As a matter of principle, my LG OLED TV will never get internet access. Otherwise, I’ll be faced with forced upgrades that modify things against my best interest, for example by displaying ads. Currently, the entire TV experience is fast and ad-free, so one could argue that by granting it internet access, it effectively “breaks” or at the very least becomes an inferior product than what I purchased. Now let’s say I want to watch a movie on my TV. I can rent a 4K blu-ray locally for 3€ per night and that’ll work just fine. The Blu-Ray player needs regular online updates and is in general pretty hostile towards me, the law-abiding consumer, but it works. I’ve also heard that people have a great experience with RARBG, which appears to be a (likely illegal) place to freely download 4K movie rips. Then there’s iTunes, where I can “purchase” and “download” movies, but the resulting files won’t play on my TV, because they are wrapped in iTunes DRM. Also, iTunes vehemently refuses to download 4K movies, so for those I would be at the mercy of a good internet connection. Now I’ve heard that it is technically easy to rip the iTunes DRM to recover an MP4, but that is likely illegal again. It appears that rented blu-rays are the only reasonable option here, but for convenience, I would like to download new movies. But legally. I don’t mind if the file has DRM, as long as I can make the TV play it fully offline. So that means Widevine should be fine, as it’s an Android TV. But it appears that all Widevine-based movie services (iTunes, Hulu, Amazon, Netflix) refuse to let me download 4K files. Also, they all insist on their own shitty apps, which I’m not sure I can get onto the TV without internet. Is there any place where I can legally purchase a movie file that can be played offline on an Android “smart” TV?
Story Published at: October 9, 2022 at 01:13PM
Story Published at: October 9, 2022 at 01:13PM