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Tag Archives: collecting
Modern Movie Consumption 2
When I first began writing this essay it was intended as a personal dig into the home entertainment industry that, through technological progress, has now rendered my own humble DVD collection worthless and made consumers either re-purchase or abandon their home movie collection. As it turns out, that’s not quite the case. Consumers are overwhelmed with options. It’s not a battle between streaming vs. physical. We’ve almost reached a point where it’s possible to casually view a movie via streaming services, pay for it on video-on-demand, borrow it from a library, hunt down copies on physical media (new or used), and, for die hard fans and collectors, pre-order and invest in elaborate box set or steelbook editions by boutique labels. Everyone’s catered for. Continue reading
Posted in Media, Movies
Tagged 4K, BD, betrayal, blu-ray, censorship, collecting, collections, commerce, consumerism, digitization, disposability, DVD, greed, home entertainment, media player, movies, Netflix, optical media, packaging, physical media, spirits in the material world, streaming, throwaway society, UHD
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On death, disruption and discs
Every startup’s moonshot dream is to be the one that disrupts the status quo. The latest disruption snuck in via Netflix and my wife. This got me thinking about my own movie collection and general viewing habits again. Continue reading
Posted in Media, Movies
Tagged 4K, blu-ray, collecting, damage, destruction, DVD, innovation, longevity, mortality, murder-death-kill, Netflix, streaming
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Rediscovering philately
A few days ago I made a mistake: I opened a cabinet door. Behind that cabinet door lay my stamp collection. Philately is the perfect hobby for a pandemic. Continue reading
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Tagged collecting, geography, history, philately, postage stamps, retro, stamp collecting
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One decade at Discogs
I’ve been a member of discogs.com for a full decade. It has become as much a part of my daily online regimen as checking my email or Twitter feed. No other site has grabbed my attention in the way that Discogs has, nor has any other online resource infuriated me in the same manner. Discogs is as fascinating as it is frustrating. Continue reading