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Re: DVD players (Was: Re: From a mailing list)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:12:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
> In article <GK2zDL.D4y@lugnet.com>,
> "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
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> > What actually may be a larger part of the expense of going DVD is the
> > tendency to buy some of the same items you already have on VHS that is very
> > hard to resist. I know when I switched away from LPs, I did in fact buy some
> > of the same albums again on CD. They were just *better* that way.
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> I thought about that too, so I didn't buy a DVD player for a long time.
Didn't stop me. However, I have only replaced a few things on DVD.
The real option is to join Netflix.com - a web based DVD rental company. Huge
selection, easy service (DVD's are mailed to you with return postage paid
envelopes), great monthly rates (for the price of 1 DVD $25 - you have 4 movies
rented at a time - when you return one, the next movie in your queue is shipped
(I average 12 movies a month - far less than the cost of Blockbuster).
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| (...) I replaced more than a few, I guess, but I certainly didn't try to replace everything. Although I guess I should, for those things I really like, as I haven't watched a single one of my pre-recorded VHS tapes since I bought my DVD player (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | DVD players (Was: Re: From a mailing list)
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| (...) I thought about that too, so I didn't buy a DVD player for a long time. Once I did buy mine, however, I just bought the entry level Sony, which has all the options I need (I don't plan to use mine as a CD player, or to play mp3's or anything) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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