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Personally I was largely "immune" to this cultivation (via 4Kbluray propaganda), though for a very different set of reasons. A number of years ago I read some leaked Sony documents on wikileaks, which outlined an updated AACS2 drm system which appeared to be for use on a successor to bluray...

(This may sound really really stupid). If I were to "stockpile / hoard" anything related to optical discs, I would certainlty NOT stockpile any computer bluray drives. Especially any computer bluray-r drives made by LG. My reasoning behind this, is that a computer bluray-r drive is largely...

It is completely game over when the "movement" utterly fails the "Amazon Test".

(Without getting heavily into politics). Without any "blood pact", I generally don't expect loyalty from anybody.

I found it somewhat surprising that some dvd recorder devices consisted of just a generic computer dvdr drive connected to a circuit board with several chips. (Dunno if the drive's firmware was modified or not).

This may sound really dumb. Every time I buy a large dvd set (such as a compelte series tv show dvd set), I'll frequently buy a new computer dvdr drive to rip the set. Nowadays a new computer dvdr drive is around $20 a pop or less. One of my side hobbies is investigating the behavior of new...

Wonder how much more the price of el cheapo generic dvd players will fall, when all the patents expire over the next several years.

(Long rant). My decision was made years ago, for slightly different reasons than the one you mention. I curtailed my movie bluray disc purchasing when I came to the realizaton that there's less and less new computer bluray-r drives being brought to the market. (This is in addition to coming...