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Physical media offers the first three, but not option four. I, too, would pay per show/movie to download and save DRM-free videos to my own drives.
by galleywest200 1y ago
Physical media offers the first three, but not option four.
I, too, would pay per show/movie to download and save DRM-free videos to my own drives.
- yunwal 1y agoPhysical media has arbitrary device limitations.
- black_puppydog 1y agoand arent' there retro-active device blocklists on bluray? I seem to recall sth of the sort. Sure, they can be circumvented, but then why bother buying in the first place if you're gonna be the bad guy anyhow?
- A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 1y agoYes and yes. I got mildly upset when I learned this, because it is oddly surprising amount of work to get it to work ( and some models do better than others, apparently ). On the other hand, dvd is dirt cheap now and you get a very respectable collection that is not reliant on the internet.
- noselasd 1y agoIt fails on all of them if it's not available to purchase, and none of them are of relevance if I want it right now vs having to wait 1-7 days to get hold of that physical copy and there's an easier alternative where I can have it right now.
- MrGilbert 1y agoThe elder might remember a time where you could drive to a place and rent physical copies of a movie. But of course, these places dried out a long time ago.
- wingworks 1y agoIn NZ we have aliceinvideoland.co.nz which overnights you x DVDs. They have a pretty extensive library and a lot of lesser known and local content. I used them for a few years, they are great and I'm happy to see they're still around.
- bombcar 1y agoThey still exist and now are free. They’re called “public libraries”.
- crote 1y agoSo how come you can't (legally) watch Blue-Rays using a Linux computer, or when viewing it on an ancient CRT using an HDMI-to-analog converter? A lot of effort has gone into making physical media work only with pre-approved devices.