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I was an OG subscriber while in college. I can't remember what I was paying- was it $4.99 a month? And you could have out 3 DVD's at a time... so what I would
by mk_stjames 3y ago
I was an OG subscriber while in college. I can't remember what I was paying- was it $4.99 a month? And you could have out 3 DVD's at a time... so what I would do to maximize my bandwidth was rent 3 DVD's, and as soon as they'd arrive I'd toss them in a PC dedicated to ripping discs. One drive to read from and one DVD-RW drive to burn. I'd then send the DVD's back the next morning on my way out my dorm, and I think there was a queue to send more out as soon as they got those 3 back in the mail, which took 4-5 days for where I lived, unfortunately.
I did this for a year or so. The movies went in one of those giant zip-up trapper-keeper things for CD's. All in total, I think I ripped about 80 DVDs.
And a lot of them I don't think I ever actually got around to watching...
- blahyawnblah 3y agoThis was me in college also. I remember finding 3rd party or not-quite-matching oem firmware for my pc's dvd drive to speed up reading and burning. I think I had a Pioneer driver, all sorts of stuff was available for it.
- vel0city 3y agoMy college had a few different collection times, and the apartment usually delivered in the morning. So I could get a DVD in the mail, rip it, drop it off, and it would be picked up same-day. Netflix would get it the next morning.
- squokko 3y agoYou're not the first person I've seen with more of a movie-ripping than movie-watching habit. The thrill is feeling like you've gotten one over on the system. The reality is that you made more money for the creator of the film than they would have otherwise gotten from you ($0).
- developer93 3y agoIt feels like an ethical low risk kind of pirating.
- NonNefarious 3y ago[dead]