Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K

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On 01/06/2025 15:16, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Any discs I get are immediately ripped to HDD and then shoved in the
closet with the other ten-million DVDs. I have no time for searching
for the disks, fiddling with the player to open its door, putting the
disk in, waiting for it to spin up, being forced to watch the
inevitable logos and "you wouldn't steal a car" bullshit, navigating
menus, watching more trailers and then realizing I didn't want to
actually watch THIS movie but the other one, so I have to repeat the
whole process.

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It's pretty rare that we buy DVD's as it's only films/TV series that we
want to actually own. If it comes to a choice between watching it on
demand or DVD, the DVD wins out as I just like having the physical media
and the 'ritual' of playing a DVD instead of just pressing a couple of
buttons.

Plus unlike Netflix et al, it doesn't vanish suddenly when you are half
way through because the company decided not enough people were watching
it and removed it to make room for the latest DEI-fest.

And you can watch the TV show when the internet is down, or at the cabin
that has no internet ever, or ...

Mind you, ripping the dvd to a file also lets you do all of that.

Xocyll
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