by that i mean, those are intangible, effervescent parts of a human being that should not be quantized down to a fucking amazon star system. the āanything less than 5 stars is actually badā thing is disgusting as well - all modern companies do this.
I only use it to order DVDs sometimes. I canāt buy them in English (original) locally, and shipping from UK is generally cheap, just slow. And weāre also region 2.
576p, yes, but I like DVDs, and physical media is the only way I plan to purchase movies.
I donāt have a BluRay drive.
Also DVD protection is fully compromised.
BluRay is still very much relevant, and so is its DRM. I donāt really understand the used system, something with AACS keys that can be revoked. This gets updated on the drive itself, and the list of keys to be revoked is distributed on BluRay discs itself.
All I know is the end result is that after inserting a newly released BluRay, itās possible you wonāt be able to play some older ones without updates.
Seems this can be mitigated by backing up the VUK of each disc until the keys are revoked: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Blu-ray
But anyway, to me it just sounds like an unstable system. One day you can watch all your collection, the next day after watching a new movie you just get āAACS Host Certificate Revokedā error.
The only sure way would be ripping the discs, but hey, might just pirate it at that point.
Oh, and I am not even talking about HDCP on dedicated BluRay players. Whoops, your TV doesnāt support HDCP, buy a new one!