Posted by on 08/26/05 13:37

My frustration stems from the fact that I am in possession of old
formats that are no longer supported. Movies are my addiction, and I
have spent an obscene amount of money on them since April 1983. I
know, it's really my fault, and I acknowledge that, I do. I've bought
THE SHINING, PSYCHO, and ALIEN (just a few examples) five times in all
these different formats, and now with this Blu-Ray & HD-DVD situation I
must resist the temptation to get involved with this because they will
just give way to something else later on, perhaps the holographic DVDs
capable of 2K or 4K lines (which will probably be replaced by something
else!).

Hollywood can boo-hoo all it wants to about piracy, but they will get
no sympathy from me. When an industry keeps reissuing their titles
over and over again in the same format alone (standard 640 x 480 DVD),
with the SPECIAL EDITIONS and DIRECTOR'S CUT, etc., those of us who
purchase movies are actually spending $50 - $100 per movie if we choose
to upgrade to the next special edition(s).

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