• Freakazoid@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    And burning cd/dvd’s is getting more popular due to disappearing content on streaming services. Some shows got removed and are no longer available to watch elsewhere legally. Such a shame.

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      3 months ago

      I took a class on DVD creation back in the day, how to write the menus and link tracks and whatnot.

      Time to shake off the ‘ol bootleg machine.

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      3 months ago

      You should know, depending on the type and quality of the media, that CD/DVDs degrade over time spanning from 5-20 years (very high quality presses/burns can last upward of 50, but you are likely not doing that at home). Probably doesn’t matter for most use-cases, but just so people don’t get the idea that it’s good for long term storage past those rough estimates.

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        3 months ago

        this is how I ended up finding out there are now much better rips available for many of the shows I burned to DVD in the mid 2000s

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      3 months ago

      Does this mean the case of 5.25" DVD burners I have will be worth something again?

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      3 months ago

      Got annoyed when things started coming and going as early as 2018 and started a Blu-Ray collection. About 80% of it is secondhand. I’ll admit I still have a couple streaming services, but all the stuff I know I like is readily and consistently available now.

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      3 months ago

      If it hasn’t happened already, Netflix is dropping the new She-Ra show from their service, and they’ve never released a physical form.

      Therefore, it is illegal to watch She-Ra.