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Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs

Fiendish Thingy

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2. It's collectors like us who will keep physical media alive

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 01:38 PM

Mar 2024

I have thousands of DVDs and CDs for that very reason- I don’t want to be at the mercy of streaming services (although I subscribe to several of them).

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The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: 'One day you'll barter bread for our DVDs' [View all] Coventina Mar 2024 OP

Some things aren't coming out on DVD anymore. CrispyQ Mar 2024 #1

It's collectors like us who will keep physical media alive Fiendish Thingy Mar 2024 #2

That's why I've been recording lots of movies from streaming channels! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2024 #3

me too. AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #4

Were land line phones still in service post-hurricane? brush Mar 2024 #5

i have a land line still. will keep it untill at and t in ca yanks it from us. AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #7

I'm keeping mine too, was just wondering if the OP poster's brush Mar 2024 #14

i remember when one could order movie reels , rent projectors and so on from the back of magazines and that was AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #6

They know what happens when access to digital media disappeared rsdsharp Mar 2024 #8

Sloppy copy writing. Coventina Mar 2024 #11

It was a quote from the DVD owners. It could only be sloppy copy writing rsdsharp Mar 2024 #12

You are correct! Sloppy reading on my part!! Coventina Mar 2024 #13

If you own a DVD, they can't charge you any more for it. bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #9

we have all ours too and music CDs as well. yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #10