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forget DVDs, many libraries now carry blurays. With that said, unless you enjoy it as a hobby, the time it takes to do it (+the storage cost and electrical cos
by compsciphd 7y ago
forget DVDs, many libraries now carry blurays. With that said, unless you enjoy it as a hobby, the time it takes to do it (+the storage cost and electrical costs if you are transcoding it for storage) is hard to justify relative to even having multiple accounts.
i.e. if one spends only 10 hours a month ripping things, is paying $20-$30 a month for multiple services (or even $50-$100) worthwhile? of course it is for people who don't value their time (or view this as time well spent as it's their hobby), but for the majority of people, it shouldn't be how they use their time.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoMy wife loves watching Walker Texas Ranger. I ripped the complete series to Plex and now she can watch it anywhere, even at work. You cannot stream that TV show from any service except Plex.
- compsciphd 7y agoI'd agree that there are plenty of one off cases (And I rip for fun as well, I put hobby there for a reason), I'm just not a believer that for the vast majority of people its a useful use of one's time. (heck, its probably not the most useful use of my own time...) And as an aside, I also like Walker Texas Ranger and not many libraries have it (or in non damaged condition ;) took me a while to complete it)