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Dvds gone forever? & streaming worth it?

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By *sianManc OP Man over a year ago

Manchester

So I recently went on Amazon and only now realised dvds are pretty much obsolete.

When did that happen?

I don't have Netflix or any other paid streaming service are they even worth it?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"So I recently went on Amazon and only now realised dvds are pretty much obsolete.

When did that happen?

I don't have Netflix or any other paid streaming service are they even worth it?

Yes if you like your tv/movies

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By *sianManc OP Man over a year ago

Manchester

"So I recently went on Amazon and only now realised dvds are pretty much obsolete.

When did that happen?

I don't have Netflix or any other paid streaming service are they even worth it?

Yes if you like your tv/movies "

Thanks I do for now I get them another way if you catch my drift but you can't get every movie and show on 1 streaming platform can you?

So are any of you on more than 1?

And can you record or save shows like you could with VHS and Dvds?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

We still buy bluerays

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By *sianManc OP Man over a year ago

Manchester

"We still buy bluerays

Exactly I rather still buy dvds and have copies of shows than go to a mediumless format which is streaming.

I have virgin and you can record/save shows on the box but eventually it will fill up and that's when I wished I could have a way to save stuff to DVD instead and have a permanent copy.

Am I the only one who thinks this way?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I stream all my tv and movies. Probably close to 10 years since I bought a DVD. I don't miss DVDs at all. Living in quite a small flat a big collection would be a pain to store.

That said, I do miss CDs, and it's even longer since i bought one of those. When I was a teenager I used to love opening the case to see the shiny disc and looking through the little booklet thingy. Plus I probably have more of a sentimental attachment to music than films it tv, so it was nice to have a hard copy.

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By *AYENCouple over a year ago

Lincolnshire

We rotate - a couple of months of each: Netflix, Amazon, Nowtv.

We rarely want to watch anything twice but if you do just revisit it, no need to save it!

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By *teveanddebsCouple over a year ago

Norwich

We don't have terrestrial TV, we live on a boat and keeping an aerial aligned is a pita. We started with Netflix but switched to Amazon because for the same money we got prime deliveries. To be honest we don't watch it much, it's mainly for visitors.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I bought a few DVDs from CEX yesterday for between 50p-£1 for things I couldn’t get online. I have Netflix and prime but use Netflix more. Once I’ve watched these DVDs I take them back to CEX. You only lose 20/50p per disc and that’s a fair price.

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By *sianManc OP Man over a year ago

Manchester

thanks for the replies everyone.

With the new Disney+ coming to the UK next year I wondered whether all these streaming services would become costly but it seems as long as you sign to 1 at a time and move around then it can be enjoyed.

Just feels a shame not being able to own and collect dvds as we once were able to and simple rent something that is on the virtual cloud.

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By *hatYorkLadMan over a year ago

York

It's crazy that DVD's and blu ray are pretty much obsolete now, it only seems like a few years ago that I was replacing all my VHS tapes with discs which felt so modern at the time! I used to be proud of my huge collection of films.

I use Netflix mainly and have a firestick as well that I use for streaming.

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By *sianManc OP Man over a year ago

Manchester

"It's crazy that DVD's and blu ray are pretty much obsolete now, it only seems like a few years ago that I was replacing all my VHS tapes with discs which felt so modern at the time! I used to be proud of my huge collection of films.

I use Netflix mainly and have a firestick as well that I use for streaming."

exactly! I feel the same.

firestick is amazon isnt it so it is only to watch amazon prime?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You can pick up dvds for pennies from 2nd hand shops.

I've got a massive collection.

Just got John wick 1+2, solo, rogue one, suicide squad, guardians of the galaxy 1+2 for £3.50!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"We still buy bluerays

Same here