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The Return of Captain Jack
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Thanks, gotta get my pre-order in early! 
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Its already jumped the shark.
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.


Right...and when both Blu-ray and HD DVD go the way of Beta in a couple of years, we're stuck with 2 HD players and a bunch of coasters
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.


Right...and when both Blu-ray and HD DVD go the way of Beta in a couple of years, we're stuck with 2 HD players and a bunch of coasters

Neither format will completely disappear anytime soon.  Even if one format was to lose the format war, you'll be able to pickup players on EBay to play the "coasters" for next 20 years.  Just look at LD player listings on the auction site.  I would rather have a pile of discs in high-def that is extinct, over a pile of DVDs.  My biggest problem nowadays is to figure out what to do with all the DVDs I'm replacing with high-def.  You don't get much for trading them in, selling them on auction is a pain, and most of my friends and relatives don't appreciate DVDs.
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Right...and when both Blu-ray and HD DVD go the way of Beta in a couple of years, we're stuck with 2 HD players and a bunch of coasters

I'm sorry, but that's a really daft attitude.  Even if both go the way of the dinosaur, YOU will still be able to watch them and YOU will still be able to do so in hi-def.  If a format fails, the discs don't suddenly degrade and cease working.  I'm not saying that you should jump on the HD bandwagon (I still haven't), but your argument is seriously flawed.
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.

This sounds like a reasonable idea...for somebody with a hi-def display.  For those of us without, it sounds like a non-starter. 
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.

This sounds like a reasonable idea...for somebody with a hi-def display.  For those of us without, it sounds like a non-starter. 


Geeeeeeeze...you guys really don't do sarcasm here do you
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.

This sounds like a reasonable idea...for somebody with a hi-def display.  For those of us without, it sounds like a non-starter. 

How about then "With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a HDTV.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, HDTVs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in widescreen HDTV, it's tough to go back to SDTV, especially when the DVDs are encoded in anamorphic widescreen."    
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.

This sounds like a reasonable idea...for somebody with a hi-def display.  For those of us without, it sounds like a non-starter. 

How about then "With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a HDTV.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, HDTVs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in widescreen HDTV, it's tough to go back to SDTV, especially when the DVDs are encoded in anamorphic widescreen."    

 
Now I like that a lot better.  Problem is my wife.  Whenever I ask to spend a thousand bucks, she shuts me down.  When I ask to spend 10 bucks, 100 times, I have better success. 
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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.

This sounds like a reasonable idea...for somebody with a hi-def display.  For those of us without, it sounds like a non-starter. 

How about then "With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a HDTV.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, HDTVs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in widescreen HDTV, it's tough to go back to SDTV, especially when the DVDs are encoded in anamorphic widescreen."    


hahaha - im pretty much done with SD myself... only releases that arent being released in HD will be purchased on the dvd format... for the most part anyhow... as i now have both formats.
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Its already jumped the shark.

Nah, that term certainly did a good while ago, though.
Erik

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With all the DVDs you buy, you guys should really consider picking up a Blu-ray and HD DVD players.  Compared to all the money spent on DVDs, player costs are really not that prohibitive.  Once you start seeing movies in high-def, it's tough to spend any money on SD DVDs, especially when they are going to be available in high-def format at the same time.


Right...and when both Blu-ray and HD DVD go the way of Beta in a couple of years, we're stuck with 2 HD players and a bunch of coasters

Neither format will completely disappear anytime soon.  Even if one format was to lose the format war, you'll be able to pickup players on EBay to play the "coasters" for next 20 years.  Just look at LD player listings on the auction site.  I would rather have a pile of discs in high-def that is extinct, over a pile of DVDs.  My biggest problem nowadays is to figure out what to do with all the DVDs I'm replacing with high-def.  You don't get much for trading them in, selling them on auction is a pain, and most of my friends and relatives don't appreciate DVDs.


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Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

No, says the man in Washington. It belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican. It belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow. It belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose…
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You probably already have them all.  If you want to pick them up in Northern VA or pay for shipping, any DVDP member is welcome to it.
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Geeeeeeeze...you guys really don't do sarcasm here do you


No kidding....lot of tight sphincters around here.    Most of them don't comprehend what they read.
Attracted to "svelte buoyant waterfowl".
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