Comments on: Do One Thing: Stop Buying Physical Media.

By: graphicartist2k5

graphicartist2k5 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:55:07 +0000

personally, i don’t see the point of not having blank cdr discs handy when i need to burn the occasional audio cd, or to back up data that i don’t want deleted if i have to re-install windows. of course i also have flash drives, but i’ve got WAY more data than what my flash drives can hold. i personally prefer to have physical copies of things rather than purely digital becaue the way i see it is, if i’ve got everything backed up that is important to me, then i won’t have to be concerned about losing it should my computer mess up to the point where i’d have to wipe my hard drive clean and start over. it’s just common sense.

By: Coco

Coco — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:26:19 +0000

It’s a great idea to turn off everything while on vacation.
In our household we shut down the circuit breakers every night and every time we leave the house. It has cut our electric bill in half at least! We went from $120 – $150 a month down to $70 on a ‘high energy’ month and down to $30 a couple of times. Love the $$$ savings AND the energy saved!
As far as ereaders go, we try to avoid unnecessary technology if possible. We are huge patrons of the library for everything from books to movies and use Netflix to stream movies and shows to our TV. It really helps to cut down on clutter around the house, and hopefully the need for continuous manufacturing of books/CDs/DVDs/DVRs/VCRs/whatever in a small degree.
Every little bit helps!

By: JeanieDD.E

JeanieDD.E — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:30:08 +0000

I agree and disagree. Although I do feel guilty for having so much physical media.. I have a huge DVD collection and a lot of old VHS tapes left from my Disney Collection of movies.

I agree because physical media gets a bit expensive and if you happen to love a certain movie, you’d want to have a copy for yourself without having to pay for Netflix and such. In other cases, physical media, at least for me is cheaper because I do not buy DVDs. And having a CD is just not my thing, if I could find an mp3 to download now. Plus no one I really knows has a CD player.

Anyway, it would be illegal for me to sell my DVDs because they aren’t original copies.. so if I had to throw them someone, I’d have to scratch them up and then recycle them.

I disagree because I know for a fact that some media such as songs found online come and go, and not popular. If you happen to find rare songs or movies, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to leave it on a external hard drive, and when the ex.HD breaks or fails to work, you’d lose your media.

Burning them on a disc and leaving it in a box saves the data, as long as the disc is not scratched.

My sister recently purchased an anime DVD for $30 because she says it’s nowhere to be found.. now she has her own copy and she watches it all the time. If she couldn’t find it anywhere else, then it’s definitely worth a buy.

By: david

david — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:58:06 +0000

The only thing I am not sold on is the e-book idea. It sounds amazing in principle, but worried about what will happen with the written word, historical references, and libraries. That’s my concern right now with them becoming popular.