Charity Shop Bargains

[Pip]

Reminds me of the great Emo Phillips' line... "I've got some new undepants.. well, they're new to me!"

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[Liah1972]

There seems to be a lot of videos in Charity shops lately because everyone is getting rid of their collections to buy dvds, my recent bargains were the box set of Hammer House of horror 6 euro and Morgan a Suitable case for Treatment for 1 euro a film I have never seen.

[samkydd]

Originally Posted by Liah1972 There seems to be a lot of videos in Charity shops lately because everyone is getting rid of their collections to buy dvds, my recent bargains were the box set of Hammer House of horror 6 euro and Morgan a Suitable case for Treatment for 1 euro a film I have never seen.

I'm hanging on to my videos because I can't see the point of duplicating the films on DVD just to satisfy the marketing machine. A few years ago I started duplicating my LPs with CDs and stopped because I prefer the sound of the original vinyl! So IMHO technology isn't all that it's cracked up to be, and I prefer to do my own thing rather than keep up! This does limit my enjoyment sometimes when I'm out in the car listening to the same album over and over again on eight-track!

One thing I noticed at the car boot sale (we went to a posh one but they didn't call it a car boot sale, it was a 4x4 Tailgate Jamboree), was the many 12 " laser discs for sale.

Were these laser film discs any good and can you still buy the equipment to play them on? Are they worth collecting or if I bought a load would they languish in the back of the shed forever and a day alongside my Andrew and Fergie Royal Wedding memorobilia and the Gary Glitter and Jonathan King boxed album sets!

[smudge]

Some stuff on LD has a better print quality than certain DVD releases. FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE (for one) is so reputed and I know that up until only last month, when the HD version came out, a lot of the prints used to master THE PRISONER LDs were superior.

That being said, these discs are bulky and you often had the film split over 2 sides - even if you had the better quality of player, there was still a heck of a switchover gap. Mind you, I still have 100 or so discs stashed away, and a decent player still in tow...

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[samkydd]

Originally Posted by smudge Some stuff on LD has a better print quality than certain DVD releases. FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE (for one) is so reputed and I know that up until only last month, when the HD version came out, a lot of the prints used to master THE PRISONER LDs were superior. That being said, these discs are bulky and you often had the film split over 2 sides - even if you had the better quality of player, there was still a heck of a switchover gap. Mind you, I still have 100 or so discs stashed away, and a decent player still in tow... Smudge

I think I'll pass on the Laser Discs. I'll probably get them mixed up with my LPs and ruin my stylus on the record deck!

[Pip]

Originally Posted by Liah1972 There seems to be a lot of videos in Charity shops lately because everyone is getting rid of their collections to buy dvds, my recent bargains were the box set of Hammer House of horror 6 euro and Morgan a Suitable case for Treatment for 1 euro a film I have never seen.

Yes, there is some good stuff coming out of the woodwork now everyone is dumping videotape - worth a regular trawl of the charity shops. There's still a lot of material that was issued on video but has never made it to DVD (yet). Just picked up the two tapes of Murder Most Horrid, as new - 99p each and the other week The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star double video set for 50p!

Has anyone ever started a list on here of movies/TV that has been issued on video but not on DVD? It would be a handy reference!

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[Aaryk Noctivagus]

Originally Posted by samkydd I think I'll pass on the Laser Discs.

That won't do them much good. I find a lens cleaning cloth does a very good job when necessary