In Reply to: DVDs. What's the great fascination... posted by Baliphile on Thursday, 8. July 2004 at 08:22 Bali Time:
but consider this fact.
To take my three children to the movies to see the 5 new releases, that they particularly wanted to see, would set me back at least $250 Au.
If I took the hard line and told them to wait for the movies to come out at the video hire place, I'd still be paying $7 a pop to hire them.
Why not just buy them all in Bali for $1.50 each, and what the heck, while we're there, get copies for all of our family and friends!
Add to this the multi volumes of The Simpsons and Mr. Bean that my kids just HAD to have, and throw in a few choice music DVD's and before you know it, you have over 100 to take home.
I figure that even if we do only ever watch them all once, I'm still in front money-wise, and can pass them on to others to enjoy!
Hope this helps you to see the DVD issue from another perspective :)
Cheers,
~Shell