POST GAME [PREMIERS, 2025] Broncos vs Storm

[Super Freak]

Who the heck watches physical media these days???

I stream most of what I watch, and if there's an absolute masterpiece that I must own, it gets ripped to my PC and I watch via Plex.

I do. A lot of my games in my collection are on DVD.

I like bringing out the old DVD player, sitting back on the couch and having a little marathon of games.

I also like the pre-game and post-game stuff for Grand Final DVD's and absolutely ****ing hate it when the stuff uploaded to YouTube is shitty 720p.

Like who the **** uploads 720p these days?

 

[BroncsFan]

Feeling old with a "back in my day" moment, but I really hate the streaming form of media that has taken over.

You never own the thing you're paying for.

If they take a movie, music, TV show, etc. off the platform you're paying for then you're ****ed.

Even gaming... I dont game anymore (dont have the time) but I got an urge one weekend, put the CD in, but the server isnt supported anymore so the game was basically unplayable.

 

[Allo]

Feeling old with a "back in my day" moment, but I really hate the streaming form of media that has taken over.

You never own the thing you're paying for.

If they take a movie, music, TV show, etc. off the platform you're paying for then you're ****ed.

Even gaming... I dont game anymore (dont have the time) but I got an urge one weekend, put the CD in, but the server isnt supported anymore so the game was basically unplayable.

I feel this with music

I’ve been Spotify for a while since I stopped buying on iTunes, but decided to give Apple Music a go because they apparently pay artists better.

Was searching through for stuff that wasn’t on Spotify, and while there was a few tracks, they simply didn’t have enough, and stuff I know was on the regular store because I bought it, isn’t on streaming.

I’ve got a decent physical media collection that I’ll have to keep building back up, because there’s just no guarantee it’ll stay on services indefinitely. Streaming is a convenient temporary option, but not something to rely completely on.

 

[john1420]

Even better: **** off Plex. No need to transcode everything.

To each their own....my home theatre has a projector with a streaming media stick in it, and a screen, with a bluetooth soundbar. Minimalistic. Stuff all wires, other then the power cord.

Nowhere to shove a DVD or Blu-ray player in that setup

 

[Bucking Beads]

They've arrived!!!

 

[McHunt]

To each their own....my home theatre has a projector with a streaming media stick in it, and a screen, with a bluetooth soundbar. Minimalistic. Stuff all wires, other then the power cord.

Nowhere to shove a DVD or Blu-ray player in that setup

I mean you don't need to use transcoding software to meddle with your shared media. You can just share it on the network in its native format (MP3, MP4, FLAC, etc) or container (eg MKV), and play it with a client side app that can process that kind of media. Kodi, for example, on Android (FireTV), Linux, or Windows. Or Nplayer on IOS.

I know Plex has a big following because it can index your media, which might work out if it's tagged helpfully, but it's not necessary.

 

[Trill Harrigan]

is your media tagged helpfully mchunt? the people want answers

 

[Fatboy]

Just rewatched the fox mini finals games. My wife giggled. I’ll sleep well tonight.

 

[john1420]

I mean you don't need to use transcoding software to meddle with your shared media. You can just share it on the network in its native format (MP3, MP4, FLAC, etc) or container (eg MKV), and play it with a client side app that can process that kind of media. Kodi, for example, on Android (FireTV), Linux, or Windows. Or Nplayer on IOS.

I know Plex has a big following because it can index your media, which might work out if it's tagged helpfully, but it's not necessary.

WAY off topic now so we probably should leave this now, so I'll just say this in closing; I know of other options, I've tried many of them and I prefer Plex. It is, for example, far superior to Kodi - for what I want to do.

Please feel free to have your closing statement but for the sake of the thread I won't continue :)

 

[Nashy]

WAY off topic now so we probably should leave this now, so I'll just say this in closing; I know of other options, I've tried many of them and I prefer Plex. It is, for example, far superior to Kodi - for what I want to do.

Please feel free to have your closing statement but for the sake of the thread I won't continue :)

Agreed on Kodi, trash level, but it does the job it's designed to do, and it'll remain popular while it's built into anything in the piracy world.

Jellyfin is a new upcoming one which is pretty good. But I'm full into Plex, it's excellent, but can be difficult if you're a streamer like I think McHunt is. Jellyfin I think started supporting streams in a recent version too.

 

[Harry Sack]

Feeling old with a "back in my day" moment, but I really hate the streaming form of media that has taken over.

You never own the thing you're paying for.

If they take a movie, music, TV show, etc. off the platform you're paying for then you're ****ed.

Even gaming... I dont game anymore (dont have the time) but I got an urge one weekend, put the CD in, but the server isnt supported anymore so the game was basically unplayable.

Holy shit, what were you trying to play? I have to know now.

I've still got a physical copy of the first Witcher game, in a fancy box and everything. I could have sworn I had a physical copy of GTA: SA for PC as well, but can't find it.

 

[BroncsFan]

Holy shit, what were you trying to play? I have to know now.

I've still got a physical copy of the first Witcher game, in a fancy box and everything. I could have sworn I had a physical copy of GTA: SA for PC as well, but can't find it.

I was just trying to play an old NBA 2k and do the my player or whatever it is.

But when it's not on the server it's not linked to their micro transactions crap, so it puts you in an offline version that had a messed up version of the XP and no customisation of the player.

Completely pointless

 

[mrslong]

I’m happy we’re keeping this thread alive by any means necessary

 

[BroncsFan]

I’m happy we’re keeping this thread alive by any means necessary

I dont often talk about my gaming exploits... but when I do it's a 4yr old basketball game I can no longer play

 

[mrslong]

This is a safe space

 

[Super Freak]

Trophy tour.

 

[Volvo Driver]

So Reynolds did his calf the week before the GF.

Did well to keep that under wraps.

 

[Super Freak]

So Reynolds did his calf the week before the GF.

Did well to keep that under wraps.

I believe he actually did it before the Panthers game.

The Broncos were really clever hiding it. They rotated Hunt, Ezra and Reyno at training and making it look like they were tinkering with the gameplan when in reality Reyno was being rotated because he couldn't finish a session. The media didn't catch on.