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I really wanted it, too. I requested it from Santa. And then didn't watch it. Why ?

It's not only the DVD player that is underused when it comes to box sets.

The Elvis Presley "Essential 70s Masters" I got for Christmas 2003 also sits on a shelf, mocking my pretensions of being an Elvis fan. Yet a year later I went out and bought the Elvis "Complete 50s Masters". Two black boxes side by side, undisturbed.

Oh, I have played one disc - I even heard most of it before being distracted by some domestic diversion. But I will, in all probability, never set aside the one night necessary to play the whole thing.

I assume it's a male disorder, collecting being the better part of actually playing. Maybe they're attractive because they sometimes have the dimensions of an LP, and it's a two handed holding sensation that takes me back to my teenage years. Or maybe its because men are usually impressed by large collections of records.

A friend of mine says he has 200 box sets of music. I'm impressed. (see?)

But hold on.

Say four discs a box , 50 minutes a disc ?

I reckon that's 666 hours. The devil may have all the best tunes, but I don't think he has enough for 200 box sets.