Do you use DVDs nowadays?

[zalirom]

In my case I use them to listen to music and I also use the unmatched ones as decoration in my workplace.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

I haven't used any DVDs in awhile.

 

[jankusanagi jankusanagi]

I removed the for-years-unused DVD drive on my PC to add a second HDD, so... yeah, no xD

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Brother, i still watch movies in VHS, there is no way i am getting rid of my VHSs and my DVDs, i got a very good collection.

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

Yeah. Some movies I enjoy are either rare on blu ray or not on blu ray at all.

 

[Stookymalarkey]

Does BluRay count? I got a couple of cheap ones from a local pawn shop recently and watched them on my PS4. I got Sahara and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Yes, almost all my movie collection is on DVD, as are most of my games.

 

[PrismRed]

Still do, some Japanese media still released in DVDs, although it's slowly being phased out by BD.

 

[fake-kun]

I still have some old DVDs and Blu-rays, but I don't watch them anymore.

 

[Zerpina]

I Buy physical DVD's, watch them? no.
I Rip them and use my own Files on my Media PC

 

[Taukyrie]

I still own some DVDs ad Blu-Rays since I like owning things I like. But because some don't have a Blu-Ray release or are JP only, I don't have a big collection and rarely buy them.

 

[Zerpina]

*Sorry for the Double*
I Do stop by a Few Pawn/thrift stores weekly. finding movies for 0.50c - 3$ = Win, suck it Big chain stores!

 

[Big Finger Jim]

I had to watch Grave of the Fireflies on DVD on my PS4 cuz they don't have it on HBO Max with the other Ghibli stuff due to distribution rights or something. I could count the pixels going across the screen. Really sucks, too, cuz I have like four big books worth of DVDs.

 

[bjork]

I use them to fill a box in my closet at my dad's house. Never had anything against the format, I just don't watch a lot of stuff nowadays. Still, like Zerpina said, it's fun to go looking for cool stuff for cheap.

 

[IyoTheHelpfulWolf]

I burn anime to DVDs as backups. You can fit A LOT of anime on those things if you only intend to play them on devices supporting MPEG-4.

 

[middler]

I have no plans to give up the ability to watch my Lain DVD's.

Period.

 

[Zerpina]

I burn anime to DVDs as backups. You can fit A LOT of anime on those things if you only intend to play them on devices supporting MPEG-4.

I Just store my 4 TB anime drives, and a Backup of those and a Backup of a Backup <everything i have, i have Triple backup of> Since SSD's are cheap anymore. its not that bad

 

[IyoTheHelpfulWolf]

Another tip. You can get away with lower bitrate video if you watch on a CRT. You'll barely notice due to the CRT's natural blending effect.

 

[middler]

I Just store my 4 TB anime drives, and a Backup of those and a Backup of a Backup <everything i have, i have Triple backup of> Since SSD's are cheap anymore. its not that bad

8Tb archive drives for the win.

 

[Zerpina]

@IyoTheHelpfulWolf Assuming you Have a CRT lol
And well, haveing something that can Connect to Said CRT <tho if you have a CRT, most likely you have a older dvd player with AV jacks> or a VCR, or one of those neat DVD/VCR combos

 

[IyoTheHelpfulWolf]

@IyoTheHelpfulWolf Assuming you Have a CRT lol
And well, haveing something that can Connect to Said CRT <tho if you have a CRT, most likely you have a older dvd player with AV jacks> or a VCR, or one of those neat DVD/VCR combos
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Mine is a Samsung HD CRT with a DVI input. I can just run my computer to it via an HDMI to DVI cable with no additional image processing needed. I just have to correct some overscan fuckery in Nvidia settings. Absolutely gorgeous for retro emulation and old anime. Can you believe some rich people just threw this out!?

 

[SpectreOverflow]

I use optical media rather frequently, mostly for games, but DVDs make up a good chunk of my collection of non-video game media. I have a soft spot for (and a small collection of) anime DVDs from the early to mid 2000s, especially those from defunct labels like A.D. Vision and Geneon. They have such fun presentation to them and many of them are still pretty cheap on the second hand market.

 

[Zerpina]

Mine is a Samsung HD CRT with a DVI input. I can just run my computer to it via an HDMI to DVI cable with no additional image processing needed. I just have to correct some overscan fuckery in Nvidia settings. Absolutely gorgeous for retro emulation and old anime. Can you believe some rich people just threw this out!?
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I Know right?
Sometimes new isn't better. tho i don't have a CRT Sadly. not since the old Goldstar i had, deiced to just Nope out and die. got my First hd tv after that

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

How else am i suppose to watch Seinfeld and South Park?

 

[J.F.C]

I just torrent stuff most of the time and keep it on my Hard Drives so i don't really watch any DVD's anymore. Except for my Frasier DVD's I still watch them more times per month than i'd like to admit.