possibly my most boomer quality is that I quite adamantly prefer blu-ray discs to streaming

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every time I say the word “blu-ray” I feel like I age by about one (1) year

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could write a whole thread on this given my background in film digitization.

a couple caveats:

- not all streams are created equal. sometimes you’re watching an ugly old transfer, other times a new UHD remaster in dolbyvision. very variable. disney+, netflix, and apple the leaders in quality imo, but still some bad apples here and there (pun intended).

- not all discs are created equally. you can also watch a bad transfer on blu-ray. not necessarily a guarantee of anything.

that said, in general:

- blu-ray discs don’t waver in quality in response to network conditions like streams do. for example, you’ll see consistently tight grain structure that doesn’t go softer/sharper or more/less apparent.

- good blu-ray players have more sophisticated HDR handling than any streaming method, which will help HDR content not get clipped/unnatural while retaining detail.

- blu-ray discs give you uncompressed audio, not lossy mp3 or aac, but this might only matter to you if you have a decent sound system.

totally. will post about my new CD player in a couple months once the tariffs are resolved

hahah yes it’s very boomer, @brileigh makes fun of me regularly about it

i respect this but its also boomer af lol ngz

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I also have a CD collection, this is the tip of the iceberg

I still have an mp3 collection. No judgement here.

possibly my most boomer quality is that I am 67 years old

i’m genz but the early type and i grew up with blu-ray discs—i’ll always prefer it to streaming

Agreed. I didn’t mind when we got free digital with purchase of Blu-ray, but as an addition and bonus not the main deal!