The MPAA says streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide

If I remember correctly only requiem was able to remove iTunes video DRM losslessly but its been discontinued for a long time. Rest of the softwares despite claiming lossless DRM removal only did/do screen capture and reencode the stream.

 

It is possible to download movies on a PC via iTunes though. But from what I understood, you can only play them via the same PC or other Apple devices, how dumb is this.

I just saw a couple of tools, will check them out. I suppose I can them transfer them to any disk-drive right? The plan is to buy a media-center, Dune looks interesting but I believe it doesn't come with drives installed. I wonder how much disk-space I need for about 300 movies in HD quality.

http://dune-hd.com/eng

I hope you are kidding me, so a tool like NoteBurner is useless?

https://www.noteburner.com/m4v-converter-plus-for-windows.html

Perhaps I will need to take a look at torrents, but I would like to take the legal route.

 

Once you've removed the DRM, you can do what you want with them, as they are just regular video files.

 

Cool, but I do hope subhrobhandari is wrong about not being able to remove DRM from videos. The plan is to buy movies on iTunes and to transfer them to my media center. I believe 1 hour of HD content is about 5 GB big. Also, most movies don't cost more than 10 euro, that's not a bad price.

 

BTW, about Netflix, I wonder when they will finally decide to offer more "blockbuster" movies that are only 1 or 2 year old. In Holland, Film1 will stop all of its services in August 2019, because apparently they couldn't get enough licenses. Weird, because they are owned by Sony Pictures Television. I'm talking about movies like Truth or Dare, Keep Watching, Happy Death Day to name a few. Netflix spends billions on content, but where are these kind of movies? I would pay extra for this stuff.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5308322/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531334/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6772950/

 

BTW, I think I might buy a WeTek Air, it integrates basic cable TV with online streaming. And perhaps it will also be able to manage my movies collection by simply plugging in my external HDD's, but I'm not sure yet. In other words, it's a complete media center.

https://consumers.wetek.com/wetek-air/
https://consumers.wetek.com/wetv/

 

You will be able to use Kodi, for example, to manage your movies. One limitation of this (like most Chinese TV boxes), is that it is not Netflix certified, which means you can only watch Netflix at 480p resolution (720 x 480).
https://androidtvbox.eu/wetek-air-review-hybrid-tuner-dvb-c-t-t2-4k-tv-box-with-android-tv/

 

Wow, thanks for the tip. Funny that they don't mention this clearly. But anyway, my newest plan is to buy a new Sony TV, they are based on Android TV, which makes it possible to install Kodi. I've read that a 2 hour movie takes about 10GB, so I guess a couple of big HDD's will be enough for about 400 movies. And for streaming I have no choice but to buy an Apple TV, because I need access to iTunes Movies. Of course, it also gives me access to Netflix and Prime Video.