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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 131 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They look like crap, I won't watch them.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 18 points 1 month ago

Same and I have pretty much have no opinion outside of that.

[–] maxprime@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’d rather wait, or pay to see it in a theatre. Every time.

[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've got this dilemma with Deadpool. Broke af but really want to see it.

[–] 50MYT@aussie.zone 22 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Great job man, can't wait to watch this with my wife tonight.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

😂gonna be a fun night

Hahahhahaahahaha!!! Best ever

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] 50MYT@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

You are most welcome.

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[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 72 points 1 month ago

I'd rather wait for at least a 1080 webrip than to suffer through the cruddy audio and visuals of a cam. Heck, I don't even like going to the theatre, why would I pretend to do that in 480p with early 2000's cellphone audio?

[–] cheddar@programming.dev 68 points 1 month ago

If I want to see a movie so badly, I'd rather go to the cinema rather than watch a low-quality camrip.

[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All of them have really bad audio and as such, they're completely useless.

[–] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even TS releases?

The audio of a TS is captured with a direct connection to the sound source (often an FM microbroadcast provided for the hearing-impaired, or from a drive-in theater).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesync

[–] xuv@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

TS releases do have good audio. Cams in general have a lot of visual problems though; poor color accuracy, warping, incomplete frames, sometimes people moving around, things like that. Also pretty much every cam I've seen lately has been covered in ads for sketchy gambling sites throughout the entire runtime. None of this makes for a good viewing experience.

Also, I don't think I've ever seen a cam with subtitles available.

[–] K0W4LSK1@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 1 month ago

Look for deadpool vs wolverine cam/TS v2 has subtitles and its actually a good cam. I didnt believe til I watched it

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 month ago

Eh, I'll wait for a better version.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 41 points 1 month ago

I cannot fathom why anyone would want to subject themselves to such utter horror.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month ago

Patience is a virtue

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of the good ol' days in the 90s. Watching cam recordings and people standing up or taking loudly the entire movie.

Haven't watched a cam recording in decades. Don't plan on doing that again.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I ended up using a cam for a movie from 2009 to check to see if the movie had differences between the theater version and the DVD release. It didn't but it was neat that I could, 15 years later.

So I respect it, but also, good god will I never actually watch them for the actual movie itself.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

😮never thought about the archive function of CAM releases

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 19 points 1 month ago

Like it doesn't exist for me. Same for MD

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not worth the storage space. I'll wait for digital/physical release.

[–] spiderman@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

plus watching a movie in the theatre is always a nice experience.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Back in the early days, watching a cammed movie was tolerable because the 480p rips that we'd otherwise get were so heavily compressed that there'd be hardly any step up in quality. It was also usually the fastest way I could find a new movie.

These days, releases get leaked from inside the studio all the time, at full quality, so there's not really any legitimate need for cammed movies anymore.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I would not say "all the time" at least the movies I watch, but it is mostly only some months (if even) until a movie is available on some streaming service and gets ripped in 4k

[–] K0W4LSK1@links.hackliberty.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Usually I hate them, but there's this deadpool vs wolverine cam edited on my private tracker. It has blown me away. I swear if I didnt know it was a cam I wouldn't have guessed

[–] FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't listen to this weed smoking wanker. Their copy is half French and half sign language in Korean.

[–] K0W4LSK1@links.hackliberty.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isnt that how all movies are deafblindFrenchKoreantorrents.ru tells me thats all there is

[–] FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

I have no idea. I throw money in a burn barrel in front of movie studios and they mail me direct to laserdisc masterpieces.

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago

Well, its the thought that counts I guess

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Hats off to those who do it. I don't need to see things when they're new, so I will generally just wait until there's a home release or streaming rip. I'm not a 4k guy or whatever, I'm down with DVD quality or worse, I still wanna see it in a better format than a cam. But there's clearly people who want it, so I'm glad people are out there doing the work.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

WHY WERE THEY FILMED SO BEAUTIFUL

WHY WERE THEY FILMED AT ALL

THEY'RE NO FUCKING USE TO ANYONE

THEY'RE NO FUCKING USE AT ALL

[–] almost1337@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Telesync, maybe

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago

Given that some films are getting post-release edits before they appear on streaming or physical media, it might be a good idea just from an archival perspective.

I'm not a good judge of piracy methods for consumption, as I am currently willing to pay their prices or do without.

[–] pudcollar@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Ya'll grammar police need to chill

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I have watched them but usually I wait for HD.

What do I think of cams?

RIP DVDSCR's

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel bad because someone paid for a ticket and sat there filming for 90 minutes but I can't stand them.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah bad way to enjoy the film...

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Unabart@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

The turnaround from screen to home media has gotten short enough to where it’s fine to wait for a high quality version. Cams were good in the 80s when you bought the VHS tapes from some dude selling them out of a box down in the subway. Though the odds of brining home a blank were pretty good!

considering a lot of the slop people really want to watch is focused on hi def production and special effects I don't even understand how it still exists

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