Physical media snobs.

[AliceWorquer]

No, it gets a lot more complicated than that, but 64kbps MP3s tend to just be CD rips that have had their quality reduced greatly to fit on MP3 players from 2001 that held like 32mb total. CDs themselves have a much higher bitrate and sound fine. So did cassettes, for that matter. That miniscule blip of time when MP3 players sucked ass was the only reason anyone needed to have dogshit quality music since the advent of vinyl records.

That being said, MP3s ripped directly from CDs at top quality, come out sounding great, and their filesizes are miniscule by today's standards. So there's no reason to actually listen directly from your CD collection when you can rip all of it onto a cheap hard drive, or shit, even a $20 SD card by now.

I wonder how much of all of the memory in the world is wasted by sub 320k audio content being converted to bigger formats for no reason. I used to routinely convert thousands of mp3 loops and samples to wav just to get rid of the id3 tags because 35kb vs 350kb didnt feel like it mattered much, even on a small hard drive. It's probably not even a negligible amount in the grand scheme of things. Video has to be even worse.
It's all smoke and mirrors anyway. Youtube audio maxes out at 128k unless you pay for premium and 99% of the users aren't listening in an environment where they would even notice enough to care.

 

[1073waaf]

I used to agree with you and I tossed all my CD’s and tapes years ago. Now I regret it because a lot of the music I had has been scrubbed from the internet.

 

[RaggotFetard]

CDEEZ NUTZ

 

[UnPRePared]

Eh, I forgot about special features, DVDs are worth it. Some bluray rereleases can't even put the dvd special features on them.

@aRTie02150 I feel called out.

@Racist Google Intern That's always been an issue with the main studios the last decade, there's no longer incentive to do such things. Boutique labels do, but you pay a premium - I say this as a dumbass that's bought Roadhouse FOUR fucking times, and the 4K by Vinegar Syndrome has an amazing amount of special features.

I don't ever feel like a gatekeeper though, I just don't agree with the idea of streaming. If you subscribe to a service, movies come and go on purpose. If you buy it digitally, read the fine print: you're only buying a licence.

 

[TorqueWheeler]

Wrong in every detail, stlaker.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

I have a good amount of stuff on dvd / blu ray but to save on space I got those old CD books that just hold the discs and now have a bunch of those. I liked being able to display my movie collection but I know that makes me sound like a faggot. But CD’s? I’m angry at how much I spent on those over the years where now I can get unlimited iTunes songs for 11 bucks. Crazy how they dont even put CD players in new cars - not that long ago that was considered a luxury feature.

 

[guest]

Crazy how they dont even put CD players in new cars

I disagree, i think thats sane

 

[LingerLonger]

Video has to be even worse.

Watching a video on Bluray versus streaming it is night and day. Especially if you have a nice television or surround sound system. I remember watching premiers of shows or movies on cable and how bad the quality was just compared to being able to get the DVD release. If you just watch shows on your computer with headphones it doesn't matter of course.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

The DMAN also vouches for soulseek. Songs are fine at 320kbsp mp3, maybe try .ogg if you need to save file space.

The DMAN springs for the flac Vinyl rip if he's feeling sassy and sharp tongued about a song he's familiar with. Pops and scratches can be irritating, but the vinyl brings out distinct parts of old songs, in The DEXPERIENCE. It's a new way to enjoy a song you may have exhausted.

As for physical media, The DMAN understands the bitter resentment that rootless zoomers and other urbanites who will never be homeowners hold against storing physical objects. What?? You mean when I buy something, it actually has to exist??? I have to touch it when I want to consume it? I can't just press a magic wifi button and let my bug man ISP download the content from the bug man company's servers, instead of just popping in a cute little disc.

Half the fun of physical media was the packaging, the extras like posters, and special features that streaming sites lack. DVDs had some wild extras and commentaries, The DMAN used to spend all night watching movies without and then with commentary back to back. The good old days.

Paying for movies is always gay. The DMAN snuck into theaters and had DSCRAMBLERS to steal PPV loop channels back in them days. Even paying for music with iTunes in the early iPod days earned a DSCOFF... When you can just import your own free shit from torrents. The DMAN does not have Netflix or any of that shit. Disposable media is just that... Trash bin bullshit not worthy of a monthly membership fee.

Steal everything you can get your fawking hands on.

This DFAG still loves DVDs. It's not to often that I run into the situation where I'd like some special features for any kind of newer shit, most everything that comes out has been mostly gay. MR Show commentaries are still work listening to every so often. I actually like older TVs better too, with tubes, aside from not having built in streaming shit on them and you can plug an HDMI to RCA converter into them no problem. I like having one of them next to my work station. Better on the eyes.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

bluray

That's what I did last night

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

I found my band of Brothers box set the other day. It's just I don't have a dvd player anymore.

Hasn't it turned out apple delete downloaded films if they lose the rights to them?

You can get a DVD player for like 20 bucks on amazon

 

[whyarewedoingthisagain_mybb]

MP3 is still a physical media if it's on your harddrive.

 

[Dennyislife]

You can get a DVD player for like 20 bucks on amazon

I'd only use it for dvd extras before putting it away forever

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

I have a good amount of stuff on dvd / blu ray but to save on space I got those old CD books that just hold the discs and now have a bunch of those. I liked being able to display my movie collection but I know that makes me sound like a faggot. But CD’s? I’m angry at how much I spent on those over the years where now I can get unlimited iTunes songs for 11 bucks. Crazy how they dont even put CD players in new cars - not that long ago that was considered a luxury feature.

CD players weigh nothing and take up no space and yes it's not only crazy they don't put them in cars it's niggerish and condescending. They should cassette and 8-track players too. WTF not? I still have shitloads of CDs and still buy them occasionally as I consider Itunes/spotify/etc to be what actually destroyed the music industry rather than Napster/piracy.

 

[DMAN]

I disagree, i think thats sane

Not having CD players in cars anymore is a big 'fuck you' to CD users.. Which The DMAN is not one (other than his first run press of Demented World published by Restaurant Records... GEM MINT TEN!!!)

The car is one of the last places on earth that a CD might possibly be useful. Cars also kept radio alive long past its usefulness.

Radio however is still insanely useful. Natural disasters take out power? Battery radios all you got. Internet gets taken down by tyrannical regime? Even most TV wouldn't work after that. Radio can't be stopped.

 

[DMAN]

CD players weigh nothing and take up no space and yes it's not only crazy they don't put them in cars it's niggerish and condescending. They should cassette and 8-track players too. WTF not? I still have shitloads of CDs and still buy them occasionally as I consider Itunes/spotify/etc to be what actually destroyed the music industry rather than Napster/piracy.

They are also oversimplifying computers and phones. No more headphone jacks. No mic jacks.

 

[DMAN]

This DFAG still loves DVDs. It's not to often that I run into the situation where I'd like some special features for any kind of newer shit, most everything that comes out has been mostly gay. MR Show commentaries are still work listening to every so often. I actually like older TVs better too, with tubes, aside from not having built in streaming shit on them and you can plug an HDMI to RCA converter into them no problem. I like having one of them next to my work station. Better on the eyes.

To The DMAN the only real upside to streaming was those Roku streams that would play shows 24/7, so you didn't have to pick an episode. (Channel surfing Whatley Style) They mostly got rid of that.

But it's nice how on state of the art widescreens, the official CBS or NBC broadcast will be pixelated when it shows confetti... Analog TVs never did that. Better frame rate too.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

They are also oversimplifying computers and phones. No more headphone jacks. No mic jacks.

Also niggerish and condescending. "We're getting rid of the headphone jack to be more green and create less waste." DID YA? You're telling me creating those stupid faggy little converter jacks that break like crazy is better for the environment? Get fucked pieces of shit.

 

[aRTie02150]

I wouldn't have ever discovered 90% of the music I listen to if it weren't for streaming services.

Not every artist can put out physical media.

 

[aRTie02150]

To The DMAN the only real upside to streaming was those Roku streams that would play shows 24/7, so you didn't have to pick an episode. (Channel surfing Whatley Style) They mostly got rid of that.

But it's nice how on state of the art widescreens, the official CBS or NBC broadcast will be pixelated when it shows confetti... Analog TVs never did that. Better frame rate too.

PlutoTV is good if you want that 24/7 run style.