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Subject: Are Public Domain DVDs worth checking out?
Written By: woops on 01/17/05 at 10:50 pm
Have you seen those thin cased/paper cased cheap DVDs of old movies, tv shows, cartoons, etc. on most discount store?
IMO, some are either hit or miss. Though tend to come in a quality of sound/picture that ranges from fair to bad.
Though I only like one PD DVD of 60 classic cartoons, most in fair quality, of Popeye, Betty Boop, Superman, Felix the Cat, etc. (Not to mention a couple junk like Casper & Little Audrey :P )
And another of old commercials. :D
Subject: Re: Are Public Domain DVDs worth checking out?
Written By: sputnikcorp on 01/17/05 at 11:00 pm
my father buys them by the dozen. loads of old movies that have no real chance to be rereleased by a major label are given new life to new audiences, cheaply...although i am getting sick of my father's obsession to the singing cowboy movies of the 30s he's discovered on DVD. the modern mind can only take so much gene autry...
Subject: Re: Are Public Domain DVDs worth checking out?
Written By: Allie Fox on 01/18/05 at 3:08 pm
I bought "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" with John Travolta. The quality is abysmal and the features are non-existant but for ONE CLAM. . . what did I expect?
The few that I own are all the same, but it's either that or nothing. "A bird in hand. . ."
Subject: Re: Are Public Domain DVDs worth checking out?
Written By: Johnny_D on 01/18/05 at 6:26 pm
You can borrow DVDs of movies (sometimes surprisingly recent stuff) from your local public library and keep 'em for a week for free...that's what my wife and I do when we want to watch a movie we missed when it first came out. Great way to catch up on lots of movies for free.