Sure. A Blu-Ray/DVD for the TV. It’s rarely used, as most movies/series are available via streaming. We generally only watch some Christmas movies with it, as streaming services want you to either rent or buy and I already own the discs.
Not only is it a DVD player, it’s also a VCR!
I also have a working 3.5" disk drive, if anyone has a file from 1999 they need to open.
I have a BluRay player that is hooked up to my TV – I have used it, but not recently.
I also have a DVD player in a closet somewhere.
Brian
Two. One connected to the rarely used TV in the bedroom, and one connected to the frequently used TV in the living room.
I like to get discs for movies and TV shows that I want to make sure I always have access to, what with the rights to various properties coming and going like pro sports teams trading players, services perhaps going out of business, possible internet outages (not completely unknown IME), and so on. I know I can stream Green Acres anytime I want, and currently, if I want, that’s how I’ll get it on my TV because it’s more convenient than fooling around with physical media. But I have the DVDs just in case.
We still have a Blu-Ray/DVD player, still hooked up to our main TV. It still gets used on occasion, but not often anymore. We still have a huge collection of discs, but my wife (who does most of the viewing) almost exclusively uses streaming now.
I too still have a Blu-Ray/DVD player connected to my TV. It rarely gets used anymore, but it is still there. I guess I mostly just saw no reason to get rid of it, so the path of least resistance was to just leave it there, connected to the TV.
Amen to all of this. I’ve had a DVD player since day one (became BluRay) and have never stopped using it. Streaming is okay when only there’s no other option.
Same for me.
We still own a DVD/Blu-ray player, but we haven’t used it in a very long time.
I think it still works. Maybe,
Own? Yes. Use? Sweet merciful crap yes! I only re-upped Netflix for May because I needed to download content for the train ride from Halifax to Ottawa. Don’t own DVDs, but 90 seconds from the front door of my building is a great “rental” place. By rental, I mean free loans for three weeks, unlimited renewals unless someone else has put a hold on it, and if that branch doesn’t have it, I can request a hold from any of the other branches. Thanks Ottawa Public Library!
I use all three. Speaking of which (and staying on the DVD player topic), I’ve seen a number of audio Youtubers recommend getting a cheap used DVD player with digital audio out, connecting that to a DAC and using it instead of a CD player. Can be cheaper that way and better sound than a lot of current new CD players before you’re spending hundreds of dollars. CDs have supposedly had something of a resurgence in popularity among the youth because they (a) own the media, (b) take up less space than vinyl, and (c) can still be found in thrift/used stores for a buck or two a pop unlike a lot of used vinyl.
I have a multi-region DVD player, because I have DVDs sourced from all over the world that are variously region-coded. I have a separate Blu-Ray player, but though it plays DVDs, it’s stuck on Region 4 only.
However, I don’t think I have watched any of those DVDs in fifteen years, so I probably should pack them all away and free up some shelf-space. I tend to stream or watch from my media server these days.
I have a nice 4k Blu-ray player and a small selection of newer films. I watch 99% of my movies on one of the many streaming services that we have. However, for some of the prettier movies, like Blade Runner 2049, I shell out for the physical media. The picture and sound quality of physical 4k absolutely blows away what you get from Amazon/Netflix/Disney streaming.
I have 2 stand-alone Blu-ray players. One is usable for 3D (I have a 3D Samsung TV in my bedroom). The other is a 4K player in my TV room.
Like Scoobysnax says, the quality of 4K physical media is hard to top. It’s even better than 4K streamin.
No, and I don’t believe I ever have. Only DVDs I ever remember watching were on my computer or maybe a game console of some sort. I was still watching VHS until the early 2000s, then I just don’t remember watching many movies after that. I definitely never owned a Blu-Ray player, either.
We have two Blu-ray players attached to two different TVs. One of those is a 4k; the regular Blu-ray it replaced is still around somewhere if we ever wanted to attach it to the third TV.
I also have a TV/VCR combo and a modest collection of tapes, mostly kids movies.
I own and use a Blu-Ray. I like to own TV shows and movies that I like.
I have one little portable player in my living room, hooked up to a couple of small but adequate speakers. It only gets occasional use, when I want to hear a full album, and feel a little nostalgic about how to do that – or when I want my teen kid to have a bit of the feel for why albums exist(ed) at all. (He’ll let me force this on him maybe three times a year).
Just last week, I brought the same CD player with me on a six-day road trip in Arizona and New Mexico with my same kid, knowing we’d sometimes be out of range for playing music via our phones (YouTube or Spotify). He got to hear three full albums that way: Schubert (“Trout” quintet and “Death and the Maiden” quartet; Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ “Night in Tunisia”; and The Best of James Brown.
ETA: Silly me - this thread is about DVDs, not CDs! Oh, well.
This is our case too. We have so many DVD/BluRay that are not available on streaming or would cost us $3 to $4 to rent. Also we have many European titles that our region-free player can handle. We fire it up maybe once or twice a month.