When is too much for when it comes to owning DVD's?

[Skerik]

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I own between 400 and 500, I guess. To me, it's not really about whether buying them all is more cost effective than renting them. Some people collect sports cards, others collect cars, I collect DVDs and I actually do watch a fair amount of movies in my spare time. *shrug*

[rawdog805]

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Well I have about 8 DVD's..... But uhh DVD-R movies, thats another story...

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I have close to 50. If I'm at Circuit City for an extended period of time, I could walk out of there with a DVD or two that I didn't intend to go in for. I've watched all of mine at least 2 or 3 times each, some much more than that. Renting movies is helping me sort out the movies on my "to buy" list that I'll never watch again.

[Miles_Yuhas]

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Yea i got about 15, tops. I only buy movies if I run into a steal on a good movie or its great.

[IlliniM1ke]

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I'm nearing the 300 mark and have no intentions of slowing down.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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CDs, on the other hand, is a completely different story.

[BigRed]

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Currently I own 84 DVD's.... I'm looking to expand my collection at every chance I get... Today while at a Mom and Pops record store I was picking up some DVD's when the guy behind the counter said why are you buying all these movies? It's just a waste of money.... That got me thinking... collecting DVD's is certainly an expensive hobby but when is too much too much?


I'm hoping to get to about 115 by the end of summer, and eventually would love to have over 200... Is it foolish of me to collect DVD's for my collection? And how many DVD's do some of you guys on OS own?

First of all, I too am a collector of DVDs. But, I think where your problem lies is in what you are buying. Are you buying them because it was a cool movie? Great collectors edition? Hard to find?

Or are you buying She's All That because its for sale?

I'd say anything you enjoy doing is worth spending money on. Whether it's DVDs, books, stamps, model airplanes, whatever. As long as it doesn't hurt anybody or jeopardizes your family's well being, then it's a fine hobby.

But, maybe limit it to the one's you would cherish. Whether you watch them over and over is a moot point. Own the ones that are worthy of being in your collection.

And I swear, if Biodome is in your collection...I'm revoking your membership!!!

[Misfit]

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Depends on what you're paying for. I don't understand the purchase of a DVD for the sake of purchasing a DVD. My roommate would buy the crappiest movies just to buy them and add them to his collection, knowing full well he'd never watch them. I don't see the point in that as I do not find DVD's to be aesthetically pleasing just sitting on a shelf but some may disagree. I do know, however, that I spend money on comic book memorobilia and a lot of people would consider that wasting. So while I may not understand why someone like my roommate would do what he does, I don't tell him how to spend his money.

So personally, for me, I would never buy a DVD unless I was going to watch it at least once (if its a movie I'd probably be planning on watching it more than once). I also buy television show DVD's just because it is more convenient for me to watch the shows at my leisure than trying to catch it on TV (no TiVo for me).

[Defel]

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There have been too many good movies released in the last 100 years to waste my time rewatching the same ones so I only own 30-40. I only buy movies with the intent of making other people watch them.

[CaptainZombie]

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Ever since I joined Net Flix 2 months ago, it has really helped me in not spending as much money on DVD's. At one point I was past the 350 mark, but I have since sold off almost 100 that I wasn't watching anymore. I think I'm a bit over 250 - 275 area.

Buying DVD's could become a really bad habit if you don't watch yourself. Now I just buy the ones that I know I will like and watch over and over again, not like I used to buy a dvd because I figured it would cost me $4.00 to rent and if it costs $14.99, might as well purchase it. I sometimes wonder where the logic was at, but that was then and this is now.

If there are ones that I rented from Netflix that I know I wouldn't buy but wouldn't mind owning, I just take them to the factory.

[Silverstring]

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I never understood buying movies except for a handful of films that you can watch over and over. I may own six or seven DVDs, tops.

For you cats who own 500+ DVDs, have you really watched each of them three times or more to justify the expense as opposed to the cost of renting? If so, then you have a f*ck of a lot of free time on your hands!

Take care,
PK

An argument could be made that the mindset is similar to those who have an latge-capacity mp3 player.

Some argue against them with the statement: "Who has the time to listen to ALL of those songs? I never listen to more than a handful."

Of course, any one who lived with an iPod or similar player will tell you that the advantage lies in being able to listen to what you want to at any time, without being hampered by what you forgot to include. The advantage is control, not frequency.

If you have a large DVD collection, you can watch what you want, without having to go to the video store, wait for the netflix-carrying mailman, or having to deal with copies being out. It helps with convenience, particularly when company comes over. Add to that the fact that most movies only cost about 2.5 times the cost of a single rental, if that, and to many the cost-benefit relationship tips in favor of owning. Although I don't get why someone would NEVER watch a film in their collection.

Personally, I have about 280 DVDs now. I amassed that in about 3 years, where I was buying bi-weekly if not weekly. What makes it hard(but brilliant on the retailers/studios part) is that new releases are generally IMMEDIATELY on sale. So, although it may not be prudent spending, the consumer thinks: "I know I want this DVD EVENTUALLY. Why not buy it the first week, when it's on sale, so I don't have to pay more down the road. I'm actually SAVING money this way." Nevermind that catalog titles drop in price permanently after a few months, its easy to fall into that mindset(I learned real quick). At least I wasn't buying "Sorority Boys" and/or "She's All That" just because they were 2 for $15 or whatever(they ALWAYS include terrible STINKERS with a few decent films sprinkled in in those "deals"). My weakness was/is Criterion Collection films, which are mostly culturally/artistically important, rare releases, foreign, have excellent extras, etc. That said, they carry a premium price to match. I can say that I stand behind about 95% of my DVD purchases-little "filler". Another reason I got into the DVD buying bug was because my undergraduate study was in media, with a large Film History/Theory component. It was nice to be able to have films in my collection for reference/study, particularly when other students cleaned out every video rental establishment within a 20 mile radius of whatever film we were analyzing that week. The 5% of DVDs I have little chance of re-watching are ones that were specifically for class-a stinker like Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club" comes to mind.

Anyway, over the past oh, 2 years, I've purchased less than 10 DVDs. I gave up because I decided to spend my money on other things(CD's remain a weakness, I don't download freely-but you'll always listen to your favorite music hundreds of times more than you would your favorite film), but also because I told myself that I would not buy another until I re-watched my entire library at least once, unless in EXCEPTIONAL cases(Criterion release going out of print, etc.). Since I started my postgraduate work, in a addition to working, I haven't had the time to make it through, so I don't see myself returning to my "casual buying" habits for awhile, if ever.

[SPTO]

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I have hmm about 20-30 I think. I'm mostly into buying boxsets now tho as well as TV shows. I think it's a far better investment to buy TV shows on DVD because the shows will never look better and (for the most part) aren't edited down to syndication length.

Most of my movie watching is on the public TV channel in ontario as they play 2 or 3 classic movies every saturday.

I know that if I lived in the states i'd almost exclusively watch TCM tho. I spent about half my time in NYC watching that channel on my uncle's tv!

[ehh]

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Just buy a DVD burner and save your self thousands and thousands of dollars.

[Diadem]

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Just buy a DVD burner and save your self thousands and thousands of dollars.

Amen, rent from Netflix burn them at home.

[Blzer]

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I only own movies that get a lot of replay value. For that reason, my list is VERY small and unsatisfactory:



The Matrix trilogy, The Day After Tomorrow, War of the Worlds, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Saw, Saw II, Paycheck, The Ring, The Ring Two, Family Guy (season 3), My Cousin Vinny, and Dumb & Dumber





I'm looking to potentially add onto it with the Final Destination trilogy, cap off my Saw trilogy with Saw III, and maybe even get into the Jurassic Park franchise.