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Yeah no it's not 2003 anymore, in not going to own a device to slot a plastic disc into so I can watch a film.

by mvdtnz 3y ago

nonrepeating 3y ago
I will. There’s no streaming service that guarantees any level of bitrate or picture quality, and if they can save a few cents by compressing the hell out of my movie, they will. If I get a well-mastered 4K disc, it’ll always be a quality experience on a decent player.
- dkarras 3y ago
  Still, I think your attention to picture quality is a niche case (like how "audiophiles" treat music). Above a certain quality that all streaming services pretty much match, I don't really care about compression. Honestly, I can't remember a time I noticed netflix's compression.
  - hulitu 3y ago
    I tried to watch Star Trek DS9 on netflix. Video quality was absymal. Same for Valerian. Audio quality is even worse. To be able to underestand spoke english you need the volume at 60% (everything else working at 20-30%).
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jszymborski 3y ago
You slot the plastic in once and then save a video file to you hard drive. Keep the plastic disc as a reliable back-up in case you lose the file or need more disk space.
- xnzakg 3y ago
  If only the manufacturers of the plastic weren't trying to make it as difficult for you as possible to save the video file
  - jszymborski 3y ago
    That does, indeed, totally suck. Luckily, DVD and Blu-ray (alas not 4K) DRM is pretty trivially defeated.
    - upon_drumhead 3y ago
      MakeMKV handles 4k content perfectly
      - jszymborski 3y ago
        But then there's the matter of purchasing specific drives etc... that just means it isn't trivial is all I meant by that
throwaway318 3y ago
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indy 3y ago
Wait until the film you want to watch no longer exists. Instead you'll stream a version that meets the restrictions of the day. Perhaps the soundtrack has been changed due to licensing issues, or entire scenes have been deleted for being politically incorrect (according to whichever politics are in power when you watch the film)
- hulitu 3y ago
  This is happening a lot. Silence of the lambs and Lexx come to mind.

Yeah no it's not 2003 anymore, in not going to own a device to slot a plastic disc into so I can watch a film.

by mvdtnz 3y ago

Yeah no it's not 2003 anymore, in not going to own a device to slot a plastic disc into so I can watch a film.

I will. There’s no streaming service that guarantees any level of bitrate or picture quality, and if they can save a few cents by compressing the hell out of my movie, they will. If I get a well-mastered 4K disc, it’ll always be a quality experience on a decent player.

dkarras 3y ago
Still, I think your attention to picture quality is a niche case (like how "audiophiles" treat music). Above a certain quality that all streaming services pretty much match, I don't really care about compression. Honestly, I can't remember a time I noticed netflix's compression.
- hulitu 3y ago
  I tried to watch Star Trek DS9 on netflix. Video quality was absymal. Same for Valerian. Audio quality is even worse. To be able to underestand spoke english you need the volume at 60% (everything else working at 20-30%).

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jszymborski 3y ago

You slot the plastic in once and then save a video file to you hard drive. Keep the plastic disc as a reliable back-up in case you lose the file or need more disk space.

xnzakg 3y ago
If only the manufacturers of the plastic weren't trying to make it as difficult for you as possible to save the video file
- jszymborski 3y ago
  That does, indeed, totally suck. Luckily, DVD and Blu-ray (alas not 4K) DRM is pretty trivially defeated.
  - upon_drumhead 3y ago
    MakeMKV handles 4k content perfectly
    - jszymborski 3y ago
      But then there's the matter of purchasing specific drives etc... that just means it isn't trivial is all I meant by that

throwaway318 3y ago

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indy 3y ago

Wait until the film you want to watch no longer exists. Instead you'll stream a version that meets the restrictions of the day. Perhaps the soundtrack has been changed due to licensing issues, or entire scenes have been deleted for being politically incorrect (according to whichever politics are in power when you watch the film)

hulitu 3y ago
This is happening a lot. Silence of the lambs and Lexx come to mind.