Simplify Your Life: Get Rid of DVDs

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n_huffhines

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I am so pumped to use this service, and thought I'd share.

I spent 3 hours and $175 and converted 131 DVDs to digital using vudu.com (by Sony). We're having a garage sale and I figure I can sell my physical collection for $400+, so it will pay for itself and I won't have to carry around boxes of these things, ever again.

If you convert 10 at a time, the cost is:

SD = $1
upgrade to HDX = $2.50

Also, you can share your library with up to 5 people. So I've added 145 total titles, but my library has 220 because of other contributors. And it warns you before you buy something that is already in your library. It's a really cool service.
 
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Nice....

I eschewed the disc format a few years ago in favor of streaming. Partly due to space reasons but mostly because I realized I very very very rarely re-watched movies after I bought them.

I did the garage sale purge year before last. What was left I took to a local used book/cd/DVD place (along with all my CDs that just moved around from place to place taking up storage space). I don't remember the exact number but I know a made over $400 between to two.

I do keep a library of movies on my iMac for the kids to stream to Apple TV. It's 99% Disney and superhero cartoons but I never purchase stuff just for me anymore.
 
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Yeah, I would have converted only about 75 of them if it was just me, but my wife has a harder time letting stuff go. It's only $1 so not a big deal. If the people I share with watch the dumb ones I didn't want, it's worth it.
 
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I don't understand why I should pay them to do something I can already do without their service? I mean I don't get it. Plus the fact that if you do convert all your HD media and use their service it's going to eat up your data anytime you decide to watch it. 1080p will use up to 5gb of data per hour.
 
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n_huffhines said:
I am so pumped to use this service, and thought I'd share.

I spent 3 hours and $175 and converted 131 DVDs to digital using vudu.com (by Sony). We're having a garage sale and I figure I can sell my physical collection for $400+, so it will pay for itself and I won't have to carry around boxes of these things, ever again.

If you convert 10 at a time, the cost is:

SD = $1
upgrade to HDX = $2.50

Also, you can share your library with up to 5 people. So I've added 145 total titles, but my library has 220 because of other contributors. And it warns you before you buy something that is already in your library. It's a really cool service.
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I have had vudu for years. Wasn't away of this service.
 
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thehardknoxlife said:
I don't understand why I should pay them to do something I can already do without their service? I mean I don't get it. Plus the fact that if you do convert all your HD media and use their service it's going to eat up your data anytime you decide to watch it. 1080p will use up to 5gb of data per hour.
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Sounds like it includes cloud storage and streaming.

I can rip DVDs to my computer but they will eat up the hard drive fast. Plus I can't access them from any device (not that I need too).
 
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So what happens when Sony gets hacked again and the cloud storage for uploaded content gets wiped out?
 
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thehardknoxlife said:
I don't understand why I should pay them to do something I can already do without their service? I mean I don't get it. Plus the fact that if you do convert all your HD media and use their service it's going to eat up your data anytime you decide to watch it. 1080p will use up to 5gb of data per hour.
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Data usage really only counts on cell phones and if you're at home you should always be using the wifi and not data anyway.

MG1968 said:
So what happens when Sony gets hacked again and the cloud storage for uploaded content gets wiped out?
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That's why you always keep some type of local backup yourself even if it's not the most convenient way to access the data. Really you should never be uploading personal data to a cloud system anyway, something like movies I can understand though. There are always new ways for people to back up their own data locally using devices like the WD My Cloud and others on the market.
 
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thehardknoxlife said:
I don't understand why I should pay them to do something I can already do without their service? I mean I don't get it. Plus the fact that if you do convert all your HD media and use their service it's going to eat up your data anytime you decide to watch it. 1080p will use up to 5gb of data per hour.
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It's not a problem for me to stream, plus you can download any movie and watch it that way.

Once I've shared my library with a few people, I will turn my library from 140 into close to 1000 movies. That's why it's so beneficial...not to mention getting rid of tons of needless physical copies.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Are you making a joke, or are you seriously concerned about this?
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Anytime you surrender your data over to someone else, on their server/system that you're not in control of it's a legitimate concern. If it's not it should be.
 
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n_huffhines said:
I am so pumped to use this service, and thought I'd share.

I spent 3 hours and $175 and converted 131 DVDs to digital using vudu.com (by Sony). We're having a garage sale and I figure I can sell my physical collection for $400+, so it will pay for itself and I won't have to carry around boxes of these things, ever again.

If you convert 10 at a time, the cost is:

SD = $1
upgrade to HDX = $2.50

Also, you can share your library with up to 5 people. So I've added 145 total titles, but my library has 220 because of other contributors. And it warns you before you buy something that is already in your library. It's a really cool service.
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I'm an audiophile... I need my music. I'm boxed in to Apple/itunes right now. I want an easy/quick/convenient way to get everything I have on itunes over to my Android phone... or vice versa. I don't have 2-3 weekends to waste doing that though.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
I'm an audiophile... I need my music. I'm boxed in to Apple/itunes right now. I want an easy/quick/convenient way to get everything I have on itunes over to my Android phone... or vice versa. I don't have 2-3 weekends to waste doing that though.
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I use iSyncr. The unpaid version will let you sync 1 playlist of up to 100 songs to your android. Paid version removes all restrictions.

It does require an app on your phone and another program on your computer, but it's simple to use.
 
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MG1968 said:
I use iSyncr. The unpaid version will let you sync 1 playlist of up to 100 songs to your android. Paid version removes all restrictions.

It does require an app on your phone and another program on your computer, but it's simple to use.
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It does music, video and podcasts?
 
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n_huffhines said:
It's not a problem for me to stream, plus you can download any movie and watch it that way.

Once I've shared my library with a few people, I will turn my library from 140 into close to 1000 movies. That's why it's so beneficial...not to mention getting rid of tons of needless physical copies.
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I'm not much of a technofile and this confuses me. How does your library grow by 8x once you share it with another person?
 
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Coug said:
Anytime you surrender your data over to someone else, on their server/system that you're not in control of it's a legitimate concern. If it's not it should be.
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Yeah, my CC# could get stolen, but not sure how or why hackers would erase my information/library, especially if they have the information physically backed up, offline. If they don't, I'm in on a class-action lawsuit.
 
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McDad said:
I'm not much of a technofile and this confuses me. How does your library grow by 8x once you share it with another person?
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You can share with up to 5 people. It was just a hypothetical, but if everyone brings 200 titles, I get 1000. The only person I share with has added 90 and has about 200 more to add. My bro-in-law is my next target, and he has like 300 DVDs.

That's how. Share with the right people, and it could be 5,000.
 
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I primarily stream movies now but the "crazy old man" in me will hold on to my physical copies. I don't like the idea of access to all my content being up to some server in a dark room.

Is a CD wallet so hard to find? I have five of them stashed under my couch.
 
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Crew said:
I primarily stream movies now but the "crazy old man" in me will hold on to my physical copies. I don't like the idea of access to all my content being up to some server in a dark room.

Is a CD wallet so hard to find? I have five of them stashed under my couch.
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Come to my garage sale.
 
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n_huffhines said:
You can share with up to 5 people. It was just a hypothetical, but if everyone brings 200 titles, I get 1000. The only person I share with has added 90 and has about 200 more to add. My bro-in-law is my next target, and he has like 300 DVDs.

That's how. Share with the right people, and it could be 5,000.
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That is very cool. Is this not in violation of copyright or some such? In other words, isn't this concept the reason for Napster takedown by the RIA?
 
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McDad said:
That is very cool. Is this not in violation of copyright or some such? In other words, isn't this concept the reason for Napster takedown by the RIA?
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My guess is Sony has worked out some deal with studios and thats why the limit is five.
 
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