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Walmart was matching Amazon prices as I recall. Each time I checked — at least pre-COVID, their price was always less already.

I find quite often that even the "new releases" title is a misnomer, placed on a rack with various shop worn DVDs from the past year or two jumbled up with a few Blu rays.

I went to 2 Walmarts recently in Niagara Faiis NY and in Amherst NY. Both were absolutely pathetic --.A small rack or two marked "New Releases" and perhaps a row of children's movies. Don't get me started on the Targets in each area. My best bet now continues to be buying everything from...

I have not done this for a while, because my computer got too old to upgrade, but until a year ago, I often would purchase “CDs” from iTunes. I am a disc man, so I would burn the “CD” to my own disc and make a cover and booklet. Why can’t a similar process be used to burn our own Blu rays or...

A bit off topic, but the Monty Python group published books. One is called something like “Monty Python’s New Book”. I leafed through about 20 of these trying to find a good one, when I realized they all had the same dirty looking thumb print and crease in the cover. They also were made so any...

My usual pattern is to see the latest, say Marvel movie, in the theatre and pre-order the disc version as soon as it becomes available. With no new releases, except for Wonder Woman 1984, my purchasing has slowed down to a trickle. The money I have saved is substantial. I have an Amazon wish...

At the time I was a heavy shopper there, the Canadian dollar was at par. This coupled with having a membership made the store bargoon city. My wife would drop me off at the CD/DVD section and browse the rest of the store.

How about the "Amazon" effect? After discovering for years that big box retail stores never usually have what I want, clerks seem to know absolutely nothing, (I once saw a clerk scan the list of top ten hits from a local radio station posted in the store for a single called "The Complete...

I had a huge collection of audio cassettes that I converted to CD. They were never mistreated and always in air conditioning. About 1/3 were unplayable at first and the tape had to be broken out of the plastic cases and put into another screw together case to play. The tape was fine, but all...

I read about these. Weren’t the tone arms so heavy that they were very hard on the records.

What about 8 tracks and cassettes? I had a series of cassette players in cars starting in the ‘70s.

There are many after market retailers who will install a CD player in any car you want.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=dust+bug+record+cleaner&client=safari&hl=en-ca&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8u8uzzofnAhXZLc0KHfiqCnoQ_AUoAnoECA8QAg&biw=320&bih=445#imgrc=C4ZADvv1mugrlM

What about an anti-static gun and that little clear plastic “tone arm” with the roller and brush that “played” the record from the opposite side?

I have 1000s of commercially made and home burned discs, and have never scratched or soiled one so it won’t play. Do people dangle them on a string for the cat?! I had one break in half as I tried to remove it from the case and play it the first time, but Amazon replaced it. It may be because...

The great thing about a CD player in the car is you can play your music directly instead of having to rip them to iTunes or a flash drive. CDs are also far easier to change as you drive. Trying to pick a song or album from your iPhone connected to your dashboard is the definition of distracted...

In large areas of Canada, cable was the only option. I lived on the border and we had a lot of channels from the US via antenna, but I remember visiting relatives in northern Ontario (Kirkland Lake) and finding they only had 3 channels. One was English CBC, one was French CBC, and one was...

I really enjoy completing a collection of movies, and really have very little interest in re-watching anything. I gradually acquire the complete set of say James Bond movies, watch each one with extras once and then display them on my shelf. Sometimes I think of re-watching, but I always have...

I had found free “depopper” programs on line that even helped with 78s.

My collection consisted mostly of Broadway shows, rare soundtracks and classical music that were/are really hard to find. I was an audiophile, so my collection was mostly pristine. My computer program allowed me to see a visual representation of music tracks and edit out the rare instance of...

I had a huge collection of LP records that I converted to CD-Rs over a number of years. Some of these now are almost 30 years old. I don’t think I’ve had trouble with any of them.

I had a friend return a treasured LP once with the words “sorry, Billy (their 4 year old) took this record and played it on his record player! I told him to keep it, and bought another one.

I have a friend ... who buys only Blu ray, but copies the library DVD to store in the Blu ray case. That way, if the idea of lending comes up or compatibility comes up, the copy can be safely loaned.

Here I think video stores have been replaced by the public library. Our system has a gigantic collection that you can order from to your local branch with the click of a mouse. They seem to buy everything. The advantage is that you can keep the DVD or Blu ray for a week. The disadvantage is you...

I’d buy “The Orville” again if it ever came to Blu ray. Both seasons of this SciFi show are only available as DVDs.

Before I sold my record collection, I “CDed” everything I could not replace.

Just a receiver.

I was an audiophile with the most expensive “Dual” turntable, “Shure” cartridge, huge speakers in my first apartment and almost no other furniture. I too de-popped, used an anti-static gun etc. etc. I was thrilled when all that got swept into the garbage heap of history by CDs.

According to the article, you heard every dust mote, finger print and scratch very clearly as well!

There also is a Wikipedia article.