In the last few months I decided to see what I could find on DVD and Blu-ray. It’s a matter of luck and persistence but I do find good stuff now and then. Anyone else find missing Blu-rays from combo Blu-ray and DVd sets? Or DVD-Rs instead of pressed? And how do some people manage to scratch their discs so impressively?

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    And how do some people manage to scratch their discs so impressively?

    The answer to this (at least for me) is kids who get into trouble the moment you turn your back for 1 second. I can’t make dinner without one or both of the kids laying hands on something they shouldn’t be…

  • HugeNerd@lemmy.caOPMEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Besides Value Village and Renaissance, what stores do you go to, and for what type of goods? I mostly look for physical media, and electronics that I consider valuable.

    I haven’t found too many other stores yet in Montréal, but there’s Friperie Notre-Dame in Lachine. They have decent physical media.

    On the other hand there was the Habitat for Humanity Re-store, the one in St-Henri. They sold books and some records. It just went out of business and I can certainly see one reason why: selling donated or trash-picked furniture for as much as twice the price of a new item. Crazy.

    I think they got upset at me one day because I saw a 9" Sony Trinitron in perfect condition with no price tag and the cashier just said “five bucks” and I barely had the time to slap a fiver on the counter when the manager came running at Mach 2 but too late.

  • HugeNerd@lemmy.caOPM
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    14 hours ago

    I wanna seed a few discussions here… Anyone else look for HD-DVDs or 4K discs? I lucked out to find a HD-DVD player for 14$ with remote, and a XBOX drive that I can’t figure out how to use on a PC. I’m still holding out to see if I can find a 4K Blu-ray player next.

    So far I found the first season of Battlestar Galactica on HD-DVD in a nice picture case. Found Midway on a 4K/Blu-ray release, I don’t even think I’d enjoy the movie, but how cool is that?

  • HugeNerd@lemmy.caOPMEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    No idea what I’m doing here so I’ll just type out whatever pops into my head.

    Has anyone noticed that in the last few months the offer of DVDs and Blu-rays at Renaissance has shrunk and on top of it, the prices vary a lot store by store? Some Renaissances sell Blu-rays at $4.50 while some like Cote Des Neiges are at $8?

    And you still need to check for scratches, or missing discs, or if it’s the right disc.