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This may not work for everyone, but I’m quite happy again with dvds so I can watch what I want when I like.

by synu 4y ago

AntoniusBlock 4y ago
But then you'd be stuck with 480p quality media.
- mr90210 4y ago
  When somebody these days mentions DVD, you can count Blu-ray as well.
  - 7jjjjjjj 4y ago
    Which is stupid. I'm not paying a premium price for a deliberately crappified version of a film.
    - germinalphrase 4y ago
      What’s ‘crapified’ about Blu-Ray? I’ve watched Blu-ray at (small) theater scale, and it held up remarkably well.
- danaris 4y ago
  Oh no—the horror! Not 480p! I know some people swear they can never go back to anything less after watching one 4K show, but I, for one, have no problem watching lower-quality media when there's no convenient way to get a high-quality version. Some of us lived through the RealPlayer era.
  - AntoniusBlock 4y ago
    When there's no other way, I'd agree with you. I personally can't watch low quality videos because it strains my already very poor eyesight (even with prescription glasses on). HD videos have a kind of soothing affect on my eyes.
ThunderSizzle 4y ago
I wouldn't mind a disc if they removed all the ads from them. Put it in, play the movie. It's funny to watch something on DVD from decades ago to see ads for things released decades ago.
maccard 4y ago
> Assuming you're talking about blu ray rather than dvd here too because my TV supports 4k HDR, and the last dvd player I owned was 480p. My DVD player requires a separate input on the TV, controller, and wall socket. The player needs to be physically accessible too, and you need to store physical discs. Changing DVDs is significantly more involved than changing a movie on Netflix, and finding something that you know you have on DVD Vs on Netflix required someone else to have correctly put the disk away. Lastly, those things are just noisy as hell.
- synu 4y ago
  I have a blue ray dvd player and the quality seems.. fine. I don’t really know. It’s quiet as well, and I always put my dvds away where they go. And anyway, it’s not really competing with Netflix since I sort of gave up on Netflix because it didn’t reliably carry most of my favorite movies and tv shows. It’s a choice between loading a dvd or not being able to watch it, not between loading a dvd vs clicking on Netflix. I’m in Europe so the selection is even worse.

This may not work for everyone, but I’m quite happy again with dvds so I can watch what I want when I like.

by synu 4y ago

This may not work for everyone, but I’m quite happy again with dvds so I can watch what I want when I like.

AntoniusBlock 4y ago

But then you'd be stuck with 480p quality media.

mr90210 4y ago
When somebody these days mentions DVD, you can count Blu-ray as well.
- 7jjjjjjj 4y ago
  Which is stupid. I'm not paying a premium price for a deliberately crappified version of a film.
  - germinalphrase 4y ago
    What’s ‘crapified’ about Blu-Ray? I’ve watched Blu-ray at (small) theater scale, and it held up remarkably well.
danaris 4y ago
Oh no—the horror! Not 480p! I know some people swear they can never go back to anything less after watching one 4K show, but I, for one, have no problem watching lower-quality media when there's no convenient way to get a high-quality version. Some of us lived through the RealPlayer era.
- AntoniusBlock 4y ago
  When there's no other way, I'd agree with you. I personally can't watch low quality videos because it strains my already very poor eyesight (even with prescription glasses on). HD videos have a kind of soothing affect on my eyes.

ThunderSizzle 4y ago

I wouldn't mind a disc if they removed all the ads from them. Put it in, play the movie. It's funny to watch something on DVD from decades ago to see ads for things released decades ago.

maccard 4y ago

> Assuming you're talking about blu ray rather than dvd here too because my TV supports 4k HDR, and the last dvd player I owned was 480p. My DVD player requires a separate input on the TV, controller, and wall socket. The player needs to be physically accessible too, and you need to store physical discs. Changing DVDs is significantly more involved than changing a movie on Netflix, and finding something that you know you have on DVD Vs on Netflix required someone else to have correctly put the disk away. Lastly, those things are just noisy as hell.

synu 4y ago
I have a blue ray dvd player and the quality seems.. fine. I don’t really know. It’s quiet as well, and I always put my dvds away where they go. And anyway, it’s not really competing with Netflix since I sort of gave up on Netflix because it didn’t reliably carry most of my favorite movies and tv shows. It’s a choice between loading a dvd or not being able to watch it, not between loading a dvd vs clicking on Netflix. I’m in Europe so the selection is even worse.