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This is a side complaint on YT but I have purchased so many UHD movies and they only stream in 480P. I think you have to have some kind of YouTube certified dev
by ge96 8mo ago
This is a side complaint on YT but I have purchased so many UHD movies and they only stream in 480P. I think you have to have some kind of YouTube certified device to play it in UHD but annoying.
- hedora 8mo agoPro tip: If you still have a local record store with a used section, you can probably buy blurays and dvds super cheap. They’re typically 25-50% the price of renting on Amazon/Apple, or buying used media on Amazon. Also, it’s actually easier to bypass the DRM crap than not, so they’ll continue to play in full resolution moving forward.
- ge96 8mo agoThat's one of those things, gotta have all these discs... I already have a hoarding problem, but it is a solution I want to point out I'm still an apt dweller unfortunately
- BobaFloutist 8mo agoNah, you can rip the discs and sell them back/toss them. You can also get discs from most libraries, book stores, many garage sails, ebay, for super cheap.
- iaaan 8mo agoAt that point, why not just pirate and cut out the used disk middleman since the original creators aren't seeing any money from the purchase at that point anyway?
- BobaFloutist 8mo agoLip service to the law, in theory purchasing used discs supports original sales of new discs, and I at least sometimes prefer the discovery experience of physical browsing.
- hedora 8mo agoBorrowing from libraries sort of gives money to the creators, since the libraries seem to buy + dump lots of copies. Buying used gives the libraries money, since they dump the copies at the used store. Alternatively, be like me, and have a $100 budget for N ~= 20 BluRays/40 DVDs. 2-3 can be new purchases if used isn't in stock.
- gedy 8mo agoHonestly if you've bought (oh sorry "licensed") a movie, I'd have 0 problem torrenting what you've paid for vs dealing with these games. Companies just want forever subscriptions, not purchasing in any case.