Posted by HolyToads at gatekeeper-w.mitre.org on December 14, 1999 at 12:11:11:
In Reply to: Reality check posted by stranger_1971 on December 14, 1999 at 09:24:29:
: It's not just the cost of a player, it's the cost of a whole new library that makes us vhs owners cringe. It took a long fucking time and money to amass the collection I have now, I should just chuck it all to keep up with the latest technological craze? I'll wait until the next Big Thing in home
movies comes along, that'll bring down the price of dvd's to a reasonable level.
why do you have to get rid of your VHS collection just because you're getting a DVD player? you're allowed to use both... and it's not like VCRs are going away anytime soon... you still need them to tape TV shows...
and as for reasonably priced, how cheap do you want them? if you shop around online, you can get a great many DVDs for under $20... and the ones that you can't, isn't it worth it to pay a little more for the extras that you're getting?
--ben
i'm off topic. don't yell at me.