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Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs

hunter

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3. If one doesn't have unlimited high speed internet...

Reply to bif (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 2, 2024, 06:44 PM

Feb 2024

... DVDs are just about your only option for commercial-free movie viewing.

I love that our library provides access to movie streaming services and ebooks but I'd hate to see paper books and DVDs go away.

The other great advantage of DVDs is that they can be shared with friends and family. Our family did quite a lot of that in days past, especially when we were visiting relatives who did not have high speed internet yet. Some didn't even have modern HDMI televisions.

Our children and their cousins mostly live in big cities now, have high speed internet, and stream almost everything. Curiously, a few of them collect vinyl records.

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DVDs -- I still enjoy them. [View all] hunter Feb 2024 OP

Public libraries NJCher Feb 2024 #1

And your library may offer Hoopla and Kanopy bif Feb 2024 #2

If one doesn't have unlimited high speed internet... hunter Feb 2024 #3

I'm a bit late to this discussion but... llmart Feb 2024 #5

I also love DVDs and still collect them. Coventina Feb 2024 #4