Well I would never put it that way. I have been a home entertainment/home theater fan for over 25 years, had LP, VHS, Laserdisc, CD, DVD most soon after release and bought many many titles for repeat viewing/listening only. I dont buy stuff I have never seen or heard or dont want to watch/listen to over and over again. Buying is not wasting money, this is paying a small fee for good home entertainment the way I see it. Buying new or used doesnt matter, but its certainly not the same as renting and it's worth more to buy/own then to rent only for things you want to enjoy repeatedly and on demand, not having to "go get" a rental. IMHO. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:21 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip thatcan playPAL systemDVD's J. C. O'Connell wrote: >you own a DVD player and have >never ever bought a DVD disc before? >You are one rare bird! Sure, most >people rent way more than buy, but never >ever bought even one? wow... > I am a rare bird, and I pride myself on it ;) I've never bought a tape for the VHS either - only own about 20 CD's I see no need to own things like that. The only things I buy retail are paper products and groceries, pretty much. But even if I had money I wouldn't buy anything new if I could avoid it. ann >I remember clearly for the first two >years I had my DVD player ( I bought >in '97), I HAD to buy, there were no >rentals available till mid '99 in my city. > >Ditto, for the new HD-DVD and BLuRay disc formats, >no rentals available yet, even though these HD >players have been out for over a year or more. > > >jco > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >ann sanfedele >Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:54 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL >systemDVD's > > >J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > >>Not only do DVDs come in different video formats, even >>ones that are same format may not play >>in your country as DVDs have a region coding >>system. >> >>If you live in USA and have a typical USA bought >>DVD player, look only for DVDs listed as "region 1" >>coded or those coded for entire world ( no region restrictrions ). >> >> >> >I don't ever plan to buy any for myself, this was a favor for a friend >. > > I had a bad experience >buying a cd once, too - I wanted nature sounds only, no music, and they >guy sent me one with music on it - > > > >>I am surprised it took you this long to learn this, >>this month is the 10 year anniversary of DVD >>in USA and this region coding system was there from day 1. >> >>jco >> >> >> >> >Nothing I ever needed to know - >I never bought a DVD before - no interest at all in owning any... > > >I only have a DVD player so I can occasionally rent a film and view the >two films I acted in or >my photos are in. > >What was funny (haha funny) about the ebay listing was it started out >saying "viva Zapata 1952 DVD" > >I wonder if teens know there were not any DVD's in 1952 > >ann > > > > > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
