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on Thursday May 23 2019, @05:06AM
from the here's-hoping-the-fat-lady-has-laryngitis dept.
from the here's-hoping-the-fat-lady-has-laryngitis dept.
Netflix changed how we watch TV, but it didn't really change what we watch...
Netflix has achieved its incredible growth by taking distribution away from cable companies. Instead of watching The Office on cable, people now watch The Office on Netflix.
This edge isn't sustainable.
...
Disney's cable business has stagnated over the past seven years. But in about 175 days, Disney is set to launch its own streaming service called Disney+.It's going to charge $6.99/month—around $6 cheaper than Netflix.
And it's pulling all its content off of Netflix.
This is a big deal.
No more Bunk'd on Netflix? Nooooooooooooooo...
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Netflix has 175 Days Left to Pull Off a Miracle... Or It's All Over
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(Score: 1) by Chocolate on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:58AM (10 children)
They have pulled in a lot of content from countries without the gripes USA likes to indulge in for example the Korean shows can be quite good more than that some of their original shows are quite worth the watch. There's still lots of shows for me to get through before I cancel. Its cheap enough not to care about the cost. I haven't seen GOT but hey someone gave me the boxed DVD set. Now I just need to work out how to play them. If they play. Last few DVDs I bought would not play on the old computer DVD drive so that sucked kinda put me off buying DVDs.
Let's fork The Internet so we can relive the heyday of p2p
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @09:24AM (5 children)
Why? Did you try loading them in VLC?
(Score: 1) by Chocolate on Thursday May 23 2019, @09:45AM (4 children)
VLC, handbrake, other software. Suspect its the DVD drive itself. Discs from one series just work while another just spins round or gives weird data. Lots forums say things about DRM in the DVD drive itself and stuff but never got to the bottom of it.
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @11:52AM (3 children)
Per chance you are trying to play Blu-Ray in a DVD-only player?
(Score: 1) by Chocolate on Thursday May 23 2019, @12:33PM (2 children)
Never owned or touched a blueray disk. Never had a blue ray player but have ps4/now, but still won't buy blue ray. DVD all the way till it dies baby!
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:15PM (1 child)
That's actually a wise attitude, considering Blu-Ray discs have the data so close to the surface that the faintest, lightest barely-visible-at-any-angle scratch can make it unreadable. (Though if the scratch is at the right spot on a game instead, it can result in some really interesting effects. I now have a copy of Red Dead Redemption in which riding a horse causes John to sink under the ground and produces pseudo-art like this [postimg.cc].)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @08:48PM
Ugh, that's over a decade out of date. Yes the data layer is closer to the surface on blurays, in order to make them easier to read. But they also have high-durability coatings that are far more scratch resistant than the old DVD polycarbonate. What you wrote was true back when blurays came in protective cartridges, but those days are long past.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday May 23 2019, @11:56AM (2 children)
Dual layer DVD, some drives are very sensitive (famously the original Wii had like two games that used -DL, poorly, and often wouldn't work on some wii other than under the most pristine conditions)?
Strange region locking tricks?
So incredibly old that the old drive doesn't understand DVD-RW, combined with your assumed new DVDs are actually pirate copies on -RW media?
(Score: 1) by Chocolate on Thursday May 23 2019, @12:28PM (1 child)
Boxed set from a local store? I'm thinking DRM issues perhaps. Strange that some disks work okay and others just don't be recognized.
But yes, a while back there was a DVD knockoff eh -RW of a certain series purchased online that played well for a year till the disks wore out. There be a subtle clue here me hearty that those disks not be the reel deel.
How is one meant to backup DVDs if they won't even be read on the computer? So, I gave up buying DVD. This is reason to like Netflix more. Just a pity they aren't more like the old video stores that had hundreds of old titles to go through. I miss Blockbuster now it's gone.
Yea for the new stuff I'll try the ps4 now I have one ^ ^
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @02:07PM
Quit fucking around and buy a computer DVD drive that works. They can't be more than $50, free if you pull one from an old computer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 23 2019, @03:44PM
It is entirely possible your drive is defective. For example, many older drives have trouble with dual layer disks. There are also many different substrate materials used in DVDs. This was very common with recordable discs back in the day, where some drives could not read all types of burned discs.
Basically none of these problems exist with new drives, which cost about $20. I suggest trying one, or borrowing one from a friend, before blaming your discs.
Additionally, some drives have stricter region locks than others. On most DVD drives the region coding is basically irrelevant because the encrypted data is readable and the keys can be brute forced in seconds, but a very small number of drives will not let you read the disc at all if the region coding is wrong.