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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 165 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] thedrizzle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow that's old.

Frankly, as shitty is a lot of that stuff was, DVDs were like the last form of media distribution that I would actually call tolerable in terms of consumer friendliness. You still got a physical disk with the actual movie that was easy to rip and share, no internet required. If it weren't for the quality limitations, I'd still collect them as the primary physical backup to my media server.

[-] 100@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

4k Blu Rays exist. Aside from the pain of having to get a special cracked drive to rip them they are my primary backup for my movie server.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

You just made me realize I could probably do this myself with a library card

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 year ago

the only big shortcoming to DVDs was the region locking …

[-] monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

That's why we had a market for region-free DVD players!

[-] max2078@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Some of these players even skipped the unskippable intros and always started at the main menu. The best thing for legit buyers and enthusiasts back in the day. And don't forget the (S)VCD support and DivX/Xvid support. Good old times.

[-] neardeaf@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

This fucking hurt to read.. thank fuck for piracy

[-] StrongGoal2001@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t use piracy for convenience. I watch movies and series together with my girlfriend (in a remote way) and we haven’t found a way to watch together (Like Teleparty for Netflix or Disney Plus native “Watch Party”) the content without the remote partner watching it in 320p (using Plex “Watch together” functionality). It simply doesn’t work.

[-] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

As someone who recently got girl und panzer on DVD I was pretty surprised by the lack of ads idk of it's a anime thing or the shop changed me a pirate copy idk I only ever buy DVDs when I the anime I want to watch isn't on zoro

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