orang37 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 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; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 All on Captain Bluebeard's place these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 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..... Edited December 23, 2022 by pgrahmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Streaming has taken over , and for free .. regards worgeordie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flare Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 You're gonna have to try The Smithsonian, I'm afraid...;) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted December 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 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. Edited December 23, 2022 by BritManToo 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted December 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2022 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyExpat57 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negita43 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 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! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NotEinstein Posted December 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2022 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. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 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. Edited December 23, 2022 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negita43 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Sure but you can't sit and admire a memory stick (if you can you are a real anorack)???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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