Birthday present

This is the sumptuos DVD set Lini bought me for my birthday. One of the best DVD packaging I've seen, and of a movie I love at that. (Thanks dear.) Yet sadly, it's probably one of the last few DVDs I'm going to be getting. The days of DVD are numbered. The Blu-Ray version of this package is selling for about $60+ I think. And while it does not have the packaging that this DVD set has, reviews of its sound and picture quality from Amazon has been glowing. Sad how fast these things changes. I remember my first DVD player, bought in Feb 1999 ( I was a late starter). I even remember my first DVDs: Robocop and Starship Troopers. When DVDs were new, they were also retailing at around $40-$60, the price of Blu-Ray and HD discs now... So it's a matter of time before the inventory of titles goes up and the price falls, and then DVDs will be history.

And in my cupboard, there are about 80 or so movies on Laser Discs (remember those?) My LD player finally died on me a couple of months ago. It's a Sony player, and has lasted me for more than 10 years I think. I wonder if I will be laughed at if I ask for new LD player at the departmental stores. What do I do with my LD collection then?

Curiously, VCD has survived, so there'll be DVD players or combo players for both DVDs and Blu-Rays for years to come... Christmas is coming, and it'll will be a good time to shop for a Blu-Ray dics player. Yummy. But what do I do with my LDs?

Chup