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Trying to find an only streamer at a collectors club is like trying to find a vegetarian at the cattlemans association. ;) The numbers are out there - although, like you, I buy dvds and Blu Rays - the majority of our world is now streaming.

The technology has been used, however, for playing old wax cylinders that are too precious to put a needle to. But only one time to digitize it.:P

I am a lover of film but... Film isn't for 100 years - Just one example: My Fair Lady 1964 and barely saved for it's 30th anniversary.(Thanks Mr. Harris) That's a bit short of 100 years. Digital has three advantages. It doesn't rot. It can be copied quickly. The copies are perfect - film copies...

It's all about ART. There are physical forms of art. Paintings, books, etc. When it is produced the viewer "owns" it. Then there is "art of the moment" Plays - Live music performances - variety entertainers these only exist during the performance (you can record the event but the result is not...

Today we got a new reason. Future streamers will get to enjoy their movies edited to make them pc. Disney will edit Dumbo to remove the crow scene. My physical copy has it and will continue to have it. I am much more concerned about the precedent this sets. As I said in another post - this...

It's all good Robert. I hope you're right and I'm wrong but as a lover of old obscure films I would never bet with the studio. Cheers Mate.

Throughout history studios have a very poor record in regards to product that doesn't sell well. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. The studios have better preservation methods today but they still only use it where they think it is financially...

OK Robert - I assume you're messing with me. Studio A decides to stream a little known obscure movie (like my beloved mystery series stuff). Almost nobody rents it so they pull it off the server and it sits for the next 20+ years until it succumbs to things that movies die from. Studio B...

Go back to post #609. Many movies have been saved by having media in "others" hands. ADDED: BTW I like all you guys. I've made my statement and shown examples of how movies get lost and saved. I am not going to get suckered into a long drawn out dialog on it. I'm happy with my statement. You...

Tilting with windmills is fighting an imaginary enemy. I am very comfortable with my post as it was based on examples (facts - and I could give others) that are very real and not opinion or imaginary. I may not be able to do anything about it ( I admitted that streaming is the way it's going)...

Sam - I get it. Streaming is the next progression - it's obvious whether we like it or not. But don't think that servers owned by the big guys are our saviors. The studios have proven time and time again they are not responsible for anything that is not a big commercial success. So many movies...

The laws covering this, like the updated copyright law, are heavily biased toward the major corporations. They have the money, power, lobbyst's, and lawyers. In my world there would be at least some protection for the consumer (if you own the movie then you can legally have a back up copy) and...

I think I got an answer. People like vinyl so we'll go that way. And we'll only give them the good songs. To do that we'll make small records with a single song on each side. We can call them 45's.:D

I'm sure they'll have it when it's finished.

Well Walmart has weighed in on the discussion. This is where their research is taking them. https://thenextweb.com/insider/2018/07/18/walmart-is-reportedly-building-a-video-streaming-service-to-take-on-netflix/

A great free source of old movies is archive.org. Lots of great PD stuff there.

We lived in the Detroit area across the river from Windsor. We all had Detroiter antennas. One major one for ABC - NBC - CBS and a smaller separate piece on top for Channel 9 in Windsor. Windsor showed a lot of old movies (Especially Bill Kennedy at the movies). Loved it! Probably that's what...