A week off work ... get yourself 5 videos ... or 1 dvd ...
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:09 am
I'm finally starting to realise that DVD's can't really be borrowed from stores by the number like videos can.
The problem is, DVDs have special features, and often, they have LOTS of them!
If you really like the movie, then check out the making of. Check out the director's commentary, the actors' commentary. The list goes on.
A DVD these days can end up being 5 or more hours of viewing time! Add to that the game they sometimes tack on, and you're covered for the whole bloody week!
The Lord Of The Rings comes on DVD with so much extra stuff we had to open out the sofa-bed and just settle in for a whole darn weekend. I still don't think I saw all of FOTR's extra features. I'd fall asleep on the sofa-bed, and wake up the next morning ... AND IT WOULD STILL BE GOING!
Having to remember now not to borrow too many DVDs, as one can with videos. It ends up becoming wasted money as some of the movies get returned to the store unwatched, or reborrowed, as the first one or two movies take up the whole time of borrowing.
If you're borrowing an overnighter, just borrow one! Coming home after work with 2 movies used to be the plan, but now 2 movies would mean bedtime at 4am!
Of course this is good, as you get so much for your money, but it does restrict one's abiluity to keep up-to-date with everything that's turning up in the local video store!
The problem is, DVDs have special features, and often, they have LOTS of them!
If you really like the movie, then check out the making of. Check out the director's commentary, the actors' commentary. The list goes on.
A DVD these days can end up being 5 or more hours of viewing time! Add to that the game they sometimes tack on, and you're covered for the whole bloody week!
The Lord Of The Rings comes on DVD with so much extra stuff we had to open out the sofa-bed and just settle in for a whole darn weekend. I still don't think I saw all of FOTR's extra features. I'd fall asleep on the sofa-bed, and wake up the next morning ... AND IT WOULD STILL BE GOING!
Having to remember now not to borrow too many DVDs, as one can with videos. It ends up becoming wasted money as some of the movies get returned to the store unwatched, or reborrowed, as the first one or two movies take up the whole time of borrowing.
If you're borrowing an overnighter, just borrow one! Coming home after work with 2 movies used to be the plan, but now 2 movies would mean bedtime at 4am!
Of course this is good, as you get so much for your money, but it does restrict one's abiluity to keep up-to-date with everything that's turning up in the local video store!
