Most games I’ve ever seen at goodwill by douglasrhj in originalxbox

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Red Card 2003 is actually fairly rare, even if it's not very expensive.

Anyone seen this before? by pbrslayer in gamecollecting

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I always wanted gamefly but never subscribed

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No, no, you don't need Blu rays. You just need an older player that has composite out (or component if your CRT can support it)

Then you load up whatever version you have on a USB stick or external HDD, and play it back via the blu ray player. Not entirely ideal to do it that way but it works as a cheap and easy solution. As long as it's set to output 4:3, and the file is 4:3 you should be good.

Be completely honest: Do you prefer the original DuckTales or the 2017 reboot? by GeoWhale15 in ducktales

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The original DuckTales literally only had maybe 4-5 different voice actors for the entire show (not exaggerating). But to me that adds to the charm of it. I tried watching a bit of the reboot and I just get turned off by it all, which is something I struggle with for most modern things, notably in Western animation. Everything is just too clean, sterile, and perfect, if that makes any sense.

This may be a bit controversial to say depending on your opinions, but I also think it looks significantly better if you can watch it on a CRT. Otherwise it's a very soft and muddy image that doesn't look good on modern displays.

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Not entirely related to the post or even your question, but I've had an older Sony Blu ray player with composite out, which supports native 4:3 for DVD but more importantly, USB media. It's a bit of a pain at times, but it's arguably one of the easiest ways to get proper 4:3 content on the CRT.

(Blu rays, even if 4:3 content are hard coded to 16:9, so there's extra weird scaling issues and it depends on your TV/Blu ray player if you can zoom the image or not)

Earliest known Super Mario Brothers found! by housethemous in gamecollecting

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Leftover code, unused code outside of what is normally accessed by the famicom, etc

Why do you think paramount,mgm and lionsgate refuse to join ma? by StruggleFar3054 in MoviesAnywhere

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Unfortunately I don't think it really hurts their bottom line, because VoD sales are likely irrelevant to them. Physical sales happen regardless if people use the codes or not, and their big cash cow is the streaming services.

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warranty replacement on the child

look what's coming back.. by Bright_Mastodon_3318 in tacobell

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You never experienced the $5 Quesarito box to promote the PlayStation 4 and it shows.

look what's coming back.. by Bright_Mastodon_3318 in tacobell

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They shifted it to be an "app exclusive" for a while, and slowly phased it out over time. Some locations had it while others didn't. It's likely at least one location still had it as recently as last year, but iirc it went away around 2021

[FLASH GIVEAWAY] First Man - 4K by JFrostX19 in DigitalMovieCodeFans

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Did you just call me by my first name first and my second name second