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nickyf 03 Apr 22 11.14am
Just having a clear out of old dvds my son don't watch anymore Lucky if I can get 50p trade on ziffit or music magpie, if I had my time again I would not of bought a single dvd Seems like dvds are never used much now, and I have no interest in blu rays.
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nickyf 03 Apr 22 11.14am

Just having a clear out of old dvds my son don't watch anymore
Lucky if I can get 50p trade on ziffit or music magpie, if I had my time again I would not of bought a single dvd

Seems like dvds are never used much now, and I have no interest in blu rays.

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Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 03 Apr 22 12.04pm
I think you're right nickyf, most folk these days stream their films or watch them on the likes of Netflix or Prime. DVDs considered to be old hat. Blu-ray's are better quality, but unless you have a High Def TV and a good sound system the difference is minimal. I copied my collection of discs to a PC linked to the TV some years ago and now they all sit in the loft gathering dust. I can select a film and watch it without leaving my chair. My daughter and her husband, on the other hand, love to buy and watch DVDs. They liken it to reading a book saying they prefer to have something they can see and feel. And they are mere whippersnappers in their 40s! Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.
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I think you're right nickyf, most folk these days stream their films or watch them on the likes of Netflix or Prime. DVDs considered to be old hat. Blu-ray's are better quality, but unless you have a High Def TV and a good sound system the difference is minimal.

I copied my collection of discs to a PC linked to the TV some years ago and now they all sit in the loft gathering dust. I can select a film and watch it without leaving my chair.

My daughter and her husband, on the other hand, love to buy and watch DVDs. They liken it to reading a book saying they prefer to have something they can see and feel. And they are mere whippersnappers in their 40s!

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

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Rudi Hedman Caterham 03 Apr 22 12.17pm
If you’re young and starting from scratch then fine, but the problem with accepting and cooperating in the demise of DVD’s is a lot of the films you’ll fancy watching you’ll have to rent online or buy again online. Good idea to have a DVD player before they become obsolete, which is longer way off than I think people thought, or be able to play them on your laptop connected to your tv than give Amazon money when you want to watch an old favourite. When the latest Bond came out it was out for 2 days before you could buy it in Tesco for £5 cheaper. Films on Netflix don’t stay available permanently. They add and delete them over and over. All of this technology and streaming is to make and rinse money out of us, but I agree Netflix is well worth it. COYP
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Caterham 03 Apr 22 12.17pm

If you’re young and starting from scratch then fine, but the problem with accepting and cooperating in the demise of DVD’s is a lot of the films you’ll fancy watching you’ll have to rent online or buy again online. Good idea to have a DVD player before they become obsolete, which is longer way off than I think people thought, or be able to play them on your laptop connected to your tv than give Amazon money when you want to watch an old favourite. When the latest Bond came out it was out for 2 days before you could buy it in Tesco for £5 cheaper. Films on Netflix don’t stay available permanently. They add and delete them over and over.

All of this technology and streaming is to make and rinse money out of us, but I agree Netflix is well worth it.

COYP

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PalazioVecchio south pole 03 Apr 22 12.48pm
you may be glad of a good DVD collection when Vlad Putin fries the internet. Also , excellent movies can be watched again and again...if its been 5 or 10 years since the previous viewing. And so why pay stupid money to download, say , Sergio Leon's 'the good the bad and the ugly' ? I love old Stanley Kubrick movies. Not willing to pay a tenner a pop to download them though. There is also the Orwellian notion of the Past being deleted. Look at the racist rants from the Major in Fawlty Towers. Lawrence of Arabia getting a prefix of a warning due to its non PC content. DVD's are also good for obscure stuff you cannot get from youTube nor downloading. Longlive the DVD ( & paper books ) Edited by PalazioVecchio (03 Apr 2022 1.01pm) Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford
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you may be glad of a good DVD collection when Vlad Putin fries the internet.

Also , excellent movies can be watched again and again...if its been 5 or 10 years since the previous viewing.

And so why pay stupid money to download, say , Sergio Leon's 'the good the bad and the ugly' ? I love old Stanley Kubrick movies. Not willing to pay a tenner a pop to download them though.

There is also the Orwellian notion of the Past being deleted. Look at the racist rants from the Major in Fawlty Towers. Lawrence of Arabia getting a prefix of a warning due to its non PC content.

DVD's are also good for obscure stuff you cannot get from youTube nor downloading.

Longlive the DVD ( & paper books )

Edited by PalazioVecchio (03 Apr 2022 1.01pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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Midlands Eagle 03 Apr 22 2.21pm
Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer Blu-ray's are better quality, but unless you have a High Def TV and a good sound system the difference is minimal. I do have a 4K OLED screen and expensive sound system which makes the most out of Blu-rays but I tend to only watch a film once which makes Blu-rays very expensive. I also digitize films for my son to watch on his tablet whilst we're away but my PC will only accept DVDs and not Blu-rays which is another reason why I don't buy them. Netflix and Amazon Prime screen quite a few films in high def sound and vision now making the purchase of DVDs even less cost effective nowadays
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer

Blu-ray's are better quality, but unless you have a High Def TV and a good sound system the difference is minimal.

I do have a 4K OLED screen and expensive sound system which makes the most out of Blu-rays but I tend to only watch a film once which makes Blu-rays very expensive.

I also digitize films for my son to watch on his tablet whilst we're away but my PC will only accept DVDs and not Blu-rays which is another reason why I don't buy them.

Netflix and Amazon Prime screen quite a few films in high def sound and vision now making the purchase of DVDs even less cost effective nowadays

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mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 04 Apr 22 2.50pm
Install Kodi on your PC. Install the Exodus Redux on Kodi. Pay 32€ a year for real debrid plugin. Every film you could ever want and TV shows many in 4K. You are all grown ups please work it out by googling it and not PM'ing me. Glad All Over
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Somewhere in Switzerland 04 Apr 22 2.50pm

Install Kodi on your PC.
Install the Exodus Redux on Kodi.
Pay 32€ a year for real debrid plugin.

Every film you could ever want and TV shows many in 4K.

You are all grown ups please work it out by googling it and not PM'ing me.

Glad

All

Over

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Slimey Toad Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 04 Apr 22 4.38pm
Originally posted by PalazioVecchio you may be glad of a good DVD collection when Vlad Putin fries the internet. Also , excellent movies can be watched again and again...if its been 5 or 10 years since the previous viewing. And so why pay stupid money to download, say , Sergio Leon's 'the good the bad and the ugly' ? I love old Stanley Kubrick movies. Not willing to pay a tenner a pop to download them though. There is also the Orwellian notion of the Past being deleted. Look at the racist rants from the Major in Fawlty Towers. Lawrence of Arabia getting a prefix of a warning due to its non PC content. DVD's are also good for obscure stuff you cannot get from youTube nor downloading. Longlive the DVD ( & paper books ) Edited by PalazioVecchio (03 Apr 2022 1.01pm) This is one reason some DVDs are worth keeping. I feel lucky I bought box sets like Fawlty Towers and Bottom years ago. I even have a copy of the Dambusters film where Richard Todd calls his pet dog n*****r.
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Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 04 Apr 22 4.38pm

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

you may be glad of a good DVD collection when Vlad Putin fries the internet.

Also , excellent movies can be watched again and again...if its been 5 or 10 years since the previous viewing.

And so why pay stupid money to download, say , Sergio Leon's 'the good the bad and the ugly' ? I love old Stanley Kubrick movies. Not willing to pay a tenner a pop to download them though.

There is also the Orwellian notion of the Past being deleted. Look at the racist rants from the Major in Fawlty Towers. Lawrence of Arabia getting a prefix of a warning due to its non PC content.

DVD's are also good for obscure stuff you cannot get from youTube nor downloading.

Longlive the DVD ( & paper books )

Edited by PalazioVecchio (03 Apr 2022 1.01pm)

This is one reason some DVDs are worth keeping. I feel lucky I bought box sets like Fawlty Towers and Bottom years ago. I even have a copy of the Dambusters film where Richard Todd calls his pet dog n*****r.

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