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There used to be this funny anti pirate advertisement, that tried to raise awareness in people to check if they maybe have a pirated DVD and not the original.

Somehing like, make sure your DVD

- has unskippable advertisment - long intro, also unskippable - ...

If you don't have all that, but just a video that just plays the movie, you got to rush to the store and buy the legal obstructed version.

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I actually remember getting so frustrated that I ripped some of my DVDs, made a copy without that, and put it in the same case so that I could just enjoy the movie. VHS you could always fast forward, which is not something I thought I would miss as much as I do. Physical goods that work offline are my default.

When you watch on vhs or laserdisc the loss of resolution only bothers you til the movie sucks you in.

At that point it’s irreverent because your eyeballs are not watching a long sequence of pretty still pictures, but rather your brain is watching a story in a way similar to reading a good book.

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