Do any of yous still watch dvds

[dotty636]

Just curious as I still see some in shops

@User17956743 I loved cardiac arrest when it was on tv it must have been decades ago. There is a certain scene involving tea that has stayed with me.

To buy a series on Amazon Prime to stream is really expensive, much cheaper to buy a secondhand DVD of the whole series

Speak for yourself. I still use Cinema Paradiso for rental and pick up cheap DVDs in charity shops if I want to see them and it's the cheapest option. We only have Netflix and it doesn't carry all the films I want to see.

I still buy DVDs and CDs.

I just picked a bundle from our shelf to bring with me to a cottage next week, as there's no broadband for streaming but there is a dvd player.

I don't watch them but won't get rid of them.

What happens if one day I can't afford streaming anymore?

DC watch them in the car, and like others I’m not paying again for things we already own. Ziffit took some of the toddler DVDs recently so clearly there is a market (our local charity shops won’t anymore).

I bought a box set the other day..... wanted to watch films 2&3 of a series, only
Way to watch them was to pay £££ on Apple TV, found the full box set on Amazon next day delivery for £7! Plus I worry about the internet going down and is not being able to watch anything so we stil have a lot of dvds

People like to pat themselves on the back for being "advanced" when what they actually mean is, they have no imagination and just follow the trends whether they make financial and rational sense or not.
We do NOT "have" to do anything just because "everyone else" is doing it. Work out what works for you in your particular circumstances and do that,

We built a summerhouse at the start of first lockdown and one of the things we installed was a projector and screen.
We connected it up to the dvd player and had movie nights down there with the children after home learning was done. Because we couldn't go to the cinema, we brought the cinema to us. One of the highlights of the lockdown was being able to spend time together as a family.

We still go down there to just chill out and watch an old movie.

Yes because we have films on DVD that just haven't made it onto streaming.

I also hate that Amazon Prime changes whether or not films are free/rent/buy.

Yes - Have ripped all our DVDs and got rid of a few but still have the boxed set costume dramas, favourite films and stuff that doesn't turn up on TV very often. Most of our local charity shops sell 4 DVDs for £1 so we often buy a few films, watch and return - cheaper than streaming and we keep any that become favourites.

DBro worked out how much they were spending on streaming services and was 😱 so they cut right back and we often do DVD swaps.

Nope, all streaming.

No. Don't have a dvd player anymore. But went to my friends cottage for the weekend and we watched her dvd of the Musketeers. Fabulous.

No I've got nothing that would be able to play them.

Yes we do. We don't have Netflix or Sky Atlantic, so for example, we'll be buying the current series of Babylon Berlin on DVD when it comes out.

We also buy films from charity shops, watch them and donate them back.

I think the majority of the people on this thread are missing the fact that you can own something digitally. I can buy a digital copy of a movie and I own it, I can watch it whenever I want. It’s the exact same concept without having to have a DVD player and a bunch of physical dvds

It's not, because it can be removed from your system again.

Interestingly, I ran a race a few weeks ago and there were photos. I downloaded one of the photos, and as it was copyright protected (yes I was naughty but actually downloaded it to see it better as the thumbnail was tiny) it was deleted again within minutes! I was quite impressed (and shocked) by the fact it could do that.

I think the majority of the people on this thread are missing the fact that you can own something digitally. I can buy a digital copy of a movie and I own it, I can watch it whenever I want. It’s the exact same concept without having to have a DVD player and a bunch of physical dvds

It's not, because it can be removed from your system again.

Do you mean like you don’t actually own kindle books, you’re just paying to read the content?

No. I haven’t watched a DVD or played a CD for years. I don’t have players for them anymore, my laptop doesn’t even have a disc drive.

Yes.

We used to do Love Film which I really miss.

Sorry meant to clarify ... if I'm going to buy now however it's always second hand. World of Books or charity shops are excellent for this

Yes I do

Plus it feels like so much film is made for streaming now I think quality has gone downhill.

I'm not really bothered about owning films and series, it's just that a lot of things I want to watch are not on any of the streaming services.

We have them and took them to holiday home. If we have a really wet day on holiday my niece and I had a Downton Abbey day where we binge watched lots of episodes.