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[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 60 points 11 months ago (4 children)

this is why I still buy discs

Uh... I would simply pirate the content wholesale.

[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Buy discs, rip the contents, seed torrents to share with comrades worldwide (please do this, I just want a HQ copy of Footfalls from the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker soundtrack but I can't find it anywhere)

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Look up Soulseek if you wish to get high quality music files, best P2P network for those

[–] SeducingCamel@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Need to do this, been fiending for music files after they shut down whatever subreddit that was popular for music sharing

[–] edge@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Somebody has to buy them to get the best quality rips.

I worry that if they stop selling Blu-Rays, there will be literally no way to get media in full uncompressed (minimally compressed? idk, just whatever makes Blu-Rays need like 50 GB) quality. No more BD Remuxes, just shitty WEBRips and maybe some WEB-DLs

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

do purchased digital movies have high quality? Like the ones in the screenshot? Or on iTunes? zdon't they have 4k digital movies?

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They might be 4k, but they don't have the quality of Blu ray. They get compressed more to be easier to stream. Blu ray is usually the best quality the public gets to see (unless tapes or something leaks).

[–] Quexotic@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://tidal.com/sound-quality

That's just one place to get HQ music. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it's part of the solution.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I doubt they'd ever do something like that for movies and tv. Blu-Ray quality can't really be streamed and a download would be 20-50 GB which they probably just don't want to offer or else they would have by now.

[–] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Max has really good streaming quality, I'm sure it's not quite as good as blu-ray but it seems to be very high bitrate. Netflix on the other hand is absolute trash.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

All the streaming services constantly adjust quality based on your connection, with no option to turn that off and let it buffer instead. I've had HBO Max go from looking fine to utter dogshit in the middle of a show. I pirated it after that. I was paying for the service (well, someone else was and I was using it) but still got a better experience from pirating a BDRip.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why not shoplift the discs and get the best of both worlds

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

If I was a big more ballsy, I might.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Pirates don’t get the special features, commentary, or fun 35 seconds long looping menu music.

[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pirates don’t get the special features, commentary

Hey some of them include those as extras!

or fun 35 seconds long looping menu music

okay true :sadness:

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 14 points 11 months ago

You’ll never know the feeling of the Shrek dvd menu looping for over 10 hours straight because you’re too depressed to get off the couch and turn the tv off.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Caillou did not age well, why is he still wearing pyjamas?

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Why can’t Caillou wear them? Only kids get to have fun now? Swallowing my head

[–] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The torrent uploader Tigole (from the release group QxR) usually includes special features and commentaries on their torrents. HeVK, who uploads a lot of great horror films, includes commentaries as well.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

That’s pretty cool