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    From Nightfox@21:1/137 to All on Tue Jan 24 11:26:51 2023
    I still like to buy movies and TV shows on physical media (at least, ones I really like). Is anyone here looking forward to any upcoming physical media releases?

    Currently I'm looking forward to the release of the Star Trek Next Generation movies on 4K blu-ray. I heard they're planned for release on April 4 of this year (2023). Last year, they released the first 6 Star Trek movies on 4K blu-ray and I bought that set too.

    Nightfox
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  • From esc@21:4/173 to Nightfox on Tue Jan 24 17:19:41 2023
    I still like to buy movies and TV shows on physical media (at least,
    ones I really like). Is anyone here looking forward to any upcoming physical media releases?

    I buy music that I like on vinyl but I don't buy hardware video content any more. However, what I ended up doing is investing a small fortune in an iTunes library that I'm paranoid Apple will simply stop supporting one day in favor of 100% subscription/streaming services :(

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Nightfox on Wed Jan 25 07:02:16 2023
    On 24 Jan 23 11:26:51 Nightfox wrote...

    I still like to buy movies and TV shows on physical media (at least,
    ones I really like). Is anyone here looking forward to any upcoming physical media releases?

    Currently I'm looking forward to the release of the Star Trek Next Generation movies on 4K blu-ray. I heard they're planned for release
    on April 4 of this year (2023). Last year, they released the first 6
    Star Trek movies on 4K blu-ray and I bought that set too.

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    I just hate that I feel like I keep buying them over and over and over.

    VHS... DVD... Blu Ray... 4k...... I started going mostly to digital
    (Vudu for example) but I still find myself buying all the versions.

    How many versions of "The Wrath of Khan" do I have? Only God knows, and
    he's laughing at me for it.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to esc on Wed Jan 25 09:37:39 2023
    Re: Re: Physical media releases, 4K, etc
    By: esc to Nightfox on Tue Jan 24 2023 05:19 pm

    I buy music that I like on vinyl but I don't buy hardware video content any more.

    What is "hardware video content"?

    However, what I ended up doing is investing a small fortune in
    an iTunes library that I'm paranoid Apple will simply stop supporting one day in favor of 100% subscription/streaming services :(

    That's one reason I avoid buying movies in streaming format only and tend to prefer physical media. I've heard of at least a couple situations where people have bought streaming movies, and then the provider where they bought it from removed the movie from their library.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Commodore Clifford on Wed Jan 25 09:39:12 2023
    Re: Physical media releases, 4K, etc
    By: Commodore Clifford to Nightfox on Wed Jan 25 2023 07:02 am

    VHS... DVD... Blu Ray... 4k...... I started going mostly to digital
    (Vudu for example) but I still find myself buying all the versions.

    DVD and onward are digital formats.. Or do you mean the online streaming versions?

    How many versions of "The Wrath of Khan" do I have? Only God knows, and he's laughing at me for it.

    When I 'upgrade' one of my movies (or TV shows) to a newer format, I tend to sell my older one. I don't want to keep all the older ones around. :)

    Nightfox
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