[pic] a pirate vs. a paying customer


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^^ this. Whilst I don't condone wide scale pirating or movies - the above illustrates why so many do it. This, coupled with the fact there are some turgid movies being made that charge £10 to go and see followed by another £10 for a drink and snack, or just £10-20 for the DVD/Blu-ray, shows why it occurs methinks.

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This plus forcing people to rebuy the same movie over again just because the disc is damaged even if it is taken care of very well. This is what happened to me.

2 seasons of my 24 collection is completed ruined because some of the discs is unplayable even though the read side of the disc is sparkling clean.

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This plus forcing people to rebuy the same movie over again just because the disc is damaged even if it is taken care of very well. This is what happened to me.

2 seasons of my 24 collection is completed ruined because some of the discs is unplayable even though the read side of the disc is sparkling clean.

True, you can get disc rot or something like that can't you? Where a specialised fungus starts to eat the foiled side of the disc.

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There is the fact that pirate is available somertimes months ahead of being able to buy and sometimes months before its even at cinema. Monsters comes to mind. I buy legal, but I have it months before you can buy.

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True, you can get disc rot or something like that can't you? Where a specialised fungus starts to eat the foiled side of the disc.

the data just evaporates! it's happened a lot to my brand-name dvd-r s

This never stops being true, luckily my DVD player usually lets me skip a lot of this rubbish these days unlike a lot of others

yeah, stopping and playing again or ejecting and reloading the disk seem to do the trick too...not always thou haha

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netflix or beg other people to take me out to the theater LOL. Hubbydaddy is easy to do that with since he's a bored ex-trucker. LOL.

but most recent movies aren't even worth torrenting.... a very sad world that this is.....

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the data just evaporates! it's happened a lot to my brand-name dvd-r s

Depending on the Quality of recordables they only have a limited lifespan, it used to be around 10 years for good one but that may have changed a lot since I used to use them

something to do with the dye being used in them is organic and degrades or something.

Manufactured discs like those bought from the shop are pressed and made from a foil type material

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I purchase a lot of TV shows but movies I just watch at the movies or download. Although sometimes when I pirate movies I still feel like I'm being ripped off! :p

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I've never owned a movie that had unskippable trailers, nor that many FBI warnings. If there ever was a case of hyperbole, this is it. THX logo on The Matrix :unsure:. Looks like someone is just trying to spread FUD to justify their piracy. I pop in my Matrix Blu-ray and it goes straight to the movie.

If I had the choice between some crappy re-encoded movie, or a Blu-Ray with nice packaging, 1080p video encoded from a master, 7.1 audio, full 3D, director's commentary, extras, DVD and Digital Copy, I'll take the latter.

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I remember seeing this a year or so ago and showed it to a few people I know that work at a video store. They agreed with it.

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I remember seeing this a year or so ago and showed it to a few people I know that work at a video store. They agreed with it.

That's because rental stores get special copies, with unskippable trailers.

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Lol. So much easier to just turn on the X-Box, hit Video Library and make a selection through DLNA (Tversity).

What is a DVD again?

Actually, besides the X-Box, I don't have a dedicated DVD Player. I do though, have a VHS player, for one reason only. Original Star Wars!

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This never stops being true, luckily my DVD player usually lets me skip a lot of this rubbish these days unlike a lot of others

yea, me too, my DVD player lets me skip all the crap. i put the disc in, hit 'next next next...' and then the main menu comes up...

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Lol. So much easier to just turn on the X-Box, hit Video Library and make a selection through DLNA (Tversity).

What is a DVD again?

Actually, besides the X-Box, I don't have a dedicated DVD Player. I do though, have a VHS player, for one reason only. Original Star Wars!

I would rather just use the WMC extender ;)

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Doesn't STOP-STOP-PLAY skip all that crap? Anyway, actually buying the media is an outdated concept I only do video and music subscriptions now. I don't even remember the last time I actually popped in a DVD.

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The choice between true freedom vs capitalized freedom

just an fyi: I'm mostly referring to the ads and marketing not so much the difference between buying and downloading

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