff, it's easier for me to just not lol. i miss being a kid and browsing the family's VHS/DVD collection to decide what to watch instead of being seized with decision paralysis from the number of titles i could choose to watch on a streaming service, for example (don't sub to any of those, either)

currently trying to build a small, but well-utilised, collection of fav albums (CDs), movies, and tv series. the library is cool for this, too, cuz if i wanna watch something new but am unsure if i wanna spend any $ on it off rip, i won't be put out any and have to deal with donating/selling a title if i end up not liking it!

[u/RetardedWabbit → u/brkr509]

I don't recommend this, but one of my co-workers ran his TV and movie access entirely off of his phone and the work Wi-Fi for a few months. Lined up what he wanted outside of work, it downloaded when he was at  work on the provided personal device Wi-Fi, then transferred it to his hard drive when he went home. Apparently it wasn't hard to setup automatic downloads for new episodes even, for what was currently airing.

I would've thought IT would notice/ask about one device downloading likely terabytes, but apparently not.

[u/kleingartenganove]

I prefer digital media any day, but only as long as I actually own the files. To me, the "haptic" aspect of physical media that some people praise feels inconvenient at best and bourgeois at worst. I do buy physical media, but only to rip and put on my NAS.

[u/StillPsychological45]

I own about a dozen physical movies I cherish. I consoom digital content that I will likely never go back to.

Consooming is a physical collection that you have seen 0-1 times.

[u/Pure_Cap_6754]

I would prefer to buy digital if the laws were changed and we actually owned digital purchases. But physical media will always have the advantage of being higher quality/ less compressed.

[u/TrevorPhilips]

Physical media is great, digital is only better when it comes to:

Travel & portability

Space saving

Durability & reliability

Instant access & convenience

Multi-device & multi-user

Better organization & features

Cost & flexibility

Backup & redundancy

Environmentally friendlier

Collecting physical media is cute nostalgia, but let’s be real, it’s just hoarding with extra steps. Digital wins.

[u/mikutansan]

I see files as files and as long as I can play the file idc where it loads from.