eric5h5: No, you can download 1080p. The bitrate is...not really Blu-ray. But it's OK. Studios won't let you download 4K though, only stream it.

DrazenCro: Nowadays I use autorun program for almost any type of files I have on my PC, it doesn't matter where the files are, this app has ini file where you can insert unlimited nuber of entries, group anything the way you like - movies, music, games, setup files, you can open folders with it, there is also description windows where if you mod your games you can write guide in case you need to install the game once again, etc.

Program is few KB only, minimalistic view, doesn't have anything unnecessary, it does what I need, all I have in one place which can be accessed with one click, attached is just a very small example.

Music - I don't download nor buy music, I usually have online radio from my country stored in Aimp - though good music is available during the summer only, and if I listen something from youtube, I use plugin for Aimp since I can use equalizer to improve the sound, everything is available, at least what I listen, now there is even youtube music which will replace google play music, there is a lot of subscriptions programs, but I don't see a point in paying anything just to listen what I can listen for free.

TV Shows & Movies - there is no way I would buy sth, I'm not against it but once I watch sth I have it in memory for a very long time, way too long, so I have wishlist and when I know I will have time, I pay subscription for one month and that is usually enough, it keeps me satisfied, I also play games and do other things, it is not that I'm going to be 24/7 in front of TV/PC and watch like a zombie. :)

jamesplayinggames: ...WOW Itunes is the worst store experience ever!...

jamesplayinggames: I usually rewatch shows after 3-5 years. That and it's nice to show other people when I'm talking about a show, then we could binge the whole series together with my library. :)

I use Youtube Music myself because it's really good at recommending music. I also purchase it because I want to legally be able to move it around different devices, listen to it on my radio without commercials (who listens to radio?). Actually a lot of what I do now is to remove the insane amount of advertising we get when consuming media.

AstralWanderer: There's a bigger problem with iTunes. The piece below is copied from the November 2018 issue of Home Cinema Choice ("in The Mix" by Jon Thompson):

The wrongs of rights
According to my HCC colleague John Archer, a man contacted him to ask why of the one hundred 4K titles he'd purchased via Apple's iTunes service, he now had only one title showing in his virtual collection, They had just vanished. To add insult to injury, some people are now reporting that they're being asked to buy titles that they've already bought, in an issue involving a movie studio renewing with another distributor and altering the titles' current rights.
That a studio can renew its contract with the provider, and titles that are no longer in the renewal will disappear, shows how stupid the online content business is.
Another scenario arises if the provider goes bankrupt or stops its services. If that happened from a physical media company, I would still be able to play the disc and it would probably go up in value as it would now be rare. A classic example of this is the Channel 4 TV series Live from Abbey Road. The Blu-ray master was physically lost so you could no longer nip to a shop to get a copy of the Series 1 disc - if you look on eBay, you can see it selling for more than £500. Another example of why virtual media is not just virtually worthless - it is worthless.

jamesplayinggames: This. People think steam will always exist, or whatever big library. It won't. I'm actually a little nervous that gog will not be here some day and windows will update to 11 or 12 or whatever name, and poof my games don't work...

jamesplayinggames: This. People think steam will always exist, or whatever big library. It won't. I'm actually a little nervous that gog will not be here some day and windows will update to 11 or 12 or whatever name, and poof my games don't work. If that happens I'm done with digital media.

llamas: Games and Music are super easy to use DRM-Free, but I am really struggling on what to do about movies.

I do like to rewatch movies, so I have bought a few on blu-ray. But I would prefer to switch to digital if it was the same or similar quality, but all the options seem to have DRM. I hate iTunes so I won't be spending any money there. Is there any store you can buy from where the movie isn't tied to the client?

I was looking and it should be possible to rip my blu-rays, but I'm not sure how big the files are going to get. I have a 4TB external and around 100 blu-rays. Do you think it will be enough?

llamas: I was looking and it should be possible to rip my blu-rays, but I'm not sure how big the files are going to get. I have a 4TB external and around 100 blu-rays. Do you think it will be enough?

HappyPunkPotato: You should be able to fit them all on there. I've only tried ripping DVDs so far but from a quick search it seems that a blu-ray rip would be about 20-30 GB, plus you can reduce that a bit if you don't mind a small drop in quality. I'd love to find somewhere to buy films to download in decent quality with no DRM.

Edit: teceem beat me to it! A lot of people recommend Handbrake for ripping. It can reduce the file size too if that's something you want (it bothers me though so I'd probably rather just watch the blu-ray if it's one of my favourite films).

llamas: Yeah thanks. I'm just looking to reduce the number of blu-rays I have since some of them I'will not likely watch too much. I think getting it down to maybe 30-50 of my all time favorites to keep and rip the rest and then try to sell them.