Didn't Kill the Radio Star
I've kept my VCR around for one reason: Star Wars isn't out on DVD just yet. And, even though Lucasfilm will be righting this great wrong come September, they're not doing justice by releasing only the "Special Edition." Yeah, that edition is "special" all right...Terry the Tiger kind of special, if you follow me, 1138.

Right, so the real video star of my home theater system is the Toshiba SE-R0047 DVD player, seen at right, perched atop the Mitsubishi HS-U760 VCR. Like the AVR-2803 receiver,the Toshiba player is not my first. See, I was an early adopter in the DVD revolution here in the states, purchasing my Mitsubishi DD-1000 in 1997 and holding onto it until sometime in 2000, when The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released on DVD. A software incompatibility with the DD-1k and RHPS suddenly made me need to get a new player, so I upped to a JVC 3-disc model; only the JVC didn't read CD-R's and I again upped to a Toshiba 5-disc changer. But, changing discs on that model was too much of an inconvenience, so I again traded up...or down, depending on how you look at things.

But here's how I see it: The SE-R0047 plays every disc I own, has a convenient interface, and supports DTS. I need nothing more. Of course, we'll see how fast I hold to that stance once the extended edition of Return of the King comes out and it's marathon time, but I've still half-a-dozen months to go 'til then, so I'm just going to adopt a "wait and see" attitude until that day comes around. >>

 

 

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