just to break the monotony

[ceagle]

also titled: 'How to save money in the hobby world'

I used to go to art-film screenings a lot years ago, and saw a lot of bleh.. but a few gems now and then also, so I decided to go to a screening of this years' academy award nominated short films. I got there a smidge early, so I made a trek over to Amoeba Music and rummaged through the LaserDisc bin... WOW. Even cheaper than when I checked a year ago.. and lots of great stuff!.. all for between 1 and 2 dollars!!
I figure by estimating what these used to cost, I got about $850 worth of stuff for just around $50 .. 8>

So there ya go, kiddies... wait for a technology to fade, and then ya can really gobble up the savings... woot! (mmmmmmmm..... *slurps*... VHS, LPs and old computers.......)

Comments

[tilton.livejournal.com]

Oh I looooooooove LaserDisc! It was such a wonderful format! I wish I still had a player, but mine died and by then nobody was selling any. I should try to find a used one maybe :)

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

Technology, like fine wine, often does get better with age!

[hastka.livejournal.com]

Hah, yay cheap laserdiscs. I really should get a "good" player for mine. As much fun as it is to control the LDP-1850 or whatever it is via RS-232, certain CLVs mess it up, and it doesn't decode THX.

[aldi.livejournal.com]

Yay for old technology! What an appropriate post too. Just today, on a DVD mailing list group, I found out the major companies have stopped making standalone DVD recorders with HDD drives in them. D'oh!

These days, I've been playing one side of a different LP every day in the kitchen over breakfast. :)

[telbert.livejournal.com]

*smiles* I confess that I've been feeding my technological nostaglia lately by watching YouTube clips of old Commodore 64 games.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

I remember going to Japan not long ago and they were still selling laser discs :) It really bombed out here in Australia