Blue ray would be well and truly wasted on our 26" NTSC crt tv set.
Seems I skipped bluray. Haven't owned a player or any media.
I've got a handful of discs, but only player is the Xbox One (and PS3? Is that blueray?) Even the stuff I own on disc I tend to watch on Pi, cos it's easier :$
I have a handful - none bought; gifts & freebies in box sets - I just rip them to 1080p mp4 files & bung them on my server.
Aye, that's the way to go. I'm trying to avoid buying anything else, our film/tv collection of discs is a bit like my Steam library, there's a lot of stuff going unplayed. :/
:J
TBH, those things can produce a brilliant picture. We bunged our old Panasonic Viera in the attic for the boys to use for cartoons, games n'stuff. It's 15 years old, still going strong and has a super sharp picture. For standard def stuff, it's great.
Is there a quick and straightforward way to do that these days? Last time I looked at ripping my collection it involved all sorts of different steps that I couldn't be arsed with.
Unfortunately Jim has always been the quickest, especially if it involves a re-encode
Same here. Hardly ever use my DVD player either, or disks for anything. Got some kids school concert DVDs that I've ripped and play on the Pi.
Same with the Wii. Got it chipped years ago and ripped (well, downloaded) my games so I can just run them off a HDD attached to it.
I admit to being intrigued by bluray for backups. Might do it for my next upgrade in ~2030.