I've been wanting to pick up a 4K player for a while, but they're still spendy

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Jun 1, 2023
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SlyCoug

Previous username: rballest
Bio page: SlyCoug
Joined: Aug 13, 2010
Last login: May 17, 2024
Total posts: 934 (13 FO)

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Are DVD/Blu-Ray players obsolete? I say no, and here's why.

Ham

6/1/23 9:39am

I think studios/streamers are undermining the value of their own product

Gustav

6/1/23 9:41am

Thank you. You will be promoted in the CB New Order

TNT

6/1/23 9:42am

I thought op had to be you when I read the title.

paulb

6/1/23 10:35am

And that Friends is on blu-ray and Seinfeld isn't. TNT = very very angry

TNT

6/1/23 9:43am

The single best viewing option (visually) is a 4K DVD on an OLED TV

Indy Coug

6/1/23 9:45am

TNT's friend has a huge OLED and 4k blu-ray player. Incredible picture quality

TNT

6/1/23 9:50am

RE: TNT's friend has a huge OLED and 4k blu-ray player. It's incredible

Indy Coug

6/1/23 9:52am

TNT’s “friend”…

Tokolosh

6/1/23 10:20am

TNT doesn't know what "fronds" means but it sounds like a personal attack

TNT

6/1/23 10:23am

4K DVD? Uh…. Who wants to tell him?

scootsy

6/1/23 9:56am

Most players play both Blu-ray and DVD. Since the form factor is the same the name is pretty interchangeable.

Tokolosh

6/1/23 10:21am

Yep. Completely different optical technologies. Thank goodness players can play

TNT

6/1/23 10:25am

Those are not interchangeable!!!!!!!!! That's like calling an iPhone a Galaxy S22 cause they have the same form factor.

scootsy

6/1/23 10:40am

I get it, different tech. But if I have a Blu-Ray player with backwards compatibility I don’t care what I pull off the

Tokolosh

6/1/23 10:57am

Streaming bit rate, especially for the sound doesn't even come close to blue-ray 4k levels. If you want quality, or

Bert609

6/1/23 9:50am

RE: Streaming bit rate, especially for the sound doesn't even come close to

TNT

6/1/23 9:52am

I'm sure it wasn't me, it was Bernard.

Bert609

6/1/23 10:34am

Ugh. Bernard enjoyed suspending TNT for the stupidest things

TNT

6/1/23 11:17am

I just ordered original Miami Vice blue rays

FuriousMonkey

6/1/23 9:51am

Plus bonus features that won't be available via streaming

TNT

6/1/23 9:52am

RE: I just ordered original Miami Vice blue rays

Buster Scruggs

6/1/23 9:53am

4K HDR on iTunes is near 4K bluray video quality, but audio is noticeably worse.

Bandit

6/1/23 10:06am

And Disney Plus is erasing some of my family's favorite movies from streaming w/

runnincoug

6/1/23 10:09am

Like what?

rcbyufan

6/1/23 10:16am

I'm a daddy of bookwork girls. We love the movie adaptations of great books...

runnincoug

6/1/23 10:52am

I've been waiting for them to add World's Greatest Athlete. I need nostalgia.

rcbyufan

6/1/23 10:38am

I've been wanting to pick up a 4K player for a while, but they're still spendy

SlyCoug

6/1/23 10:10am

Here's a good model that isn't all that expensive

TNT

6/1/23 10:16am

That makes sense as I stream older shows. Some episodes are not available.

coolblue

6/1/23 11:05am

and 10's of thousands of movies are not available streamed.

Count Cougar

6/1/23 11:09am

And this is why I still buy blurays. Glad others are starting to see the light.

byuluvr

6/1/23 11:24am

You as well will be pardoned in the New Order

TNT

6/1/23 11:24am

Something about the “He’s a Pirate” theme

Pepe Silvia

6/1/23 12:01pm

this is why we rip DVD's to hard drive and also download movies to hard drive

Digital Gangsta

6/1/23 1:08pm

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