Post pics of your DVD collection and HT, Part 4
05-10-04, 05:31 PM
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Originally posted by mikewendt
And finally my DVDs... Or what I like to call, "Why I drive used cars."
And finally my DVDs... Or what I like to call, "Why I drive used cars."
05-10-04, 05:58 PM
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Originally posted by madcougar
You have way too many DVDs to justify that crappy little TV. Start selling your blood and get something worthy of that collection of yours.
You have way too many DVDs to justify that crappy little TV. Start selling your blood and get something worthy of that collection of yours.
Do yourself a favor man, can't back on the DVDs & buy yourself a a good TV.
All those DVDs, all that money & you can't even listen to them with the proper audio. It's a DVD crime I say.
05-10-04, 06:40 PM
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I'm pretty much in the same boat as mikewendt. I've got a rather large collection (800+), and am still using my Sony 21" Trinitron that I've had since the mid90's.
This will change in a few months, and by Aug, Sept, I should have a Sony KV36HS510 (36" HD Tube), and a decent 6.1 system (prob. Onkyo). I'll post pictures when all that's set up. Until then, I'm kinda embarrassed.
This will change in a few months, and by Aug, Sept, I should have a Sony KV36HS510 (36" HD Tube), and a decent 6.1 system (prob. Onkyo). I'll post pictures when all that's set up. Until then, I'm kinda embarrassed.
05-10-04, 07:21 PM
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Originally posted by madcougar
You have way too many DVDs to justify that crappy little TV. Start selling your blood and get something worthy of that collection of yours.
You have way too many DVDs to justify that crappy little TV. Start selling your blood and get something worthy of that collection of yours.
05-10-04, 07:48 PM
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I knew I was gonna catch shit for the TV... So you all know, I'm in the process of moving, last stretch of paper work is around the corner. And I already have a nice big Sony WS TV and surround sound set up, all picked out... There just isn't the space in the room I have right now for it, so I have to suffer for 1 more month with what I got... And the used car coment was just a joke... The collection isn't really killing me finacially... I know you were all concered.
05-10-04, 08:01 PM
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Originally posted by Sessa17
Yeah, I cannot for the life of me understand people that buy absolutely ridiculous amounts of DVD, likely spending ridiculous amounts of money, yet they watch them on a little tiny TV where they cannot even get the full potential of the beaty of DVD.
Yeah, I cannot for the life of me understand people that buy absolutely ridiculous amounts of DVD, likely spending ridiculous amounts of money, yet they watch them on a little tiny TV where they cannot even get the full potential of the beaty of DVD.
05-10-04, 08:31 PM
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Originally posted by illennium
Not everyone cares about picture and sound quality. I like DVDs because (1) they take up less space than VHS, (2) have extra features, and (3) don't require rewinding. I have 200 DVDs and am happy watching them on a 20" TV using the internal speakers.
Not everyone cares about picture and sound quality. I like DVDs because (1) they take up less space than VHS, (2) have extra features, and (3) don't require rewinding. I have 200 DVDs and am happy watching them on a 20" TV using the internal speakers.
05-10-04, 08:56 PM
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Hey mike, I've got that exact same DVD rack you've got on the right, I bought mine from walmart and built it wrong or something because I've got to lean it up against a wall or else it falls over =/
About the TV.. I've got a 25" TV and that's plenty for me, pretty much all I have room for. All I have as of now are the two speakers on the TV but I'm cutting back on them for the next few weeks to get a HTIB from Walmart but hey, $200 is about all I can afford (I'm 16 working after school). It's got to be better than these speakers on the TV
About the TV.. I've got a 25" TV and that's plenty for me, pretty much all I have room for. All I have as of now are the two speakers on the TV but I'm cutting back on them for the next few weeks to get a HTIB from Walmart but hey, $200 is about all I can afford (I'm 16 working after school). It's got to be better than these speakers on the TV
05-10-04, 09:04 PM
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Originally posted by madcougar
That's like having a girlfriend with a great can and saying you date her because she has pretty eyes.... it doesn't make sense to a male like me.
That's like having a girlfriend with a great can and saying you date her because she has pretty eyes.... it doesn't make sense to a male like me.
To anyone that thinks othewise, you are severaly kidding yourself. Showing off a ton of DVDs without he proper equipments is just showing off a bunch of pointless product. If you are a true cinema fan, it's a no brainer conclusion that you would want to watch the films you love in the best possible quality.
05-11-04, 07:44 AM
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Nice anime collection Ollin
05-14-04, 01:31 PM
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Originally posted by Ollin
What's the four similarly looking boxes on the top second shelf in the middle rack in the pic above? I'm not positive but it looks like Aoi from Ai Yori Aoshi.
05-14-04, 02:35 PM
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Originally posted by eau
Impressive anime collection!!!
What's the four similarly looking boxes on the top second shelf in the middle rack in the pic above? I'm not positive but it looks like Aoi from Ai Yori Aoshi.
Impressive anime collection!!!
What's the four similarly looking boxes on the top second shelf in the middle rack in the pic above? I'm not positive but it looks like Aoi from Ai Yori Aoshi.
05-14-04, 03:42 PM
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My meager (compared to many here) dvd collection.
Tv is a 27inch Samsung EDTV (480p) with a service hack to enable 1080i. My dvd player is progressive, but it wont scale to 1080i. Always wanted to pick one of those up, but since I'll be moving out of country for grad school in a few months, the TV will be staying here.
And on that topic, does anyone have any suggestions for moving all those dvds to Japan? I don't care if its by boat and takes 2 months. As long as they can be sent cheap. I'll probably end up packing them in about 3 or 4 medium sized boxes, unless anyone can offer insight into a better suggestion. I couldnt make it through the next 6 years without my preciouses.
05-14-04, 03:53 PM
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Originally posted by eddyjackson
And on that topic, does anyone have any suggestions for moving all those dvds to Japan? I don't care if its by boat and takes 2 months. As long as they can be sent cheap. I'll probably end up packing them in about 3 or 4 medium sized boxes, unless anyone can offer insight into a better suggestion. I couldnt make it through the next 6 years without my preciouses.
And on that topic, does anyone have any suggestions for moving all those dvds to Japan? I don't care if its by boat and takes 2 months. As long as they can be sent cheap. I'll probably end up packing them in about 3 or 4 medium sized boxes, unless anyone can offer insight into a better suggestion. I couldnt make it through the next 6 years without my preciouses.
05-14-04, 06:49 PM
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Originally posted by eddyjackson
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My meager (compared to many here) dvd collection.
Tv is a 27inch Samsung EDTV (480p) with a service hack to enable 1080i. My dvd player is progressive, but it wont scale to 1080i. Always wanted to pick one of those up, but since I'll be moving out of country for grad school in a few months, the TV will be staying here.
And on that topic, does anyone have any suggestions for moving all those dvds to Japan? I don't care if its by boat and takes 2 months. As long as they can be sent cheap. I'll probably end up packing them in about 3 or 4 medium sized boxes, unless anyone can offer insight into a better suggestion. I couldnt make it through the next 6 years without my preciouses.
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My meager (compared to many here) dvd collection.
Tv is a 27inch Samsung EDTV (480p) with a service hack to enable 1080i. My dvd player is progressive, but it wont scale to 1080i. Always wanted to pick one of those up, but since I'll be moving out of country for grad school in a few months, the TV will be staying here.
And on that topic, does anyone have any suggestions for moving all those dvds to Japan? I don't care if its by boat and takes 2 months. As long as they can be sent cheap. I'll probably end up packing them in about 3 or 4 medium sized boxes, unless anyone can offer insight into a better suggestion. I couldnt make it through the next 6 years without my preciouses.
05-14-04, 07:17 PM
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Thanks! I used a Canon S50, though I think I could get a much clearer picture out of it (I could have probably done without the flash, reducing the glare significatly, also a bit of JPG compression really washes out the colors on a picture like that) I kind of rushed it.
05-15-04, 12:20 AM
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Originally posted by Sessa17
Yeah, I completely agree. But more importantly, for someone like that guy who has 200 DVDs, he is clearly a film lover, yet he cannot watch a good majority of his DVDs in the audio they were filmed with in the proper aspect ratio they were meant to be seen. I simply don't get the point of spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on DVDs yet you cannot utilize the full capacity of the product. And as a movie fan, it makes even less sense. And I was one of those people for my first 40-50 DVDs, then I realized, "you know what, this is retarded spending hundreds of dollars on these things, yet I can't even enjoy DTS surround sound, & can't take advantage o anamorphic widescreen, I'm paying for this stuff & I can't even use it.
To anyone that thinks othewise, you are severaly kidding yourself. Showing off a ton of DVDs without he proper equipments is just showing off a bunch of pointless product. If you are a true cinema fan, it's a no brainer conclusion that you would want to watch the films you love in the best possible quality.
Yeah, I completely agree. But more importantly, for someone like that guy who has 200 DVDs, he is clearly a film lover, yet he cannot watch a good majority of his DVDs in the audio they were filmed with in the proper aspect ratio they were meant to be seen. I simply don't get the point of spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on DVDs yet you cannot utilize the full capacity of the product. And as a movie fan, it makes even less sense. And I was one of those people for my first 40-50 DVDs, then I realized, "you know what, this is retarded spending hundreds of dollars on these things, yet I can't even enjoy DTS surround sound, & can't take advantage o anamorphic widescreen, I'm paying for this stuff & I can't even use it.
To anyone that thinks othewise, you are severaly kidding yourself. Showing off a ton of DVDs without he proper equipments is just showing off a bunch of pointless product. If you are a true cinema fan, it's a no brainer conclusion that you would want to watch the films you love in the best possible quality.
Of course I'm concerned about image quality and all that, but while I'm on a limited budget, I'd much rather spend the money on more DVDs that I can enjoy, seeing as the tv isn't hindering my enjoyment at all. At some point I'll certainly upgrade my whole system, but, really, the movies are what matter to me, not the tv.
05-15-04, 01:34 PM
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This is the reason why I think most people rationalize spending more on software than their hardware:
DVDs go OOP, become harder to find as time goes by; but the opposite occurs with hardware as TVs improve in quality and fall in price in the long run. There is no guarantee that the DVD out today may be around in the long run but the TVs and receivers definitely will.
DVDs go OOP, become harder to find as time goes by; but the opposite occurs with hardware as TVs improve in quality and fall in price in the long run. There is no guarantee that the DVD out today may be around in the long run but the TVs and receivers definitely will.