For those who feel they don't have time to load discs into plex (or otherwise rip them), did you ever consider using your sleeping time? Kick off the load just before you go to bed, and check it out in the morning? One ought to be able to load 300 discs a year without spending much time. . .
Robert, there is no such thing as a PD thief - by definition. Public Domain means free to all.
Frankly, I consider copyright extension for existing work to every bit a much "PD thieves" as the ripping you mention. Only that was the studios that was preying off the Public.
In 15 years, every US...
Here's an obscure movie for you last released on LaserDisc!
Saving Grace (1985) with Tom Conti. A gentle movie about losing and regaining faith. Politically incorrect in this day and age.
With Fox gobled by Disney, it will never happen, but a Blu-Ray with OAR of Down Periscope (1996).
I'm describing that majority of people for whom video is only a modest part of their lives, not an overwhelming passion. Those that haven't converted to streaming. They may have a collection of DVDs over time. They see no reason to buy them over and over and higher and higher levels of...
I'm going to play "Devil's Advocate". I started to build my DVD library in 1998. By 2011, it was over 1500 discs. (Now over 2500 discs DVD/Blu-ray)
Is a better picture worth taking those DVDs (costing roughly somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000) rolling them into a ball, and pitching them out...
I will come to the defense of Hallelujah Trail.
First off, it is not a standard comedy - it is a satire. It is not a string of jokes attached to a light drama plot. Nor is it a serious drama. A satire is a deliberately constructed failure of a view. The "humor" is in watching the destruction...
My go-to movie (which I watch every New Year's eve) is the original Ocean's 11.
It is the perfect time capsule of an era.
Even money says somebody got away with the money.
(Anyone want to guess who?)
You can already buy a 1 TB micro sd chip. It weighs 1/10 ounce, and is smaller that my little fingernail. Now it costs 40 times the proposed new disc, but is vastly more portable and easier to store. (A playback device is readily available for $50 or less, and a holder for 10 micro sd chips is...
TV shows on DVD/Blu-ray are an entirely different experience to me. Without the commercials, they change their perspective. No longer an interrupted block of vignettes, but a miniature movie.
I just can't go back to OTA TV. Until recently, if I thought a show looked of interest, I'd buy a...
Ones that nobody else has mentioned.
'Allo 'Allo (I will say this only once.)
Burke's Law
Deep Space 9
Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Batman (Adam West - I love the sheer campiness.)
Up Pompeii (The Prolog)
The other 4 that have been mentioned.
The Avengers (all the seasons, including the...
In my case Burke's Law (only the first season was released)
And the incomparable British Comedy 'Allo 'Allo
(listen carefully, I will say this only once...)
I use number, followed by song title. However, if you are going to build playlists you may want to use a header of some form.
You may also want to look at micro sd chips. 512 gb will hold a lot of wav files. . .
The Broadway ending on the Buena Vista LaserDiscs were not the ending as originally broadcast. It was speeded up and truncated. The original started up with the first couple bars, which petered out, then started again and got a little further, and then kept rolling on the third try. The pace was...
My list:
Warlock
My Name Is Nobody
(to get the full effect, watch them back to back. It's like watching the same character years later, older and tireder. . .)
The Professionals
For A Few Dollars More
Blazing Saddles
Silverado
Rio Lobo
McLintock!
Paint You Wagon
5 Card Stud