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> kids love repeat content Then may I suggest a DVD player?

by lisper 3y ago

alasarmas 3y ago
May I humbly suggest that VHS is superior to DVD for young children, because you can manually censor naughty bits out of “too adult” movies by scratching the magnetic coating off the tape
- gcr 3y ago
  You can do the same thing with a DVD if you have a needle and a steady hand.
  - jakearmitage 3y ago
    Thank you for this, it was a great laugh.
  - jdougan 3y ago
    That's too hard. Just use C-x M-c M-censordvd in emacs.
- sp332 3y ago
  A magnet works as well and doesn't affect the lifespan of the tape as much.
  - ars 3y ago
    It would be VERY hard to erase just a small portion without damaging the rest.
    - sp332 3y ago
      I have not done this myself, but I had a friend who did. You just pull out the part you want to erase, run a magnet past a few times, then wind it back up.
- jrockway 3y ago
  This sounds like creating an unauthorized derivative work, which is punishable by no more than life imprisonment!
- crtasm 3y ago
  Or record something else over that moment, bonus points if it's related to an in-joke you already have about the movie.
- toast0 3y ago
  Plus, VHS players are better for holding sandwiches.
  - paulmd 3y ago
    But they don’t come with a cup holder
jayd16 3y ago
Honestly, streaming easily wins when you consider the entire family can stream on any screen in the house and Disney DVDs are actually pretty expensive.
- Lammy 3y ago
  It's worth it to not be spied on. Kids who grow up on streaming will have surveillance-advertising profiles before they're old enough to understand what they're consenting to.
- ndriscoll 3y ago
  You could always buy them from a thrift store for $1-2 or borrow them from the library, and rip them to a jellyfin server. My kids don't know Disney exists yet and I don't see that changing for a few more years, but if they did, they'd be watching Homeward Bound or something.
  - Fnoord 3y ago
    That'd be a neat legal detour. However for those who don't care, simply downloading requires less effort once you got the framework (usenet, torrent, sonarr, radarr) set up. Personally I am done with the silly streaming fracturing, except for my kids. So I will keep Disney+ at least, Prime cause it is cheap, and likely will ditch Netflix (not enough value)

> kids love repeat content Then may I suggest a DVD player?

by lisper 3y ago

> kids love repeat content Then may I suggest a DVD player?

May I humbly suggest that VHS is superior to DVD for young children, because you can manually censor naughty bits out of “too adult” movies by scratching the magnetic coating off the tape

gcr 3y ago
You can do the same thing with a DVD if you have a needle and a steady hand.
- jakearmitage 3y ago
  Thank you for this, it was a great laugh.
- jdougan 3y ago
  That's too hard. Just use C-x M-c M-censordvd in emacs.
sp332 3y ago
A magnet works as well and doesn't affect the lifespan of the tape as much.
- ars 3y ago
  It would be VERY hard to erase just a small portion without damaging the rest.
  - sp332 3y ago
    I have not done this myself, but I had a friend who did. You just pull out the part you want to erase, run a magnet past a few times, then wind it back up.
jrockway 3y ago
This sounds like creating an unauthorized derivative work, which is punishable by no more than life imprisonment!
crtasm 3y ago
Or record something else over that moment, bonus points if it's related to an in-joke you already have about the movie.
toast0 3y ago
Plus, VHS players are better for holding sandwiches.
- paulmd 3y ago
  But they don’t come with a cup holder

jayd16 3y ago

Honestly, streaming easily wins when you consider the entire family can stream on any screen in the house and Disney DVDs are actually pretty expensive.

Lammy 3y ago
It's worth it to not be spied on. Kids who grow up on streaming will have surveillance-advertising profiles before they're old enough to understand what they're consenting to.
ndriscoll 3y ago
You could always buy them from a thrift store for $1-2 or borrow them from the library, and rip them to a jellyfin server. My kids don't know Disney exists yet and I don't see that changing for a few more years, but if they did, they'd be watching Homeward Bound or something.
- Fnoord 3y ago
  That'd be a neat legal detour. However for those who don't care, simply downloading requires less effort once you got the framework (usenet, torrent, sonarr, radarr) set up. Personally I am done with the silly streaming fracturing, except for my kids. So I will keep Disney+ at least, Prime cause it is cheap, and likely will ditch Netflix (not enough value)