Comment on DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE

bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Humanius@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Streaming is progress in terms of convenience, but the trade-off is a lower image quality and forgoing ownership of the media you buy/consume.

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  • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now it’s expensive to even build ones of those servers. I just play my discs and rip them to a hdd collection. I just do it the ghetto way by having a usb hub hooked up to an nvidia shield with some hdds.

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    • greybeard@feddit.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not really, Jellyfin will run just fine on old hardware. You don’t need a lot of power to do it. That said, if a USB HDD works for you, that’s fine too.

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      • Attacker94@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I assumed that they didn’t have old hardware lying around, in which case they are not incorrect as they will need at the very least 8gb to run the server effectively which by itself is approx $100 unless your looking at the second hand market.

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      • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The cool thing about USB HDDs - when one dies, you just plug in another one - no issues with funky formatting, windows/linux compatibility or whatever. I had the power supply die on a QNAP NAS once… only once because even though the HDDs inside the NAS were fine, QNAP basically made the data on them inaccessible from any other system - no more proprietary NAS systems for me, thanks.

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    • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not. I have a server with dozens of TBs of storage which is a 2011 Lenovo tower I got for free out of someone’s garage. It doesn’t take a whole lot to store things.

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      • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah but HDDs are going up in price now

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  • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do you ever use any of the Bluray “connected” features where your disc wants internet access to fulfill the function? I must say, that’s a major turnoff for me.

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I stream movies using Alldebrid via Kodi or Stremio. This way I have the convenience of streaming and the quality of BluRays. I buy the BluRay if I like the movie and the disc is on sale

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  • Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Me to but I skip the purchasing BluRay and ripping it part.

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  • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    your also foregoing the special commentary and otber BTS content.

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• IratePirate@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s the state of BluRay ripping these days? I know it used to be tough, but then again, DVDs are also “encrypted” and that’s nothing to worry about any more.

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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  4K Bluray is the highest quality you’ll ever get in your home by like, a lot.

  Not any of James Cameron’s “remasters” released in the last couple years.

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• dovahking@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Doesn’t blue ray suck at archiving because their data is more prone to corruption? The only advantage they have is larger storage space.

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  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They, like DVDs, have a lifespan of ~20 years but can last a lot longer if kept in a cool and dry spot.

    But also you can rip the discs and store them digitally on hard drives or whatever :)

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