Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media. It's so much easier to go get it via a streaming service. People are getting past the phase of owning something that will just take up space.
I probably won't unpack them until I want to watch something obscure that's not on streaming.
What I am getting tired of is the huge number of streaming services with content being pulled from an original service because a studio now has their own. I've now cancelled all but two services and just rotate through them when I get bored of the content. Disney+ was the one service I just cancelled despite being a subscriber since day 1 as it's doubled in price.
I probably won't unpack them until I want to watch something obscure that's
not on streaming.
yeah but think of it this way: do you REALLY need all that stuff sitting around? do you need a video store's worth of vids in your home taking up space?
you can either rip it and store it on a harddrive or just get it online in most cases.
know it's hard for some people because they develop attachments with inanimate objects.
but like i said, do you NEED it? do you USE it? if not, throw it out.
I know it's hard for some people because they develop attachments with inanimate objects.
And when you paid like $20/each for most of those DVDs that watched maybe only one time, you feel like you'd be throwing away something of value. But... not really. Donate them in that case.
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media.
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Apr 01 2024 10:21 pm
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media.
I will, for as long as it is being produced.
And then I'll have to resort to recording it to media myself.
but like i said, do you NEED it? do you USE it? if not, throw it out.
And when you paid like $20/each for most of those DVDs that watched maybe only one time, you feel like you'd be throwing away something of value. But... not really. Donate them in that case.
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Ewing on Thu Apr 04 2024 03:08 am
but like i said, do you NEED it? do you USE it? if not, throw it out.
I actually play my phisical media quite a lot myself.
Internet here sucks, power supply sucks. An VHS or DVD is much more likely to work without issues than the alternatives. If I am throwing a party at home and somebody wants to watch something from streaming or whatever, we give it a try, but if there are any issues we fallback to some DVD from my collection.
there's still people that buy cdrs and floppy disks.
you will be one of the nobodys.
you will be one of the nobodys.
Nope. I will be a somebody. Kinda difficult to be a nobody when you are someone.
you're an AI chatbot.
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Skylar on Thu Apr 11 2024 07:37 pm
you're an AI chatbot.
Wrong again. *That* would make me a nobody.
MRO wrote to Skylar <=-
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Skylar on Thu Apr 11 2024 07:37 pm
you're an AI chatbot.
Wrong again. *That* would make me a nobody.
wrong again? when was i wrong the first time
wrong again? when was i wrong the first time
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Skylar on Thu Apr 11 2024 10:17 pm
wrong again? when was i wrong the first time
When you said I was a nobody.
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