After 18 years, Sony's Blu-ray media production draws to a close — shuts its last factory in Feb
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MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes will also be abandoned.

MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes will also be abandoned.

  • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 day ago

    If there are no more discs to rip how will people get the movies and shows in the first place?

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 day ago

      For all their efforts in DRM, Netflix et al have thus far failed to prevent people from ripping their highest quality streams and torrenting them

      My setup has had 0 issues grabbing the latest “streaming only” content very quickly after release

      • otacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        24 hours ago

        Having watched some of my favorites on Netflix, even with their 4K offering, the compression can kill a scene. Netflix has no incentive to provide the 0.1% of viewers who care about a better quality stream, so they don’t.

      • TurtleSoup@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        19 hours ago

        I’ve learned one thing in my time on the internet.

        If there is a will, there is a way and yo ho fiddle dee dee they sure will find it.