Subj : "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
To   : Nightfox
From : Boraxman
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 20:57:35

  Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
  By: Nightfox to Arelor on Tue Jul 12 2022 12:29 pm

 >   Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
 >   By: Arelor to Nightfox on Tue Jul 12 2022 12:54 pm
 >
 >  >> I'm not sure I'd call optical formats unnecessary..  You can't always
 >  >> rely on your internet always working 100%, s being available to watch
 >  >> there.  Those are a few of the reasons I still like to buy movies on
 >  >> physical formats
 >
 >  Ar> The idea that everybody has fibre and therefore DVDs are not needed is
 >  Ar> very first worlder.
 >
 >  Ar> It takes me hours to download a Linux or BSD iso image from home.
 >  Ar> Meanwhile, picking a DVD I got from Linux Magazine takes virtually no
 >  Ar> time.
 >
 > You're preaching to the chior.  I agree.
 > What sucks is, the majority of people not buying optical media as much as
 > they used to means that optical media isn't produced nearly as much as it
 > used to be.  There have been a couple movies released on 4K blu-ray that
 > seem to be available in other countries but not where I live (I've purchased
 > a couple from Amazon that were shipped from the UK).
 > Also, some stores in my area have completely removed their DVD and blu-ray
 > movie shelves.
 > Although I do have high-speed internet, I don't want to rely on streaming
 > services all the time to watch movies.
 >

I don't mind buying digital if I get to keep the file.  I've bought music off Bandcap. When you buy an album off bandcamp, you get to just download a FLAC or MP3 or OGG, which you can then burn to CD if need be, or simply play off whatever computer/player you can put the file on.

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