Looking for DVD player recommentation (europe.pub)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by WrongDoer1@europe.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Dears,

I'm asking for your DVD player recommendations - I'm done with the streaming platforms. I'm looking for something simple and robust with all the important key features but I'm a little lost with the current offer. What's a must have?

Ideally, I'd go for a player that has both HDMI and USB-C in output, to make sure it still works fine in the future - but I'm not sure USB-C output exists. Now I'm also questioning the need of BluRay/image upgrade, as it shouldn't be too expensive.

Do you use a DVD player? What is your recommendation? Would any 2nd have from 2010's do the job?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I understand USB-C output does not exist - and any 2nd hand Blu-ray player would be perfect and be quite cheap! Thanks all for your comments!

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[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

FWIW I had similar concerns and here is my suggestion :

no physical player or even DVDs... just get DRM-free files
if you still do want to do the whole thing offline I bought a brand new 20€ DVD player with USB input to plug on my Linux computer
- I then installed dvdbackup
- use it to get VOD files
- read directly with e.g vlc
- compress with ffmpeg

Might sound complicated and first time maybe it took me 1h to setup, now I put a DVD in, start my script and 15min later I have a video.mp4 with everything I need. I can play it locally, share on LAN with miniDLNA and let any other device (phones, video projector with VLC, etc) play the content.

I then frequently go to my public local media library, get the content I need legally and the right holders get their cut, no data going to BigTech platforms.

[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also if you don't care for miniDLNA and streaming over your own LAN (or even online if you have your own VPN) copy the resulting files on a 5€ USB stick on plug on your TV, works just as well. If your TV isn't "smart", which is perfectly fine, then use a RPi and do the same.

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