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[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Did you guys know that your local public Library has DVDs?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)

They probably have a streaming service too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mine does.

You can digitally "lend" a movie for a week and stream it once during that time. It's free, but more cumbersome than the high seas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Audiobooks as well. My wife only ever listens to audiobooks she can stream from the library and she has yet to run out of things to listen to after years of doing so.

Libraries are less likely to do movie streaming because the service costs them a lot more, but it's definitely worth checking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

That's right! Some do have that service.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

There's also tons of movies and TV shows on the Internet Archive because there's absolutely no content moderation there.

It will take you a lot of browsing because their search function sucks, but you will find a lot of things to watch.

Just do it soon because that's going to come back to bite them in the ass.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dvd is SD. They may have BD's, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah they have both. Depends on what people donate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sadly, though, this may not be helpful for much longer.

Some films are beginning to completely forego physical release in favor of digital only, and we're veering back towards "You need a dedicated set-top box for movies" territory with computers and game consoles trying to do away with disc drives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah I know. 😓

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I just read LG has stopped manufacturing blueray players. Meaning, soon, the dvds/bluerays at your local library will be defunct :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There are many other vendors that still make players.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fair enough. Its not a great sign that this is likely to continue.

Thinking about it, i wonder how many vendors rely on big players like LG for parts.

You know, like in the phone market and car market for example. Vendors use parts and designs from other vendors all the time. Googles folding screen comes from samsung. In fact, samsung make parts for a ton of other manufacturers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Vendors use parts and designs from other vendors all the time.

As another example, Apple still uses displays made by Samsung and cameras made by Sony for the iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

How small has that list become at this point?