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> 'The quality is also higher than pirated content because they have a fantastic encoding off of source material.'

This couldn't be further from the truth. x264 .mkv encodes look significantly better than the iTunes versions.

For example, from Pacific Rim;

x264 - http://imgbox.com/abwySllC iTunes - http://imgbox.com/adgle3KK

x264 - http://imgbox.com/abm2Jr9l iTunes - http://imgbox.com/acpmeiCt

The difference is night and day, in my opinion. The homebrew encodes usually come with higher quality audio, too.

Funnily enough, I have a Netflix account, an Amazon Prime account, and a Lovefilm account (UK based DVD/Blu-Ray rental service). Despite having all these services, I still prefer to pirate movies because it's simply more convenient and the quality is better.