We pick up a cheap DVD player
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325798)
Rockingham, Australia
November 13, 2021 6:56pm CST
They tell me DVDs and DVD players are pretty much a thing of the past. Now we’re settled here and have some time on our hands, I decided we should watch some of our collection. However, we couldn’t get any to play and in the end decided to pick up a second-hand player if we could.
Fast forward to us going to a garage sale. This was a story in itself as there was masses of stuff on offer. We were told that the children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces of the couple had dumped all their unwanted goods there as they (the oldies) had plenty of time to sell stuff!!
Anyway the guy didn’t think they had a DVD player but then the woman said they had two inside. Off she went and we bought one for $20 which was very cheap. So last night we watched The Jazz Singer, starring Neil Diamond. We’re looking forward to watching more from time to time.
The photo is from Fairbridge Folk Festival in Western Australia.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
14 Nov 21
Hmm... a cheap NEW DVD player is less than $20 here. 
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I would have been happy to do that... if you came and picked it up in person. @JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil 
Why couldn't you just deliver it?
Why couldn't you just deliver it?2 people like this
@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
14 Nov 21
Good pics. I have portable DVD player I got recently. Even though I have 3 DVD players in the house none of them seem to want to work..so I had to get another.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
14 Nov 21
Mine is languishing - just no time for it.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
15 Nov 21
@JudyEv I have the choice to do what I enjoy, luckily
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@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
14 Nov 21
Cool, I’m glad they’re a “thing of the past.” I have a “region-free” DVD player (meaning I can buy DVDs from Australia, such as the complete series of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, or England and watch them!).
I think it’s a good thing to have one. I’ve read that the streaming services can remove any film they want, any time they want, but they can’t do that to you if you OWN The Jazz Singer!!!!
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov 21
@FourWalls My Mum thought he was pretty okay too. And fancy not releasing it. 'They' were just as bigoted as the Captain. These things were 'normal' back in those days. You can't just erase it all.
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@LadyDuck (458146)
• Switzerland
14 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil is right about "cheap" this is the price for a brand new one here.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
14 Nov 21
All of our movies are DVD; and we have no intention of changing to Blu-ray or any other new fangled machine! :-)
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Nov 21
@LindaOHio If you watch a lot of TV, I'm sure some of the sites are well worth joining.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
15 Nov 21
@JudyEv We have Hulu and Discovery+ but don't watch enough to justify them...and Discovery+ has a ton of options.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
15 Nov 21
I still believe in DVD players. Some things are not available for streaming; plus, having a physical copy of something means that a corporation can't just come in and take it back--something that has happened too frequently. That is true of not only movies but books as well; a certain behemoth has a rather bad track record regarding those things.
While I like many new technologies, I know that there are a number of things that could easily fail. There is something to be said to have "old-fashioned" backups for things.
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@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
14 Nov 21
That is cheap alright glad you got it Judy
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
14 Nov 21
Finding a dvd player would be tough nowadays, you got it for a pretty good price. Do you remember the vhs or vcr players
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@isweartokira (3465)
• United States
15 Nov 21
I always loved movie night with my family, we had a pretty good DVD collection. now I just use Netflix and YouTube as my media entertainment. the disc tray to my DVD player no longer works so I can't use it right now.
I've never heard of The Jazz Singer, I will have to look it up!
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 21
DVDs have certainly lost popularity. The Jazz Singer was really enjoyable. A fictional but quite strong storyline and lots of Neil Diamond songs.
@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
14 Nov 21
i bought one that played 200 discs about 10 years ago. that same player now sells for 2600 dollars (10 years old, they no longer make them)!
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
15 Nov 21
@JudyEv i kept it, having 200 dvds at your fingertips is worth a lot more than money!
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
14 Nov 21
Neil Diamond
He was quite good back in the day
Glad you got a dvd player.which works.
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@kaylachan (57687)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Nov 21
That's a good price. You can still get dvd players in stores, because Blu-Ray and DVD discs are still sold. However, they will eventually fade out as streaming becomes more popular.
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov 21
I guess they won't be around for ever but I'm glad we were able to pick up this one.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16532)
• China
14 Nov 21
It is great you bought what you wanted and it was a real bargain !
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
14 Nov 21
Dvd player is obsolete now. Everyone is using handphone to watch movies, listen to songs now. Getting aa second hand is possible at charity sale
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@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov 21
That's true. But I certainly don't to watch movies on my phone. I'm a dinosaur.
