Forgot that i didn't do one of these.. better late than never, right?

My name is Joel, and i live in West Virginia, USA. I'd always been fascinated by laserdiscs growing up but kinda forgot about them until seeing the Angry Video Game Nerd do a review about his laserdiscs. After him sparking my memory, I started collecting my laserdiscs after i found a Pioneer CLD-V2600 on ebay for less than $20 in April 2010. I have been collecting DVDs and Blu-Ray for several years, but after getting a better job i've been able to expand my collection to include Laserdiscs (and more DVDs and Blu-Rays ). However, i just recently purchased a house, so for a while the funds will be short and i won't be buying as much. I purchased a Pioneer Elite DVL-90 player around a year or year and a half ago, and love every minute of it. My current setup includes: Pioneer Elite DVL-90, Philips 42" 1080p LCD HDTV, Sony Playstation 3, Home Theater/Gaming PC, and an Onkyo HT-S5200 7.1 Surround system. Currently, i have 170+ laserdiscs, over 450 Blu-Rays, and around 1200-1300 DVDs. Mostly I'm collecting Blu-Rays now, and my DVDs are mostly at a stand-still, other than picking up some tv shows that haven't been released on Blu-Ray yet. I'll still pick up an LD every other month or so it seems though. I'll usually bid on a couple each month on ebay, but trying to stay in a budget keeps me from winning most of them, lol.

I've been posting on the forum for about a month now, and i'm impressed by the amount of knowledge and enthusiasm there is here, as well as the overall feeling of camraderie. I haven't seen too many personal attacks or arguments, and that's pretty impressive for a forum. I enjoy reading everyone's feedback and opinions on here and i've seen a few good suggestions of some movies to watch for. Here's to hoping this forum is around for a long time. Thanks guys!

Thanks for the presentation Joel!

I was a little scared of monitoring/administrating the forum for bad behavior/trolling but so far everyone has been a very decent netizen and 0 abuse report sent by shocked souls.

I hope it will remain like that!

Julien

I hope so too. You did a good job on it!

Welcome to the forum. Always glad to have another enthusiast for the format.

Ron

Welcome to the forum! Glad to have another laserdisc enthusiast on board! Look forward to seeing you around the board!

Kevin

Good afternoon from the UK jeb86home,

I have just enjoyed reading your experiences past and present.

Welcome to this site and hope you enjoy good correspondence with us all.

I am sure that we will correspond at some stage.

Take care and hope you settle into your new home.
I can understand the limitations with reference available funds, as it's taken myself just under four years to decorate and furnish my home from scratch.

The first week in May I shall be decorating, fitting speaker cable behind coving, fitting speakers, followed by doing much the same with the hallway and cloakroom during the same week. . . . Minus speakers.

Keep in touch with your progress if you like. . . . As it's always good to encourage others with their goals.

Regards to you.

thanks benmbe. good luck on your setup in the near future.

Nice intro Joel !
Thanks for sharing your story.........
Glad for your new digs....May your LD collection grow !
And add a X-Box 360 to your Mackin Entertainment setup ! LoL

lol, i've considered a 360 several times, but never made the purchase. i'm more into PC gaming.. i just prefer the feel of mouse-and-keyboard control over that of a controller. i was mostly using my PS3 as a blu-ray player until i built my home theater/gaming pc with a blu-ray player built into it. now, i havent turned on my PS3 in over a year, lol. Crysis 2 and Skyrim have kept me busy on the PC (not to mention they look so much better on PC too ). so, i may get a 360 at some point, but i kinda doubt it. one of my friends lives pretty close to me and he has a 360 with over 100 games, so if i get the itch to play 360 i'll just go up to his house, lol.

I totally read you !
Hats off to PC gaming....
Still........You might get the bug from the buddy near by! LoL !
Only been on x-box live for a short time.
Dream come true talking to people all over the world in the heat of battle !!!
Crysis 2 and Skyrim on PC - Now that is epic gaming material ! ENJOY !