“On September 29th, 2023, we will ship out our final red envelope. It has been an honor to share movie nights with you. …We sincerely thank you for joining us on this amazing journey of 25 years.” -The Netflix DVD Team

With Netflix discs closing its doors on the 29th, where will you get your DVD’s, Blu Rays and UHDs?

This raises a few questions for discussion:

  • What services do you use?
  • Whats your experience with any of these services?
  • What do you do with your physical media?

I know, I know, yes, its 2023 and people still get physical media. A physical disc can have many advantages over a streaming service, such as:

  • Control Over Content
  • Quality
  • Sound Profiles
  • Extras
  • Back Ups

Here is a list of popular Rental and Buy services:

Rent:

Buy (New):

Buy (Used):

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.ml
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    They’re digitized to very specific formats that are proprietary, and once the devices that play them cease to exist, so does the data contained on them.

    Digitizing them into a file format (which if you actually read the initial comment, would have noticed that I specified this) that is open, available, and easily transferable between a multitude of digital devices is a different issue.

    EDIT: I went back and bolded it for you, since you seem to struggle with reading comprehension.

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      elaborate on how these sites sell CDs that are apparently impossible to digitalize as standard video formats, because that doesn’t sound true at all

      edit: yeah that’s what I thought, maybe he realized on the third reply he completely misread the entire chain. Blocks me then continues to reply and edit all his comments lol. Very sane and definitely not emotional.

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        1 year ago

        Because I didn’t say that. Once again, your lack of reading comprehension rears its ugly head.

        EDIT: it’s interesting that they think I blocked them. Is that what they wanted?

        Very sane and definitely not emotional.

        I’m gonna go with projection here. It’s not like they can’t see when I made my edits.