{"id":515198,"date":"2022-11-23T18:18:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T18:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:18:42","slug":"you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#You Should Still Buy Blu-Rays and DVDs, Here\u2019s Why \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b18e092ef\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CYou_Should_Still_Buy_Blu-Rays_and_DVDs_Heres_Why_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;You Should Still Buy Blu-Rays and DVDs, Here\u2019s Why \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#The_Price_of_All_the_Streaming_Services_Is_Outrageous\" >The Price of All the Streaming Services Is Outrageous!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#Blu-rays_Look_Better_Than_Netflix\" >Blu-rays Look Better Than Netflix<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#What_if_the_Internet_Goes_Out\" >What if the Internet Goes Out?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#You_Dont_Own_Digital_Content_Even_if_You_%E2%80%9CBuy%E2%80%9D_It\" >You Don\u2019t Own Digital Content, Even if You \u201cBuy\u201d It<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#You_Never_Know_When_Your_Shows_Will_Go_Away_From_a_Platform\" >You Never Know When Your Shows Will Go Away From a Platform<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#The_Special_Features\" >The Special Features<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#Protect_Your_Shows_From_Future_Censorship\" >Protect Your Shows From Future Censorship<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#Are_You_Really_Using_the_Services_Youre_Paying_For\" >Are You Really Using the Services You\u2019re Paying For?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#Its_Not_Just_the_Movies\" >It\u2019s Not Just the Movies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-still-buy-blu-rays-and-dvds-heres-why-review-geek\/#Final_Thoughts\" >Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYou_Should_Still_Buy_Blu-Rays_and_DVDs_Heres_Why_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;You Should Still Buy Blu-Rays and DVDs, Here\u2019s Why \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-128980 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2018\/08\/42775e18.jpg?width=1200\" alt=\"A shelf full of Blu-ray movie cases\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/south-wales-uk-02-16-2021-1918061810\" data-credittext=\"SarahJayne91 \/ Shutterstock.com\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/south-wales-uk-02-16-2021-1918061810\">SarahJayne91 \/ Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Streaming films and TV shows have become commonplace in today\u2019s entertainment world. With everything you could want just a few clicks away, it seems anachronistic to buy a season of a television <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> on Blu-ray. But, you may be short-changing yourself with that empty entertainment center. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Price_of_All_the_Streaming_Services_Is_Outrageous\"><\/span>The Price of All the Streaming Services Is Outrageous!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137411\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/11\/b85f1a5d.jpg\" alt=\"Assorted streaming app icons on a smartphone screen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Tada Images\/Shutterstock.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In years gone by, Netflix was the only streaming service in town, and pretty much everything you could think of was on it. Now, every <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> brand seems to have its own streaming platform. Disney+, Paramount+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, AMC, and the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of these streaming platforms can put a serious strain on your bank account. In fact, subscribing to just four or five of these services eclipses the cost of the average cable sub<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion. And <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/60364\/should-you-ditch-streaming-and-go-back-to-cable\/\">cutting the cable TV cord was one of the big selling points of streaming platforms in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the price of monthly subscriptions is rising across the board, a trend that will not reverse anytime soon. If you have your favorite binge shows lined up neatly in your entertainment center, you won\u2019t have to pay Paramount+ $10 a month to watch <em>Star Trek<\/em> whenever you want.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blu-rays_Look_Better_Than_Netflix\"><\/span>Blu-rays Look Better Than Netflix<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s get real; sometimes streaming quality sucks. As a matter of fact, it sucks a lot of the time. Even if you have the best internet connection on the block, you can\u2019t control what happens on the server side of streaming content. Pixelation, slow loading, interruptions, and more are common when streaming video content. And yet, we put up with it because we\u2019ve convinced ourselves of the convenience of it all.<\/p>\n<p>The truth of the matter is that a standard Blu-ray disc contains about 100GB of video content. Granted, much of that is gobbled up by menus and special features (more on that later). However, even if the main movie only takes up a quarter of the disc\u2019s capacity, that\u2019s still 25GB. You\u2019re definitely not pulling that much data when you stream a film from Netflix or HBO Max. If that were the case, customers would surpass their monthly data limit during one binge session. Streaming platforms find several ways to compress films to take up as little bandwidth as possible.<\/p>\n<p>With a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/6416\/is-it-better-to-watch-a-4k-movie-on-blu-ray-or-through-streaming\/\">Blu-ray or DVD, you know the quality of the picture you\u2019re getting every single time you pop the disc into your player. And there\u2019s no buffering on an optical disc.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the sound quality is far more reliable on physical media than streaming. Blu-ray discs have two standards for sound, Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio, and each disc produced by a major studio requires sound to be mastered for 7.1-channel audio systems. And while Netflix and other streaming platforms often offer a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.netflix.com%2Fen%2Fnode%2F109477&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">surround sound experience<\/a>, the results aren\u2019t always spectacular. Again, it\u2019s a matter of compression, loading time, and available bandwidth. You can\u2019t expect a consistent experience from any of these streamers. With physical media, you can.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_if_the_Internet_Goes_Out\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_2\">What if the Internet Goes Out?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137412\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a764608f.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup pixels of LCD TV screen with color bars and message stating &quot;No Signal&quot; is a television test pattern.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Chermen Otaraev\/Shutterstock.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to imagine a world without the internet. But, like electricity, sometimes it goes out. All it takes is a mistake by a utility worker or a particularly nasty weather event to knock out your connection. If you\u2019ve left yourself to the mercy of that technology, you could be left staring at an error screen on the night you planned to watch the first season of <em>Gilmore Girls<\/em>. And if you end up facing a long-term outage, you may find yourself asking that archivist down the street if you can borrow his box set of Phase I of the Marvel Cinematic Universe because you relied on Disney+ to provide your superhero fix.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_Dont_Own_Digital_Content_Even_if_You_%E2%80%9CBuy%E2%80%9D_It\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_3\">You Don\u2019t Own Digital Content, Even if You \u201cBuy\u201d It<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The digital movies you buy on VUDU, iTunes, or Amazon are subject to the same nonsense as streaming media. When you buy a digital copy of a movie, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/blog\/you-dont-own-your-digital-movies\/\">you don\u2019t really own it<\/a>. You\u2019ve simply purchased a license to play a movie or show through a platform, whether it be Amazon, Apple, Google, or whoever. And if those platforms ever lose the right to provide the titles you\u2019ve bought, they\u2019ll disappear from your library. Maybe you\u2019ll be notified, maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>It may seem unbelievable for such prominent companies to lose distribution rights, but it happens. And in the coming years, it could happen more. Amazon can\u2019t come into your home and snatch your copy of <em>The Dark Knight<\/em> from your shelf because they had a licensing dispute with Warner Brothers.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_Never_Know_When_Your_Shows_Will_Go_Away_From_a_Platform\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_4\">You Never Know When Your Shows Will Go Away From a Platform<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137413\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/11\/713060e2.jpg\" alt=\"A woman relaxing on a couch browsing titles on a streaming service.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/woman-relaxing-on-couch-she-using-2126878775\">Stock-Asso\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Often, streaming platforms don\u2019t own the shows they offer (although this is slowly changing). A platform like Netflix, for example, may purchase or lease a movie\u2019s streaming rights from Disney. There are thousands of behind-the-scenes licensing deals that bring a blockbuster movie to the Smart TV in your living room. And even though companies like Netflix let you know when shows will expire, sometimes your favorite shows will disappear without warning.<\/p>\n<p>This recently happened with the first 10 movies of the <em>Star Trek<\/em> film franchise. For a brief time, Paramount+ managed to unite the entire final frontier under one streaming roof. Then one day, without warning, the better half of the films were gone, and nobody knew where they went or when they\u2019d return.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out that Paramount had a pre-existing deal with Warner Brothers for those films to stream on HBO Max. They appeared there a month later. However, there\u2019s no way to know how long they\u2019ll be there or where they\u2019ll go after that. They\u2019ll likely return to Paramount+, but do you really want to trust the future availability of your favorite films to the whims of Hollywood contracts?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Special_Features\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_5\">The Special Features<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you buy a Blu-ray or DVD of a film, there\u2019s almost always some extra content that doesn\u2019t come on streaming services. For example, I recently rewatched the first six original<em> Star Trek<\/em> films on Blu-ray, and I spent more time going through the included interviews, directors\u2019 commentary, and production documentaries than I did watching the movies themselves. If you\u2019re a fan of any particular franchise, these extra features alone are worth the price of purchasing the physical copies.<\/p>\n<p>There are instances of streaming services offering some extras with their titles. But what you get on home media is unique (and it won\u2019t mysteriously disappear). Remember, a Blu-ray disc can store around 100GB of data, which leaves plenty of room for directors\u2019 commentary, behind-the-scenes footage, and more\u2014streaming services would lose a fortune trying to store all this stuff.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Protect_Your_Shows_From_Future_Censorship\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_6\">Protect Your Shows From Future Censorship<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137414\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/11\/d832cc4c.jpg\" alt=\"A re-created film frame from the silent movies era, showing an intertitle text: censored.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Grenar\/Shutterstock.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Your favorite shows are owned by massive corporations. And while the titles you love may be available today in their original forms, they may not always stay that way. Times, values, and ownership all change. One day, the custodians of your film library could decide that your favorite movie no longer fits their brand and choose to edit or remove it from their offering.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for media censorship are not isolated to the 2020s, and the voices calling for that censorship change over time. Advocates for restricting media today are a different group than those who called for it in the 1990s, and their motives are different too.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s impossible to know what the future holds and who will wield the reigns of power in years to come. Owning a physical copy of the shows you want to rewatch your whole life provides a bulwark against the people who would take it away from you if they could.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_You_Really_Using_the_Services_Youre_Paying_For\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_7\">Are You Really Using the Services You\u2019re Paying For?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2018, I realized that since the <em>Star Trek<\/em> library had become available on CBS All Access (now Paramount+), I hadn\u2019t logged into Netflix for months. It dawned on me that all I was doing was paying a monthly subscription service to stream <em>Star Trek<\/em>, a franchise I mostly own on physical media.<\/p>\n<p>So, I decided to cancel Netflix, telling myself that if there were something I wanted to watch, I\u2019d sign back up. Here we are almost five years later, and I\u2019ve yet to hear of anything on Netflix that prompted me to sign back up for the service.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, I got an odd letter (in the mail, no less) from Amazon Prime informing me that I was one of the few people who had never watched a show on Amazon Prime Video. \u201cSurely, that\u2019s not right,\u201d I thought to myself. But it was true. I was paying two monthly subscription services for things I didn\u2019t use. Perhaps you have a similar situation going on in your life. If not, you may save money in the long run by buying the shows you regularly watch on Blu-ray and only paying for streaming services on months you really want to watch something that\u2019s only available there.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_Not_Just_the_Movies\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_8\">It\u2019s Not Just the Movies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125553\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2a82a082-1.jpg\" alt=\"A smartphone on top of an open book with dangling earbuds\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/book-smartphone-headphones-on-background-wooden-1027517692\">GAS-photo\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this article, I\u2019ve focused on TV and movies because those are the most visible example of the shift from physical to digital media in the 21st century. But these principles hold for all digital media, including eBooks, audiobooks, music, and even video games. And writing this article made me realize just how reliant I am on digital media and what could happen to the content I love if any of the above-mentioned scenarios occur.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Thoughts\"><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"autotoc_anchor_9\">Final Thoughts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137415\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/11\/80200272.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens of physical movie copies on a store shelf.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Radu Bercan\/Shutterstock.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It may seem like a big ask to get your media library in physical form now. Purchasing new copies of DVDs and Blu-rays at full price can get expensive quickly. However, you don\u2019t have to buy new. What I\u2019ve done over the past few years is make a weekly trip to my local second-hand media reseller <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/entertainmart.com\">EntertainMart<\/a>. Companies like this purchase physical media from customers for just a few bucks and resell them for a profit. When I see something that\u2019s a great deal, I pick it up.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s particularly useful when I see a physical copy of an audiobook I enjoyed and want to display it on my bookshelf. Look up whatever the equivalent is in your area and have a visit. Over time, you\u2019re sure to find the shows you want at a discount. 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