Poll of the Day > Remember when people had physical media collections?

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I remember when the first thing you did when you went to a potential friend's home or apartment was check out their collection of books, music, and movies. If they just had basic mainstream stuff, that was a potential dealbreaker.
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I remember physical collections, I've still got a decent number of books, but I don't remember being an elitist hipster about it.

Remember those drive up photo places where youd drop off rolls of film and then come back to pick them up later? The idea of them is funny to me now for some reason

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Mead posted...

Remember those drive up photo places where youd drop off rolls of film and then come back to pick them up later? The idea of them is funny to me now for some reason

Fotomat was the chain near us. Little blue booth with a yellow roof.

Mead posted...

Remember those drive up photo places where youd drop off rolls of film and then come back to pick them up later? The idea of them is funny to me now for some reason

We actually never had dedicated places for that, and funny enough I think our local pharmacy/store still does that.

rate my dvd collection
https://i.imgur.com/lsCsfs8.jpg

I'm sure people still do have those collections unless they all went up in smoke

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You can't put a digital download of a film or album on a shelf to show off your discerning and eclectic tastes to your house guests.

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LaggnFragnLarry posted...

rate my dvd collection
https://i.imgur.com/lsCsfs8.jpg

Paw Patrol. Awesome.

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Philoktetes posted...

Remember when people had physical media collections?

I still do.



Philoktetes posted...

I remember when the first thing you did when you went to a potential friend's home or apartment was check out their collection of books, music, and movies.

I have literally never done this, over the span of 40+ years.



Philoktetes posted...

If they just had basic mainstream stuff, that was a potential dealbreaker.

I don't even have just mainstream stuff, but if I knew someone who ever did that, I'd pretty much immediately call them hipster trash and accuse them of being a douche. That would be more of a dealbreaker for me than anything any given person would actually have. Which I wouldn't know anyway, since I never really looked at what people had.

I can actually think of more friends who are fans of things that are hot garbage than I can think of friends that have hipster tendencies. So I know which group I've self-selecting out of my life.





But considering who posted this topic, is this just troll copypasta anyway?
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

But considering who posted this topic, is this just troll copypasta anyway?

the same post was made on another website earlier this morning or late last night depending on timezone, and as part of an actual conversation, so basically

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LaggnFragnLarry posted...

rate my dvd collection
https://i.imgur.com/lsCsfs8.jpg

masterful, ok?

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LaggnFragnLarry posted...

rate my dvd collection
https://i.imgur.com/lsCsfs8.jpg

it has a lot of action

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Philoktetes posted...

I remember when the first thing you did when you went to a potential friend's home or apartment was check out their collection of books, music, and movies. If they just had basic mainstream stuff, that was a potential dealbreaker.

I still do!

i have a ton of dvds, games, and CDs (but my current jeep doesn't have a CD player wtf jeep?)

Highlights for sure are S1-7 of Star Trek DS9 and the complete Blackadder collection dvds.

If given the choice I'll always buy physical over digital. That's the old guy in me not wanting to change but I can't help it, it's nice to have something you can hold or store on a shelf.

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myghostisdead posted...

Paw Patrol. Awesome.

I like how he sort of has it in alphabetical order lol.

Casino Royale before Casino, Goonies before Goldmember, etc. Lots of these movies are awesome though, this is a good collection!

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I collect vinyl and I've started collecting cassettes. idk if it's a new thing, but a lot of bands I listen to are starting to release stuff on cassette and I'm super into it. Right now I only have about ten, but that's ok because I don't even have a way to play them lol

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MrMelodramatic posted...

I collect vinyl and I've started collecting cassettes. idk if it's a new thing, but a lot of bands I listen to are starting to release stuff on cassette and I'm super into it. Right now I only have about ten, but that's ok because I don't even have a way to play them lol

I don't know if it's the reason why, but if the music was recorded to analog and transferred to tape it does sound 'warmer'. Same thing with vinyl. Recording to digital loses something along the way.

Years ago my band managed to record a short demo to a 2-inch tape reel to reel from like 1975 or something. Was an experience that's for sure! The guitar tone and drums sounded so freaking good but alas they made my bass sound muddy and like ass haha.

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i still have books, videogames, and movies in my house

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If I had every steam game in my library on a shelf I would have to have every wall in my apartment covered in shelves. Having a physical collection is all well and good but they can get out of hand in size very quickly especially for collectors.

I don't have to remember. I just have to turn my head.

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I still have physical collections. I prefer them to digital.

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Looks to the right of my desk and sees 1400+ physical games... oh hey yea I remember

I'm pretty sure most people still have physical media collections...

Physical media is more important now than ever. In an age where TV episodes are being pulled from circulation and media is frequently jumping from one streaming platform to the next, there's a lot to be said for owning media instead of merely "borrowing" it.

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I feel like an idiot every time I buy a physical movie. My roommate heckles me for buying books since they're obsolete now.

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I used to have a lot more of one, but life happened.

I never went to anyone's house that had a collection of anything but kids when I was a kid. Or really would have judged someone based on their likes like that.

I will always prefer physical media over digital ones.
I really like to just look at all my stuff.
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I still have my physical collections. Digital is great for convenience, but I also like having a collection of movies, games, etc. that no one can mess with. (Especially in this age of Cancel Culture).

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I still have mine. And I will teach my son to make his own.

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Yeah hoarding physical media is wasteful but will continue for a subset of the population, as it fills some emptiness otherwise unfulfilled

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Rotpar posted...

buying books since they're obsolete now.

I still buy books. I dont consider them obsolete...
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I still do.

Indeed. I definitely prefer a physical copy of my media because with digital the only thing you have is the hope that the service "your" media is on will exist when you want to access them.

Like for example I just received an email the other day from VUDU stating they are now part of Fandango and that 'my media collection is safe'. For how long though? That's why I'm glad I have the physical discs for each of those titles still in my collection since the future is uncertain. What's to stop a company that acquires X or Y site from CHARGING people to access those digital files later on claiming they have to because of the costs associated with maintaining the servers they're on? That's charging people twice for the media they already 'own'.

With physical as long as you have a player to play them on you have access to them.

Yeah hoarding physical media is wasteful but will continue for a subset of the population, as it fills some emptiness otherwise unfulfilled

Imagine thinking that this is why people prefer tangible goods.

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Clench281 posted...

Yeah hoarding physical media is wasteful but will continue for a subset of the population, as it fills some emptiness otherwise unfulfilled

As Hollywood has proven during this pandemic they are more than willing to forgo releasing films in theaters as long as people are willing to pay obscene prices ($20 for 2 days at most) for mere rentals. I, however, am NOT content to pay $20 to merely rent media for a couple of days. Maybe when tangible media rental outlets like Blockbuster and Hollywood Video existed because they'd run sales and deals all the time.

Video game publishers and the platform holders have already proven that any all digital future will be an MSRP-a-thon. Maybe if those platform holders like Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft had major competition like on PC you'd see much lower sale prices more often. But like the movie studios they know that once people go full digital they have you by the proverbial and literal short hairs with nowhere else legitimate to get their content from. So why would they give you a decent price when they know it's buy from them or go without?

Mead posted...

Remember those drive up photo places where youd drop off rolls of film and then come back to pick them up later? The idea of them is funny to me now for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opdVwwIedtg

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Clench281 posted...

Yeah hoarding physical media is wasteful but will continue for a subset of the population, as it fills some emptiness otherwise unfulfilled

beautifully-written sentence, sir

Although I now have about twice as many ebooks as physical books, I still have many, many shelves worth.


This is just the main library, I have more books in my bedroom and in the living room.

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Philoktetes posted...

I remember when the first thing you did when you went to a potential friend's home or apartment was check out their collection of books, music, and movies. If they just had basic mainstream stuff, that was a potential dealbreaker.

Yeah, I stopped hoarding when I got a job. Most of my friends are still hoarders, its kinda sad. Im moving everything I can do digital. If I lose it all, I wont care that much. Its meant to be experiences not experienced then hoarded.

blu posted...

Yeah, I stopped hoarding when I got a job. Most of my friends are still hoarders, its kinda sad. Im moving everything I can do digital. If I lose it all, I wont care that much. Its meant to be experiences not experienced then hoarded.

@blu
Don't get me wrong. I'd go all digital quickly if the prices for such content weren't abysmal. If they sold e-books for $1-3 apiece and digital games were $10-15 MAX I'd consider it.

But no fucking way am I paying $60 for a game when I have zero resale rights to those 1's and 0's. If I "own" it digitally, then that means I should be able to transfer it via a secondhand market to somebody else when I'm done. At least with a physical edition I can trade/sell it somewhere to get something back to offset my cost to buy another.

Theres no way Id pay $60 for a game physical or digital. I usually spend around $20. I see the secondhand market for digital editions to mess with sales and make them unfeasible.

I get all my books from the library, pretty much. Some counties have crap digital libraries but Ive been lucky. Also some libraries, like Philadelphia, will let you pay $50 to get a membership if youre not in county...I did mine for free being out of county and Im not sure how, it just sort of happened.

blu posted...

Theres no way Id pay $60 for a game physical or digital. I usually spend around $20. I see the secondhand market for digital editions to mess with sales and make them unfeasible.

Most of my game collection the past 3-4 gens has been made up of $10 or UNDER clearance titles bought from places like Circuit City, Toys R Us, Target, Kmart, Sears and even Walmart more recently. I can count on one hand the number of games I've spent $20 or over on in that time too. Unless I have cheap credit/gift cards at a place like Gamestop that cost me nowhere near that amount to amass then I just stalk the clearance cycles and buy at the cheapest price (if possible).

I get all my books from the library, pretty much. Some counties have crap digital libraries but Ive been lucky. Also some libraries, like Philadelphia, will let you pay $50 to get a membership if youre not in county...I did mine for free being out of county and Im not sure how, it just sort of happened.

I think the only things I've used our local libraries for is for internet access (when I didn't have it at home), printing up stuff like shipping labels (rather than buying a printer AND ink for 1-3 things a year) and the bathroom when I was out for the day and happened to pass by there.

Although I have looked at their used/for sale shelf before there hasn't really been anything of interest to me on there and even then I think the prices were a bit ridiculous for the items.

Some of this reminded me of the fact I've seen Monster Hunter Generations for $8-$10 used but it's still full price digital.

I've enjoyed it, but I wouldn't have asked for it at full price.

Now that I think of it, you can't even download the "good" non-Lucasfied Star Wars OT anymore can you? The non-special edition, non-terrible Jabba music video, non-NOOoOoOO versions?

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rexcrk wrote:

I still have my physical collections. Digital is great for convenience, but I also like having a collection of movies, games, etc. that no one can mess with. (Especially in this age of Cancel Culture).

I feel the same way ;.;

TheCodeisBosco wrote:

Physical media is more important now than ever. In an age where TV episodes are being pulled from circulation and media is frequently jumping from one streaming platform to the next, there's a lot to be said for owning media instead of merely "borrowing" it.

exactly ;.;
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I still have a physical games collection. At times I buy other physical media but not as much. This is my collection that's not in storage:
https://i.imgur.com/VtVSbiG.jpg

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