Curious if anyone else collects movies virtually on Apple? If so, how many do you have? I’m currently at 1477 movies.🍿 🎥

  • Shoddy_Signature_149@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I bought a couple of albums on Apple Music. They’re no longer available to me. If it’s not on your shelf, all you’re buying is access to their file and you own NOTHING. Good day, sir!

    • Flipslips@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      What does Apple Music have to do with anything? And if you are so concerned with your access just download the music files?

    • horrormusical@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      This shit gets boring, this wasn’t what was asked. But the anti-digital media crowd always have to pop their head out and echo the same thing over and over and over. Even when nobody asked.

  • AcanthisittaHuge8579@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Over 500 movies (majority of them HDR and/or DolbyVision) and 30 different tv show collections. All on my Win11 media server. But shared and available via the Infuse tvOS app for my ATV4K.

  • dr-strut@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I have over 400 in my Apple TV library. Quality is great and many I bought as HD have been automatically upgraded to 4K. My only wish would be a better way to organise on the Apple TV itself. On the Mac app it’s possible to create playlists e.g. by director or series. Sadly they don’t sync to the Apple TV box. Scrolling through 400 movies is a chore.

    • Flipslips@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I hope with the new iTunes/Apple TV refresh we get these options. I would KILL to be able to label movies with genres, the current ones are AWFUL. Pirates of the Caribbean isn’t a horror movie lol

  • SpyvsMerc@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I thought about it, but i prefer to collect movies via Plex. Cheaper, and more chances to still own it 40 years later.

    What if i don’t like Apple anymore in 20 years? 40 years? I’ll lose everything.

    At least i know i’ll still have my library (maybe still on external hard drives like today, or a new format coming in the future).

  • Mysterious_Ad1286@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Yeah I’ve started buying my movies on iTunes, I’ve just bought a Hisense L9H projector with a 100” screen. I’m pretty addicted to buying movies at the moment…

  • Caustal@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Just over 2500 now and thanks to sales and codes I don’t think I’ve paid more than $5 for the vast majority of those. I still buy the occasional physical copy but that collection has dwindled to 1/10 of what it used to be. Digital is just so damned convenient.

  • BeardInTheDark@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Bit over 1,700 at the moment (Yay for multibuy offers).
    Would be more, but some of them I’ve re-designated as TV since they’re sequels/prequels to television series (such as Serenity for Firefly).

    TV shows, I’ve breached the 500 shows barrier (Star Trek counts for a dozen alone) and for music, over 400 music albums/10,000 songs (yes, there are duplicates…).

    And all this requires 4 external hard-drives…

  • Killowatt59@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Yep. They have some great deals. I have a couple of hundred already.

    Just wish you could download them to your Apple TV and have the option to watch them without the internet.

    • Flipslips@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I wonder if there’s a way to download them to an external drive and get it to play through the box?

  • Chopstick84@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I used to have 500 blu rays but decided to sell them. I thought about upgrading to 4K blu ray but I’m not paying £20 for a single film. Once I saw Scarface for £2.99 on Apple I bought it. All this ‘you don’t own it’ talk doesn’t bother me. It’s £2.99. I’ll cope if it ever disappears. I now have about 50 films and growing in my digital collection and my house is much tidier.

    • Financial_Rough2377@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Same here, I have a UK and US account as so easy to switch between the two on Apple TV. Gladiator in 4K US store, HD UK only and Titanic is HD only for £13.99 but 4K for $7.99.

  • Xander75@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I have 1713 movies (including doubles) in my collection in various formats. 334 of these are digital on Apple.

  • Responsible_Poem_948@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’ve recently started to build a collection again, I used to have a large physical collection in the early 2000s but then cleared it all out in my minimalist phase.

    I pretty much only buy 4K movies I like that are on offer on Apple TV app and relevant bundles, I’ve accrued about 100 movies in 6 months.

  • Littletad@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    If you’re in the Apple ecosystem, getting movies and shows on iTunes is the best place. Great player, tons of deals, synced across all devices seamlessly. If not, VUDU is pretty much the next best. I have an xbox and amazon prime and even with deep sales, I almost never get a move or tv show there unless it’s on iTunes. I’d rather wait for the sale to show up there instead. It’s just that much better and simple IMO.

    • KevShark92@alien.topOPB
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      1 year ago

      Yes, I agree! Not sure if you hear of blu-ray.com? They show all movies that are currently discounted. You can filter by 4k/HD. I’ve been using for years and it helps you save on Apple movies.

      • Littletad@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        I’ve been doing two things, using cheapcharts and Ms Rewards. I’ll only buy a movie on my xbox if I know for sure it has movies anywhere enabled. Learned my lesson when I first started collecting and bought all John Wick movies there. Ugh. I heard good things about the Blu-ray site too, so it doesn’t hurt to double check. Using the wishlist feature on iTunes is useful too, as cheapcharts doesn’t show a sale immediately. Another reason I prefer Apple is cause I’m partially deaf. I’ve never encountered a movie or show on appletv app that shows subs incorrectly or with delayed input. Parent Trap, the Jetsons, and a few other shows have horrible captions. I actually bought the Jetsons a second time on iTunes just to “fix” this.

      • Bluion6275@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Only downside to Blu-ray.com is the titles need to be in their database first otherwise you won’t know about all titles that get a drop. I mainly use Blu-ray.com as a purchase log.

        Another alternative is CheapCharts, their app can even give notifications as and when price drops happen and alert you separately when any movies or tv shows you’ve placed in your wish list have had a drop.