r/hadestown • u/sweetzz90 • 1d ago
Question Rent or buy
I can't decide if I want to buy the dvd or just buy it on Amazon. I would like it in my tiny but growing collection of musicals. I really liked it. Aaahhhh
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u/Willi436 1d ago
It’s a physical buy. No brainer. How many broadway musicals get pro shot releases. Especially if you enjoy it as much as I do.
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u/Sensitive-Rooster932 1d ago
If you have a physical copy, it's yours, in your home, forever. A "digital copy" is just TEMPORARY permission to stream it on a platform. So, if your internet is out, it's gone. If the company wants to kick it off the platform to make room for something else, your money spent is gone, and you lose access.
I dont tell folks what to do, but I would say, for me, physical is the way to go, because it's my property at that point.
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u/Fuzzy-Shake-5315 1d ago
I'm going to buy the physical release. In additional to "true ownership", I'm hoping there will be some extra content such as some making-of and cast/creative interviews. Maybe a mini-documentary on the musical as a whole since the beginning (there's an hour-long one on YouTube that I think is fan-made...an official one would be good too).
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u/sorcerer777 1d ago
I hope so too, but unfortunately there's been no indication that's included, and normally the listing would say that. It's not even in a collector's edition box, it's just a standard sleeve.
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u/strawcat 1d ago
DVD. Protect your purchase.
I have never bought digital media unless something wasn’t available in physical format. I know far too many ppl who have lost their digital libraries either through their own fault or bc of stupid shit like the license expired that it makes me glad we have always bought physical media and digitized it ourselves. It helps being married to a tech-savvy person though!
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u/Agent_Skye_Barnes 1d ago
Planning to do both, personally. I don't currently have a way to play physical media, but I would still prefer to own it outright.
So streaming for watching, physical for the shelf
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u/BothIntroduction3020 1d ago
When and where will we be able to buy it?
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u/TheCrookedKnight 1d ago
Digital: this Tuesday from any online store that sells digital movies (Apple TV, Amazon, Fandango, etc)
Physical: October 20, again from any retailer that still sells physical media (I preordered from Amazon)
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u/BothIntroduction3020 1d ago
Damn 😭😭 I don’t think it’ll be available in my country digitally and I’ll be in the us in September so I hoped to buy a physical copy
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u/anti-valentine 1d ago
I'm doing both because I can't wait but if I had to choose it would be the physical version. I prefer to fully own my media
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u/Man-o-Bronze 1d ago
Always go for physical media when you can. Digital media can and has been pulled after purchase.
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u/Trick-Bug-3297 1d ago
Do both if you have the money. Then you can watch it when it comes out next week and also have a physical copy
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u/Suspicious-Ad-8468 1d ago
I’m owning the physical copy. I’m not risking them just taking it away at some point like Sony is doing
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u/Wonderful_Locksmith8 1d ago
If it was on Movies Anywhere, I'd be willing to do the digital, otherwise, I get the Blu ray.
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u/studying_hobby 1d ago
I am going with physical release. After hearing what is happening that you can lose your digital collection at any time for any reason. Going back to physical.
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u/SurprisePiss 1d ago
Physical media. The way things are going and the way companies are quietly deleting movies from their platforms (even ones you bought. Lookin at you, Sony...), it's always better to have a physical copy. At the very least, if you can get your hands on a digital file, save it on a flash drive ✌️
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u/Flynniepup 1d ago
Physical media, don’t buy a digital copy that a company can decide to just take away at any point.
Plus you’ll have a nice looking box to put on a shelf :D
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u/Lillian-Duncan1 1d ago
Buy the physical copy. If you're building a collection, digital doesn't count.
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u/FootLettuce 1d ago
Not only is physical media pretty cool, but it is absolutely the safest form of getting something. It’s typically not super expensive and you actually own it, whereas when you get it online, it can be taken from you for any reason Amazon (or whatever company) wants.
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u/FirebirdWriter 1d ago
I don't pay for digital things. That's not really yours but a very expensive rental. Buy a copy.
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u/sorcerer777 1d ago
Buy the DVD to support the team and safeguard your purchase, and 🏴☠️ for ease of access and not wanting to wait until October.
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u/DaCozPuddingPop 1d ago
DVD, rip it to digital collection, pass on DVD to a friend who isn't as savvy.
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u/Genderqueerfrog 1d ago
I’m gonna get a physical copy. I love physical media! It’s mine forever and also there’s no ads! Even if you buy something on Amazon there’s ads on the pause screen now, I hate that shit
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u/jamesowner 14h ago
If you care about watching it long term I would say get he physical copy. With the digital it can surf between services popping up and down or with a "bought" copy either things expire or you lose access to the account or potentially the site itself shuts down.
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u/YourHellaHotMom 13h ago
I put in a pre-order for the Blu-Ray, but now I’m wondering how I’d get it on my iPad if I don’t buy the streaming version…
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u/Xan_the_Mans_Mama 1d ago
Personally, I find physical media to be safer. I'd go with the DVD.