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jezza129 t1_j2d4vrh wrote

To add onto what others have said, blu rays have more DRM, so the movie industry loves them. Playing a bluray on a PC can be a pain in the ass

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ensignr t1_j2d7hjz wrote

TBF originally it was also a pain in the butt to play a DVD on a PC.

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jezza129 t1_j2d895m wrote

But at the time in DVD life cycle we atleast had an easy time playing them on PC, the fact that software to play back legally owned blurays need to pay a subscription to license the codec is nuts.

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ensignr t1_j2d8dxc wrote

I wouldn't know, I incompletely skipped Bluray. (I was gifted a single disc, but have nothing to play it on)

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jezza129 t1_j2d8hmv wrote

I'm old fashioned. I like to format shift my stuff, which is illegal with blurays. Technically legal for DVD/VHS.

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