While most laptops no longer feature an optical drive, the new Fujitsu FMV Note A does sport a Blu-ray drive so users can watch high-quality movies on the go without an internet connection.
Compression is also a factor, uncompressed (or least a higher bitrate rip) DVD rips don’t really look particularly terrible. Plus, if you’re watching on a phone/tablet or modest sized tv/monitor (32" and under) it really isn’t that big a deal for the most part.
That sucks. Maybe I wasn’t caring much because I was watching those videos ripped and imported to VLC through iPad (in 2013).
Compression is also a factor, uncompressed (or least a higher bitrate rip) DVD rips don’t really look particularly terrible. Plus, if you’re watching on a phone/tablet or modest sized tv/monitor (32" and under) it really isn’t that big a deal for the most part.