Laser discs: I have a fairly large collection including lots of music video imports (concerts, predominently classic rock). Here are some widely varied faves:

Movies (many guilty pleasures) --- The Black Pirate (Douglas Fairbanks Sr.) early silent technocolor [1926], Greed (silent/Von Stroheim), about a dozen Republic serials (Dick Tracy's G-Men & vs Crime Inc., King of the Rocketmen, Manhunt on Mystery Island, Capt. Marvel, etc.), the Nightmare Before Christmas CAV boxed set, the Abyss (dir. cut), the Wild Bunch (dir. cut), Hard Days Night (MPI version/Beatles), Jurassic Park/Lost World (Spielburg), True Lies & Eraser (Schwarzenegger), Prisoner/X-Files/Fugitive TV episodes, Heavy Metal/Toy Story (animation), and City of Lost Children (foreign).

Music Video (import) --- Free (tribute to Paul Kossoff), Message to Love/Isle of Wight (w/extra performances not avail. on dom.), the Who (at the Isle of Wight), Jimi Hendrix (Woodstock, Atlanta Pop Fest., Isle of Wight, & Alive from Rainbow Bridge), Yes (An Evening of Yes Music Plus..., Live in Philly, Keys to Ascension), Cream (Fresh Live Cream), ELP (Pictures in an Exhibition --- complete), and Pink Floyd (Live in London , '66/'67)

Any random thoughts? How about your collections? (no flames, please)

AuPh

 rent or collect? - shelly 17:58:39 3/06/99 (0)
 Re: Boy, this page needs some action! How about favorite LDs & DVDs? - JohnE 08:08:01 3/06/99 (1)
 ROTFL! They sell those, you know. - Audiophilander 10:29:20 3/06/99 (0)

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 rent or collect? - shelly 17:58:39 3/06/99 (0)
 Re: Boy, this page needs some action! How about favorite LDs & DVDs? - JohnE 08:08:01 3/06/99 (1)
 ROTFL! They sell those, you know. - Audiophilander 10:29:20 3/06/99 (0)
 * Boring * - Run4It! 14:46:46 3/05/99 (0)
 The collection or a non-collector - Rod M 13:55:15 3/05/99 (2)
 2¢ ...2¢ ...2¢ ...2¢ ...2¢ ...2¢ ...2¢ ... - Stephen 13:17:32 3/19/99 (0)
 little bear and construction equiptment - dy/dx 12:36:20 3/13/99 (0)

We probably rent videos once or twice a week, but it's usually new stuff that we didn't go to the theater to see. I don't know, I just never got into watching movies more than once though I will sometimes watch a movie on the tube that I have seen. But it has to have been long enough that I've kind of forgotten the exact story so I can be surprised a little at least.

Well that's my 2 %^#^&&*((^^^, darn Stephen, where is that cents sign!

If you want to contribute something, at least make it *relevant* to the needs of others, like "Here are some DVDs with audiophile sound as well as a great performance for you to consider."

I'm looking forward to your usual long-winded, smiley-face-filled rebuttal.

John

Someday I'll probably be rockin' out in a chair specifically designed for that purpose. ;-) Sigh! We're all subject to the eternal clock I guess.

I find that I seldom watch a movies more than once or twice, but have started to collect my favorites--movie musicals and concert dvds. I can watch these (actually Listen to these) over and over. I, too, have just started to gather them from the very inexpensive dvd sites. I've already gotten three free $20 coupons from reel.com and use their price matching offer with the many $5 and $10 coupons available for their site.
In all, about two dozen including Riverdance, James Taylor, Woodstock, Evita est al.

Unfortuately, my new Toshiba 3109 won't be delivered until the end of the month. But the dvd's look good on the bookshelf. I'll be renting a player this week to have a sneak peak.

I was writing Steve McCormack that the break-in on his Revision A mod of my DNA 0.5 was done watching Barney for about 2 months. Let me say, the dymamic range was not overstressed, but I was.

What's all this talk about >we go to the theater to see< What kind of parent would take their kids to learn such manners? RE: the seignfeld episode where george does the opposite: tells the movie talkers to shut-up! I would pay to see that in real life. I would pay bigtime for that!

On the other hand, We went to see Casablanca on it's rerelease down at the 'artcinema", an airline affair of about 35 seats. At the first critical point in the film, a few folks recited the line perfectly. Soon we all were doing it. It was the best film experience i've ever had. We want tuna that has good taste.