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If anybody in the USA is interested in a region-free blu-ray player (literature.cafe)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by yessikg@literature.cafe to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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https://www.220-electronics.com/ is having a sale. I have bought several players from them and they've been great

Now, I know what your thinking, are region free players piracy? Well, it depends which country you live in

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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 11 months ago

What's a Region free player??

[-] root@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago

Found the millenial :p /jk

It's essentially a player which ignores the region locks on bluray discs.

[-] gnuplusmatt@startrek.website 40 points 11 months ago

Found the millenial

millenial? Some of us are now in our forties. We grew up in the format wars

[-] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

the VHS vs Beta format wars, not the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray format wars for the young'ns out there.

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Digital format wars were a thing while Blockbuster was still around. They know both

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

How quickly we forget Laserdisc and Video CDs.

Oh and UMD, but I don't think "I want to watch a movie in poor quality on a tiny screen on a device that'll probably run out of battery before the movie finishes" was a market anybody was really interested in.

[-] root@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

Sony minidisc says hi :p

I remember a time when i was hoping they'll implement the minidisc as an alternate removerable storage for PC. More robust compared to floppy disks, less delicate compared to CDR, and is rewritable too. LOL