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re: Please help me understand Streaming TV.

Posted on 11/6/20 at 4:24 pm to
Posted by GeneralLeeAwesome
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Posted on 11/6/20 at 4:24 pm to
How do y’all get movies for a plex server?
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 11/6/20 at 5:02 pm to
If you own a physical bluray, you are legally allowed to make a backup. For viewing convenience, many store their backups on their plex server.

It's kind of a legal grey area whether you are allowed to download a backup that someone else made, but morally speaking I don't see a problem with outsourcing the task of backing up your movie collection. You can find sources of backups by researching torrents and/or usenet/newsgroups.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
26869 posts
Posted on 11/9/20 at 7:56 am to
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How do y’all get movies for a plex server?



Get a computer
Get a vpn
Torrents

I went through the hassle of converting dvds we owned to the computer. We probably had 200-300 dvds. The quality was crap and the files were huge. So I just started downloading torrents instead.

You’ll realize once you ditch cable, there’s nothing worthwhile on cable tv outside of live events, and if you have an antenna, all your missing is ESPN sports. There are more than enough shows to watch on Netflix and Hulu and Amazon. Other than CBS, you can watch all network shows on their apps for free.

And my big worry was my kids not having Disney and Nick. They’ll get by just fine on Netflix, I promise. And hell you can get Disney+ if you really wanted to, and you probably don’t really even need to download torrents if you have Disney+, Amazon and Netflix, b/c you’ll have more than enough content there.
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