expired Posted by persian_mafia | Staff • Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023 3:34 PM
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Item 1 of 6
expired Posted by persian_mafia | Staff • Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023 3:34 PM
4K UHD Blu-ray Films: Super Mario Bros, Dungeons & Dragons, The Expendables Collection
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same reason you should have at least 2 tv antennas around the house! if your internet is down for a week you need to learn how to survive and not turn into a southpark episode searching for "internets".
https://variety.com/2023/digital/...235754919/
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Snagged Clockwork, Super Mario, and Terminator 2, all for 25.95!
Update: I have total tech, so I should get free 2 day shipping. It said it was shipping UPS... at first. Then, days later, it said it was delayed, AND it's coming through USPS, AND Terminator 2 still is not included as they're still working on trying to get it. It says if they can't get it by the 30th that they will issue a refund for T2. I ordered T2 for store pickup a little while ago and it's ready for pick-up now.
What's great is how physical media prices are skyrocketing on the secondary market thanks to big box stores stepping away from this market. I go to garage sales and people sell their DVDs/blu rays thinking they're worthless, and you can easily flip many on eBay for $50-100.
Kinda funny Best Buy is going this route as exclusives are high margin and sell out immediately. I guess they think selling appliances and TVs will keep them in business.
And it's a shame so many people are digital-only, unaware of the inferior product and the fact they don't own their library. They just assume big businesses will indefinitely support their entertainment library on servers forever.
Just got through COVID where the global supply chain snapped. Everything was built around just-in-time with no inventory. Then it didn't work. Same with this and people living with digital-only everything. Their finances (stocks, bank accounts, etc.) , entertainment, etc. are all Internet-dependent.
Basically, a cyber incident paralyzes most's abilities to do anything. And it seems society is sleepwalking into this, just as having no inventory was a brilliant idea pitched by MBAs for maximizing profit to squeeze out a few cents more in margin. Then COVID happened and you had people desperate for toilet paper.
For the rest of us, we'll have physical copies of movies we enjoy with no dependency on a business shutting down or deciding to charge another fee to re-access our libraries.
It's all coming. You have sports networks you pay for dedicated to specific conferences. They'll have 5 channels, yet refuse to carry the game you want. Oh, that's another $11.99/mo to get on their "Plus" platform, which of course doesn't carry what's in their regular networks so you need both the standard channels PLUS their Plus platform.
NFL has Thursday night football on Prime, Sunday on network TV, Monday on ESPN. Now I see they will have a Saturday game in a few weeks on Peacock. They're doing the same thing for the playoffs. So now you need 4-5 streaming accounts to watch what used to be on normal TV.
Watch what happens to digital libraries. Youll have 500 movies/TV shows that'll be subjected to an ongoing $5/mo access fee to support the infrastructure of them maintaining your digital library for you.
It's all coming. Physical movies are already going up in resale value, because people are realizing the best way to own your entertainment is to have the physical copy, and not rent the license from a corporation.
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https://variety.com/2023/digital/...235754919/
I'll be holding onto my physical library with both hands as everyone is forced into having 5+ streaming services and all the monthly fees for something they used to just own forever.
Streaming is continuing to deteriorate. Everything is getting locked up behind each studio's platform. And then you're getting tiered service within that.
Example: college football is on cable TV. The major conferences have their own TV network for conference games. Multiple channels. Yet they often play a documentary re-run and put the game you want on their "Plus" platform, which is another $11.99/month. You're already paying for the channels within your TV package, but you can't watch. You have to pay up.
And if you try to just go with the "Plus" option, it excludes games that are on the TV package. So you have to pay twice if you want to watch your team on the network you already paid for.
It's getting worse, not better. Buy physical while you can—eBay prices for secondary sales are skyrocketing for basic DVDs you can't find anymore. Those movies you used to buy in the $1-5 bin at Walmart are $50+. And in DVD format—something I haven't bought in 15 years.
Only phone.
Gotta Fatwallet life and dump the junk. KonMarie style to retire early!
But yep, antenna tv and discs because they're often $0.50 at the local library on sale, but they have a huge bluray collection for checkout.
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America's always decades behind, much like the original 2k hdtv rollout.
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