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[Chris Hedemark <chris AT yonderway.com>]

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On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 08:44 PM, Sil Greene wrote:

> Further, the pre-viewed DVDs are a) not
> that cheap

I routinely average $10 per flick.  For DVD's, that's pretty darned 
good.

> and b) often scratched [rendering them nearly unplayable on my
> ancient hardware].

At last count I had a couple of hundred(+) DVD's, about 90%+ of which 
were previewed's from Blockbuster.  In all that time I only had to 
return one disk.  My population sample is statistically significant.  
My flawed disc count was less than one percent (statistically 
insignificant).

> As it is, I return 1 out of every 5 or so new DVDs to
> the point of purchase as defective.

Maybe you need a new player?  I dunno.  I got a $150 RCA a couple of 
years ago and don't have these troubles (anymore).  Had them once.  Got 
the player replaced under warranty and now the discs work fine.

> Instead, I generally wait until the flick is in the cheap theatres and 
> go
> see it for a-buck-fifty.  Best of both worlds: bigger screen, cheaper 
> than
> renting.

But no rewinds to see what just happened that you missed when you 
blinked... no pause for pee pee break... no repeat viewings without 
ponying up again... no watching movies by a crackling fire with a glass 
of champagne and a warm body cuddled up next to you sans armrest... I 
could go on.  The movie experience is so flat anymore.  And with my 
partial hearing loss, the subtitles on the DVD movies allows me to 
enjoy films that otherwise wouldn't be as easy to follow in the theater.

> Eh, I didn't mind that so much.  Yes, I bought them both, in the first 
> few
> days they were out to get them on special at BestBuy.  ($15 for the
> theatrical version, $25 for the extended.)  Yes, I'm a sucker.

$10 for the theatrical version for me.

> But it's pretty rare that I shell out more than $10 for a DVD.

Ditto.

Chris Hedemark .. Hillsborough, NC .. http://yonderway.com
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