Found a great new source for R1 DVDs - for you European (and possibly Asian) readers out there; Americans have cheaper and better options - at DV-Depot, a Canadian store.

While the prices are generally higher than, for example, Amazon.com, shipping is cheaper ($10 for 7 discs, $20 for 14, and so on - all via DHL). They also open and check every DVD before packing it - which is good - and then they wrap each and every disc in a paper towel - which isn't necessarily so good. Yes, it prevents "floaters" (discs that are, um, floating around inside the case, getting all scratchy), but it adds a whole bunch of tiny paper fibres on the disc's surface, which have to be cleaned off before the disc can be played.

Nice gesture then, but I'm not sure how helpful it is. I rarely had trouble with floaters from Amazon, and although Play.com - my favoured source for R2 releases, and, via their new PlayUSA.com site, the odd R1 disc - has too many of them, that's probably because they ship via regular postal service.

But hey, you can opt out of the service, so no biggie. And by opening each and every case, they can mark the DVDs as "used" on the customs slip. Neat-o. So if you're looking for a reliable and helpful place to shop your DVDs, check 'em out.  ¶ 21:40