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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media (www.latimes.com)
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[–] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Blu-rays are great, DVDs not so much unless it's an old title that was never released in 1080p

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or classic 2d animation.

1080p simpsons vs 720p Simpsons look really close

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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. this after I was roasted on reddit for complaining about that being a possibility and everyone angrily promised me that it was not that. it was that. I'm still bitter

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

DVDs are fine, but the subtitles look god-awful - and they’re bitmaps so there is no easy way to make them not suck

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think they're bitmaps on Blu-rays as well. Just higher resolution.

Streaming tends to use text formats.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Blu ray has copy protection...

[–] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

So does DVD and can be bypassed just as easily these days

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

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