#Movie collector alternative tv

So for about 7 years, I amassed a decent collection of DVDs that were mostly imports. So I would buy batches of foreign DVDs each month, often of things that hadn’t even been released in UK cinemas yet, or just choose to acquire better editions of Region 2 discs - as it was common for North American versions to have a lot more special features and extras. I don’t remember what the exchange rate was back then, but there was a British website that imported Region 1 DVDs from the US and Canada (via the island of Jersey), and I remember it being very much worth my time financially. I upgraded to a multi-region DVD player in 2001, and that’s when literally a world of entertainment opened up to me. But once DVD was released, I was an early adopter and passionate advocate.

Well, beyond getting every Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on tape to stay ahead of friends watching the show on Sky TV. Before DVD, I wasn’t a big collector of VHS tapes. And while that sounds a bit laughable almost 20 years later, at the time it was home theatre nirvana watching “crystal clear” movies with sound effects coming from behind you.

#Movie collector alternative tv

Okay? My devotion to the digital format was born that year (cemented by the release of The Matrix), and DVD soon inspired me to use my earnings to buy a 32' widescreen TV and a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound system. Don’t hold that against me, because I was just looking for movies that would look particularly impressive on my whopping 28' CRT television. I bought my first DVD player in 1999, launching my collection with stone cold classics like Armageddon… uh, Godzilla (1998)… and, um, The Faculty. I was a voracious collector of DVDs in my twenties.