Early adopter
The one and only time I've had a job where I recieved a nuice chunky bonus (several K's worth) coincided with the advent of DVD.

As a massive movie fan, I had to have one and now I ad the means.
After a quick shufty at What HiFI Sound and Vision, off I trundled to Tottenham Court Road (the electric mecca for tourists in that there London) and proceeded to hand over the sum of £400 for a Pioneer DVD player and another £400 for a surround sound system.

The sound system lasted 18 months, before the sub-wwofer started emitting a very annoying buzzing noise. The problem was, the sub acted as a sort of amp for the rest of the speakers, so that was the end of that.
The DVD player lasted a further four months before displaying an error message on the display all the time, and refused to play anything.

I ended up replacing the lot with a DVD player (£60), surround amp (£150) and surround speakers (£70) which has happily played with me for four trouble free years now.

This is why I will NEVER again fork out hard earned for the latest 'must-have' gadget... despite drooling over the pictures
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 21 May 2009, 13:11, Reply)