where have all the blu-rays and dvd's gone ?

[orang37]

Once upon a time in Amazing Chiang Mai, movies, and tv series, etc., in these formats, were plentiful at places like Pornthip Plaza, a big shop near Maharaj hospital/Suan Dok on Thanon Suthep.

 

I used to find some classic movies and foreign films ... not the bang-bang-hyper-macho trash shown on various ISP  tv services.

 

Shut down by BIB ? Gone out of business ? Everyone ponied up for Prime or NetFlix ? Covid made everyone too tired to watch anything but cartoons ?

 

~o:37;

[KannikaP]

All on Captain Bluebeard's place these days.

[pgrahmm]

Good question= bad answer....

I have a bunch of great music on CD's and really need a new sound system in our car....I wonder if those players are even available any longer.....

[worgeordie]

Streaming has taken over , and for free ..

regards worgeordie

[flare]

You're gonna have to try The Smithsonian, I'm afraid...;)

[BritManToo]

21 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

Good question= bad answer....

I have a bunch of great music on CD's and really need a new sound system in our car....I wonder if those players are even available any longer.....

Every CD you ever purchased will fit on ONE USB drive.

Or put it all on your phone and play via Bluetooth.

Better to move with the times.

[spidermike007]

The quality of a Blu ray seems to be lower than the average 1080p file I download. So, why bother? I have over 1,000 dvd's and don't know what to do with them. I never watch them anymore. 

 

They are a thing of the past. Like eight tracks and cassettes. 

[HappyExpat57]

When I first came to Thailand, I had a HUGE library of movies on CD/DVD. I bought me a shiny new DVD player and they wouldn't play due to some damned country code BS. At that point I converted to hard drive format and never went back.

[Negita43]

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The quality of a Blu ray seems to be lower than the average 1080p file I download. So, why bother? I have over 1,000 dvd's and don't know what to do with them. I never watch them anymore. 

 

They are a thing of the past. Like eight tracks and cassettes. 

Pass them on to your local Tuk Tuk drivers they use them as reflectors!

[NotEinstein]

It's called technological progress - Personally I have moved through vinyl > cassette tape > Betamax - VHS > (V)CD > DVD > Torrent files.

Once the physical realm was left for digital, the concept of owning a copy was meaningless. I haven't embraced streaming as the availability via torrent has been incredible - don't like the typical Hollywood fare - join something like https://cinemaz.to My wife likes Korean period drama series which are easy to find on torrent sites.

[KhunBENQ]

48 minutes ago, NotEinstein said:

Personally I have moved through vinyl

And nowadays there is a hipster trend (back) to vinyl.

And they swear it is so much better than CD or streaming.

It has this "special character".

What will be next? Cassette decks?

 

And about the topic: sure they have been swapped away by streaming/downloads.

I remember when Thai people used Video(!) CDs (VCD, not DVD!) in quite poor video/audio quality.
I think we still have some player buried deep in the cabinet.

 

My first recording equipment was a 9 mm tape deck.

Before disposing many years later I played some of them and all high frequencies were gone. Just some dull bass.

[Mac Mickmanus]

7 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

And nowadays there is a hipster trend (back) to vinyl.

And they swear it is so much better than CD or streaming.

It has this "special character".

 

Some people prefer vinyl albums , its much easier to roll a joint on a vinyl album cover rather than on a CD case 

[Lacessit]

Netflix, Amazon Prime and Youtube Premium have taken over, along with USB's and external storage devices. I have a 1 TB drive that can store about 2000 CD's.

Bluray and CD's have gone the way of bustles, drum brakes, and button-up boots.

[Negita43]

Sure but you can't sit and admire a memory stick (if you can you are a real anorack)????