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Vilya · 08-03-2021, 10:00 PM

^BD Live failed.

Accept the finality and make peace with it. Henceforth let it be known as BD Dead.

1 Gbps internet service? Access isn't the issue. Yeah, it's available here even in my tiny village, but it costs $140 per month AND it requires that I use their hardware at an additional monthly fee. No chance in hell will I pay that much nor do I need it to stream in 4K. No streaming service offering 4K content recommends any speed above 30 Mbps; some recommend half that. If I had a family of 10 all streaming 4K at the same time I would need only about a third of that 1 Gbps service. It's overkill.

Internet speed isn't the problem here; it's the unreliability. Who cares how fast your internet is when it's down? Also meaningless if the server that you are trying to connect to is overwhelmed, or, in the case of BD Dead, when the servers are turned off...permanently.

Connecting 48 TB of external hard drive space to an Oppo 203 is also overkill and this capability has nothing to do with BD Dead. Go with something akin to a Plex server solution if you want to download, or rip, and store a lot of content.

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08-03-2021, 10:00 PM	#10
Vilya Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Sep 2011 Location:In the gloaming 4K collection:774 Blu-ray collection:5294 DVD collection:3918 Digital collection:1697 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:17	^BD Live failed. Accept the finality and make peace with it. Henceforth let it be known as BD Dead. 1 Gbps internet service? Access isn't the issue. Yeah, it's available here even in my tiny village, but it costs $140 per month AND it requires that I use their hardware at an additional monthly fee. No chance in hell will I pay that much nor do I need it to stream in 4K. No streaming service offering 4K content recommends any speed above 30 Mbps; some recommend half that. If I had a family of 10 all streaming 4K at the same time I would need only about a third of that 1 Gbps service. It's overkill. Internet speed isn't the problem here; it's the unreliability. Who cares how fast your internet is when it's down? Also meaningless if the server that you are trying to connect to is overwhelmed, or, in the case of BD Dead, when the servers are turned off...permanently. Connecting 48 TB of external hard drive space to an Oppo 203 is also overkill and this capability has nothing to do with BD Dead. Go with something akin to a Plex server solution if you want to download, or rip, and store a lot of content.

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