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I haven't made the switch to digital/streaming as I find that "quality of service" isn't there yet... and honestly, for the things I look for in my media, I don't think it will ever be. So I don't think I'll ever make the "full" switch. Heck, I'm even in the process of saving for Laserdisc as Laserdisc provides "perks" that never transferred into the DVD and Blu-ray eras. I'd advise though not to get rid of your physical media as it is most certain you do in fact "own" these films in what could be a "original format" and, (as been proven already with other films such as most thing Disney now, Disney and Star Wars or Disney and the Splash fiasco), there is less of a risk of them being taken down or digitally altered. I double dog dare a streaming service host something like The Birth of a Nation, Song of the South, or Triumph of the Will. My guess is that these big corporations are too interested in the profits to put their heads on the line. And, (if your like Disney), your too much about the interests in the profits and trends of the modern day that they will literally alter and erase their own cinematic history without blinking an eye. Other things lost in streaming, but not all, is most commentaries, special features, booklets, etc. Again, to me, it's not worth the sacrifice. You risk losing a bit of "cinematic freedom" at the cost of "convenience."
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Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life through an adventure of perception. How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'Green'?
-Stan Brakhage