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Time to go holiday shopping now.
Which mostly means a huge order at Australian Homemade, a stop at the wine shop, maybe a pop down to Dean and Delucca, just because it makes me happy and possibly a trip to Best Buy.

Mostly, I am trying to decide if I should get a DVD player for my parents.

My dad has been talking about getting one for months, but never does.
My mother always says she is too tired to watch films when she gets home.
The subtitle feature on DVDs would mean my dad could watch movies without driving my mother crazy (his hearing is poor).
The chapter feature on DVDs would give my mom more freedom to watch DVDs at her pace.
Film is important to me, in part because I was taken to lots of film, and lots of great film as a child (The New York Film Festival, lots of indie pics, movies when they still showed them at Radio City, Gandhi on the big screen, etc).

But I just can't decide if this is me trying too hard to find some common ground with my family, or me buying them something they would enjoy and use, but feel intimidated to deal with themselves.

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I think a DVD player is a wonderful idea. The prices have hit rock bottom, with places like walmart offering DVD players for under $40 now. And soon, a DVD player will be essential for watching any films at home, as I hear that VCRs are being fazed out. Which is just smashing, since I will have and yet another piece of technology to add to my collection of outdated instruments like the laser disc player and DiVX player. Too bad we never had a beta machine, as then I could probably open a museum of strange and outdated modes of watching films. ;)

But seriously, I'm sure they would be appreciative of receiving a DVD player.