Gen Z is driving a broad comeback of physical media such as vinyl, DVDs and CDs, with young collectors treating discs as vintage objects and ways to reclaim offline time from algorithm-driven feeds.Collectors like Dan Levine display DVD and CD troves in homes while data from Futuresource and marketing professor Jared Watson at New York University show vinyl sales rising roughly 18 percent annually and many young buyers valuing records for aesthetics and symbolic consumption.