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I've picked up the ST:TNG Blu-Rays and most of the movies for far less than MSRP. I mean if you want to pay retail price for everything than go right ahead...

I've picked up the ST:TNG Blu-Rays and most of the movies for far less than MSRP. I mean if you want to pay retail price for everything than go right ahead... But the whole time-share cornucopia argument doesn't work for me because the video quality for most streaming is ass. Some of these shows it's like watching web videos in the 90s through RealPlayer Meanwhile AnyDVD HD and Plex licenses are cheap, and also perpetual!

scarface74 4y ago
How much is your entire collection compared to $9.99 a month for Paramount+?
- pdntspa 4y ago
  I don't know (I get everything on sale or bargain bins, maybe a couple hundred bucks in total?) It's also unfair to not include Netflix, Disney+, a portion of Amazon Prime, and whatever else, multiplied times however many months you've been using them (so likely 50+) If you factor in the cash spent on computer hardware, software, and storage media, we're still sitting on maybe a thousand or two over a 10+ year period. But that gets murky as nearly all these things have other uses. I'd bet that still costs less than most households' cable/streaming bills over time Being extremely picky with your media consumption helps a ton!
  - scarface74 4y ago
    I don’t need but one service to get all of the Star Trek episodes. Also, I used Star Trek as an example because it had by far the largest library of any franchise and the most box sets. Disney franchises are basically movies and streaming only TV series so it wasn’t as extreme as Star Trek. Besides, there are still a couple of gaps in their Marvel Universe library. Netflix really doesn’t have much worth paying for anymore. The only reason I keep it is because T-mobile gives me a $14 discount. Amazon Prime Video by itself wouldn’t even be something making it worth keeping Prime. I also get HBO Max free (for now) by having AT&T fiber for internet.

scarface74 4y ago

How much is your entire collection compared to $9.99 a month for Paramount+?

pdntspa 4y ago
I don't know (I get everything on sale or bargain bins, maybe a couple hundred bucks in total?) It's also unfair to not include Netflix, Disney+, a portion of Amazon Prime, and whatever else, multiplied times however many months you've been using them (so likely 50+) If you factor in the cash spent on computer hardware, software, and storage media, we're still sitting on maybe a thousand or two over a 10+ year period. But that gets murky as nearly all these things have other uses. I'd bet that still costs less than most households' cable/streaming bills over time Being extremely picky with your media consumption helps a ton!
- scarface74 4y ago
  I don’t need but one service to get all of the Star Trek episodes. Also, I used Star Trek as an example because it had by far the largest library of any franchise and the most box sets. Disney franchises are basically movies and streaming only TV series so it wasn’t as extreme as Star Trek. Besides, there are still a couple of gaps in their Marvel Universe library. Netflix really doesn’t have much worth paying for anymore. The only reason I keep it is because T-mobile gives me a $14 discount. Amazon Prime Video by itself wouldn’t even be something making it worth keeping Prime. I also get HBO Max free (for now) by having AT&T fiber for internet.