DVD.com was my only current source for the latter.  Thanks, I will give Criterion a try.

I’m sure that they could auction off the DVDs and make a fair bit of money, but I’d bet a CEO’s salary that it’s somehow more profitable to pile them up, light them on fire, and claim it as a tax write off.

Then now is also the time to move those to the top of the queue so you can watch them before it gets a lot harder.

“Physical media trumps digital. Always.” Hell, no, not always.

But they’re sill doing photos, right?

I was a longtime holdout of a DVD plan but gave it up several years ago the last time I moved. I actually think the value prop is becoming more compelling now as the streaming wars have moved from throw as much money as possible at content to try to make money and there are more services competing so it’s increasingly…

Obligatory plug to go check out your local public libraries and see if they have the DVDs you want. I know ease of access and the depth of their collection varies wildly depending on where you live, but perhaps it can help some of you who are bummed about this. Some also have the ability to request stuff from other…

back in the day it was pretty amazing. got to see lots of movies/tv series that the local video stores didn’t carry. it worked surprisingly well

Here in LA there’s been a resurgence of the video store. I go to one weekly and Vidiots is about to reopen. I can only hope other places get hip to this and we get back to the good ol days.

They were still doing that? News to me. Sorry I found out too late; love my DVDs.

Unfortunately, a lot of the stuff that I was subscribing to this for is also hard to pirate. A lot of older movies aren’t even easy to find illegally. 

You mean Criterion Channel? It’s fantastic. Also, Criterion has the majority of Bergman’s filmography (not necessarily on the Channel, but in the physical media collection). What Tarkovsky is hard to find?

I feel like this is yet another way that they’re just telling people, “Hey, you know what? You should just pirate more.”

1. They have the DVDs, and I pay them money automatically. Why, oh why, cannot we still have the same relationship? AOL still sells dial-up internet access. Just let us all die off slowly.

For a couple of years I lived in a rural area where streaming was impossible. I’d always go to thrift stores and but DVDs dirt cheap - this was the period where lits of people were getting rid of physical media. I have more than I could reasonably watch. It's been a while, but I assume prices for used DVDs have gone…

Yeah, this is goddamn aggravating. Mine’s 435 (though about 40 of those are tv show seasons). I generally get through one a week, so that’s, what.... 23 or so?

This is a bad thing. I live in a rural area, and although I have access to streaming and cable etc, some friends of mine do not. And they’ve relied on the Netflix DVD plans for a long damn time.

Well, this sucks. I’ve had Netflix since ‘07 or around there because I hated Blockbuster so much.

So pissed.  My queue is well over 300 discs...no chance I’ll finish it by September.