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Back in 2015 or so, I noticed some of the movies on Netflix that I wanted to rewatch disappeared. I caught on pretty early that this was going to be the case where all the good stuff cycles out, so I took to building a Blu-Ray collection. Now all of my favorites are quick and easy to get to.
At some point I’m planning on digitizing the whole collection because I know discs degrade, but I’ve been hesitant because I don’t want to cook my drive’s laser in the process.
I take a hybrid approach. I'll buy a movie from my local shop and then go sailing the seas for a digital copy. Much...grayer... but close enough.
You can get bluray drives used for like $30. The real issue is the 4k drives because only certain older models let you rip those. They're harder to replace.
Ah, I guess I was taking for granted that 4k was one of my requirements. Hadn’t even thought to mention it.
Yeah, I'd say my collection is maybe 5% 4k (over 1000 titles in total). Some discs are reeeeal finnicky. I actually thought my drive was toast at one point, but I was able to take it apart and clean the lens with some IPA to get it working again. Wasn't looking forward to replacing it.
You can always get a stack of usb dvd drives, and use those.
The challenge is finding a model that lets you rip them. To my awareness, there isn’t any officially supported method to rip BluRays and you have to modify the firmware to let you backup your own media.