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Exactly the same here, except that I gave all those discs to friends. And I shudder to think how much time I wasted on all that archiving, when it ultimately wa
by pcf 4y ago
Exactly the same here, except that I gave all those discs to friends. And I shudder to think how much time I wasted on all that archiving, when it ultimately wasn't worth it at all.
Now, I'm still doing much of the same, but this time downloading movies, TV series, documentaries etc. via Snahp to my archive on an external HDD.
The other day I suddenly had a realisation: Why on earth am I downloading 1080p films to watch sometime in the future when I'm probably going to buy a 4K UHD TV in six months or so from now?
So I need to stop doing so much of this digital hoarding. In the end it's not good for me, and I could instead download whatever I want to watch when I'm actually GOING to watch it.
- midoridensha 4y agoThe problem is that many times, the "originals" (or official sources) become unavailable. There's a ton of old 80s/90s DOS games and 8-bit games that we still have now because of digital hoarders. If it weren't for them, they'd be lost because the original companies are long gone and most people just trash stuff. Now look at how much stuff regularly disappears from video services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
- nordsieck 4y agoI'm just glad that netflix is still operating their disc rental plan. If you want to watch niche, hard-to-get stuff, that's one of the better options, IMO. I legally can't recommend anyone copy/rip discs that they rent.