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I take it that such shelves only had what's on now (and current films), and no classics.

Come to think of it, you are absolutely right-- many great films and shows have had their reputations ruined by shoddy physical media presentations.

An argument that, I think, also fits such minor matters as presentation quality of a film or show (which encompasses such things as picture quality and how it sounds [the latter being whether it's in stereo, or mono, or 5.1]); in fact, I know I've said it many a time, but I think those who have...

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And there's the rub-- pay more by getting what you like at a store, and get it in possibly unblemished quality, or purchase online, have it get to your house, and have it maybe manhandled to kingdom come? The choice is an intriguing one.

Indeed! I don't know exactly how much it was, but I was at the Best Buy in Greenville with my brother and sister-in-law one time, and they had seasons of Voyager w/price tags of at least $100 (and that was for each individual go).

Not much of a choice there-- I was at the one in Newnan, GA (my niece and nephew took me there when I was visiting my brother [he lives down a piece from that in the hamlet of Moreland]), and the selection there is as paltry as what you describe where you are.

How do you mean by that?

In that case, I don't blame 'em-- if they didn't have the MSRP M.O. they did, they wouldn't be able to pay the rent to have that space where they were.

Why would Borders' M.O. when it came to media prices be to sell only at MSRP and no lower?

Which is why the majority of my purchases have been through Amazon-- granted, you can't judge the condition before you receive it, except when customer images are posted (and you're rolling the dice when you purchase), but at least it's in stock most of the time, and you don't have to go...

And I was at one w/my sister and nephew in Maryland (back when they were living there) for Christmas 2007, and that specific one (I believe it was in Annapolis) was where I made one of the worst purchasing mistakes I ever made. It was that first and only go of The Fall Guy, for $60 MSRP...

Said single aisle being generally current shows, with a smattering, if any, of classics, I take it.

The way you describe Best Buy as it was then is the way it was when I went in the one in Greenville, SC for the first time with my brother-- it had DVD releases of more series and movies than you could shake a stick at, both classic and current (so everyone had a choice-- they weren't trying to...

Examined the picture, and it is indeed as you say-- still, it baffles me why they would put the same release in two different slots.

Do you mean by that that the same release could exist in multiple places/slots on that rack? I'm confused.

No wonder I couldn't find that third-season L.A. Law at the Wal-Mart in Simpsonville, even on release day-- there was copy after copy of everything new and current today (at least it seemed that way), while L.A. Law was an afterthought.

Same way as mine, basically-- one side was stocked with televisions, and the other was where the scant selection of discs were. I guess everyone wants instant these days, apparently.

Even when a movie/show they like is suddenly stripped from the service it's on?

My situation was somewhat different than yours-- there were a few selections, but nothing much of interest.

One commenter on there had similar views to mine about films as I have to television, in that he says that choice is why he prefers discs, and that his older tastes are not reflected on Netflix that well.

What tri-state area do you live in?

OT-- I will do the same with vintage newspapers as much as I can, because in perhaps a decade, maybe more, papers as we have known them will be gone entirely, and the only way to be informed will be on a phone (latest purchase from EBay is the Thursday, Jan. 17, 1991 edition of Newsday from Long...

True enough-- however, if Netflix had more classics, I'd probably save myself the pain!

That writer is welcome to the opinion presented there; personally, I'll never fully embrace streaming (especially w/the lack of classic content therein [Netflix being all about the new, now and current; Hulu being seemingly more classic]), and will always believe in discs!

The last time I went (last Sunday with my nephew Montana), they seemed to offer a few more classic titles, mostly from Mill Creek. But even if they were mostly from Mill Creek, Best Buy seemed to have considered how I felt about them and their lack of classics, and so if I get a gift card to...

That's right-- if JQ wants digital, he can have digital; I'm not judging him for it. On the other hand, I don't think it's right for JQ to judge us who like discs because we don't see everything in the same digital way he does.

It is/has been his choice, I'll grant you, how he sees/has seen that classic Godfather film-- I just thought that, based on how offensive/otherwise objectionable many commercials are today, he'd want to see/have seen it in such a manner as to not have/have had to deal with those commercials...

I never thought that I'd see the day when cellphones made more money at Best Buy than discs did, but it's here and it's now!

That's because they're more about equipment and appliances apparently, sad to say!