I got ONLY Full Screen DVD's for Christmas...........
12-27-04 | 04:21 PM
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I talked with my family about this today and instead of me driving the 100 miles to the nearest Wal Mart, they are just going to re buy me the DVD's and let me keep the full screen ones. I will most likely just EBAY the full screens or take them back to Wal Mart and get other DVD's I want. This way I *could* possibly end up with almost 100 NEW widescreen DVD's instead of the original 6 widescreens and 44 full screens. Thanks everyone for the help. Now I will just have to find the time to watch all of these great titles!
12-27-04 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ronricks
I got ONLY Full Screen DVD's for Christmas...........
Originally Posted by ronricks
I talked with my family about this today and instead of me driving the 100 miles to the nearest Wal Mart, they are just going to re buy me the DVD's and let me keep the full screen ones. I will most likely just EBAY the full screens or take them back to Wal Mart and get other DVD's I want. This way I *could* possibly end up with almost 100 NEW widescreen DVD's instead of the original 6 widescreens and 44 full screens. Thanks everyone for the help. Now I will just have to find the time to watch all of these great titles!
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12-27-04 | 05:37 PM
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Definitely don't open them and keep them in shrinkwrap.
If you do 5 at a time (ie, walmart, target, supermarkets), you might be able to exchange them all. You might call Best Buy or Circuit City but they are really strict about receipts.
Good luck!
If you do 5 at a time (ie, walmart, target, supermarkets), you might be able to exchange them all. You might call Best Buy or Circuit City but they are really strict about receipts.
Good luck!
12-27-04 | 06:19 PM
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Must be nice to have a family that'll fork over almost 100 new DVDs! 
12-27-04 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
At least its all gonna work out for you. That's cool that you get to keep him. Sell them on eBay, they sell for more money than widescreen.
12-27-04 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ronricks
Are you serious? What is the deal with people and FULLSCREEN? I guess us DVD collectors are a small minority?
Like I said earlier, I can't believe the level of ignorance that is still out there about the difference between FS & WS. The thing is, these are the type of people who flock to movie theaters for some of the dumbest movies Hollywood pumps out. I know, my aunt is one of them. So you'd think that they could tell the difference between a long rectangle and a "square".
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12-27-04 | 09:49 PM
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Yep, my town is worse...our K-Mart was one of those stores that was forced to close about 10 years ago. It never saw a DVD on its racks.
We used to have a *On Cue* store which was a sister store to Suncoast, but again was forced to close due to a landlord that charged exhorbant rent prices.
Our only DVD outlet is Wal Mart, Family Video, and another local rental store. This is why I get over 90% of my DVDs on-line.
The nearest Best Buy is 40 miles away, the nearest Target about 25 miles away. So I just pay UPS or the USPS and extra couple of bucks to bring DVDs to my door.
We used to have a *On Cue* store which was a sister store to Suncoast, but again was forced to close due to a landlord that charged exhorbant rent prices.
Our only DVD outlet is Wal Mart, Family Video, and another local rental store. This is why I get over 90% of my DVDs on-line.
The nearest Best Buy is 40 miles away, the nearest Target about 25 miles away. So I just pay UPS or the USPS and extra couple of bucks to bring DVDs to my door.
12-27-04 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
Must be nice to have a family that'll fork over almost 100 new DVDs!
No shit.......so youre going to wind up getting another $700 or so worth of gifts from your family and theyre gonna be out somewhere around $1400 just to make you happy?
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12-27-04 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by MasterofDVD
Wow. I felt bad that I only got Dodgeball, which I thought sucked,
If there is also a Fool Screen version of a movie DVD I want for Christmas, I ALWAYS specify WIDESCREEN right next to the title on my list.
12-31-04 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by rdodolak
Where you bad this year?
If it were me and my family agreed to replace all of the non-widescreen DVDs I'd give the originals back. It wouldn't be fair to make them pay twice for a mistake, besides it's the holiday season and 50 dvds can add up to quite a bit of money.
If it were me and my family agreed to replace all of the non-widescreen DVDs I'd give the originals back. It wouldn't be fair to make them pay twice for a mistake, besides it's the holiday season and 50 dvds can add up to quite a bit of money.
12-31-04 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by nightmaster
No shit.......so youre going to wind up getting another $700 or so worth of gifts from your family and theyre gonna be out somewhere around $1400 to make you happy?
12-31-04 | 03:58 PM
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Hmm. You can always re-gift them to other friends (on their birthdays, if you typically give them presents) or re-gift them back to your relatives. Just make sure you don't give them the exact same dvds they gave you.
Think "bread maker" from Old School.
Think "bread maker" from Old School.
12-31-04 | 10:23 PM
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Hmm. You can always re-gift them to other friends (on their birthdays, if you typically give them presents) or re-gift them back to your relatives. Just make sure you don't give them the exact same dvds they gave you.
Think "bread maker" from Old School.
Think "bread maker" from Old School.
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Am I the only one who is struggling with this whole story? (rhetorical question)
01-01-05 | 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ben12
You just explained one reference with another reference. That's like defining a slang term by using other slang terms.
And now for my next trick...
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I talked with my family about this today and instead of me driving the 100 miles to the nearest Wal Mart, they are just going to re buy me the DVD's and let me keep the full screen ones. I will most likely just EBAY the full screens or take them back to Wal Mart and get other DVD's I want. This way I *could* possibly end up with almost 100 NEW widescreen DVD's instead of the original 6 widescreens and 44 full screens. Thanks everyone for the help. Now I will just have to find the time to watch all of these great titles!