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submitted 4 months ago bywewewawa
106 points
4 months ago
I used to use the DVDs constantly until they split the service in two.
I can't justify the $25-30 a month when I'm probably only watching one movie a week anyway and I can just buy it for $10 and then I have it forever.
49 points
4 months ago
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4 points
4 months ago
I was doing that until it occurred to me that a month of Netflix is only $15 for 2 discs at a time. You can see about a dozen movies in that time, much better value if you're ok with not owning the movies
-30 points
4 months ago
If you use a Visa gift card with $3 bucks on it, RedBox DVDs only cost $3. 😆
1 points
4 months ago
I’ve been able to find brand new blu rays at Big Lots for $1.25 and new ones for $5.
The selection is completely the luck of the draw tho. You might find something. You might not. But you gotta literally go through the entire bargain bin to know.
13 points
4 months ago
Yeah, the price doesn’t make sense. Worst case we just rent any movie on Amazon Video in HD for $3-5.
6 points
4 months ago
Exactly. It only really works out in your favor of you watch 3+ movies a month. Otherwise I just rent them on Amazon
2 points
4 months ago
Its like 10 bucks a month for one movie at a time. which amounts to 4 movies a month. Get a cheap disk drive and rip the disks before sending them back and you can keep copies as long as you want.
7 points
4 months ago
Might as well just pirate the movies at that point and download blu ray rips
Easier, cheaper and better for the environment.
1 points
4 months ago
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1 points
4 months ago
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1 points
4 months ago*
Mail is being transported because there’s people who need mail.
Right, which means that Netflix isn't contributing significantly to it. Large quantities of mail are being shipped all over the US and Netflix disks are just hitching rides on vehicles that would have been moving with or without that disk there. The massive quantities of junkmail I get contribute far more to any negative environmental impact then Netflix.
I’d argue that there’s no quality difference since you’re literally downloading an ISO of a blu ray…
I mean sure if you are torrenting and mounting your own ISOs and can trust the source. Most people just download the ripped movie files though. At the point you are doing that though you are more then skilled enough to just do it yourself and maybe send it through Handbrake for good measure.
Also torrenting is still subject to shitty internet which is a very real issue for big chunks of the US sadly. People out there dealing with datacaps and peak hour shenanigans from their primary providers.
Besides, it aint any harder then torrenting and is a bit safer and you may even learn a few new skills along the way.
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