‘This current phase sucks’: readers on fight to preserve DVDs and Blu-rays

‘What I miss about the prevalence of physical media is going to someone’s house and seeing their book/record/DVD collection and getting an idea of their interests.’ Photograph: Henry Iddon/Alamy

‘A reluctant necessity for space reasons’

At home we have been getting into the habit, when we identify (a knack in itself!) a show or movie we are confident we will want to re-watch, of ordering an inexpensive DVD copy.