Stepping into The Mall in Preston today I stumbled across my new foe. I say foe lightly however, the place is more like a best friend and an enemy. 'Replay' possibly has the most enticing DVD offer i've ever witnessed, like my own personal nicotine it draws me in and never fails to make me part with some dosh.
I don't know what is is about DVDs, earlier in my life I would see 3 for £20 and throw a fit then buy the lot. These days i've come to realise that my money needs to be stretched that little bit further so DVD splurges are few and far between. It just never seems as though i'm spending a lot, now I go for the £3 pound DVDs knocking around HMV or the amazing offers that play.com seem to produce. Although, it seems DVDs are dropping in price quicker and cheaper.
Blu-Ray is unashamedly stealing the DVDs glory, no longer are we given the DVD in the adverts, now Empire magazine is plastered with Blu-Ray adverts in double page spreads offering us the next generation in film viewing. This is fantastic, or it would be if it didn't scare me.
I now own upward of 250 DVDs (I think), so as the Blu-Ray weedles its way in, the DVD gradually moves out of favour. Just like VHS did, not long before. I admit, it's going to be a while before DVDs do become obselete, with shelves still filled with DVDs rather than Blu-Rays.
The DVDs drop in price, I, and most likely everyone else, buy them and then it works towards having a bigger collection of DVDs which are potentially moving towards being obselete. It's a vicious circle.
Today, I stood in front of around 50 DVDs trying to select 4 to get my £10 worth. Not because I need them, but because it seems to good an opportunity to miss, and has been the last two times i've visited the shop. I search through them all and whittle them down to the best contenders in my own personal DVD X-Factor. It has become a case of choosing DVDs, not just based on merit but on whether it completes my collection, I have Saw 1 and 3, so Saw 2 was an obvious choice. Maybe i'm going a bit far with this, but I stood there for a good 10 minutes trying to decide.
Whether i'm a film lover/buff or a consumer bitch is yet to be seen, but i'd like to think the former is to be the true analysis.
of course, there is the fact that dvd offered a significant step up from vhs in every way, where blu-ray has a slightly better picture. i don't think dvds will be obselete that quickly...
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