If you can’t afford it, sure. Physical copies still exist though. They can be quite affordable when buying second hand. Regional availability can be a bit of a lottery though so I’ll have to admit that I can no longer be arsed.
Thrift stores are great for this. Folks have been getting rid of a lot of Blu-rays in my area. I got a bunch of Disney movies recently for a dollar a piece, movies like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid.
And check your local library. I have all of Star Trek Lower Decks ripped from discs I borrowed from my library. I’m working on X-Files now.
I’m also not at all against downloading movies and shows after I have purchased them digitally. I’m not against piracy in general though.
Will they eventually kill off the encryption keys for your blu-ray discs? I don’t know for sure, but I think there was some kind of online handshake required by these players.
Yeah, but that’s only if you want to rip them on a PC isn’t it? Your domestic Blu-Ray player will presumably lose its keys eventually and become a brick.
Edit: Googled it, no known ‘time bomb’ but players can potentially miss out on firmware updates and be unable to play some discs as a result.
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If you can’t afford it, sure. Physical copies still exist though. They can be quite affordable when buying second hand. Regional availability can be a bit of a lottery though so I’ll have to admit that I can no longer be arsed.
Thrift stores are great for this. Folks have been getting rid of a lot of Blu-rays in my area. I got a bunch of Disney movies recently for a dollar a piece, movies like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid.
And check your local library. I have all of Star Trek Lower Decks ripped from discs I borrowed from my library. I’m working on X-Files now.
I’m also not at all against downloading movies and shows after I have purchased them digitally. I’m not against piracy in general though.
Will they eventually kill off the encryption keys for your blu-ray discs? I don’t know for sure, but I think there was some kind of online handshake required by these players.
I don’t think so but I ripped them to my pc, so it won’t matter anyway.
Bruh. Blu ray enc has been cracked for over a decade
Yeah, but that’s only if you want to rip them on a PC isn’t it? Your domestic Blu-Ray player will presumably lose its keys eventually and become a brick.
Edit: Googled it, no known ‘time bomb’ but players can potentially miss out on firmware updates and be unable to play some discs as a result.