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Piracy offers DRM free movies that you can use anywhere, sure. But very rarely does it have properly synced well-written subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and
by fournm 13y ago
Piracy offers DRM free movies that you can use anywhere, sure.
But very rarely does it have properly synced well-written subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and a quality encoding. Find a combination of those that works together without 30 minutes of fiddling with the subtitles and you've probably just wasted your weekend even if you frequent high quality private trackers.
It's also generally harder (not impossible, mind--same as the above) to find extras like cast/crew commentary, blooper reels, etc. These wouldn't be hard for studios to provide in some theoretical Movie-Steam.
Even in the case of games that don't use an internet connection to verify themselves, though, Steam is still more convenient--automatic patching without needing to try and find a new crack every time, no need to hunt down files or patches every time you want to reinstall, less concerns about malware, etc. If Steam had a monthly fee, I'd probably still see it as worth it up to a certain point--definitely not the 100$ you mention, but considering how much use I get out of it it isn't completely off the table.
- watwut 13y agoLegal DVDs have limited selection of subtitles and you can not rewind them 10 seconds back to review scene if I misunderstood. I downloaded even movies I own for that reason (downloading is legal here, uploading is not). I like to watch movies with english subtitles an dvd rarely have those. I do not care about extras. I do care about ability to jump where I want in the movie and about seeing movie I brought without warnings and ads.
- endemic 13y ago+1 "seeing movie I brought without warnings and ads"
- w1ntermute 13y agoThis program's site claims that it offers subtitles. I don't know about the quality though. I do know that subtitles haven't been an issue for me when downloading from private trackers. 30 minutes is a gross exaggeration.
- pantaril 13y ago>But very rarely does it have properly synced well-written subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and a quality encoding. My experience is diametraly different. Legal sources like netflix, TV or some DVD's are usualy low quality, cenzored and cropped versions, terribly dubbed with no original audio or subtitles. On the other hand, i have usually no problem finding pirated copy which has none of these issues.