https://www.220-electronics.com/ is having a sale. I have bought several players from them and they’ve been great

Now, I know what your thinking, are region free players piracy? Well, it depends which country you live in

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      I bought one recently for 4k BRs. It’s awful, even though I bought one of the highest-recommended ones. They’re still slow, lose your place, and generally suck. And if there’s any dirt on the disc, you’ve got a major problem, no matter how small the smudge.

      And that isn’t even counting the problems with the format, such as unskippable intros and copyright notices.

      Ripped media is so, so superior that it’s absolutely ridiculous.

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        Oh God I totally forgot about the copyright FBI notices… How much collective time living has been wasted watching that wretched screen???

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      I stopped for a long time, but I’ve continued with the launches of things like Metalocalypse or Venture Bros. Smaller productions that I want to support but aren’t streaming in my country.

      Heck, back when Metalocalypse released their first movie there was a limited edition version with a skull cup that was only available in Australia for some reason. I imported the set for my SO, and I had to rip the bluray myself :/

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        Speaking of that kind of show though, you know ATHF is coming out with new episodes?

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    Same here, but after reading those losing access to digital purchases as the rights for the properties change vendors, for those that want to truly own the thing, they can no matter where they live.

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      This is why I still believe in physical media. While most of my purchases are digital nowadays, I consider them disposable basically. For movies and games I really care about and want to be able to keep, I like physical.

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        Its a shame drm free digital purchases was never a thing with movies like with music.

        Buy, download, bam, its yours forever.

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      Found the millenial :p /jk

      It’s essentially a player which ignores the region locks on bluray discs.

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            Digital format wars were a thing while Blockbuster was still around. They know both

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            How quickly we forget Laserdisc and Video CDs.

            Oh and UMD, but I don’t think “I want to watch a movie in poor quality on a tiny screen on a device that’ll probably run out of battery before the movie finishes” was a market anybody was really interested in.

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              Sony minidisc says hi :p

              I remember a time when i was hoping they’ll implement the minidisc as an alternate removerable storage for PC. More robust compared to floppy disks, less delicate compared to CDR, and is rewritable too. LOL

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          I think they’re saying the opposite: millennials as “boomers” so-to-speak.

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          Millennial because they grew up only knowing MP3s and digital media and didn’t get to experience disc based media. :p

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            What in the world??

            I’m a millennial and I grew up with 8 tracks and cassettes. I was in grade school when we got our first CD player.

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    I had heard of this company a while back when I was looking for this exact same thing. They have been in the business for many years and their methods of cracking have been mostly reliable till now. If you need one, get it from them or through their Amazon store

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    I have been out of the region free game since the dvd days. What’s a good place to shop from now? Used to have a few different foreign sites I used and trusted in the early 00’s but they appear to be long gone. I live in the US currently.

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    Will damn I just bought a Panasonic ub820

    Edit wait damn, lol they’re selling em for $750 bucks. I got mine for $350, but region locked.

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      Not really, the ripping software has to get around the region before it can list the contents available to rip

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    Damn! If I had more region exclusive DVDs/Blu-rays and didn’t already have the Vizio I got from a thrift store I’d definitely keep this in mind!