Post #2729553

2026-03-17 14:59 UTC

One thing you might consider is skipping buying the Blu-ray player and obtaining your movie rips *alternatively.* Only you know your appetite for risk, but so long as you’re only getting copies of the movies you own, I’d guess the risk is small. Besides, simply ripping your physical discs isn’t strictly legal everywhere, so that itself may have a small risk. Put the money you save into a better machine.

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@harsh3466@lemmy.ml 2026-03-17 16:13

edit: jfc, typos. I hate typing on phone keyboards. Secondary to that is that getting bluray to work on a computer is a pain. It's not impossible, but its not natively supported on macos or Linux (I dont know about windows, haven't used it in ages now). Whereas if you do use the alternative methods, you don't have to fight with trying to get the os you're using to work with bluray

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@Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-17 17:11

The external Bluray poayer is a necessary for me as I really want to make copies of my own movies. Some of them could also be difficult to find on torrent sites and a Blu ray player can also be useful to backup my videogames at one point. In my country, it is legal to make copies of something you own. Even downloading movies is legal to make, but it ain’t what I want 😇

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