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  • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It really is. I have a ton of movies even lower res than DVD, like 480x272 (because way back in 2008 I wanted to be able to play them on my PSP which couldn't handle anything bigger…) and they're perfectly watchable. But of course I grew up on broadcast TV and VHS, it's all uphill from there.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah. Literally just watched "The Terminator" - which I legally bought on DVD and ripped - on a 65" OLED TV streamed from my Plex instance and it was perfectly fine. I do watch higher-res stuff but honestly at couch-distance DVD quality is enough.

      As for region locks, my ripping software and drive couldn't give two shits about that.

      • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Yes, exactly. I'll notice the quality difference if I'm standing 3 feet away from the screen, but that's not how I watch movies.