Don’t get rid of DVDs and CDs

I keep the entire back catalogue of my favourite music artists CDs. I also keep my favourite boxset DVDs as in some cases you have to subscribe to multi platforms to get access to all of them online.

I need to buy a new dvd player but I agree. Lots of the old films I like you need to rent or buy, but you loose them if you leave sky like we did for a year. Dvds are cheaper used on ebay than renting

"Donating to places that use CDs and DVDs eg hospitals and schools is also a good solution."

🤣 they'll tell you to sling your hook. Schools might use them for a craft project at a push

Also, in defence of buying CDs. I am going to see Taylor Swift this Saturday because I bought the Midnights album on cd, and so got a code for the ticket presale. Wouldn't have been able to get tickets without my CD!

@parkrun500club ,yes I do this too, and with books as well 🙂

I haven't. If I watch something I know I'll watch again, I'll buy it on disc also. I did get rid of the VHS tapes as I wouldn't go back to those.

I won't get games on download either unless I'm forced. I dislike paying for something I'll never own.

Those are the best bits.

I've never streamed anything. I still have every vinyl single and LP I've ever bought, as well as every CD, DVD, and VHS tapes. We bought a wonderful sound system about 25 years ago which still sounds as good as it ever did.

We took our old dvd player and loads of dvd's to my holiday home and if it rains it's very useful having it there.

Definitely worth keeping stuff on CD/DVD, especially if it's not well known/a bit 'cult' because it could well vanish from streaming.

Also with the extreme way some politics is going, it's much harder to ban your DVD collection than it would be to remove the films some people decide they don't like from streaming.

This is me! Mind you we never got rid of ours. Slight hoarding tendancy!

We've still got our old Blu-ray player and tons of DVDs in the loft. However, we did get rid of quite a few about 10 years ago. I'm gutted I got rid of all our CDs years ago.

When we moved our internet wasn't going to be up and running for a couple of weeks so bought a couple cheap DVD players for the kids...and honestly they have been a God send when we've had any subsequent issues (rural so sadly not uncommon!) You can also buy DVDs so cheap now and even cheaper at the charity shop

Genuinely curious why you think schools use CDs and DVDs? What would schools use them for? There isn't a single device in the school I teach at that could play a DVD. We have one old CD player which won't be replaced when it goes; it is used for playing a specific CD once a year and never used otherwise.

Apparently there's a bit of a DVD/Blu-ray revival for this reason, people want to know they have something permanently.

For film or tv I really don’t - there are vanishingly few things I watch more than once. Music isn’t an issue as there are free ways to access it (YouTube for eg)

I keep dvds and a Blu-ray/dvd player.

If for some magical reason the internet went down for days/weeks at least there would be something.

A neighbours internet was down for 3 weeks while they detected and fixed the issue. A day or two is an adventure weeks is not. We only buy new dvds when camping/caravan if it’s raining so the collection isn’t growing much but it’s there if we need it.

I have stuff downloaded* and other activities I enjoy and I'd rather have the space. SorryNotSorry.

*On my tablet as I travel regularly.
ETA^^

I'm not a massive film fan so can live without DVDs, although we still have them (and a DVD player somewhere!) but my Christmas present last year was a decent new CD player.

We have frequent little power cuts. And it takes the Internet out for about 15 minutes. Plays havoc with the internal network too, the wifi. I keep a few films on the laptop and phone, and music for this reason really. And it helps when you end up in a place without connectivity. I loaded up an old phone with two days worth of audio yesterday. And in some ways it's quite nice to just turn it on and chug on through. I've digitised my CD collection. Pretty bored of listening to all of it (and I've about 500 cds), but if push comes to shove, I'll play a few of the oldies.

I noticed with netflix and other apps like bbc sounds that you can download. And there never seems much point unless you do get stranded or go on a long journey. But they tend to time out for when you actually go to use them.

I just copy my DVDs to a large external SSD and plug that into the back of the TV.

It's my own personal netflix and my stuff is not censored like some stuff is today.

I was born in the 1960s and remember the power cuts in the 70s. We managed by candlelight - played cards or board games, or read a book. I live on my own and don't watch much TV at all, I feel no need to accumulate a load of films on DVD that I've already watched 🤷‍♀️ Am happy to reread books, however...

Only bought DVDs at full price when its something I really want. When Zaavi went bust, I bought loads of DVD boxsets for about a tenner when HMV about 300m walk away charged £55 for the same set.

Recently purchased the whole series of The Wire at a charity shop for £5 on Blu-Ray.

To me that is a good thing. I don’t want to clutter my home, and especially not with films I’ll only want to watch once.