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Re:My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along by bloomingeek on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:00PM (#34470469)
Have you noticed yet that playing most blu-rays in a regular player requires an internet connection for encryption purposes?
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Re:My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along by cogman10 on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:16PM (#34470628)
I don't use a bluray player, I use bluray computer drives and rip my media.
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Re:My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along by MrVandemar on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:22PM (#34471267)
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.

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