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Middieman
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join:2001-02-05
Elkins Park, PA

I like my DVDs

Sometimes I like to own a copy of movies on DVD, and I have a large collection.

I don't see myself supporting a format that I cannot watch over what I've payed for at another time.

HD disc formats may catch on once enough people have HD TV sets that good ol DVDs artifact all over the place with.

What is it about owning something that I like? I just do.

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swhx7
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join:2006-07-23
Elbonia

It's not just you - this is true of a lot of people.

I'll sometimes rent DVDs and sometimes buy, but it's important to have the option of buying. This is often disparaged by people saying it's "fetishizing a physical object" (or similar phrases) and that it's unnecessary . Such criticisms miss the point. The point is freedom. I just don't want to have to depend on subscribing to some service and paying by the month. Disks also provide the freedom to lend them to friends, and a means of making portable copies of any sort of digital files.

For these reasons, optical disks are going to stay around a while.


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