Plano man keeping Blockbuster alive
Growing up in the 80s with VHS, Betamax, Laserdiscs (if anyone recalls), and being a dj in the late 90s when the thought of a &quot;USB stick instead of traveling with all this vinyl was an impossibility&quot;, makes this whole nostalgia tour a fun one. I think we all forget though just how poor the quality was back then, and what we&#x27;ve become accustomed to, with VHS being 240 lines, DVD 480p, etc. It&#x27;s like reminiscing about the first iPhone and then looking at one and realizing how damn small it actually was compared to modern versions.<p>I started converting &#x2F; collecting most of my movie collection onto a localized server years ago, and glad I did. Though I rarely watch all my old movies (a growing list of about 1000 including most of my favorite TV shows), the end game I think we all know is everything streamed, with no actual ownership of content. It&#x27;s not a terrible notion, but the problem I think we&#x27;ve all seen is it&#x27;s now turned into a corporate ownership game, and you never know where the content you&#x27;re interested in watching is. One day Star Trek is on Netflix, the next Paramount, etc.<p>The only problem has been keeping up with resolution changes, even though I&#x27;m a firm believer in unless you&#x27;re watching on something well over 100&quot; a nice high-quality 1080P file looks just great on a large 85&quot; tv (which I currently have).