crazy_gambit t1_j1b8ezi wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:43 AM

Reply to comment by zerpified in Blu-ray player gathering dust? Turn it into a laser-scanning microscope | Not as powerful as a commerical one, but thousands cheaper. by chrisdh79

Physical media for me is a terrible experience. Like I'm not getting up to change a disk. You can rip physical media to an HDD with the same quality and a nice interface to watch all your movies. That seems like a better experience to me.

zerpified t1_j1b8pjf wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:45 AM

That's all well and good, but to rip a disk, you still need the disk in the first place lmao. I do take your point though, I just like actually owning things when I can. Standing up won't kill me, if anything I should do it more

crazy_gambit t1_j1b92tb wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:48 AM

Right...

I mean I can't think of another way it could possibly be done...

KillerKowalski1 t1_j1bm18x wrote on December 23, 2022 at 2:29 AM

So it's the inconvenience of paying for goods and services?

cbzoiav t1_j1cttk8 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 10:12 AM

You're not getting up for 30s to do something to keep you entertained for 2 hours?

If nothing else you probably want to go to the toilet before starting it playing anyway.

crazy_gambit t1_j1d57k0 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:35 PM

You overestimate me. I have to get up, look for the case for a lot longer than 30s, pray it's inside the right case, hope it's not scratched to oblivion and then do the same for the case of the disk inside the player.

Yeah, I was not made for physical media. I game on consoles and even understanding the advantages of physical media (namely that you can resell them) I never went back once they offered the option to buy digitally.