I am slowly converting my VHS collection to DVDs. I love DVDs! They take up less space, have better picture clarity, and great bonus crap on the disks! I just scored the complete "Fawlty Towers," and if I wanted to, I could easily dump $500 at a DVD store in one afternoon (the complete "Prisoner" set....droooool...)

The old VHS stuff ends up at the local Ronald McDonald house where they are plenty happy to see the tapes.

My wife and kids went on a ski trip last Sunday, which gives me a rare opportunity to sneak out and rent movies that would scandalize them. I spend all of Sunday afternoon plowing through the "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" movie and almost five hours of special features (the light saber battle alone was worth the price). "Dogma" was better.

Another favorite feature is the director commentaries, which can add greatly to a movie. "Young Frankenstein" has a great Mel Brooks commentary track. Unfortunately, "Blazing Saddles" does not. Rats.

Of course, I figure in a few years, just as I am rounding out the DVD collection, the technology to get high-resolution digital movies on to a disk will suddenly mature, and I'm going to have to start over again.

"Now I'll probably have to buy the White Album again."



- K from "Men in Black"