This is inaccurate. A standard dual-layer Blu-Ray disc holds 50 GB. That includes everything on the disc - including special features, vignettes, and any softwa

This is inaccurate. A standard dual-layer Blu-Ray disc holds 50 GB. That includes everything on the disc - including special features, vignettes, and any software. The main feature averages 15-45 GB, averaging 30 GB depending on the codec used, with your 80s independent works at the lower end and epic films at the higher end. That's why epic films will usually come split onto two discs, with the special features on the 2nd disc. There is not just a perceptible loss in quality by transcoding, but tools like Handbrake will mangle video in subtle ways - causing a number of minor yet extremely annoying issues such as dropped frames, jerky playback, audio lip sync issues, etc. Lip sync that's off by 50ms is barely perceptible but will drive me insane. All to shave off a few GB? No thanks. Transcoding HD content is just not worth it. It's 2022. Storage is dirt cheap. 4TB spinning rust drives are < $70. If you can afford to buy Blu Rays you can afford more storage. "HD" content from your average streaming service is overwhelmingly compressed to hell and just poor quality. Just because it's a certain resolution doesn't mean it's HD in my opinion. Film grain is not a waste of bandwidth.