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Xtras:
I agree with mirgond with one exception. DVD's are not guaranteed to last very long. Quality manufacturers releases last well beyond their 30's but this isn't always the case.Bandai for example has had proven issues with manufacturing low quality DVD's that die pretty quickly even under ideal circumstances. Encodes on the other hand are easily backed up as they don't take a lot of space. If you wanted to back up your DVD's, then you would need an illegal decrypting program, and pretty fat hard drive to go along with it.

kurandoinu:

--- Quote from: xtras on August 15, 2009, 11:39:05 AM --- If you wanted to back up your DVD's, then you would need an illegal decrypting program, and pretty fat hard drive to go along with it.

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As opposed to the illegal downloads and hard drive space that they take up?

Xtras:

--- Quote from: kurandoinu on August 15, 2009, 12:01:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: xtras on August 15, 2009, 11:39:05 AM --- If you wanted to back up your DVD's, then you would need an illegal decrypting program, and pretty fat hard drive to go along with it.

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As opposed to the illegal downloads and hard drive space that they take up?

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But those are free and unofficial, done merely for the enjoyment of fans. Box sets are fairly pricey and probably shouldn't have added headaches since you are paying for a professionally made product.

kurandoinu:

--- Quote from: xtras on August 15, 2009, 12:05:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: kurandoinu on August 15, 2009, 12:01:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: xtras on August 15, 2009, 11:39:05 AM --- If you wanted to back up your DVD's, then you would need an illegal decrypting program, and pretty fat hard drive to go along with it.

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As opposed to the illegal downloads and hard drive space that they take up?

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But those are free and unofficial, done merely for the enjoyment of fans. Box sets are fairly pricey and probably shouldn't have added headaches since you are paying for a professionally made product.

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But if you own the original boxset at least you have done something to help the industry along. Backing them up and getting pretty good picture quality doesn't take that much harddrive space up either, unless you want all the menu's etc. Just downloading everything all the time doesn't do anyone any good.

And why should the fact that you bought something mean that it shouldn't have any additional headaches? Its a physical product, and sometimes its gonna break, you just have to deal with it.

Xtras:
I 100% agree about buying box sets to help the industry, and I am a fan of rewarding people who make a good series. The only thing that really makes me mad is when these companies manufacture low quality products that are likely to stop working. I know they are low on funds and are hurting pretty badly considering the current state of affairs but still, substandard quality is not easily forgiven. If the products released are of quality and won't stop working if properly cared for, then I have no objections. If you have been following the craziness with bandai's new releases, you will see what I mean. They are cutting corners all over the place.

The thing I really wanted to know by making this forum topic was not really whether it is worth it to buy the DVD boxsets or not. I plan on doing that anyway. What I wanted to know is, in the event that one of the DVD's fail, would I be able to replace it using encodes, without a noticeable loss in quality? I'd rather not back up DVD's with zero compression (that is just asking for errors and fragmentation).

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