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#31

Off Topic Discussion / Re: External Plug and Play 4K/...

Last post by realmoviefactsnotfake - December 11, 2025, 05:26:10 PM

I haven't really kept up with the tech, But learning a new term (UHD) kinda puts it in context....

I'm guessing this might be a good place to start.....
https://www.amazon.com/External-Blu-Ray-Drive-Compatible/dp/B0D12P7Q27

i'm taking a look but it seems like that also has the same issue as most the UDH readers where it doesn't actually support 4K; I guess I'll have to find some way to wire a 4K or bluray player to my PC using a capture card. shoot.

#32

Off Topic Discussion / Re: External Plug and Play 4K/...

Last post by LilCerberus - December 11, 2025, 04:38:59 PM

I haven't really kept up with the tech, But learning a new term (UHD) kinda puts it in context....

I'm guessing this might be a good place to start.....
https://www.amazon.com/External-Blu-Ray-Drive-Compatible/dp/B0D12P7Q27

#33

Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by LilCerberus - December 11, 2025, 04:21:11 PM

Didn't quite go the way I wanted, & CoPilot was taking forever....
May try again later.....

#34

Off Topic Discussion / Re: External Plug and Play 4K/...

Last post by Rev. Powell - December 11, 2025, 03:48:05 PM

My current one has gone on the fritz and I'm in the market for a new model. I'm looking at this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPPWKMGK/?coliid=I1ALWXX3L6UOGQ

so with these i got on amazon it seems like they don't sell 4K players (or the ones they do sell apparently do not come with a power bank that is needed to... well power it) I also (as stated before) ran into an issue where the blurays weren't reading and I just need to know: Is there some kinda program I need in order to get VLC to read the blurays? I'd take bluray over 4K for now but any brand recommendations would help.

I missed the 4K part of your question... I assume something exists that would play 4K UHDs but I don't know of it and I'm not in the market myself. As for playing Blu-rays with VLC, it needs a "codec" which you should be able to download for free. However, I have never been able to install one properly--it takes some fiddling. I was hoping a new player would be friendlier, but I usually use them for my old CDs and DVDs, though I'd prefer it to play new BRs as well. Good luck, maybe someone else will know more.

#35

Off Topic Discussion / Re: External Plug and Play 4K/...

Last post by realmoviefactsnotfake - December 11, 2025, 02:39:50 PM

My current one has gone on the fritz and I'm in the market for a new model. I'm looking at this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPPWKMGK/?coliid=I1ALWXX3L6UOGQ

so with these i got on amazon it seems like they don't sell 4K players (or the ones they do sell apparently do not come with a power bank that is needed to... well power it) I also (as stated before) ran into an issue where the blurays weren't reading and I just need to know: Is there some kinda program I need in order to get VLC to read the blurays? I'd take bluray over 4K for now but any brand recommendations would help.

#36

Off Topic Discussion / Re: External Plug and Play 4K/...

Last post by realmoviefactsnotfake - December 11, 2025, 02:35:52 PM

Yeah, as Cerberus mentioned, they are not hard to get or use. Got one myself.

thing is i got one a few years back and it doesnt read my blurays; plus i can't seem to find one that plays $K as well. Most the ones i see on ebay say they dont recognize the 4K discs.

now i use VLC media player to watch my DVDs so im assuming the one I have worked but i needed some kind of software thing to make it read the blurays? I guess I should have added this to clarify any confusion and save me from the snark.

#37

Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...

Last post by Alex - December 11, 2025, 02:21:53 PM

I'd say that out of all the people who've said they'll never try haggis and then have tried it, the like rate is about 66 to 75%. It's just a spicy sausage. If you don't want to try it, fair enough.

For microbreweries, the US does stand equal with any other nation on that score, but anything they mass-produce seems to be awful. I'm not just talking about the exported stuff. I mean, I've spent about a year in total over there and I've tried a lot of different beers (my favourite place to drink was a microbrewery called Walkabout in Salt Lake City, no idea if it is still there or not but they did have a very nice drink that was also fairly hefty at 10%. With the way things are going I guess it will be a long time, if ever, before I could try and go back there). Budweiser I've never been a fan of, Millar I can tolerate or Rolling Rock. A lot of the 'exported' stuff is actually more produced under license and brewed to more suit European tastes (Budweiser as an example is brewed in two places in the UK using locally grown hops so we aren't getting the same stuff as you'd get from your local store. I do tend to view craft beers as being a different thing to normal beers though (just due to the economies of scale involved I guess).

Saw this in a book I finished reading earlier today BM by Alex Corbett, on Flickr

It's from a role-playing game called GURPS and this one has a background of 50s sci-fi movies involving atomic energy in assorted fashions and was published about 2001 I think.

#38

Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...

Last post by Rev. Powell - December 11, 2025, 02:11:00 PM

(Is there a cap to how high a movie can be rated?)

No

#39

Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...

Last post by chainsaw midget - December 11, 2025, 02:04:34 PM

- Birdemic 3
- Ben and Arthur
+ Bloodsucking Freaks

(Is there a cap to how high a movie can be rated?)

#40

Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...

Last post by claws - December 11, 2025, 01:26:54 PM

+1 Troll 2 (1990)
+1 Showgirls (1995)
- The Protector (1985)