King_V yout said: You can use drives from other manufacturers. This isn't the first manufacturer to do this. It's unlikely to be the last. Reply
Roland Of Gilead King_V said: Guess it's time to really rip all my discs (CDs are done, DVDs and Blu-Rays are not). I've spent a huge amount of time doing mine. 950 movies across dvd, BR, and UHD BR's. What a pain. Good luck! Reply
Ogotai Roland Of Gilead said: I've spent a huge amount of time doing mine. 950 movies across dvd, BR, and UHD BR's. What a pain. Good luck! so did i. to make it faster, i used 2 comps, and then my 2nd comp to do all the transcending of the movies as i used my main comp for other things…. Reply
bigdragon I'm really uncomfortable with the slow death of physical media. It's getting harder to get UHD Blurays of recent movies. A lot of studios only want to make overpriced collector editions now. Streaming isn't a replacement for physical media. Maybe you can't see and hear the compression on that 65" Walmart TV, but those of us with 120"+ 4k projectors and audiophile equipment absolutely can tell. If manufacturers were to switch from Bluray to another physical medium, like microSD, then I'd be fine with it. Forcing everyone to streaming is not the answer. Reply
Paul Revere For the streaming drones who one day will be screaming they changed my movie or decided for me I can no longer be able to see my favorite movie We told you so. Physical media is owned by you when you buy it able to be seen whenever you want without being told what to view. Those of you that don't care don't worry but the day is coming not because companies care about us they only care about profit so streamers will be greatly disappointed in the upcoming years. There is a difference in picture and sound and I'm willing to pay for it. Reply
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