Your random money saving tips?

As someone who has built up a huge CD and DVD collection and the high end equipment to listen and watch both, I'd be of the opposite opinion my monthly subscription to one streaming channel and my YouTube premium subscription have definitely saved me money since I switched over to digital streaming.
The only downside now is what to do with the dust collecting equipment and digital media that I invested a small fortune into and no longer use??
 
Landfill. Same here, hundreds of cd's, dvd,'s, vhs, cassettes etc.. all wasted. People wonder why I am such a minimalist now!
 
If you are in Tesco, keep an eye out for Reduced to Clear stickers, they seem to be dropping some lines in cosmetics, spirits so you might pick up a bargain.
 
Cervelo said:
The only downside now is what to do with the dust collecting equipment and digital media that I invested a small fortune into and no longer use??
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If you are talking about a mountain of CDs and DVDs etc then there are many guides showing how they can be converted into an electronic duke box or media centre.

It would be a big job but if you had the time it could be satisfying. Your media library is preserved in to a format where it takes up almost no space and is then available to stream to any device around your house or to whoever or wherever you are in the world if you have a decent internet connection at each end.

After you digitise it you could donate all the physical media to charity.
 
CharlieMac said:
After you digitise it you could donate all the physical media to charit
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Not sure if this is a good idea. Might breach some copyright laws potentially?

If you are giving away the physical media, you aren't necessarily allowed to keep a digital copy. But maybe copyright laws have changed.

(Not that the music industry is likely to hunt you down like in the old napster days, but...)
 
Cervelo said:
The only downside now is what to do with the dust collecting equipment and digital media that I invested a small fortune into and no longer use??
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You could rip the movies from Blu-Ray or DVD's into .mp4, .mkv or other such format, put them on a network drive (NAS) and then stream them to devices in your house or worldwide using Plex or Jellyfin.

With CD's, given the ubiquity of Spotify, Apple Music etc., they are pretty much worthless. For rarer CD's, again rip them to .mp3 or .flac formats and use the NAS to stream them or, if you are an Apple Music user, upload the ripped tracks to Apple or use iTunes Match and listen to them in the Apple Music app. This is included in the price of the service.

CEX or Adverts.ie to sell your equipment.
 
newirishman said:
(Not that the music industry is likely to hunt you down like in the old napster days, but...)
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Even in the Napster days their not really interested in the little guy making a copy of their music
When the walkman came out in the early eighties, weren't we all making copies of our record collection to listen to on the go
And then I've lost count of all the mix tapes that I've made for other people before we went digital

But those days are gone now for one reason or another but mainly because the walkman was replaced by the phone and tapes by Spotify and YouTube music

@CharlieMac and @tallpaul everything I own CD's and DVD's are stored on a couple of hard drives which I used to take with me when spending the winters in Spain but nowadays with the streamers, technically I don't have to bring them with me but would just in case the internet goes down

In total between CD's and DVD's there's just shy of 2000 items and the HiFi system is a Meridian 500 series Bi-Amped system
I have thought about selling the lot as it's just not used but as you say the CD's and DVD's are for the most part not worth much at the moment but I've a feeling like vinyl they will come back into vouge and might reconsider then, on the other hand The HiFi system is still worth close to what I paid for it
 
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