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I've been buying DVDs/Blu-Rays again. In my case it's mainly because you can't trust the online streaming companies to preserve access to content, especially i

I've been buying DVDs/Blu-Rays again. In my case it's mainly because you can't trust the online streaming companies to preserve access to content, especially if it's older content that's no longer considered politically appropriate. The watershed moment for me was when Netflix removed The Mighty Boosh over a small number of admittedly questionable scenes. There are other places I could stream it from, but some other content can be hard to find, even illegally. Other comedies have had scenes modified or episodes pulled. As a side benefit, I concur with the observation that the quality of Blu-rays and even DVDs is typically better than the streamers. Lots of films are 4k Dolby vision on Blu-Ray but still only 1080p on Netflix/Prime. Apple TV tends to be better, but usually no cheaper than buying the disc.

mattl 5y ago
Buy DVDs and rip them and run your own Plex server.
ndsipa_pomu 5y ago
Sometimes it's almost as if they want you to pirate stuff. Monkey Dust Series 3 is another series that is now impossible to buy legally. They used various people's music but didn't have the rights, so it got broadcast and then they couldn't sell it on DVD. I like to keep a copy of obscure and hard to find recordings - it's almost as if recent history is being erased before our very eyes.
- cameronh90 5y ago
  Limmy's Show Season 3 is the exact same: https://twitter.com/daftlimmy/status/542009546588581888 https://twitter.com/daftlimmy/status/542009546588581888 The fact that the BBC could make this mistake several times does strike me as incompetence. The Monkey Dust situation is a real shame, as it was such a ground-breaking and innovative comedy programmes of its time. Ridiculous that something so influential can now only be watched thanks to piracy. Also kind of ironic considering some of the themes of Monkey Dust... The Wikipedia article also says this: "Another reason for the lack of DVD releases of the later series is thought to be the 'teenage jihadi' sketches being considered unsuitable in the wake of the 7 July 2005 London bombings that occurred a few months later."
- pram 5y ago
  Monkey Dust is criminally underrated.
- jonathankoren 5y ago
  > Monkey Dust Series 3 is another series that is now impossible to buy legally. They used various people's music but didn't have the rights, so it got broadcast and then they couldn't sell it on DVD. This has become a reoccurring thing in the streaming world. Dramas have taken to changing the songs, and in the case of Dawson’s Creek the theme [0]. I one time tried to watch an episode of Bevis and Butthead streaming, and the parts where they comment on videos were dead silent except for their remarks. Weird [0] https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a34671665/why-dawsons-creek-theme-song-different-netflix/ https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a34671665/why-dawsons-cr...
mywittyname 5y ago
Even situations like Seinfeld. Netflix altered the aspect ratio by cropping the image, and it really does effect the show. And there's no option to change it.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
  That was done for the HD syndication run. Not Netflix's fault.
  - mod50ack 5y ago
    However, Crackle ran HD 4:3 versions (in the original framing), so those do exist.

mattl 5y ago

Buy DVDs and rip them and run your own Plex server.

ndsipa_pomu 5y ago

Sometimes it's almost as if they want you to pirate stuff. Monkey Dust Series 3 is another series that is now impossible to buy legally. They used various people's music but didn't have the rights, so it got broadcast and then they couldn't sell it on DVD. I like to keep a copy of obscure and hard to find recordings - it's almost as if recent history is being erased before our very eyes.

cameronh90 5y ago
Limmy's Show Season 3 is the exact same: https://twitter.com/daftlimmy/status/542009546588581888 https://twitter.com/daftlimmy/status/542009546588581888 The fact that the BBC could make this mistake several times does strike me as incompetence. The Monkey Dust situation is a real shame, as it was such a ground-breaking and innovative comedy programmes of its time. Ridiculous that something so influential can now only be watched thanks to piracy. Also kind of ironic considering some of the themes of Monkey Dust... The Wikipedia article also says this: "Another reason for the lack of DVD releases of the later series is thought to be the 'teenage jihadi' sketches being considered unsuitable in the wake of the 7 July 2005 London bombings that occurred a few months later."
pram 5y ago
Monkey Dust is criminally underrated.
jonathankoren 5y ago
> Monkey Dust Series 3 is another series that is now impossible to buy legally. They used various people's music but didn't have the rights, so it got broadcast and then they couldn't sell it on DVD. This has become a reoccurring thing in the streaming world. Dramas have taken to changing the songs, and in the case of Dawson’s Creek the theme [0]. I one time tried to watch an episode of Bevis and Butthead streaming, and the parts where they comment on videos were dead silent except for their remarks. Weird [0] https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a34671665/why-dawsons-creek-theme-song-different-netflix/ https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a34671665/why-dawsons-cr...

mywittyname 5y ago

Even situations like Seinfeld. Netflix altered the aspect ratio by cropping the image, and it really does effect the show. And there's no option to change it.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
That was done for the HD syndication run. Not Netflix's fault.
- mod50ack 5y ago
  However, Crackle ran HD 4:3 versions (in the original framing), so those do exist.