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!
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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.
What does Apple Music have to do with anything? And if you are so concerned with your access just download the music files?
Dumb question if we are buying movies on Apple TV, is it being stored locally or cloud? I got 32GB 4K gen 2. Thinking about getting the remastered Cinderella.
It gets stored on the cloud so you can download as many and you want and it won’t affect your storage. If you go on a trip you can download movies you bought to your iPad, MacBook etc so you can watch without streaming.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good to know! Thank you!
Better to use the app CheapCharts
About 250. I’ve purchased all of them via the appletv app. I tend to wait for sales and scoop them up when they are around $5.
2,153... lol though I still collect physical and find that WAY more superior.
Wow! Nice work! I still have some physical especially the special edition movies since I love some of the packaging.
Yeah, the special features, lossless audio and higher quality video (let alone you ACTUALLY OWN the physical disc movie) is why I still prefer physical.
I sometimes feel guilty for the ~150 or so movies I’ve bought digitally. This makes me feel better.
On a serious note, I only “buy” movies I consider exceptional and that I know I will rewatch many times.
I’m at 817. I used to share my account with my family so I’d buy movies I knew they’d also like to watch. Now only my wife and I have it signed in since Apple removed the ability to turn off synching between Apple TV boxes. So I buy way fewer movies now.
I’m still able to share my library with family with the family account and by enabling purchase sharing.
What did the syncing do?
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.
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...
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.
I wonder if there’s a way to download them to an external drive and get it to play through the box?
I have 1713 movies (including doubles) in my collection in various formats. 334 of these are digital on Apple.
Just over 10000 now. Love the multiples..
344 non-MA
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..
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.
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.
I do. Not as many as you, though!
Just starting out. 52 movies.
Just my preference, but I will only buy movies physically. I realize that physical media is dying out, but I hear too many stories of people losing digitally bought movies, or having the versions altered.
That said, however, I hope you enjoy your collection! : Everyone has their own preferences.
This is The Way although me saying the same is getting people’s adenchrome flowing.
Starting collecting 3 months ago and have about 530
3 months, and 530. now, i feel good about myself, i thought spending too much on movies. Just curious what sources you use for finding decent price for buying movies?
Cheap Charts. I usually hold out for 4.99 or 7.99 or good bundles if there’s a super sale.
There’s maybe only about 3 movies I paid full price for, mainly because the girlfriend wanted movie night. I probably could have held out longer and paid half price. Examples are Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny for $20 and The Creator for $20.
Yes, but not through Apple. I still pay for the best cable package available. I pay for pretty much every streaming service out there, and pay for HD/4K. But everything I watch (outside of sports, which I watch through my Apple TV through the Channels app and a couple of HD Homeruns I have) is through Plex using files I've "acquired". Nothing I've watched in the past decade has been something that hasn't been available through one of those services. But it allows me to have one place for all of my media, organized how I want it, and keeps track of things much better.
Physical collector and digital (iTunes UK) collector too. Mainly horror/sci-fi and always on the lookout for good deals on 4k and HD releases.
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.
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
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.
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).
I’m hovering around 400 movies right now. I’ve really enjoyed collecting them the past year or so. My movies have led to some really memorable moments for me the past few years.
Is there a way to see how many movies? I started collecting this year, probably have around 100-200. I started replacing my collection of downloaded movies to free up hard drive space and make them more easily accessible. I only buy when they're $5 or less but have had a pretty easy time accumulating them by using cheapcharts and picking up some bundles.
Do you think we’ll ever see a subscription model for movies, like Apple Music?
- All purchased using Cheap Charts
1000+ movies, and many other series.
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