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user-inactivated · 3620 days ago · link · · parent · post: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations

I received a DVD of Perks of Being a Wallflower for Christmas. I downloaded it on TPB the next day. I couldn't get the legal site's download to function correctly without giving them my credit card info. Physical media is becoming more and more worthless.

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user-inactivated · 3620 days ago · link ·

But why get a web-dl when you have physical media? Even in SD resolutions, they often lack in detail, when compared to disc.

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user-inactivated · 3620 days ago · link ·

Eh, that's often not true. I'm not sure if you've only seen YIFY rips, but there are fantastic HD rips out there. Good encoding makes a lot of difference.

I don't even have a DVD drive to play physical media. I find it unnecessary.

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user-inactivated · 3619 days ago · link ·

I was referring to "mastered for web" releases, like with Netfilx or iTunes, not Blu-ray rips. Web-DL usually refers to media downloaded from the internet, as opposed to ripped from disc. SD Netflix download < SD encode made from DVD.

You don't need to tell an encoder about encodes :p