{"id":306,"date":"2010-04-19T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2012-02-20T11:21:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T19:21:16","slug":"kick-off-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/kick-off-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick-Off Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s start this blog off on the right foot, shall we? Who wants a free Blu-ray player?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, did I get your attention with that? Good. I have a spare Panasonic DMP-BD50 Blu-ray player with original manual and remote. This is a fully-featured Profile 2.0 model with all Bonus View and BD-Live capabilities. It used to be my reference player for reviews for this site. I just don&#8217;t need and have no room for an extra player at this time. So I figured, why not give it away to one lucky reader?<\/p>\n<h6><!--more--><\/h6>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like a chance at winning this player, either for yourself or to give away as a gift for a loved one who hasn&#8217;t yet joined the Blu-ray revolution, you must post in the Comments section below the name of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">guilty pleasure movie not yet available on Blu-ray<\/span> that you&#8217;re hoping will be released in the future, why you like it, and what about it you can&#8217;t wait to see in high definition. That &#8220;why&#8221; portion is critical. I want some good answers here. Entries with &#8216;Citizen Kane&#8217;, &#8216;Schindler&#8217;s List&#8217;, or other widely-praised and beloved movies will be disqualified. This is a contest for guilty pleasures only. These are movies that you may like even though the majority of other viewers dislike them, or look down upon them.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be chosen entirely at my own discretion based on how passionate or well-argued I feel that your defense of the movie is. I will try not to judge anyone&#8217;s taste in movies, so long as it&#8217;s sincere. If &#8216;Gigli&#8217; or &#8216;Battlefield Earth&#8217; is honestly your favorite movie, make a good case for it. Attempts at sarcasm will be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The original MSRP for this unit was $699. This one is used, but is in perfectly good working and cosmetic condition. I&#8217;ll be honest, I have no idea what the current garage-sale value is. In addition to the Blu-ray player, the winner will receive a starter pack of five guilty pleasure movies on Blu-ray. 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