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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by the_af on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:40PM (#29787330)
> Discs have great resolution, often have bonus features, and almost always have closed captioning, which I appreciate more and more as I age.

Don't they get scratched these days? I remember the DVD days of Blockbuster, and also thinking "DVD as a technology is just not ready for rental" every time I got a disc that was scratched and/or had sticky stuff glued to it.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by squeaky-clean on Monday January 03, 2022 @05:24PM (#29787848)
DVD has an issue with scratches, but bluray and later discs have a scratch resistant coating that works extremely well.
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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by greedo on Monday January 03, 2022 @09:15PM (#29790367)
Netflix must remove it then, because 50% of the BR discs I rented before cancelling that part of my NF subscription were unplayable.
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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by PopAlongKid on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:42PM (#29787359)
Nope. Out of those 900 discs I rented, I've only had to return maybe 2 or 3 as unplayable, and Netflix will immediately send out a replacement or the next disc in your queue, without waiting to receive the return.
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