AFAIK, it is legal in the UK to make a copy of the cds/dvds/blurays you legally own. Just go to a charity shop, buy the films you like, RIP to a local media server and you can watch them whenever you want without perpetual payments. Forever.
Use mkv format for films. Stick a 2TB drive in your laptop and sync your media to that. VLC on Mint can now use a Cromecast to render mkv files on the TV and If you're lucky the hotel you're staying at will have TVs with USB sockets in the rooms that can play mkv files from a thumb drive.
Buy the films you like, then RIP them (it's legal) (Score:2)
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Indeed. Been doing this for years.
Use mkv format for films. Stick a 2TB drive in your laptop and sync your media to that. VLC on Mint can now use a Cromecast to render mkv files on the TV and If you're lucky the hotel you're staying at will have TVs with USB sockets in the rooms that can play mkv files from a thumb drive.