Wow! Time goes so fast! It wasn’t all that long ago that the main way we watched movies was with VHS video players. Then, faster than Superman could leap a giant building (well, maybe not quite THAT fast), we were watching DVDs.
Netflix came along, but at first the service was provided via a mailed DVD, which you mailed back after watching the film. Then Netflix began streaming videos, and then everybody else did too, and…
Remember Blockbuster Video? It was a great place to hang out and browse for your favorite TV shows and movies, was rendered obsolete, so bye bye to those trips around dinner time to pick up a flick for evening viewing.
So here we are. Many of us still have DVD players. Maybe you. But how often do we even use them anymore? Are they headed the way of the dinosaur? That’s the question of the day.
Do you know what DVD stands for? It’s Digital Versatile Disc.
We have some DVDs that we watch occasionally. A couple of our favorites are “Mr & Mrs Smith” and “R.E.D.” and we recently watched “Young Frankenstein” .
I like your taste in movies! Some of our favorites, as well.
DVDs have really gone by the wayside like the Beta and VHS. Go on line stream it in and done. No more clutter, dust collectors. It’s the same way with music. Fine with me less plastic though those plastic discs are great for target practice.
Stream to me, Baby!
I’m not even sure where our DVD players are right now, but go past some book cases in one room of our that makes me cringe. there are thousands of dollars of DVDs collecting dust there.
Rarely watch a DVD. However, my vinyl music collection keeps growing.
If you’re asking about rentals, never, asking about personal family, occasionally.
We camp in a lot of the right places. No cell service.
DVDs are handy for rainy or tired nights.
No cable, dish or streaming, so we watch a lot of DVDs.
We have never watched a DVD in our motor home. We didn’t watch them 5 years ago either. Streaming all the way!!
We have several hundred DVDs. I have taken them out of the boxes and put them in an album. They are our go to when we camp where there are no OTA channels, wifi, or cell signals.
We live too far out in the country and have satellite DISH, so no streaming for us. Movies are dvd only. We can get their high priced internet, but not interested, can live without it, pay enough for basic crap.
You can’t watch pay per view movies off Dish/DirectTV?
We moved 4 years ago and the new configuration of our televisions makes using the DVD player less convenient. We do not subscribe to any streaming services, so that has nothing to do with the change in my behavior. I continue buying DVDs and watch them when we travel in the RV.
We don’t watch any TV when using the RV, if wanted to watch TV we would stay home.
Left out an option. Never watched DVD’s.😊 Husband bought a portable player to watch golf instruction videos. Think he used it once. Not anti technology. We live in and retired from working in Silicon Valley.
We have Dish at home, so when we go someplace for the weekend we have our Wally and Tailgater for the races on Sunday. Most weekends, we stream off Netflix or another service, though that eats through our mobile hotspot plans. I took the BluRay player our of our RV two years ago, because we hadn’t touched it in a year. Still don’t miss it.
We don’t watch DVDs anymore but use our DVR a lot. I prefer to record shows and watch them later so I can fast forward through the commercials. 😁
We do not watch anything when we are out and about with our trailer. We are out about six months and leave all the tv/video watching stuff behind. We read. We walk and we enjoy the outdoors. Mostly we boondock or stay in Forest Service Campgrounds.
Cave Man here: We have maybe watched a DVD 5 times in our lives. Don’t even know what streaming is. If it is not a black and white movie on over the air TV I don’t see it. Have not been to a movie house in 30 years and then I have been only about 10 times in my life. I always had something more productive to do I guess. I could not see spending money to just sit still that long. One hour in church is my max limit.
There is still a Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, the last in the world. There was even a movie made about. It’s not on DVD though. You have to stream it on Netflix. Ironic.