As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?

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As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?

  •  wizardbeard   ( @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
    4•3 months ago

    Once you have the physical media, ripping it to a file and using standard backup practices is really your best bet. It’s a bit roundabout, but 4K on disc is significantly higher quality than the compressed bandwidth saving versions available via streaming services.

    •  blindsight   ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) English
      1•3 months ago

      You can also download remux quality rips. Be warned: they take a lot of disc space! Hard drives cost 1.4¢/GB right now, so say 2¢/GB for a raid NAS, all in. That means each remux costs about $1 USD to store with backup… But you need to put down the cash for like 1000 movies at a time to get the best marginal price.