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Movies

I have always enjoyed watching movies, either at the cinema or on the TV. The one exception is on commercial televison, where the storyline tends to be broken up by those incessant adverts. Also, the ads can easily add an extra hour to the running time of a movie, so it will not end until well past my bedtime.

To overcome these difficulties, I have built up a collection of DVDs.

You can see a listing of my DVD collection

I prefer DVDs because they take up less space, and offer better picture and sound quality which (we are assured should not deteriorate over time, since there is no mechanical contact between the disc and the player pickup head. They also often offer great value for money compared to tapes, because they offer many extras.

I have noticed another interesting feature of some DVDs. Sometimes they contain undocumented extra features, which have become known as Easter Eggs. In my DVD listing, I have included a column for the presence of Easter Eggs. Often these are quite simple things, but can open up significant areas of extra content. There are a number of websites out there that list Easter Eggs, but it is more fun to try and find them yourself.

Of course now we are entering a new format war, with the advent of the new High Definition I think I will reserve judgement until things settle down, as so far, I have been totally under-whelmed by the HD experience. Sure, the picture quality is better, but I personally think the providers are asking too high a premium for such a limited improvement.

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