01-19-2006, 02:18 AM
Hi,
As for the rest, Netflix is a boon. For the less than the cost of one DVD or the rental of five or so, one can have effectively unlimited access to movies old and new. And since the cost is constant regardless of the movies rented, one can take a chance on an unknown film, watch it for ten minutes, and toss it for being a dog (or enjoy it to the end, and actually see the occasional film that hasn't been hyped by the media.)
Look through your VHS/DVD collection. How many of them have you watched enough times to make the space they occupy pay off? Much less their initial cost? I had videos for ten years or more that were still in their heat-shrink wrappings. Unless you *want* to run a library, let someone else do it.
And that way, those evil distributors will get none of your money. ;)
--Pete
Mithrandir,Jan 18 2006, 03:59 PM Wrote:==snip==I learned back in the VHS days that the films one wants to watch are never the ones on the shelf. That's what makes Blockbusters a blockbuster. I'm not repeating that mistake with DVDs. On those rare occasions I care enough to actually own a film, I take the time to find the official web site and check the release schedule. The rant about LoTR (not in the post I'm responding to) should be aimed as much at the poster as at the distributors-- the info was out for almost a year ahead of release. Even I, who shun all things media, knew about it. Caveat emptor was probably an ancient concept when Latin was young.
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As for the rest, Netflix is a boon. For the less than the cost of one DVD or the rental of five or so, one can have effectively unlimited access to movies old and new. And since the cost is constant regardless of the movies rented, one can take a chance on an unknown film, watch it for ten minutes, and toss it for being a dog (or enjoy it to the end, and actually see the occasional film that hasn't been hyped by the media.)
Look through your VHS/DVD collection. How many of them have you watched enough times to make the space they occupy pay off? Much less their initial cost? I had videos for ten years or more that were still in their heat-shrink wrappings. Unless you *want* to run a library, let someone else do it.
And that way, those evil distributors will get none of your money. ;)
--Pete
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