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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media
(www.latimes.com)
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Blu-rays are great, DVDs not so much unless it's an old title that was never released in 1080p
Or classic 2d animation.
1080p simpsons vs 720p Simpsons look really close
*480
Blu ray has copy protection...
So does DVD and can be bypassed just as easily these days
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
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
DVDs are fine, but the subtitles look god-awful - and they’re bitmaps so there is no easy way to make them not suck
I think they're bitmaps on Blu-rays as well. Just higher resolution.
Streaming tends to use text formats.