A lot of people like all that streaming TV stuff. And when I see how much of my home is dedicated to storing my, my wife’s and my daughter’s favorite movies and TV shows, I wish I did.
But I learned a lesson about streaming. Several years ago, Hellfire (1949) — one of my all-time favorite movies — was available for streaming on Netflix. It was not on DVD or Blu-Ray. Streaming was it. I live in a fairly rural area, and the internet service at the time wasn’t up to snuff, so we never got a Netflix account. A few months later, I heard Hellfire wasn’t up there anymore. I’ve since learned it’s back.
When I feel like watching a favorite movie, I want to watch it — and if it’s sitting on a shelf in my home, I can. I’m not at the mercy of Netflix deciding what they will or won’t offer from one month to the next.
Today, I saw a news story that the Peanuts holiday specials won’t be on broadcast TV this year, something many families make a point of getting together for. The article, in the Los Angeles Times, said “The Peanuts gang and their annual holiday specials have left broadcast television for their new home, Apple TV+… rather than on ABC and other networks this year.”
As much as I hate it for other folks, Apple TV+ can do what they want, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest are waiting for my family on Blu-Ray. Another lesson learned about streaming vs. DVDs and Blu-Rays.
50 Westerns From The 50s. 
Completely agreed.
I don’t care much for streaming, but I did buy Hellfire from iTunes a while back and it looks great! Paramount has done some phenomenal restoration work on this and it’s a shame it’s not available on blu-ray. At least with iTunes I can download an offline copy in 1080p.
I consider my movie/tv collection as akin to the High Lama preserving culture in Shangri-La. I trust what I can reach out and hold, not steaming. Besides, we’ve never been an Apple family.
Hang on to your physical media folks. “They” will find out what you love and make you pay.
100% agreement with you, Toby.
100%!!!!
Best wishes,
Laura
Also in complete agreement. I like to be able to decide what and when I will watch. This week it’s Forest Tucker Week! I had owned The Quiet Gun on BR for a while but had never seen the movie before. Ended up watching it twice which prompted me to pull out Coroner Creek, The Nevadan, Chisum and last night – Rage at Dawn. 3 of these things also have Randolph Scott as the lead so I guess it’s also Randolph Scott Week – which is always a good week:)
Not sure what will happen to my extensive collection when I’m gone but I guess I have that issue with a number of things e.g. books, music etc. & it won’t be a problem anymore if you know what I mean.
I’m quite certain my kids won’t want any of my collections either, Lyson LOL! Music, books, films, TV episodes………… They’re going to need a pretty big skip though!!
I definitely like adding treasured movies, tv series and cartoons to my dvd collection as well, but only if I can get a good deal on the DVDs and if I can verify that picture quality is very good or great. I made the mistake early on of getting some westerns that were mediocre picture quality without asking the seller what the picture quality is or researching on my own. A lot of the western DVDs for sale with stars like Audie Murphy, John Wayne, etc. have been released by different companies with varying levels of picture quality, some having been converted from 180 – 300i and when you play them on a big screen, they look like crap. I wish Olive films would do more westerns – I have bought a few from them and they always have awesome picture quality and color.