it seems physical media is becoming harder to attain. stuff is becoming more expensive. :(
stuff is more out of print now.
it seems physical media is becoming harder to attain.
stuff is becoming more expensive. :(
it seems physical media is becoming harder to attain. stuff is becoming more expensive. :(
stuff is more out of print now.
It's odd, because often, if something doesn't have much demand,
usually it's cheap.
It's odd, because often, if something doesn't have much demand, usually
it's cheap.
Except when supply is even lower than demand, there's not much demand for Amiga 1000 computers, but they still sell on ebay for crazy amounts.
Seems to go - popular - normal price, unpopular -cheap then collectible - expensive :)
In the UK I would say there's still quite a bit of access to physical media...so long as what you're looking for has a fairly recent release day
Speaking from personal experience I never upgraded past DVD...but have been toying with the 4K options but never seem to have taken the plunge, maybe one day!
On Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 2023, VELA025 (21:2/150) wrote to Utopian Galt <=-Ive been gradually buying movies my father has on VHS on Blu Ray over time. Most of them can be found, but some are sadly out of print.
Echoing other comments RE: Charity Shops there are plenty DVDs, CDs, Vinyls and to a certain extent Cassettes and VHS to be found there. Speaking from personal experience I never upgraded past DVD...but have been toying with the 4K options but never seem to have taken the plunge, maybe one day!
On Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 2023, VELA025 (21:2/150) wrote to Utopian Galt <=
Echoing other comments RE: Charity Shops there are plenty DVDs, CDs, Vinyem to have taken the plunge, maybe one day!
Ive been gradually buying movies my father has on VHS on Blu Ray over time.
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it seems physical media is becoming harder to attain.
stuff is becoming more expensive. :(
stuff is more out of print now.
it seems physical media is becoming harder to attain.
stuff is becoming more expensive. :(
stuff is more out of print now.
There's a number of reasons why this is happening, I think:
- People are starting to prefer to consume the stuff digitally, takes
- People are becoming more mobile, so that means that they tend to do
more home transfers than the past, so when it happens they load less stuff; - For these 2 reasons there's less demand for physical stuff and therefore more limited runs (which costs more considering the increase
There's a number of reasons why this is happening, I think:
- People are starting to prefer to consume the stuff digitally, takes
less space and is easier to access;
it seems physical media is becoming harder to attain.
stuff is becoming more expensive. :(
stuff is more out of print now.
There's a number of reasons why this is happening, I think:
- People are starting to prefer to consume the stuff digitally, takes less space and is easier to access; - People
are becoming more mobile, so that means that they tend to do more home transfers than the past, so when it happens
they load less stuff;
- For these 2 reasons there's less demand for physical stuff and therefore more limited runs (which costs more
considering the increase of all the prime materials)
k9zw wrote to SoDa7 <=-
Youngest people have less experience with the full sensory aspects of physical media
Nightfox wrote to SoDa7 <=-
From what I've been seeing online, it seems people in general are
getting tired of streaming services doing that stuff, and it looks like more people are starting to buy physical media again.
Physical media playback equipment is less cost effective and difficult to service if that is ever needed
Youngest people have less experience with the full sensory aspects of physical media
It's the same with the drafting software I'm using. AutoDesk started invalidating standalone copies of their CAD software and demanding users instead use cloud based systems and buy into new software keys. It's extortion, and as I saw headlining a Medium story. If Buying isn't
Owning, Piracy isn't Stealing. I think creators need to get paid for certain. I'm not allowed the streaming option when I'm in my office for music, and I can't trust the iStore any-longer. It leaves us in a
pickle.
I bought him an upgrade for Christmas, and found an old single-DIN
stereo. It's got bluetooth handsfree and audio, MP3 playback, and a CD
player (which are getting hard to find nowadays)
He only has a CD player in his car now, and he likes being able to
listen to one artist and not be tempted to switch around. Good for him,
I've told him about growing up with LPs and listening to both sides in
one sitting. Big old Koss can headphones. Darkened room.
(The best way to listen to Rush's "Moving Pictures", BTW)
one sitting. Big old Koss can headphones. Darkened room.
(The best way to listen to Rush's "Moving Pictures", BTW)
I personally switch off from streaming as much as I can. I still have Netflix but I digitalized all my DVDs and BRs to Plex/Elby .. if there is
"Digitalized"? DVDs are already a digital format.. I think you mean ripped?
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