I misread when you wrote, "Thanks. I subscribed. DaVinci is complicated!". I thought that meant that you sent some of your scarce money to Blackmagic.

There are some amazing tools in the paid version, but for most of us they are not necessary. One is the voice enhancer. It will separate out and eliminate background noise from voice in an interview with a single slider.

It is interesting to me that Blackmagic gives away such complete software. Turns out that the CEO explains that it is for marketing reasons. Blackmagic is an equipment company. He wants everyone interested in video creation to know his company and products. To do that, he gives every video student what they need. He is succeeding at owning more videographer "mind space" than any other company, including Apple (Final Cut) and Adobe (Premiere).

I think perhaps you haven’t thought it through. If you’ve ever streamed a movie you already know some of the advantages. I have all my DVDs and Blu-Rays ripped. Here’s why. Some of these may not apply to you, but they certainly make my life easier.

1. It provides a backup in case the disc gets damaged.
2. With appropriate software I can watch the movie on any device anywhere in the house. This was useful when I had Covid, for example, when I was holed up in my room to not spread it to my family. I could watch on an iPad or laptop without leaving the room. Multiple people can watch movies at the same time without attached DVD players. We don’t very often, especially now that we only have one TV, but we have in the past when the adults and older kids wanted to watch something that the younger kids didn’t.
3. When the family is deciding on a movie to watch, the entire list is easily visible to everyone, just like choosing what to watch from a streaming service—but the movie never drops off the catalog like they do for streaming services.

If you never watch a movie again, buying a DVD is usually a waste of money and space. Renting from a streaming service is generally cheaper and then you don’t have to store anything. But there are movies we go back to over and over through the years because they’re really good and so much of what’s produced is garbage. Those we own.

The time cost to rip the movies is not really relevant. I spend a lot of time on the computer anyway, so ripping my DVDs can happen in the background while I’m doing other things—like editing photos, for example.

YMMV. But for us it’s really convenient.

DaVinci can be complicated. But, within the nearly endless set of options and tools, there is an easy, direct workflow. For multi camera work, watch the YouTube I put in a couple posts back. It shows how you do put a sequence together with multiple cameras.

For others that might be reading this, Blackmagic does not use a subscription system for DaVinci Resolve. You either get a capable version for free or you pay $300 once for a more capable "Studio" version. Once paid, you get updates to the Studio version for as long as you want.