Do you still buy workout DVDs if...
 

... the full routine is on YouTube for free??

Do you still feel the need to own a copy of that particular workout in your collection? Just curious!

I do! :D

yes. recent purchases:

Gin Miller: Step Reebok The Video DVD
Denise Austin: Totally Firm DVD

sometimes videos are removed from youtube. i think that's the driving concern.

AsSweetAsSugar - which ones have you purchased?

Yes for me, too! I bought Jiggle Free Arms within the last couple of months because Firm workouts are often removed from YT.

I've noticed a few workouts I enjoyed were removed from YT and I really want the workouts on DVD now. Chalene Johnson's Turbo Jam workouts using the stability ball were removed. :( I'm sure there are others but those are the workouts that stand out to me right now.

Yes.
A: I am not 100% sure that the creator is the one posting the video thus they may not be the one getting the ad revenue
B: my internet SUCKS and sometimes streaming is not an option. To many times those of us in rural areas get shafted on internet so I prefer having non-streaming options

Yes. Sometimes :)

Yes.. because

• My interwebs stinks (I'm not even rural !)
• The disappearing law- if I want to see it again, it disappears,
• The intrusive YouTube ads, and
• Is a video I would miss if I couldn't do it again

Yes. DVDs I can rip seem less reliable on my dvd player. Stuff like chapters and menus can really be awkward.

At least a commercially produced dvd will probably play on at least one of my players. Plus, I know that at some point the people who created it got paid something. People upload stuff to Youtube they shouldn't, and I do wonder what might be lurking there.

i buy them to support the online sites that still sell dvds and to support the fitness professionals who still makes dvds.