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Yes. I haven’t upgraded to 4K yet so I don’t feel strongly about that. SD is 11 years past, so I don’t mind putting it behind me at this point. And UHD in my limited experience is a much more modest improvement over HD than HD was to SD. So new materials are HD or UHD depending on pricing. But...

I'm not buying HD-native material downgraded to SD. The Good Place is HD streaming, so I'd subscribe to Hulu to rewatch if I wanted to over buying it on DVD. I'll consider buying SD-native material in SD, but it's got to be something I love (and in which case I probably already own it) or...

Good point, I hadn’t considered the middle option of buying digitally from iTunes.

I am undecided on what to do about Game of Thrones. I don't subscribe to HBO, so I didn't see the series live. I'm considering whether it's worth watching, and if so do I do it streaming by a sub to HBO or buy the discs. The discs are more expensive but have the Atmos mix, and reports were that...

What they said. :) I’m not buying HD shows downgraded to SD.

Do you have slower internet? Or a great upscaling display? I’m finding streaming looks as good or better than HD cable broadcast. And both look better than DVD. I haven’t done rigorous comparisons, but I’m struggling to believe DVD looks better than nominal HD streaming?

<shudders> :) I’m thinking about upgrading my Futurama DVDs for blu-ray...if they’re on blu. I’m a bit confused on the state of affairs there. Rationally, I should just watch Futurama streaming. But, I love the commentaries, and I’ve started a rewatch of the series. I don’t think episode...

I burned 3” CDs, and printed custom labels, to create digital resumes to give away when I was job hunting after grad school. :) good times.

NBC’s The Good Place is only sold on DVD. Which means we’re all living in The Bad Place! I’d consider buying TGP on blu-ray for the extended episodes and any bonus features not available on streaming. But I’m not buying DVDs.

There seems to be misapprehension of the state of streaming services. Content isn’t disappearing from services. Content is moving from one service to another. Currently, the major content owners are setting up their own service to compete with Netflix and/or try not to lose out in the streaming...

I’m not disagreeing on the profound impact the Great Recession made to the millennials in general. But anecdotally, I’m talking with young professionals with stable, long-term careers and aren’t in a “gig” job. And they’re moving away from physical media too. Now, they do have jobs with...

That’s an interesting speculation. Could be, could be. <strokes chin thoughtfully>

Not to my understanding. Discs are easy to copy by enthusiasts. Streaming is hard and not readily done by enthusiasts. Both are equally easy to pirate once someone has illicitly posted it online. Sure. And just wait until discs die of bit rot or are scratched or otherwise stop playing for one...

Sure. It's about what annoyances you personally accept or reject most. I've watched seasons on disc, on TiVo (with and without ad-skip), and on streaming (with and without ads). All are fine, none are perfect. I'll take the skip intro graphic over the relatively higher hassle of discs. If it's...

Intro skip and credit skip can be helpful when bingeing a series. I’ve not seen skip intro for a (streaming) movie. Credit end on movies isn’t awesome and should at least be an option to disable. But I don’t think most people care. (I’m mixed , but I did sit through full credits today...

And maybe UHD is more user friendly than BD. I don’t have a player so don’t know. But it appears to be too late, against the simplicity of streaming and its cost and selection benefits. Physical media isn’t truly dead — not just yet. As many point out, 25+ Mbps home service isn’t universal. My...

That, exactly. I was talking with a coworker who was complaining about Apple and co shoving streaming down everyone's throats. I pointed out that it's the opposite: streaming content has started from smaller players, and the mass market -- huge numbers of non-technophile people -- actively...

As for physical media: it's still both / and for me. I buy discs for best quality and special features and so on (and put them on my HTPC because the digital experience is better than dealing with physical media). But I've got lots of cable stations and streaming content I enjoy as well. If...

It's already beat. People are recording what I think are high-bit rate streaming buffers and posting them to pirate sites. I was reading a discussion about whether The Mandalorian is in Atmos and it was noted that it's already posted in high bit rate 4K HDR Atmos extracted from the streaming...