Current Events > I'm getting into hoarding physical media.

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I'm tired of streaming versions only having the shitty versions or bad remasters or just not having stuff.

While I don't hoard, as a home theatre junkie I have always valued my physical media options. But sadly I know as time goes forward they are dying even though it is a superior format than streaming. Blu-ray whether 1080p or whether it is UHD 4K is spectacular and doesn't have the compression that streaming does. Also I find streaming services tend to shortchange audio even more than video because I realize most people just use tv speakers or some really shitty audio and not an actual quality speaker setup.

It bums me out because I was looking forward to the possibility of a ton of movies being remastered in 4K and while it is still ongoing and happening I'm afraid with this push to go strictly digital a lot of them will never come to fruition that I would have liked to have seen.

Plus I like that I always have access to my physical movies. I'm closing in on 50 so hopefully in my life they won't completely go away but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Gaming has shifted quicker than movies but it is still happening.

I live in a very noisy neighborhood and prefer to use headphones for all my media needs. I'm not an audiophile by any means but using headphones made me realize how lackluster a lot of streaming service audio is. HBO Max is the only one I would consider truly bad though.

Anyway, I went to Movie Trading Company and browsed for a few hours. I only got a couple of seasons of The Simpsons because I was honestly overwhelmed and had to fight the compulsion to buy stuff I didn't really want.

boy howdy i sure hope you don't rent cuz you're gonna be in for a bad time when you have to move.