A lot of what I want to watch is older, out-of-print content that I'd have to buy used anyway, so I often just bootleg it to save the cash. An unfortunate truth to the "sale of used media" industry debate is that pirate or buy used, the company sees nothing. But I'm not getting into "what I do with things I paid for"...
New stuff? G.I. Joe was kind of it. I'll possibly watch Princess & Frog at some point, Avatar didn't interest me. I'm more content with Columbo movies. But I'll be honest, I don't have the cash to buy DVDs even at used prices and music, I barely listen to a wide selection and rarely find new content I like. I also got sick of the "pay $20 new, sell for $2 used" practice of stuff I got sick of. I can't justify that even WITH cash.
I wouldn't even bother with Blu-Ray unless you have a modern LCD TV of any HDMI picture worth. And even then you can get a PS3 for cheap enough that the stand-alone players really are not much appealing($120-$170 range for a basic cheapo player vs $300 for a PS3, most people will pony up the extra bucks)
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Date: 2010-04-03 03:33 am (UTC)New stuff? G.I. Joe was kind of it. I'll possibly watch Princess & Frog at some point, Avatar didn't interest me. I'm more content with Columbo movies. But I'll be honest, I don't have the cash to buy DVDs even at used prices and music, I barely listen to a wide selection and rarely find new content I like. I also got sick of the "pay $20 new, sell for $2 used" practice of stuff I got sick of. I can't justify that even WITH cash.
I wouldn't even bother with Blu-Ray unless you have a modern LCD TV of any HDMI picture worth. And even then you can get a PS3 for cheap enough that the stand-alone players really are not much appealing($120-$170 range for a basic cheapo player vs $300 for a PS3, most people will pony up the extra bucks)