The article was good and I was happy to learn about Arrow Video, which reminds me a lot of Limited Run Games. I will say there is a big downside of physical me

The article was good and I was happy to learn about Arrow Video, which reminds me a lot of Limited Run Games. I will say there is a big downside of physical media that has to be mentioned: the physical space. In my apartment it really makes the whole thing a bit of a non-starter unless I’m willing to discard jackets and put discs into soft binders like my old CD setup that I had in my 1999 Civic. That issue can be made worse if you’re just not the type of person to watch and rewatch content over and over. That’s where streaming shines: I’m sure to some people, the fact that content rotates in and out isn’t that much of a downside. They just want to watch “whatever is on.” I am also not a big fan of how much ripping and data hoarding becomes a hobby. In terms of the fact that you’re doing something illegal (breaking cryptographic protection to rip a personal collection), your risk certainly minimal, but it’s technically a non-zero risk. You’re technically supposed to keep those movies on their discs and not decrypt their content in order to back them up. With that in mind if you’re already getting into ripping content and setting up Plex/Jellyfin for yourself you might as well just go the whole way and start downloading off of Usenet. Aside from that, I also think that digital purchases and downloads can be a decent way to go. I’ve heard of some providers like Sony removing purchases from libraries but that also seems extremely rare. I have a few random movies purchased on iTunes (now renamed/moved to the Apple TV app but still available) and they’re still there many years later, but it would be nice to get that as more of a guarantee. Apple’s streaming quality is also second excellent and certainly close enough to what you get on Blu-Ray for 99.9% of people.