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LG discontinues all UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players
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This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
But getting a DVD just to rip it is very inconvenient. Not only can there be scarcity issues with out-of-print disks, but also you'd either deal with the disks you never use lying around, throw them out or bother reselling, which I'd prefer not to do. I'd prefer having just hard drives of my media.