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Read the story here.

 

I'm linking to the story instead of copying it to here because of the restrictions listed at the bottom of the article.

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most giveaways are old tv series, or 30 year old films, i cant say ive seen anything decent dvd wise on the front of a UK newspaper though

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I got the original Moby Dick out of The Times, it is one of my all time favourite films and I would have bought it if I could have found it a decent price. HMV wanting ?14.99 for a film made in 1956 is downright scandolous! Although Amazon have it at ?4.99 plus P&P. I guess there is some truth in the article though. :/

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I saved money once by getting a DVD I wanted free with a Pizza Hut pizza. :lol:

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I got The Mask free in a box of cereal a couple years ago, bastards have been skinning us alive for too long with this $20-30 per disc shite for too long anyway. They actually expect people to start replacing their collections with $35 BDR or HD disc? Fuck that.

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I got... All Dogs Go To Heaven 2. :lol: Granted, it was a movie only disc, made specifically for Pizza Hut, with a starting ad video stream before the main menu. Which only has two menu options. Start movie and choose Espanol. :rolleyes: But... I didn't have to deal with that for too long... :shifty:

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Fucking-A, Grain!

 

And that's AFTER paying a bloody grand for the player!? They can kiss my entire ass.

 

Besides, looking at a display at BestBuy, the picture is better, but it ain't that much better.

 

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DVD-Video has the market right now and for the forseeable future. Some might point to the 8-track's quick demise at the hands of the cassette, but the cassette tape was invented before the 8-track hit the market. And, besides, the 8-track was a pain in the ass, always cutting out in the middle of a song you liked, only to fade back in when it kicked to the next "track." And they were rather fragile.

 

My Dad actually had a car with an 8-track deck in it. Needless to say, no one ever even tried to steal it. :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got The Mask free in a box of cereal a couple years ago, bastards have been skinning us alive for too long with this $20-30 per disc shite for too long anyway. They actually expect people to start replacing their collections with $35 BDR or HD disc? Fuck that.
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Donnie Darko? They shouldn't be giving it away for free!

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My Dad actually had a car with an 8-track deck in it. Needless to say, no one ever even tried to steal it. :o

 

Stealing 8 track players was a thriving business when I was young. I lost three of them to the thieving bastards. Cassettes might have been invented before the 8 track, but at that time , they weren't as good or as readily available. However, when they did start mass producing them, 8 tracks became obsolete almost overnight.

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AHHHH yes, the 8 track quadrifonic player with a mini joystick to tune the speakers to just what you wanted..... :rolleyes:

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AHHHH yes, the 8 track quadrifonic player with a mini joystick to tune the speakers to just what you wanted..... :rolleyes:
I had a Learjet 8-track player. I installed it in my 1960 Chevy Impala Ragtop along with 4 speakers and the sound was fantastic. Edited by Movie Junkie
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you see what those ragtops go for today in #1 condition its a downpayment on a nice house

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You have to admit they sounded pretty darn good. We were used to AM radio and these sounded a whole lot better than that. FM was little more than a wet dream at that time.

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you see what those ragtops go for today in #1 condition its a downpayment on a nice house ,saw one on ebay with the 348 ,$30,000 and bidding not over

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you see what those ragtops go for today in #1 condition its a downpayment on a nice house ,saw one on ebay with the 348 ,$30,000 and bidding not over
I paid $200.00 for it in 1968. It had a 283 engine that had been bored out to a 327. Damn, I wish I still had it.

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