That only applies if renting Blu-Ray is your alternative to piracy and the reason you consume Blu-Ray is for the additional Blu-Ray extras instead of higher resolution.
Most people I'd assume rent Blu-Ray to see the content in HD, not for the additional extras available on Blu-Ray and not DVD.
I didn't hop on Blu-Ray for Yakuza Fighter.
If you were after Higher Res, then whether or not there are extras is irrelevant. Personally I feel the dilmena for potential pirates comes down to availability, price, platform interoperability, and bitrate. Does the extra bitrate for the feature film on the disc outweigh the availability, price, and portability advantage of an mkv or m2ts download?
If the industry wants to combat piracy, I would address those issues. Cheaper hardware, fewer restrictions on digital copy, included SD DVDs, easier licensing so laptops like MacBooks can read Blu-Ray, more availability of titles at retailers like Net Flix, and lower prices. For me personally, "Very Long Wait" is the best reason to consider piracy over rental.
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That only applies if renting Blu-Ray is your alternative to piracy and the reason you consume Blu-Ray is for the additional Blu-Ray extras instead of higher resolution.
Most people I'd assume rent Blu-Ray to see the content in HD, not for the additional extras available on Blu-Ray and not DVD.
I didn't hop on Blu-Ray for Yakuza Fighter.
If you were after Higher Res, then whether or not there are extras is irrelevant. Personally I feel the dilmena for potential pirates comes down to availability, price, platform interoperability, and bitrate. Does the extra bitrate for the feature film on the disc outweigh the availability, price, and portability advantage of an mkv or m2ts download?
If the industry wants to combat piracy, I would address those issues. Cheaper hardware, fewer restrictions on digital copy, included SD DVDs, easier licensing so laptops like MacBooks can read Blu-Ray, more availability of titles at retailers like Net Flix, and lower prices. For me personally, "Very Long Wait" is the best reason to consider piracy over rental.