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by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/05/2009, 4:04am PDT |
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Back when I first started using BitTorrent to download movies, I'd download anything. Handcam, shaky-cam, foreign cam with subs, whatever. Didn't matter. Free movies!
Then I got more discriminating, and wouldn't touch anything lower than a domestic telesync.
A lot of times, a telesync or telecine would never appear, so I got used to waiting for the DVD rip, and it wasn't long before that was my basement. I'd mess around with R5 screeners on occasion, but I held the line on DVD rips for a long, long time.
Shortly after I got back from Paris, a friend and I were chatting and he asked me where I got my high-def downloads from. I told him that I didn't download high-def rips, since they were too big and couldn't be played on my TV easily. He acted shocked, and then mocked me for not knowing about the explosion of popularity x264 has experienced.
"Well, that's all fine and good," I sneered. "But how am I supposed to play mkv files on my television?" And then he directed me to mkv2vob.
Ever since then, I can't convince myself download anything less than a 720p Blu-ray rip, no matter how much I want to see the movie in question. Once I figured out that I didn't even have to copy the file over to the PS3; I could just drop it into a shared folder and stream it directly to the television with no waiting, it got even worse. Even TV shows, with which I used to be quite satisfied with xvid encodes, are now subject to the constantly raising bar.
I ask you, Caltrops: how have your tastes in piracy changed over time? |
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Tales of a Quality Snob by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/05/2009, 4:04am PDT 
Nothing is worth downloading because tv and movies are dead. by Fullofkittens 09/05/2009, 4:31am PDT
Re: Nothing is worth downloading because tv and movies are dead. by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/05/2009, 5:54am PDT
Although I guess you're referring to the codec and not the encoder. So yes, then NT by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/05/2009, 5:56am PDT
All of Bluray is for techno snobs anyway by FABIO 09/05/2009, 5:19am PDT
Would you say that you dislike or disapprove of Bluray, Fabio? NT by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 1:08pm PDT
I have some $100 cables to sell you NT by FABIO 09/05/2009, 7:41pm PDT
Blob already made that joke. Zseni proven wrong again. NT by FABIO 09/05/2009, 7:42pm PDT
Look at you, tirelessly disliking things. Where do you find the energy? NT by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 8:15pm PDT
Anime AND Questionable Content! Does this guy's hate ever stop? NT by FABIO 09/05/2009, 10:10pm PDT
We tried to make a list of everything you hate by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 10:36pm PDT
things zsni hates: the human face, good animation, good writing, consensual sex NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/05/2009, 11:03pm PDT
I've never seen two of these and the other two are forbidden to women. NT by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 11:34pm PDT
How thick are those glasses Fabio?! No really, i'd like to know. by bombMexico 09/05/2009, 1:49pm PDT
The requested URL /cgi-bin/example.cgi was not found on this server. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 1:57pm PDT
fabsio actually has a point here wait what huh? NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/05/2009, 5:05pm PDT
I have drifted up with music and down with movies/TV by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 1:07pm PDT
Are you turning into one of those "audiophiles" with $200 speaker wire & such? NT by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/05/2009, 4:49pm PDT
They were not very expensive speakers. by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 5:17pm PDT
Fusion is the worst thing that happened to jazz. by Fullofkittens 09/05/2009, 4:57pm PDT
Here's the BEST thing that happened to jazz. ^_^ by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 5:04pm PDT
haha NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/05/2009, 8:59pm PDT
I dunno I think there's room for more than one kind of music listener in the ent by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 5:19pm PDT
Why would anyone buy anime? Why not just set your money on fire? NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 4:58pm PDT
Cromartie, Sexy Commando, Hellsing, Ping Pong Club, Mononoke (NOT FOR SALE by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 5:24pm PDT
Like only one of those is worth actually owning. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 5:27pm PDT
Is it Witch Hunter Robin? Or is it Utena?! NT by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 5:28pm PDT
Neither, those are both horrible. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 5:30pm PDT
I'm going for a bike ride, hate anime until I get back. NT by Zsenitan 09/05/2009, 6:05pm PDT
Anime will continue to suck regardless so no porb. ^_^ NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 6:06pm PDT
do u rike it? NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/05/2009, 6:07pm PDT
joh has a point, where is your point? by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/05/2009, 5:36pm PDT
Cams for us on only rare occasions. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 1:23pm PDT
I downloaded a cam of the gi joe movie, because let's face it why bother finding NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/05/2009, 5:06pm PDT
The exception basically is "don't want to even bother with a DVD rip." by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 5:11pm PDT
perhaps it is the movie studios recording these cams and knocking the focus off by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/05/2009, 5:42pm PDT
The Wanted cam was still better quality even. :( NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/05/2009, 5:48pm PDT
Re: Tales of a Quality Snob by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/05/2009, 9:04pm PDT
please. someone have ICJ's baby. kthnx. NT by up with pod people 09/05/2009, 9:30pm PDT
On a marginally related note. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 09/08/2009, 8:52pm PDT
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