Physical Media

[bellito]

hey gang! i wanted to know what your favorite forms of physical music media are and why!

i'll start: i prefer CDs - while they arent as portable as cassettes , they also arent big like vinyl. i like flipping through the booklets so as someone who doesnt have a lot of physical space to spare, i feel like CDs are a good middle ground :D

edit: I just realized I posted this in the wrong topic 🤦 its okay, I'll apply the question to movies/tv shows. DVDs or VHS or any other formats? what do you like and why?

[pingaspostal]

DVDs absolutely, mostly because i can play them on my computer and they're nice and compact. blu-rays would be better in theory, but an optical drive that reads blu-rays is obviously more expensive and i'm a cheapskate

the nostalgic part of me would say VHS, but all the practicality of that format has been erased from this earth

[MikeGs]

I'd say DVDs and 1080p Blu-Rays. I've already setup my old PS3 to be my preferred way to consume physical movies. As far as I know, the upscaler on the PS3 is pretty good and can make DVD's look quite good (considering how cheap they are).

I've tried to give CD's a try, but after owning a modded iPod and a dock, there's nothing that comes close to it in terms of practicality.

[Kolev]

Vinyl and DVDs. I like the huge artwork of vinyl, and the experience of spinning a record. DVDs are easy to play and provide enough quality for me.

That said, I actually don't own much physical media, except for religious texts that cannot practically be used in electronic form.