Re:My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along
by bloomingeek on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:00PM
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Have you noticed yet that playing most blu-rays in a regular player requires an internet connection for encryption purposes?
Re:My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along
by cogman10 on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:16PM
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I don't use a bluray player, I use bluray computer drives and rip my media.
Re:My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along
by MrVandemar on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:22PM
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Touch wood, but I have never, ever needed to do this. I don't know why. Every time I get something from the video library (yes, we still have one) or buy a new movie I'm worried it'll complain about no internet and want to update ...
... but it never has.
1. Bluray drives are becoming increasingly rare. Few people are buying them (because many stream) which is slowly killing the market.
2. Blurays tend to be much more finichy with read errors (unfortunately). A little dust or a bad pressed disk and the entire episode is lost :(
3. Blurays aren't being produced. Sure, you can get bluray movies still, but for tv series it's becoming REALLY rare for a bluray to be produced. Funnily, you'll often find DVDs for tv series before blurays (even for brand new shows).