lurked for about a year and a half before i became an official member (in order to sign up for a give away - which i did not win).

great job on the site! i come here several times a day to check in.

Yep. I think I did the same. I gave up on those contests years ago.

Been around since the beginning. Best site out there.

God I hope this means Geoff can stop submitting himself in thongs to hotornot.com.

DVDtalk sucks
I never go to that site or forum

THE best site on the internet. Period.

Thanks for giving me a place to go in the morning.

Thanks for good forum moderation

PS -- anybody else remember when there was just one forum with all the bargains mixed in? LOL.

I check it daily and has led to many great deals....However my one gripe it has also led to helping push along my DVD addiction

Great job on an excellent site!

Congrats, Geoff! I first visited this site soon after I got into DVDs (early 2001), but didn't join the forums until I applied to become a reviewer in 2003. It's probably the most detailed site out there---and the best organized, proportionately.

That's what it basically boils down to for me. Visiting non-moderated or lightly moderated forums is a nightmare compared to here. Probably the best thing about this place. It keeps the kiddies out.

While not my first stop of the day, it IS the most frequently visited one throughout it. I also agree with vasb about getting movie news here. Love TV Talk as well.

Awesome! Thanks, Geoff!!

Congratulations on another milestone accomplished.

I, of course, love it here and have been a member since I first stumbled onto the site and DVDs in general.

Huzzah!

I recall being a member back in 1998 but something happened to the records and I didn't re-signup untill much later on. Good times, Good times. I remember getting two sets of Nightmare on Elm Street Collection for the price of 1, Coupons, coupons, coupons.

I was a long time lurker too and registered around 2001 I believe? DVD Talk has been a staple of my Internet diet for as long as i remember surfing the NET! Still miss the real.com deals.

give us our daily bread dvd talk...

I was aware how long DVDTalk has been here... I guess back in '99 when it looks like the site was founded I was barely on a 56k modem and spent most of that time downloading free songs from napster when I was in high school and stumbled onto the site when I bought my first DVD player my freshman year of college in late 200/early 2002 or somewhere near there for $150. Of course I only had a few DVDs as a poor college kid and didn't come back regularly and register until the past year or so, and think this is a great site with great subforums and other forums- Other, Sports, Store Forum, TV Talk, Etc.

Fantastic!

Congrats Geoff, and thanks to all the fellow posters for making this one of the friendliest forums on the interweb (as long as no one mentions OAR).

BOB, as the dog shows say. Thanks, all!

Just signed up yesterday, been lurking since 2003, perhaps 2002.

Congratulations on the longevity and success, DVDTalk is a fantastic site.

Funny that the OP mentioned 9/11...DVDTalk is the first place that I heard about it that day.

I've had some memories here...definitely.

= J

Congrats Geoff
As you can se by my rating I am a big time lurker. Signed up 7-2-99 and that was after some lurking before then. Glad to know I did not miss much from this great site.