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Good there is still the DVD/BlueRay market. No vendor lock-in, you own the goods and can resell it and you get some bonus content as well. And all in higher qu
by frik 11y ago
Good there is still the DVD/BlueRay market.
No vendor lock-in, you own the goods and can resell it and you get some bonus content as well. And all in higher quality video and audio than any streaming service would offer. And DVB-S2 (satellite dish) offers access to thousends of cannels for free. And free video sites like Youtube and Vimeo.
- superuser2 11y agoNope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
- frik 11y agoWhat's your point? You get most DVDs in most regions, even with optional translated subtitles and dubs, right? I could go on, but DVDs are a everyday articles and even your mum can buy and play them. And read the full Wikipedia article.
- superuser2 11y agoIf you want to watch (say) a German movie in German while in America, you need to import a DVD player set for the correct region. This is certainly possible and lots of ex-pats do it, but it's not as simple as "just buy the DVD."
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- frik 11y agoThe hard part is to get the movie, compare it to Netflix, right? If you already got the DVD, it's physically yours.
- superuser2 11y agoThe hard part is to get a DVD player that will actually play the movie. You can't walk into Best Buy in Iowa and get a European region-coded DVD player.
- srinivasan 11y agoRegion-free (all-region) DVD players are a thing, and they are pretty easy to find.
- teddyh 11y ago…for now.