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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2714529" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>The Sony players seem to have better compatibility. I suspect that is because they basically wrote the standard and knew what was going to come in the future. The other guys purchase the rights from Sony and it seems that they only put in what they think will be used rather than everything and it then bites us in the rear end later on. </p><p></p><p>With that said I pretty much only use a PS3 to watch bluray movies, the bad thing is that if you make an archive file on a computer it will not play it completely before cutting out the audio and giving a warning. It's something in the audio track encoding and is meant to prevent copyright infringement which is all fine and good. My six year old Samsung bluray player does not work with modern discs but it does play the archives without a problem which is part of the reason for making them. Also found that the LG smart tv does not have an issue playing the archive files either. Makes me happy as I do not have to get up and go search for a disc, worry about it getting scratched or having to find another remote, etc. The PS3 is for rented movies or something someone else brings over or a brand new movie.</p><p></p><p>I still prefer to have a physical copy though, sometimes it's nice for going to someone else's house or whatever else. Not to mention that though there are a few places that have the digital versions some are stream only and if you want a copy to take along on a trip it's a pure pain. Plus if I lose my archive due to a drive failure I can just make another, at least till I build out my freeNAS box with ZFS3. And yeah I could download a copy again from one of the services that offer that version but pulling down terrabytes of data will probably have Cox screaming at me. And that is on top of the usual monthly traffic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2714529, member: 29706"] The Sony players seem to have better compatibility. I suspect that is because they basically wrote the standard and knew what was going to come in the future. The other guys purchase the rights from Sony and it seems that they only put in what they think will be used rather than everything and it then bites us in the rear end later on. With that said I pretty much only use a PS3 to watch bluray movies, the bad thing is that if you make an archive file on a computer it will not play it completely before cutting out the audio and giving a warning. It's something in the audio track encoding and is meant to prevent copyright infringement which is all fine and good. My six year old Samsung bluray player does not work with modern discs but it does play the archives without a problem which is part of the reason for making them. Also found that the LG smart tv does not have an issue playing the archive files either. Makes me happy as I do not have to get up and go search for a disc, worry about it getting scratched or having to find another remote, etc. The PS3 is for rented movies or something someone else brings over or a brand new movie. I still prefer to have a physical copy though, sometimes it's nice for going to someone else's house or whatever else. Not to mention that though there are a few places that have the digital versions some are stream only and if you want a copy to take along on a trip it's a pure pain. Plus if I lose my archive due to a drive failure I can just make another, at least till I build out my freeNAS box with ZFS3. And yeah I could download a copy again from one of the services that offer that version but pulling down terrabytes of data will probably have Cox screaming at me. And that is on top of the usual monthly traffic. [/QUOTE]
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