Tried to support the industry by buying a movie a watch a lot. Well, no more. If I need a pihole just to watch a movie I own, that’s ridiculous.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      Most if not all 4k players are network enabled due to the DRM that is on the 4k medium. From my experiences, they usually need to connect to the internet to download the keys at least once before anything 4k works. DVD and BD usually work without issue though.

      • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        How goofy.
        Like, I understand most people have internet at home nowadays but come on, I thought a big point of Physical Media was not needing the damn internet to work!

        • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          02·
          6 months ago

          fucking everything connects to the internet these days dude. You fridge, you tv, hell probably even your toothbrush what the hell comment is this? “what you are driving at” is a world that no longer exists, this smart tech shit is being shoved down all our throats as we speak.

            • tkw8@lemm.eeOPEnglish
              2·
              6 months ago

              A 1080p player does not require internet connectivity but 4K/UHD discs need to phone home in order to get decryption keys on a per disc basis. There is a lot of discussion about this in the MakeMKV forums if you want to do a deeper dive.

              • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
                1·
                6 months ago

                4K/UHD discs need to phone home in order to get decryption keys on a per disc basis

                Is that true for hardware players? I’ve only seen people talking about software players like Power DVD having to get keys from the Internet.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              01·
              6 months ago

              Which is why I am incredulous at the idea that a Blu-ray player needs to connect to the internet

              Is it really that hard to imagine a future where DRM encroaches further and further on us? Your fuckin blue ray player might not connect to the internet but it is still region locked.

    • mendiCAN [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      my quick search for “Blu Ray players” brought up a list. 4 of the first 5 i saw were also “streaming boxes” with wi-fi. the 5th had an Ethernet port. didn’t really check further but looks like it’s pretty common now.

        • deathbird@mander.xyzEnglish
          0·
          6 months ago

          Maybe sorta to update keys? But I think they will also do that if you pop in a newer disc. It’s been known to cause an issue with playback of older disks, I think.

          The whole process of buying media is broken.