Living somewhere were streaming usually winds up being low resolution or full of frustrating pauses for re-buffering, I do appreciate physical media (except where it is region locked: aaargh! How is it possible to buy something that you can't actually play?)<p>It depresses me, however, how much space it takes up, and how much plastic it is.<p>When we lose physical media, with the DRM and "you don't own it" mentality, we are largely at the mercy of the corporations. In that regard, I do highly respect pirate archivist sites for preserving access to these works. You'd never be able to see the original Star Wars without Lucas' senile CGI grafitti without them.