Physical media is much much better than streaming i like to have a shelf full of dvd

Personally I don't like how he's acting like absolutely NO blu ray or DVDs let you skip the ads/trailers,when for most of the DVDs and blu rays I've had,it either let's me skip the trailers,has no trailers at all,or has an option to let you go straight to the menu (IE Disney Fast Play and the early paramount dvds). Yeah sure some of them won't let you skip,but not ALL of them,I just wanted to point that out (also side note there are streaming services that play ads,and also ones that WON'T let you skip them,IE Hulu)

@agi238

3 жыл бұрын

Hulu shouldn’t even have ads in the first place.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

@@agi238 to be most streaming services have ads sadly fox app has had this

@gabxln

3 жыл бұрын

use voblanker and ifoedit to remove bullshit from dvd :)

@rmn070

2 жыл бұрын

I also just wanna point out that DVDs and Blu Ray Discs nowadays don’t have any adverts before the menu screen pops up anymore, so it isn’t something to complain about when new films come out on home video.

I’ll never get out of physical media. Scream factory made sure of that. I seriously don’t get how bimmy can think any of this is true

James acts like a total boomer in this video. I completely forgot about that

It is true that studios got lazy with Blu-ray. The menus are crappier, the disc art is often nonexistent and too many sleeve packaging with box sets. Compared to streaming though, physical media wins. I cancelled Netflix some time ago and won't be subscribing to any other streaming service. I want to be able to watch the content I want when I want without the need of the internet. The only thing needed is electricity.

@SofaPop.

2 жыл бұрын

What’s wrong with slipcovers? If you don’t like them, sell them.

Now a days most anime shows have bluray + DVD’s releases that usually come out

@maric7558

2 жыл бұрын

Not really.

@watchforever1724

2 жыл бұрын

@@maric7558 for some there are available unless your talking about niche series

I don’t understand the trailer complaint, on most Blu Rays that I own, a little menu will pop up at the beginning which allows me to skip the trailers.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know

5:04 For a second, I thought my sever crashed until I realized that freeze frame is in the actual video.

I think James was already an adult when blu ray came out so I get that he doesnt really understand it. My dad was poor so I had to grow up using his old vcr, box tv, and 90s style computer so I can relate to not knowing how to use modern technology

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

That’s definitely odd if anything

Personally i think streaming is less convenient than dvd and blu ray because with streaming you have to put in credit card details make a account put your email address with dvd and blu ray all you have to do is just put the disc in and watch it you dont have to make a account or put in your credit card details and plus better picture quality than streaming and you actually own the movie it cant get taken away from you

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree

@anonymousanimationcritic9842

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it's not a complete waste tho. I use streaming to watch movies for the first time, and IF I end up liking a movie, I always go look for a physical copy (Standard Blu-ray, Steelbook, or some collector's edition that's not out of print). Streaming is convinient in that way, but of course it's NOT a replacement for phsyical media.

@jackko21

3 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousanimationcritic9842 yeah thats me ill use it to basically trial a movie if i like the movie ill buy thr blu ray if its dogshit ill ignore it

I love james. But i totally agree. Great vid man.

Great video I dint realize the flaws with his Video till I saw yours.

In defense of 10. Menus: It was not blu ray, but because of new streaming services.

I was thinking of doing a video response myself, but you summed it up. Not one of Rolfe's greatest.

A valid point he made is the lack of place memory on many Blu-ray disks. With DVD (most decent players) the player would remember where you left off watching last time - sometimes applying to several disks. With many Blu-ray the thing starts at the beginning (regardless of hardware) which is extra annoying if they have loads of trailers. I usually watch films in one sitting, so not a big issue there, but TV box sets usually do 4-6 episodes per disc. I recently watched GAME OF THRONES Blu-ray and had to resort to scribbling my progress on a post it note - welcome the the Blu-ray era!

Streaming doesn't win for convenience if u already own the film. Grabbing the disk and popping it in is as convenient as it can come

The reason James would buy a movie like that is fine. He has 1000s of movies.

@anonymousanimationcritic9842

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, he does realize that there are a lot of Blu-ray that include a digital copy, right? Maybe he could use it if he's that lazy to just buy a movie on digital because he doesn't want to bother look for a movie and then putting it on his player.

Another reason Blu Ray is superior to streaming is because you’re getting uncompressed video. I noticed while watching Zootopia on Netflix a few years ago that the image is slightly compressed because it has to stream all this information via the internet. Meanwhile when I watch the film on Blu Ray the picture quality is very crisp. This is a big draw back to streaming that I really hate and is a big reason why I prefer physical media.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@andykishore

3 жыл бұрын

Blu-ray is generally better than compressed DVD quality.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

@@andykishore I know

@anonymousanimationcritic9842

2 жыл бұрын

Even on Disney+, even when it looked better than on Netflix, the Blu-ray is still superior, not to mention in terms of audio too because Atmos tracks on Disney+ sound puny in comparison to a Blu-Ray track

@sarcasticdude2320

9 ай бұрын

Electrons move through reality (Big Ryan fan BTW)

Physical (DVD/Blu-ray) media is also very useful as back up whenever your internet is down or if you live in a part of the country where the internet is too slow for streaming

This is kind of unrelated,but after watching some of your anime related videos,it actually encouraged me to get the complete series of Elfen Lied on blu ray,the set also includes the ova

@watchforever1724

4 жыл бұрын

It’s good to get your favorite on bluray

@jackko21

3 жыл бұрын

The Typical Toaster yeah when ever i find an anime i like i will get it on blu ray

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Jackko 3.0 yeah I definitely agreed

@jackko21

3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Lucas for example ive enjoyed my hero and yu yu hakusho once this corona virus is over im picking both show up on blu ray

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Jackko 3.0 cool .I have black lagoon and samuria champloo

4K UHD discs are almost only useful if you have a Dolby Atmos system and the Blu-Ray doesn’t have an Atmos track but the 4k does

@anonymousanimationcritic9842

2 жыл бұрын

I mean you do get HDR too and movies that are Native 4K look much much better and more detailed than on a Blu-ray so there's still an upgrade.

@ryans413

4 ай бұрын

Wrong there are some blu rays that have Atmos and DTS X

i've only had a few experiences of the DVD being the better option, like for example i'd recommend the DVD for phone booth over the blu ray because, at least in my experience, the blu ray just loops the movie over and over, whereas the DVD actually has a menu and special features, or maybe the fast and the furious movies as well, just because all universal blu rays seem to be exactly the same with their menus, whereas the 2 fast 2 furious DVD let's you choose a certain car and dictates the look and theme of the background, giving it some more personality

I wish your voice was louder, because the audio contrast is noticable.

He makes a video on why Blu-Ray sucks but has made Blu-Rays on Avgn but I think Blu-ray 3d is even worse cause if those 3d glasses don't work your screwed.

Love that you pointed out his luxury solution :D If the money ever stops pouring in, might have wished you didn't subscribe to 10 steaming services for years. Well it might never be an issue also. BRDs still suck and I also wish HD-DVD had won, it would inevitably have dwindled in popularity as well because of streaming, but would still be a better product for the consumer and also for companies so they don't have to pay royalties to Sony.

Agree with most of your response here. But, do note that at least one streaming service, Disney+, DOES have bonus content for a lot of the movies: commetaries, features, featurettes, outtakes etc.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone says this

@anonymousanimationcritic9842

2 жыл бұрын

But not for all movies...Some are just a trailer, like, are you kidding me? That just applies for some of their most popular movies and some of the most recent ones.

@frattonlad

2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousanimationcritic9842 Hence my comment saying a lot of the movies. Rather than all the movies. None of the Star stuff (that I've found this far) but it certainly replicates many of the extras I have on the BR discs for films like Captain America or Iron Man.

I agreed with James about the menus and I always get that message on my ps3 about my bluray needing an update and more problems like that and even tho thats more a ps3 problem, its a problem none the less

@One21Jiggawatts

4 жыл бұрын

Rabid Waffles my pS3 shat itself about 8 years ago.

@markpugh6808

4 жыл бұрын

Blu Ray players do that shit once a year as well you gotta keep upgrading the firmware otherwise it just becomes a more expensive Dvd player

Besides Conker's Bad Fur Day and Conker Live And Reloaded, What are the games being played in the background?

@fugativeredeye

2 жыл бұрын

takeshis challenge and gantz the game

James is old school he’s use to popping in his VHS tapes and just hitting play. Probably why he said he likes streaming. I’m a little confused why he would not be onboard with Blu Ray to have all his old school movies in the best quality.

You owned this guy. He sounds like a premature boomer complaining for no reason. And at this point sticking to a PS3 to watch movies is antiquated. Some blu ray players bump the res of BD discs to 4k.

@RetroVisionist

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget to buy his latest releases on Blu Ray!

Streaming wins for convenience. You can find a movie on Netflix easily. But if you want anything specific you should use a Blu Ray for quality. When James complained about the confusing menus it wasn't about the style.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly some Blu-ray menus aren’t all bad but you can the same about some dvds

PS3 is definitely not meant to be a modern Blu-ray player. that's like complaining that the commodore tape deck... Meant to load programs onto your commodore 64 ... Doesn't play music cassettes very well!! Well no duh! It's the same technology but it's meant to read DATA you dolt

I agree with what you're saying, but I'd like to argue in favor of DVDs and tell you the reason why I prefer them to Blu-rays. They're dirt cheap, for example, I just bought a lot of 200 DVDs for 50€, the majority of them special editions in pristine condition, they take less then 5gb per disc, so I can rip them all to my hard drive and watch the movie without even touching them with the advantage that I can skip all the bullshit without being force to see it once they're ripped, I can watch them on old hardware, like Windows 98 computers or old Xbox\PS2 with no problems, and they look gorgeous on my 32" CRT. And that's it! ;) But as I said before that's why I prefer them to Blu-rays, since I really don't care that much about the resolution, just a personal point of view, it depends on what you give priority to depending on the media format.

Good video

Yet he sells all his videos on blu-ray 🤔

Streaming services don't have any menus? Every streaming service IS a menu -- a giant menu from which the movies can be accessed. Also, 4K is the GREATEST FORMAT in the history of video. If you can afford to upgrade, UPGRADE.

What season of the Simpson’s you showed it on the video

@andykishore

4 жыл бұрын

Season 16 and Season 20.

@watchforever1724

4 жыл бұрын

andykishore thanks

I personally dislike how he's acting like there's absolutely no way to display big collector's edition box sets (I.E. Criterion's Godzilla set and the Planet of the Apes collection). How does James not realize that people print fully custom-made artwork? Just take out the discs, grab a whole bunch of replacement Blu-Ray cases, find some covers online, and print them. Problem solved. Hell, I sometimes print covers for smaller box sets or multiple film packs. So, his issue of oversized packaging can be easily fixed.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@canuck21

3 жыл бұрын

It should not have to be fixed.

@anonymousanimationcritic9842

2 жыл бұрын

@@canuck21 Why? Collector's Editions and boxsets are kind of a niche thing for COLLECTORS who know what they are in for. I would like to think collectors know that sometimes boxsets are oversized so they look for some extra space. It's not even an issue. If you're a collector, you need to know that your shelf space must be big.

@canuck21

2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousanimationcritic9842 My issue isn’t the big Collector's Box set. My issue is for the regular edition box sets and especially sleeves packaging. When the packaging is sleeves, I don’t even want to buy.

this is a matter of opinion, I rather DVD instead of Blu ray but I don't hate it, and James Rolfe never said he hates Blu ray he just rather DVD.

@fugativeredeye

2 жыл бұрын

he also said streaming is better which is why i made this video to begin with, he also brings up a lot of problems with bluray that are specific to his ps3 and not bluray itself he makes a lot of bad points and thats why i responded to it

@Arturr00751

2 жыл бұрын

@@fugativeredeye is kinda funny that he wanna the menus of DVD back, but he complained of that a twelve years ago.

I dont think i want to make a family lol. Some dads become this lol. He doesn't have time. When it comes to physical vs digital.

@Bisaju2

6 ай бұрын

Not all dads ofcourse.

@Bisaju2

6 ай бұрын

I got 4ks primarily for exclusive extras and versions only on the 4k btw. I'm sure they will look great when I get a goodish 4ktv and a hdmi2 cord.

Also physical media it breaks you could lose it but you can sell it

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

For dvds sometimes it breaks but I still use the majority of the dvds it’s still working

@andykishore

3 жыл бұрын

Don't break your DVDs.

@watchforever1724

3 жыл бұрын

@@andykishore I don’t

@andykishore

3 жыл бұрын

@@watchforever1724 Good.

I dont agree with anything said in this video but I guess its all personal preference

Good points. And in the future, physical media might die.

@SofaPop.

2 жыл бұрын

No?

@harrypotteryescaillouno45

2 жыл бұрын

@@SofaPop. Why?

@SofaPop.

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrypotteryescaillouno45 there’s always gonna be people who’d rather own movies

@harrypotteryescaillouno45

2 жыл бұрын

@@SofaPop. I'm one of them. Mostly old DVDs.

The whole packaging thing is because he bought that specific one. If he wanted a normal one be should have got the standard blu ray and DVD. He got the collector's one.

@canuck21

3 жыл бұрын

Many times you have no choice. For example I had to buy the Indiana Jones box set from the UK to avoid the sleeve packaging sold in North America. Same with the Superman box set. I can't stand sleeves and I never had that problem with DVD. It was always either in keep case or Digibook, never in sleeves like it is often with Blu-ray.

@susboi9917

3 жыл бұрын

@@canuck21 true. But that's still a problem with collectors edition. And he with the menus he contradicts himself cuz I thought he wanted to get to the movie quickly. No interruptions.

What's with playing the stupid game?

Yeah... For me, DVD is better for many reasons. The first reason is this... When I put a disc in the player, I want to see the movie. You won't have any problem with DVD, but with Blu-ray... Too much problems.

HD dvd was better. Try to change my mind.

@Dreyz-pg2zz

4 жыл бұрын

My godamn Harry Potter discs were broken like disc rot

@canuck21

3 жыл бұрын

I was on the side of HD DVD but gotta say the format was not scratched resistant enough and many of the rented discs did not play well.

@andykishore

3 жыл бұрын

7:00

@anonymousanimationcritic9842

2 жыл бұрын

How so? HD DVD held less storage. Also HD DVD is a dumb name. Blu-ray is a single word and takes less time to pronounce.

Blu-ray sucks right now because the munsters isn't on blu-ray. Maybe one day...

@megaheroes3611

3 жыл бұрын

Just because on show isn't on Blu-Ray doesn't instantly means Blu-Ray sucks. What a stupid reason to say one format is inferior than the other.

@ertertwert1

3 жыл бұрын

@@megaheroes3611 i didn't say it was inferior to dvd. I said it sucks because the munsters haven't been released on blu-ray. Maybe one day it will...

@megaheroes3611

3 жыл бұрын

@@ertertwert1 Still... Stupid reason to say that Blu-Ray suck.

@watchforever1724

2 жыл бұрын

@@megaheroes3611 agreed