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'We're the last bastion of rental': video stores resisting rise of streaming

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Re: 'We're the last bastion of rental': video stores resisting rise of streaming

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Post by rainbowzootsuit »

rvense wrote: post #6
basisword wrote: post #2

As physical media has been replaced with digital I've come to miss those walls filled with books, videos, and records. Stores (and homes) seem much more sanitised without them. You could tell a lot about a person from a glance at the various media items displayed in their home. Given there are a lot of people who buy vinyl records that don't own a record player, it seems this feeling is common.

I always joke that I'm from an in-between generation in that I'm quite digital but still attached to stuff... I do genuinely cherish the bad AVI rips of the Simpsons and X-Files I got off Pirate Bay in 2008.

Do you have them well cataloged in zip up DVD binders?

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Post by l72 »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #45
jackvalentine wrote: post #3

I borrow DVDs from the library. Great selection.

The library selection in Omaha, Nebraska is definitely lacking in both old films and foreign films. They have a handful of these titles, but I am always looking for stuff they don't have. Blockbuster of course was even worse in that department though (and RedBox is essentially worthless).

For foreign films, you might check out your local university. I've found many of the foreign language departments have a fairly decent dvd/blu-ray library that students can check out. I know alumni usually have access to the libraries too, and if you aren't either, I've found some will work with local libraries for inter-library loans.

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Post by demondemidi »

mdp2021 wrote: post #25
demondemidi wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ask yourself if you really need 100s of dvds? Are you gonna rewatch all the avengers that many times?

> Are you gonna rewatch all the No, but you are probably going to rewatch Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" or Foley's "Glengarry Glen Ross" or (etc.) that many times. And you may like to also have their physical token.

Surprised you didn’t throw My Dinner with Andre in your attempt at sounding sophisticated.

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Post by supertrope »

mu53 wrote: post #26

One of the things that I will miss about physical medium is the permanence of the data. A famous movie from 2006 had a racist joke. I remember it very clearly because of an argument at the time with my friends watching it. In 2021, I bought the movie on google. I looked for clips, but I couldn't find a copy of that racist joke. Its as if it never happened. No public mentions of editing the movie or clip to be more "i…

TV shows with carefully selected music to fit the scene take a hit when the licenses expire. Streaming services serve the current version with substitute and often inferior selections.

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Post by acuozzo »

demondemidi wrote: post #63
mdp2021 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Are you gonna rewatch all the No, but you are probably going to rewatch Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" or Foley's "Glengarry Glen Ross" or (etc.) that many times. And you may like to also have their physical token.

Surprised you didn’t throw My Dinner with Andre in your attempt at sounding sophisticated.

That's a damn good movie. Wally Shawn is a national treasure and Andre Gregory is captivating to listen to in that role.

With that being said, I wonder if it would have been a podcast if it had been made today.

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Post by navjack27 »

Dalewyn wrote: post #53
criddell wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unless you have a Sony Smart TV. I bought one a few years ago and the ethernet port is a 100 Mb. To stream from Sony's own movie service, they tell you to use WiFi: > https://electronics.sony.com/bravia-core > 7: The Pure Stream™ feature requires an Internet speed of at least 43 Mbps. To enjoy at the highest speed of 80 Mbps, you need an Internet speed of 115 Mbps or faster. Ethernet (wired LAN) connections are limit…

Why I would want to connect a malvertisement tracker siphoning partyhouse to my network and subsequently the internet is beyond me, but whatever floats thy boat.

Because almost 100% of the time that is the only way that you can get legitimate 4K ultra high definition high dynamic range content over streaming services. They won't give it to you over your web browser on your PC. Doesn't matter what operating system you run. It's got to be a set top box or a smart TV.

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Post by klyrs »

dade_ wrote: post #42
mu53 wrote: post #26

One of the things that I will miss about physical medium is the permanence of the data. A famous movie from 2006 had a racist joke. I remember it very clearly because of an argument at the time with my friends watching it. In 2021, I bought the movie on google. I looked for clips, but I couldn't find a copy of that racist joke. Its as if it never happened. No public mentions of editing the movie or clip to be more "i…

When the Betty White is being censored for blackface, which wasn't blackface, it was obvious we are in trouble. It's modern book burning, just less dramatic without the pyres. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/2020/06/29/...

Meanwhile, actual book burnings are underway.

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Post by 5555624 »

TMWNN wrote: post #58
mu53 wrote: post #26

One of the things that I will miss about physical medium is the permanence of the data. A famous movie from 2006 had a racist joke. I remember it very clearly because of an argument at the time with my friends watching it. In 2021, I bought the movie on google. I looked for clips, but I couldn't find a copy of that racist joke. Its as if it never happened. No public mentions of editing the movie or clip to be more "i…

My understanding is that the official Saturday Night Live clips on YouTube have been silently edited to remove "problematic" skits. I will again make my proposal regarding such edits (and continued availability of content in general https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39113529 >): * If a Blu-ray of a film or TV show has excised or modified scenes for whatever reason, and the original isn't also made available (wheth…

>My understanding is that the official Saturday Night Live clips on YouTube have been silently edited to remove "problematic" skits.

The Official SNL Channel still has "Word Association" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuEBBwJdjhQ) available; so, maybe there's some hope.

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Post by Integrape »

adzm wrote: post #28
mu53 wrote: post #26

One of the things that I will miss about physical medium is the permanence of the data. A famous movie from 2006 had a racist joke. I remember it very clearly because of an argument at the time with my friends watching it. In 2021, I bought the movie on google. I looked for clips, but I couldn't find a copy of that racist joke. Its as if it never happened. No public mentions of editing the movie or clip to be more "i…

> No public mentions of editing the movie or clip to be more "in-line" with today's environment. well, what was the movie?

Maybe Clerks 2, when Randall was "taking it back".

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Post by daveoc64 »

dade_ wrote: post #42
mu53 wrote: post #26

One of the things that I will miss about physical medium is the permanence of the data. A famous movie from 2006 had a racist joke. I remember it very clearly because of an argument at the time with my friends watching it. In 2021, I bought the movie on google. I looked for clips, but I couldn't find a copy of that racist joke. Its as if it never happened. No public mentions of editing the movie or clip to be more "i…

When the Betty White is being censored for blackface, which wasn't blackface, it was obvious we are in trouble. It's modern book burning, just less dramatic without the pyres. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/2020/06/29/...

That's interesting.

The episode is available on Disney Plus in the UK (we don't have Hulu in the UK, so most Hulu-exclusive content is on Disney Plus here).

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