re: When was the last time you watched something on DVD?

Christmas time.

I have a decent collection of movies and shows that are required watching beginning after Thanksgiving.

Yesterday. Watched "The Last Starfighter"

I like having physical copies of things that I own.

I do own some movies on Amazon but I still prefer having the physical copy.

Watched Deadpool 4K UHD blu ray last month

Last night.
It seems to me that as the tech advances are made they drop the ball somewhere. Streaming services don't seem to have certain movies when I want to watch them. Ten years ago I could drive to blockbuster and get it. Streaming also has poorer picture quality than Blu-ray depending on the time and provider.

Downloadable music for 95% of those who do so is far worse in quality than a regular CD.

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Streaming also has poorer picture quality than Blu-ray depending on the time and provider.

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Yep. And video compression does alright until there's a lot of small detail moving on the screen at the same time. Like a wide shot of ocean waves. Or on the Planet Earth series when the thousands of white birds take flight. In those scenes Blu-ray is crystal clear while compression shits the bed.

I don't mind some movie/shows on dvds depending on the genre. And some movies weren't shot that well in the first place and don't benefit all that much from high resolution.

A comedy will still be funny at low res but something like Lawrence of Arabia I want the highest resolution possible.

All the time. My wife stops at the library regularly to pick up cartoon DVDs for my son. She will often grab a couple of movies for us to watch. They have quite a selection and they are free

I have a decent sized DVD collection and watch one about once a month. My son watches a DVD 1-2 times per week.

Most everything else is streaming.

However I have started renting movies for free at the EBR library.

I'll get DVDs from redbox but not to watch.

I rip them and add it to my digital collection of movies for my home theatre.

All the time. I buy dvd's. I prefer to own them and watch them when I feel like it instead of being at the mercy of an online service or the internet.