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Why bother with DVDs when you have torrents and russian streaming sites...

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I enjoy watching movies without having to wait four hours to download a Blu-ray rip on my 2mb ADSL.

"I feel like watching a movie, NAS" vs "I feel like watching a movie, ETA: 4 hours"

And besides my TV is dumb enough that I'm proud of it. It supports DNLA and works well.

Just plan ahead and download it before you want to watch it

But that just ruins the spontaneous movie watching experience you get with DVDs.

Surely you mean the spontaneity after you have actually bought the DVD.

That, or rewatching a pre-watched film for comfort. Not every movie needs to be new.

I rewatched Firefly on the whim the other week and now Malcom In The Middle because I own them on DVD.

Not available anywhere else digitally, at least with my subscription's.

if you watched it before you already downloaded it...

Because paying for the art I enjoy is the right thing to do, so I do it.

I have donated hundreds to charity purchasing my used DVDs from charity shops.

your hard earned couple dollars made all the difference to hollywood. they absolutely will repay you with even more ads, payment tiers, propaganda and DRM!

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