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jamiemartin721 Reading 13 Oct 17 1.38pm
Originally posted by Pikester Dicks like me who are trying to get rid of stuff and will then see a CD os some 80's has been and think "Oooh I'll play that in the car" - 1 week later it's with the EU CD Mountain in the roof. That's me. I'll be poking around a charity shop, and buy a CD for a quid, because of a single song, which turns out to be much stier than I remembered - because nostalgia is a fking bitch (to paraphrase Proust). "One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" [Link]
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Reading 13 Oct 17 1.38pm

Originally posted by Pikester

Dicks like me who are trying to get rid of stuff and will then see a CD os some 80's has been and think "Oooh I'll play that in the car" - 1 week later it's with the EU CD Mountain in the roof.

That's me. I'll be poking around a charity shop, and buy a CD for a quid, because of a single song, which turns out to be much s**tier than I remembered - because nostalgia is a f**king bitch (to paraphrase Proust).

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Hrolf The Ganger 13 Oct 17 1.42pm
Originally posted by jamiemartin721 Problem with VHS, after getting used to DVDs and HD, is that the quality is almost too poor to wnk to, almost. Which reminds me, I must clear out my bedroom draws.
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721

Problem with VHS, after getting used to DVDs and HD, is that the quality is almost too poor to wnk to, almost.

Which reminds me, I must clear out my bedroom draws.

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steeleye20 Croydon 13 Oct 17 2.16pm
I think you have to factor in whether your internet connection is good or reliable enough. I personally feel better with a hard copy, I stopped buying cassettes and cds they are all backed up to pc music library, but will be adding to my dvds on occasion. Yes back them off to hard drive but that will be some session and I just like their quality. The prices on Amazon for streaming movies are competitive with buying dvds though so here we go again.
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Croydon 13 Oct 17 2.16pm

I think you have to factor in whether your internet connection is good or reliable enough.

I personally feel better with a hard copy, I stopped buying cassettes and cds they are all backed up to pc music library, but will be adding to my dvds on occasion.

Yes back them off to hard drive but that will be some session and I just like their quality.

The prices on Amazon for streaming movies are competitive with buying dvds though so here we go again.

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DanH SW2 13 Oct 17 2.32pm
Originally posted by Pikester With the advent of Netflix, Prime, Showbox, Kodi my DVD collection is pretty redundant. In fact they're all in the roof. I've just been having a sort out and have a 6ft pile which I'll probably take to the charity shop and that's just the start. I don't feel attached to them as I do with old books. Has anyone used these sites like Magpie where they'll buy them off you? I get the impression I'm going to be doing a lot of work go get back about £4.56? The first person to turn this into a political discussion wins Barney's 1st Christmas. Your DVD collection should just be incinerated.
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SW2 13 Oct 17 2.32pm

Originally posted by Pikester

With the advent of Netflix, Prime, Showbox, Kodi my DVD collection is pretty redundant. In fact they're all in the roof.

I've just been having a sort out and have a 6ft pile which I'll probably take to the charity shop and that's just the start.

I don't feel attached to them as I do with old books.

Has anyone used these sites like Magpie where they'll buy them off you? I get the impression I'm going to be doing a lot of work go get back about £4.56?

The first person to turn this into a political discussion wins Barney's 1st Christmas.

Your DVD collection should just be incinerated.

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Ray in Houston Houston 13 Oct 17 2.44pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays Make digital copies of those that you want to keep and keep them on a hard drive. Use a free trial rip program like MakeMKV. Sure, get rid of them.....but don't expect to be booking a cruise on it. This is what I do. I rip them with MakeMKV then convert them with HandBrake to iTunes friendly formats for my Apple TV - full 1080p - and a lower-res version for my iPad. I then apply the movie art and other metadata with Subler which looks great on the new Apple TV menu system. (All apps used above are free) Bonus: when you rip a movie, you get rid of all the previews and trailers - which often times are forced on you so you can't skip them before watching your movie. You hit play, and it starts right at the studio movie logo (followed by another studio's animated identifier, and another, and then one for the production company, and then another, and then they splash all those same names over the opening scene of the movie anyway). Edited by Ray in Houston (13 Oct 2017 2.59pm) We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Make digital copies of those that you want to keep and keep them on a hard drive.

Use a free trial rip program like MakeMKV.

Sure, get rid of them.....but don't expect to be booking a cruise on it.

This is what I do. I rip them with MakeMKV then convert them with HandBrake to iTunes friendly formats for my Apple TV - full 1080p - and a lower-res version for my iPad. I then apply the movie art and other metadata with Subler which looks great on the new Apple TV menu system.

(All apps used above are free)

Bonus: when you rip a movie, you get rid of all the previews and trailers - which often times are forced on you so you can't skip them before watching your movie. You hit play, and it starts right at the studio movie logo (followed by another studio's animated identifier, and another, and then one for the production company, and then another, and then they splash all those same names over the opening scene of the movie anyway).

Edited by Ray in Houston (13 Oct 2017 2.59pm)

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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Ray in Houston Houston 13 Oct 17 2.53pm
Originally posted by jamiemartin721 It begs the question, if no one is buying DVDs who is buying them at charity shops. Us older types still are hard-wired towards ownership - in physical form - rather than digital renting. Personally, I like to take movies on my iPad when I travel, and I don't want to have to download them every time as streaming won't work on a plane. Also, movies come and go in vendors libraries so, just because it's there today doesn't mean it'll be there next week. I haven't tried streaming "The Italian Job", but I suspect your only option would be the God-awful Mark Wahlberg version. It's enough to make you want to blow the bloody doors off! So, if I like a movie enough to want to keep a copy, I buy it and rip it (as described above). That way I have it on my Mac - from where I can watch it on Apple TV and/or load it onto my iPad - plus a backup and, of course, the actual DVD/BR (I lost my whole media library once and it was a bitch to re-rip everything). We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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Houston 13 Oct 17 2.53pm

Originally posted by jamiemartin721

It begs the question, if no one is buying DVDs who is buying them at charity shops.

Us older types still are hard-wired towards ownership - in physical form - rather than digital renting. Personally, I like to take movies on my iPad when I travel, and I don't want to have to download them every time as streaming won't work on a plane.

Also, movies come and go in vendors libraries so, just because it's there today doesn't mean it'll be there next week. I haven't tried streaming "The Italian Job", but I suspect your only option would be the God-awful Mark Wahlberg version. It's enough to make you want to blow the bloody doors off!

So, if I like a movie enough to want to keep a copy, I buy it and rip it (as described above). That way I have it on my Mac - from where I can watch it on Apple TV and/or load it onto my iPad - plus a backup and, of course, the actual DVD/BR (I lost my whole media library once and it was a bitch to re-rip everything).

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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Stirlingsays 13 Oct 17 2.54pm
Originally posted by Ray in Houston This is what I do. I rip them with MakeMKV then convert them with HandBrake to iTunes friendly formats for my Apple TV - full 1080p - and a lower-res version for my iPad. I then apply the movie art and other metadata with Subler which looks great on the new Apple TV menu system. (All apps used above are free) Sounds cool. I use the ripped videos as part of a media server on my main computer which is connected to the TVs....1080p being the minimal standard till 4K is realistically affordable. I use Plex as the media player on all the devices.....thinking of cutting the cable with Virgin and getting a Panasonic Smart 1 TB freeview hard drive. Pay for itself after eight months. [Link] 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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13 Oct 17 2.54pm

Originally posted by Ray in Houston

(All apps used above are free)

Sounds cool.

I use the ripped videos as part of a media server on my main computer which is connected to the TVs....1080p being the minimal standard till 4K is realistically affordable.

I use Plex as the media player on all the devices.....thinking of cutting the cable with Virgin and getting a Panasonic Smart 1 TB freeview hard drive.

Pay for itself after eight months.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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Ray in Houston Houston 13 Oct 17 2.55pm
Originally posted by Midlands Eagle People are still buying them. I much prefer the sound quality from a DVD to the compressed sound that comes over the airwaves Compression is an issue for the picture quality too. Streaming services will say it's "full HD", but it's so compressed that t doesn't look any good on a large screen. We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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Houston 13 Oct 17 2.55pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

People are still buying them. I much prefer the sound quality from a DVD to the compressed sound that comes over the airwaves

Compression is an issue for the picture quality too. Streaming services will say it's "full HD", but it's so compressed that t doesn't look any good on a large screen.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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Ray in Houston Houston 13 Oct 17 3.03pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays Sounds cool. I use the ripped videos as part of a media server on my main computer which is connected to the TVs....1080p being the minimal standard till 4K is realistically affordable. I use Plex as the media player on all the devices.....thinking of cutting the cable with Virgin and getting a Panasonic Smart 1 TB freeview hard drive. Pay for itself after eight months. [Link] I've been Apple-centric for so long now that it's impossible for me to contemplate switching, but many alternatives are arguably better, Plex being one. Cutting the cable is something I've toyed with over the years, but it's still too choppy for me. I have a pretty limited cable package, and to get access to all of mine and the missus' shows thrown the various streaming services, we'd end up paying virtually the same as our cable bill but without the option to watch live. We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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Houston 13 Oct 17 3.03pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Sounds cool.

I use the ripped videos as part of a media server on my main computer which is connected to the TVs....1080p being the minimal standard till 4K is realistically affordable.

I use Plex as the media player on all the devices.....thinking of cutting the cable with Virgin and getting a Panasonic Smart 1 TB freeview hard drive.

Pay for itself after eight months.

[Link]

I've been Apple-centric for so long now that it's impossible for me to contemplate switching, but many alternatives are arguably better, Plex being one.

Cutting the cable is something I've toyed with over the years, but it's still too choppy for me. I have a pretty limited cable package, and to get access to all of mine and the missus' shows thrown the various streaming services, we'd end up paying virtually the same as our cable bill but without the option to watch live.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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jamiemartin721 Reading 13 Oct 17 3.05pm
Originally posted by Ray in Houston Us older types still are hard-wired towards ownership - in physical form - rather than digital renting. Personally, I like to take movies on my iPad when I travel, and I don't want to have to download them every time as streaming won't work on a plane. Also, movies come and go in vendors libraries so, just because it's there today doesn't mean it'll be there next week. I haven't tried streaming "The Italian Job", but I suspect your only option would be the God-awful Mark Wahlberg version. It's enough to make you want to blow the bloody doors off! So, if I like a movie enough to want to keep a copy, I buy it and rip it (as described above). That way I have it on my Mac - from where I can watch it on Apple TV and/or load it onto my iPad - plus a backup and, of course, the actual DVD/BR (I lost my whole media library once and it was a bitch to re-rip everything). Its astonishing what people pirate online and make available, to other people, and at no financial reward for themselves (and arguably some legal risk). They even pause out the adverts. I think there are people out there who a literally incapable of not uploading every piece of media they come across to the internet and seeding it. Chances are someone, somewhere has pirated it, and seeding it (and probably in different formats). Some of the more art house stuff is tricky to get, and some anime is very hard to find especially from the 90s and early 2000s (Silent Mobius). The trickiest stuff is where it has a name that could be p*. then its almost impossible to find due 'wood for the trees'. If you wanted to sell copies of the DVD Transformers, you'd be better off calling it Assformers - No one would be able to find it on pirate bay for all the anal p* hits that would throw up. "One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" [Link]
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Reading 13 Oct 17 3.05pm

Originally posted by Ray in Houston

Its astonishing what people pirate online and make available, to other people, and at no financial reward for themselves (and arguably some legal risk). They even pause out the adverts.

I think there are people out there who a literally incapable of not uploading every piece of media they come across to the internet and seeding it. Chances are someone, somewhere has pirated it, and seeding it (and probably in different formats).

Some of the more art house stuff is tricky to get, and some anime is very hard to find especially from the 90s and early 2000s (Silent Mobius). The trickiest stuff is where it has a name that could be p***. then its almost impossible to find due 'wood for the trees'.

If you wanted to sell copies of the DVD Transformers, you'd be better off calling it Assformers - No one would be able to find it on pirate bay for all the anal p*** hits that would throw up.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Ray in Houston Houston 13 Oct 17 3.15pm
Originally posted by jamiemartin721 Its astonishing what people pirate online and make available, to other people, and at no financial reward for themselves (and arguably some legal risk). They even pause out the adverts. I think there are people out there who a literally incapable of not uploading every piece of media they come across to the internet and seeding it. Chances are someone, somewhere has pirated it, and seeding it (and probably in different formats). Some of the more art house stuff is tricky to get, and some anime is very hard to find especially from the 90s and early 2000s (Silent Mobius). The trickiest stuff is where it has a name that could be p*. then its almost impossible to find due 'wood for the trees'. If you wanted to sell copies of the DVD Transformers, you'd be better off calling it Assformers - No one would be able to find it on pirate bay for all the anal p* hits that would throw up. Yeah, people pirate everything onto the internet...and then someone comes along and drops a buhzillion viruses into it and there goes your computer and all your personal data. I rip what I have legit hard copies of to protect me from viruses and protect me from a knock at the door by the FBI because Trump will send them off on any goose chase rather than look into his Russia collaboration. Did I win? We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.
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Houston 13 Oct 17 3.15pm

Originally posted by jamiemartin721

Its astonishing what people pirate online and make available, to other people, and at no financial reward for themselves (and arguably some legal risk). They even pause out the adverts.

If you wanted to sell copies of the DVD Transformers, you'd be better off calling it Assformers - No one would be able to find it on pirate bay for all the anal p*** hits that would throw up.

Yeah, people pirate everything onto the internet...and then someone comes along and drops a buhzillion viruses into it and there goes your computer and all your personal data.

I rip what I have legit hard copies of to protect me from viruses and protect me from a knock at the door by the FBI because Trump will send them off on any goose chase rather than look into his Russia collaboration*.

* Did I win?

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 13 Oct 17 3.27pm
I buy DVD's second-hand on Ebay, unless there is an oriental lady with Deeeveeedeees in the beer gardens of the pubs around Selhurst. Gave most of mine away to charideee shops, and tend to also buy there too. A bit like renting. Only profits go to a worthy cause. The only handful of DVD's I watch repeatedly, are: Bram Stokers Dracula Love Honour and Obey (Ray Winstone and Jude Law) I disengage, I turn the page.
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I buy DVD's second-hand on Ebay, unless there is an oriental lady with Deeeveeedeees in the beer gardens of the pubs around Selhurst.

Gave most of mine away to charideee shops, and tend to also buy there too. A bit like renting. Only profits go to a worthy cause.

The only handful of DVD's I watch repeatedly, are:
Bram Stokers Dracula
Love Honour and Obey (Ray Winstone and Jude Law)

I disengage, I turn the page.

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