return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical mediawww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square251fedilinkarrow-up1614arrow-down114
arrow-up1600arrow-down1external-linkDVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical mediawww.latimes.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square251fedilink
minus-squareOctagon9561@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·2 days agoBlu-rays are great, DVDs not so much unless it’s an old title that was never released in 1080p
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoDVDs are fine, but the subtitles look god-awful - and they’re bitmaps so there is no easy way to make them not suck
minus-squareSteamymoomilk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoOr classic 2d animation. 1080p simpsons vs 720p Simpsons look really close
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoeven then, many bluerays are just cheap upscales with no other changes. I made that mistake once with a boxset only to find that it was a very obvious DVD
minus-squarebridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 days agoBlu ray has copy protection…
minus-squareOctagon9561@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoSo does DVD and can be bypassed just as easily these days
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIf you have a blu ray player it’s not really that much of a problem. And if you need a back up there’s still ways
Blu-rays are great, DVDs not so much unless it’s an old title that was never released in 1080p
DVDs are fine, but the subtitles look god-awful - and they’re bitmaps so there is no easy way to make them not suck
Or classic 2d animation.
1080p simpsons vs 720p Simpsons look really close
*480
even then, many bluerays are just cheap upscales with no other changes. I made that mistake once with a boxset only to find that it was a very obvious DVD
Blu ray has copy protection…
So does DVD and can be bypassed just as easily these days
If you have a blu ray player it’s not really that much of a problem. And if you need a back up there’s still ways