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Personally, I've started buying blu-rays again. I like a few of the streaming service originals, though. Those will be harder to get elsewhere, legally.

ExpendableGuy 3y ago
Blu Ray is really going through a renaissance. After extra features were stripped from releases in 2010s, boutique Blu Ray labels have made buying movies on physical media fun again.
ncallaway 3y ago
I’ve been buying DVDs and Blu Rays, then ripping to my NAS, and running Jellyfin to serve. It’s really nice to be able to stream any of my DVDs or Blu Rays, to any screen, without having to actually having to hook up a player or find the specific disk.
- jtmarl1n 3y ago
  How has your luck been on ripping them? I’ve taken a similar route but have mixed results on the ripping side of things. Different quality levels, more/less DRM to get around depending on the disk etc.
  - black6 3y ago
    I've used Handbrake to digitally archive my collection with good results, once I settled on a container and codecs.
  - ncallaway 3y ago
    Other than scratches, I've never had a problem with DVDs, and I think there's been only a couple of Blu Rays have given me trouble. I use MakeMKV to rip, and then Handbrake to encode at a standard quality level (resolution, frame rate, codec, bitrate, etc).
autoexec 3y ago
Sadly, a lot of things are never released on physical media. Disney is terrible about this with their shows.
JohnFen 3y ago
I ditched Netflix years ago, and am not interested in any other streaming services. As a result, I have gone back to physical media. It's been really, really great, actually. I may not be able to get streaming originals, but personally, that's not been even a little issue. There is more excellent stuff available in the existing catalog of physical media than I have time left in my life to see anyway. I've also been buying new and used DVDs and Blu-Ray that have movies and shows that I hold dear, and rediscovering old favorites. That's been great.

ExpendableGuy 3y ago

Blu Ray is really going through a renaissance. After extra features were stripped from releases in 2010s, boutique Blu Ray labels have made buying movies on physical media fun again.

ncallaway 3y ago

I’ve been buying DVDs and Blu Rays, then ripping to my NAS, and running Jellyfin to serve. It’s really nice to be able to stream any of my DVDs or Blu Rays, to any screen, without having to actually having to hook up a player or find the specific disk.

jtmarl1n 3y ago
How has your luck been on ripping them? I’ve taken a similar route but have mixed results on the ripping side of things. Different quality levels, more/less DRM to get around depending on the disk etc.
- black6 3y ago
  I've used Handbrake to digitally archive my collection with good results, once I settled on a container and codecs.
- ncallaway 3y ago
  Other than scratches, I've never had a problem with DVDs, and I think there's been only a couple of Blu Rays have given me trouble. I use MakeMKV to rip, and then Handbrake to encode at a standard quality level (resolution, frame rate, codec, bitrate, etc).

autoexec 3y ago

Sadly, a lot of things are never released on physical media. Disney is terrible about this with their shows.

JohnFen 3y ago

I ditched Netflix years ago, and am not interested in any other streaming services. As a result, I have gone back to physical media. It's been really, really great, actually. I may not be able to get streaming originals, but personally, that's not been even a little issue. There is more excellent stuff available in the existing catalog of physical media than I have time left in my life to see anyway. I've also been buying new and used DVDs and Blu-Ray that have movies and shows that I hold dear, and rediscovering old favorites. That's been great.