On 2/23/2026 14:54, Your Name wrote:

Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new
car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??

They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc.ÿÿ :-)

It's called a "fleece" here in the US for a reason.


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On 24/02/2026 22:03, Your Name wrote:

On 2026-02-24 10:33:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:

On 24/02/2026 7:54 am, Your Name wrote:

On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:

On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:

On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:

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<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-
been- newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>

Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled
to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do
that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital
download instead. Where is my link BBC?

Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-
abouts, you've brought a car sometime in the past.

Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new
car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??

They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a
hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar
plans for mobile phones, computers, etc.ÿÿ :-)

But do we believe Aggy will have leased his gear?? Me! No way!!

Well, he is silly enough to do things the stupid way, so him expensively leasing a car wouldn't be that much of a surprise.ÿ :-)

If someone buys a car then they own it. The registration papers are put
in their name. The same goes for buying a house, or a horse, or a
toaster. When they buy a CD, or a DVD, or a VHS tape, or even a digital download, apparently they don't own it at all. Read the sleeve or edge
of the disc. They only have the right to watch or listen to it, so it's
not the same issue.


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On 2/22/2026 23:27, Your Name wrote:

On 2026-02-23 02:26:23 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:

On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:

Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to
a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that
for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download
instead. Where is my link BBC?

My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three
years old.ÿ Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a
quality external optical drive?ÿ Weather the drive is internal or
external is not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said
media on my computer.

As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one
hand, a pile of shit in the other hand, and see which hand fills up
first.

I got an external DVD-burner for my computer a few years ago. I didn't bother with Blu-ray at that time because they were a lot more expensive
and I didn't have any Blu-ray disks to play anyway.

I think at this point the drives will play everything, and the 4K
Blu-ray drive I bought three years ago cost me just about $100 USD and
works like a charm. I've seen them as high as $200, but I didn't see
the need to spend that much.

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