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[Sida]

redlion, on 23 January 2012 - 12:29 AM, said:

You know, I used to feel that way. But in most cases, I watch a piece of media once, maybe twice and then delete it. I don't keep it the way some people collect DVDs or CDs. I don't get why people have walls of DVDs that they've watched once. How can they afford it? The only DVDs I have, I watch constantly. Or they were gifts.

It's satisfying to have books lying around that I can always pick up, I'll admit. I like rereading books a lot more than re-watching movies. But that has to do with the fact that a book is an act of co-creation by the author and the reader - the story only unfolds in the reader's mind. Movies are much more linear.

I rarely re-watch movies unless they have uncommon depth or amazing visuals. I'm never tempted to watch special features either. They're usually kitschy and short anyway.

I used to do it too with downloads, until I realised I was sifting through terabytes of media and couldn't find anything I wanted to watch a second time, especially when anything I originally did want to watch again I'd already watched like 4 times by now. Now I just delete everything after watching.

This is so shit, I hope Rapidshare manage to stay alive. Torrents have always been my last resort, I don't want them to become my go-to source.

[Turnip]

Makinami, on 22 January 2012 - 08:00 PM, said:

The only music that I don't do that with is anything from Japan. Maybe if importing and shit wasn't so FREAKING EXPENSIVE, I'd actually pay.

Yeah, same D:
There are SO MANY albums that I want to buy/want to support the doujin circles because, well, they definitely deserve it. But $40 shipping thanks to some middleman service, for a $5 cd? Yeah, no :V



Guess I'll just have to stick with Share/PD/dodgy-looking Chinese and Taiwanese sites for now.......

[willy101]

most anime music is pretty accessible on irc. i'm not sure about jpop though

usenet is nigh impossible to dismantle. big torrent sites are getting the boot though

[Sweeney]

Similar to Patrck, I only buy things I will want to watch over and over, or share.
I also rather like having a DVD collection that is just great films. It's a matter of pride.

TV shows too.
All I own on DVD is Firefly, Dark Angel and Stargate. Plus the odd part-series I've picked up from gifts etc.

However, I also hoard all my downloads. Sometimes I like to rewatch a film that I can vegetate to, or rewatch a TV show that I can't afford to buy.
Seriously. DVD prices for television shows are completely absurd.

[Elindoril]

redlion, on 23 January 2012 - 12:29 AM, said:

You know, I used to feel that way. But in most cases, I watch a piece of media once, maybe twice and then delete it. I don't keep it the way some people collect DVDs or CDs. I don't get why people have walls of DVDs that they've watched once. How can they afford it? The only DVDs I have, I watch constantly. Or they were gifts.

It's satisfying to have books lying around that I can always pick up, I'll admit. I like rereading books a lot more than re-watching movies. But that has to do with the fact that a book is an act of co-creation by the author and the reader - the story only unfolds in the reader's mind. Movies are much more linear.

I rarely re-watch movies unless they have uncommon depth or amazing visuals. I'm never tempted to watch special features either. They're usually kitschy and short anyway.

There's a couple reasons to keeping all of it:

1.) I tend to re-watch a lot of the anime I buy, so it usually doesn't collect too much dust before it gets blown off again.

2.) I squander my money and love to purchase all the neat little "collectors editions" of different series I watch, so I got tons of those and I'd never throw those out.

3.) I one day dream I'll actually get some friends that share my crazy hobbies and I can throw all of my stuff at them and force them to watch it all so I can talk to people outside the internet about it.

[Kyle]

Sweeney, on 23 January 2012 - 09:19 AM, said:

I also rather like having a DVD collection that is just great films. It's a matter of pride.

This is how I am with CDs.

I don't see p2p rising to its previous popularity, so are Torrents where it's at now?

[redlion]

Kyle, on 23 January 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:

This is how I am with CDs.

I don't see p2p rising to its previous popularity, so are Torrents where it's at now?

Torrents are p2p

No data is stored centrally, it's all peer to peer transfers. The only central application is logistics, aka the tracker.

[willy101]

i dont suppose we can talk about which sites we get files from now? disclaimer: i don't download files

[Kyle]

redlion, on 23 January 2012 - 04:46 PM, said:

Torrents are p2p

No data is stored centrally, it's all peer to peer transfers. The only central application is logistics, aka the tracker.

I guess I was thinking along the lines of Limewire