Many book reading enthusiasts don’t approve of the Reader’s Digest Condensed Books format. I’ve read many so-called lovers of books make comments like, “Reader’s Digest condense books should be burned”, […]
Category: Collecting
Some tips on caring for retro/vintage tech
For someone like me, who likes to use vintage technology and electronic gadgets, keeping them in good shape and operational is a top priority. I thought I’d share some of […]
More great content wrapped in crap packaging
This past Valentine’s Day, my wife and I exchanged gifts, both of them being DVD collections of two T.V. series that we enjoy. I got a classic favourite T.V. show […]
Digital will never replace my physical media
As a long time collector of different media (video games, music, movies, etc.), I think the most concern for me, regarding digital media, is the uncertainty that what you collected […]
Time for some Christmas music
It that time of year again to enjoy some wholesome and heart filling Christmas music. And there’s no other form of Christmas music that means so much to me and […]
So, how expensive were LaserDiscs in the 90s?
I see this question pop up, every now and again, from people who are just starting to get into collecting LaserDiscs. Well, just this evening, we were settling in to […]
Why LaserDiscs are still my favorite video format
So, after all of these years, why are LaserDiscs still my favorite video format to watch and collect? One of the reasons I enjoy watching movies on LaserDisc so much […]
I didn’t realize snap case DVDs were a “thing”
We have a fair size collection of DVDs, but until just recently, I had no idea of the hoop-la that surrounded those DVDs sold in the cardboard “snap case” packaging. […]
New DVD purchases that were worth the money
Recently I happened across the Canadian media production company, VEI (Visual Entertainment Inc.) and noticed that they had the distribution rights to several old T.V. show from the 80s, which […]
Cheap is just the new “normal”
This evening, my wife and I sat down to watch a couple of movies that we haven’t seen for a while. First, we watched “A Knight’s Tale”, which is one […]
