TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 days agoWarner Bros. misses the days when we bought DVDs and Blu-Rays, and says streaming is just not the samewww.thepopverse.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkWarner Bros. misses the days when we bought DVDs and Blu-Rays, and says streaming is just not the samewww.thepopverse.comTheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squaremiguel@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 days agoWarner Bros, the same ones who made the DVDs that rotted on the shelf? That Warner Bros?
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days agoWB clearly cut corners and deserves critique, but it’s important to know that no digital storage is eternal - it will all go bad at some point. The only practical solution atm is to routinely transfer the data to fresh storage.
minus-squaremiguel@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoThat’s true, and you’re completely right. It’s also 100% an argument against DRM, but also: https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-replacing-disc-rot-dvd I mean, that’s still pretty awful :D
Warner Bros, the same ones who made the DVDs that rotted on the shelf? That Warner Bros?
WB clearly cut corners and deserves critique, but it’s important to know that no digital storage is eternal - it will all go bad at some point. The only practical solution atm is to routinely transfer the data to fresh storage.
That’s true, and you’re completely right. It’s also 100% an argument against DRM, but also: https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-replacing-disc-rot-dvd
I mean, that’s still pretty awful :D