Count me as one of the 21% who don't care to copy DVDs. Because of time constraints, I rarely watch a movie more than once. I've never had a DVD go bad on me, so I have no use for "backups", as they're called.
Also, what could be simpler than popping a DVD into a player and watching it. Certainly not ripping it to a hard drive.
Sorry to dash your hopes, Fuzz, but it hasn't happened yet in my decade of DVD playing. Nice thought, however.
Jon, there is absolutely no way ripping DVDs (and playing them from a hard drive) won't consume much more of your time. Hard drives are cheap, but DVD players are cheaper and everyone has one already. Don't forget buying the software, and media player/networking equipment if you're going to play them from your computer. That has to be setup too. It's simply not a good trade off given the exceedingly unlikely event of a broken DVD.
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Lakeonaut @ Apr 9th 2009 4:17PM
Count me as one of the 21% who don't care to copy DVDs. Because of time constraints, I rarely watch a movie more than once. I've never had a DVD go bad on me, so I have no use for "backups", as they're called.
Also, what could be simpler than popping a DVD into a player and watching it. Certainly not ripping it to a hard drive.
The Fuzz 53 @ Apr 9th 2009 5:09PM
I hope you crack a disk or drop one and your dog gets a hold of it.
Jon @ Apr 9th 2009 5:34PM
you do know to backup a dvd .. you basically hit 1 or 2 buttons and walk away ? and hard drives are extremely Cheap now .. just letting ya know
Lakeonaut @ Apr 9th 2009 6:18PM
Sorry to dash your hopes, Fuzz, but it hasn't happened yet in my decade of DVD playing. Nice thought, however.
Jon, there is absolutely no way ripping DVDs (and playing them from a hard drive) won't consume much more of your time. Hard drives are cheap, but DVD players are cheaper and everyone has one already. Don't forget buying the software, and media player/networking equipment if you're going to play them from your computer. That has to be setup too. It's simply not a good trade off given the exceedingly unlikely event of a broken DVD.