Yep, nothing is "Forever"
If you keep the temp at a low level you should keep your data for thousands of years...not so much with other media.
By then they'll be someone else's problem.All media have shelve-life (DVD; stored properly in the right temp/humidity and upright should last 50 to a 100 years)...but it will decay!
Next is DNA digital storage...
There's a reason I'm so invested in physical copies.
Same thing even down to cash... We never really handle that either..
Indeed. I am a fan of Command & Conquer game series, especially Generals and Zero Hour (Red Alert & Yuri's Revenge too). I had 2 sets of these games, as the first started to scratch. But with Windows 10 I cannot play any of them anymore from the DVD sets I have, I had to buy the license to play the digital games. And there is a catch here too: no more custom maps or mods on the digital version, you simply cannot add any of the cool mods or extra maps you had and could use on the previous DVD versions of the games.
Its one thing if it was just on a streaming service. Who cares? It's another if someone paid specifically for the series or movies and now doesn't have access to something that they paid for.
So my collection of VHS and DVDs was pretty big since it was the only way to watch. I got rid of almost all my tapes and half of my discs in 2016 when we moved, now I rely on streaming to watch almost everything, I also have a lot of stuff stored on HDs at home so I don't need internet to watch something. There's maybe 400 to 500 discs left but don't have my player hooked up to the projector since almost all of it is available to watch on one of my services or it's backed up on one of my HDs. Renting digitally is much more convenient than when I had to drive 10 miles each way to the video store, imagine that at today's fuel cost! That really sucks. I heard good things about the C&C games and mods really breath new life into a game. It is a shame that PC games are pretty much all digital now and you only get a license to the game as opposed to actually owning it.Indeed. I am a fan of Command & Conquer game series, especially Generals and Zero Hour (Red Alert & Yuri's Revenge too). I had 2 sets of these games, as the first started to scratch. But with Windows 10 I cannot play any of them anymore from the DVD sets I have, I had to buy the license to play the digital games. And there is a catch here too: no more custom maps or mods on the digital version, you simply cannot add any of the cool mods or extra maps you had and could use on the previous DVD versions of the games.
I agree that its impractical to just go fully physical media and a combination is more realistic. Physical media does take up space and digital does make access far easier. Streaming is a far cheaper alternative from renting from blockbuster as well as far more convenient. There are also alot of shows that are decent to watch but not something you necessarily love so much that you want to watch again or share with others.I've only purchased two shows digitally. Season 6 of TWD on YouTube for my daughter and season 5 of Rick and Morty on Amazon because I was to impatient to wait for it on HBO.
I lived most of my life without a TV signal, cable or satellite. I didn't even have internet capable of streaming until 2020!
A few times we wanted to watch something specific and couldn't find it to rent digitally so my daughter "may" have raised the Jolly Roger.
When it comes to anything you want to keep around for your lifetime and beyond you really need a combination. All my home movies, fan films and the fan restored OT are backed up on 2 HDs, multiple physical discs, 2 laptops and on the cloud. It would take a global disaster to destroy them!
