Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::<em>What should I watch? </em>is now a much easier question than <em>How do I watch it?</em>

  • errer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Use your local library! Thousands of Blu-ray/DVD titles for free you can check out and rip freely. And then you don’t have to worry about any nasty letters from your ISP.

    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I honestly didn’t even include a DVD/BluRay drive in my PC build, so can’t really use those. And I tunnel all that traffic through Proton VPN, so ISP isn’t an issue.

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        1 year ago

        If you have a spare USB 3 port and a spare power outlet, then you can get an external 4K Bluray drive for $100 or less.

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            1 year ago

            An old, sub-$100 PC isn’t going to be able to read 4K blurays, and if you only want a regular bluray reader then those drives are even cheaper.

    • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Love this! Supporting your community library and building your trove of booty at the same time lol.

      I also like to collect physical media from my favorite artists, so I also rip from those disks and get the best of all worlds :)

    • return2ozma@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Most libraries always give you access to Kanopy to steam movies/documentaries. Just need your library card and the app.

      • errer@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        They’re pretty cheap, I have one that can read 4K blurays. About $70. I get access to all sorts of hard to find movies, and my library will even order blurays for me if they don’t have it in their catalog (up to 30 per year)