At home I have 2 boxes full of DVD-R Verbatims with TV series and Cartoons downloaded at the beginning of the 2000s. I’m talking about about 800 DVD-R 4.7GB. I would be willing to throw away all the DVDs because my old computer no longer has a working DVD player, so I wouldn’t know how to read the contents. But I have 5-6 sheets of paper on which I have written what each DVD contains. My doubt is: Don’t I waste time and re-download everything in 720p or 1080p format and buy like 4TB HDD or do I get an internal DVD player from the computer and copy all the old DVDs just so as not to waste the time lost at the beginning of the 2000s? Thanks all!
I’d say you jump that bridge when you get to it. If you need something you just download it. Once you get stuck that you can’t find it, if ever, you might look into getting a reader for your DVDs, or ask some friend or relative for a few minutes on their older computer.
Trying to redo a collection you had from some 20+ years old papers isn’t worth it just to let it sit another 20 years.