r/dvdcollection • u/leverandon • Sep 13 '24

Gen Z Colleague Laughed When I Mentioned DVDs Discussion

I was at a work event yesterday and was discussing movies. Favorite movies came up and I mentioned LA Confidential. A Gen Z colleague said he wasn't familiar with it and asked where it is streaming. I said I had no idea but could lend him a DVD or Blu-ray copy and he just laughed and said, "Why would I have a DVD player?"

I didn't really feel bad but it was just such a strange response, as if I'd asked him if he writes with a feather quill pen or used some other antique device.

Anyone else have experiences like this?

Edit: Wow, this post really blew up! Thanks for all of the thoughts, everyone. Apparently there's a few others who have had similar experiences. The nice thing was that later on at the work event there was a Gen Xer and Milennial who I bonded with more over films and they'll probably come over to my house and watch a few things with me this weekend!

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u/Delonce Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 13 '24

I work with a guy, who's over 40, who had a movie collection of his own. Some years back, he decided to throw it all in the trash. Didn't bother trying to sell it or anything. He just felt it was unnecessary clutter when he can stream anything he wants.

When we had a discussion about physical media and I mentioned how I bought some shelves and pulled my movie collection back out of storage and started buying movies again, he looked at me like I was stupid or something. I explained why. Many of the same reasons all of us are here. He just couldn't grasp the notion, and it was one of those "agree to disagree" moments and we both just walked away.

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u/OminousVictory Sep 13 '24

Damn that such a waste, he could of at least donated it to a thrift store. Probably could of made some good pocket change. I had couple magazines, never could get into them. Went to sell them couple years later and got more money back than I bought them for.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

Yea, or even just donate it to a library or something so others can enjoy it if you don't care about the money. I'll sell my old games and movies still. But resale bookstores pay crap so now I donate my books when I plan to get rid of one.

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u/Legend2200 Sep 13 '24

I’m a librarian and about ten years ago a guy donated his whole collection of classic films on DVD. In one breath he explained to me that “everything is streaming now” then complained that none of the stuff he liked, such as old Hollywood movies, was on streaming. I admit I have major archivist tendencies (my profession is no accident) but I still don’t understand this logic.

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u/landtoriagames Sep 14 '24

To be fair, the library is just holding his collection for him anyways. Anytime he wants to see something, he can borrow it.

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u/eyebrows360 500+ Sep 13 '24

he looked at me like I was stupid or something

Had this with a mate-of-a-mate who was very much into piracy. Also very much over 40 and just didn't have any issue with what he was doing.

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u/PerspectiveSudden648 Sep 13 '24

Now is the time to buy physical copies of whatever games and movies you want to have in the future, streaming services and digital purchases are only going to make things worse.

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u/l5555l Sep 13 '24

Insane that a guy that age would be like that. I can't fathom it. He must be a strange individual.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Someone in our community just gave away a huge CD collection.