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

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Post by Gud »

basisword wrote: post #74
throwup238 wrote: post #60

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It’s what made me drop Hulu/Prime and start pirating and buying (usually second hand) physical media for a lot of my content again. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia which actively lampshades all of the themes being censored now has so many episodes missing from streaming services it’s almost one per season. And they’re some of the best episodes! I’m actually surprised Archer is still around.

>> It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia which actively lampshades all of the themes being censored now has so many episodes missing from streaming services it’s almost one per season. And they’re some of the best episodes! I thought this was untrue so I checked. On UK Netflix there are at least 5 missing episodes and there's no indication they're missing. They're unavailable to purchase on iTunes too (although unlike Ne…

It’s a very important reminder, it’s a reflection who we ourselves were. I suppose many of us has since improved our own behaviour.

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Post by BlueTemplar »

goosedragons wrote: post #14
nusl wrote: post #9

I enjoy physical media but not the finding space for it part. Somehow stuff accumulates over time and if you've got 100 DVDs it is a lot of space that you may not actively be using. That being said, I don't have a huge living space so that would contribute.

You can condense a lot of it down if you use CD/DVD wallets. You can fit 100 DVDs in the same space as like 3 or 4 standard DVD cases.

Haven't magnetic drives (maybe even tapes ??) been a better option for at least a decade ?

(And transistor storage (aka USB keys) for quickly moving a few files around.)

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Post by dade_ »

daveoc64 wrote: post #70
dade_ wrote: post #42

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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).

Amazon Prime had the series and removed the episode, but has since dropped the series. Which is the other annoying thing about streaming services, they keep dropping shows often unannounced.

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Post by JKCalhoun »

l72 wrote: post #62
JKCalhoun wrote: post #45

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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.

Thank you. Indeed UNO has a great film collection but I am neither a student nor alum. I will see about the interlibrary loan though.

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Post by felixg3 »

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.

There was usually a 700mb version available of films and one which was made for two disks. The quality difference was crazy!

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Post by SoftTalker »

gruez wrote: post #48
SoftTalker wrote: post #35

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Same problem with physical books disappearing. History doesn't change if you read a book. If you read Wikipedia, who knows? Not picking on Wikipedia, same could be with any online source.

Can't you just download a Wikipedia archive?

Sure, as long as it's available.

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Post by mdp2021 »

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

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> 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.

Get really surprised now, and realize that people actually live that way.

What was stated was literally true and has nothing related to the interpretation your filters create.

If you cannot see that the original statement was literally true, your world model does need expansion (should you be interested about grasping reality, and you should).

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Post by nusl »

goosedragons wrote: post #14
nusl wrote: post #9

I enjoy physical media but not the finding space for it part. Somehow stuff accumulates over time and if you've got 100 DVDs it is a lot of space that you may not actively be using. That being said, I don't have a huge living space so that would contribute.

You can condense a lot of it down if you use CD/DVD wallets. You can fit 100 DVDs in the same space as like 3 or 4 standard DVD cases.

Yeah, though the wallets remove half the fun for me. It's nice having the boxes on display rather than stuck into a wallet.
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