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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by supercanuck on Monday July 24, 2017 @12:53PM (#14840106)
That sounds like a lot of work just to plop my kid in front of Dora on the tablet so I can have an hour of sanity before dinner.
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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by scottLobster on Monday July 24, 2017 @02:15PM (#14841135)
A lot of initial work maybe. I rip all of my movies with MakeMKV to a Plex Media Server running on an old 2009 desktop. The setup can take a while, mostly picking through extras on the disk and naming them properly. But the interface is just as slick as Netflix and they have an app for practically every device. And if you don't care about the extras ripping the movies is essentially just pushing a button on MakeMKV.

If you're looking for a weekend project and have a movie/TV collection I'd highly recommend it. The base software is free and it runs on linux (and Windows/OSX).

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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by gm-conspiracy on Monday July 24, 2017 @01:55PM (#14840910)
I've often heard that parenting requires a great deal of responsibility.
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