How many original dvd's do you own? and why? like, only, important, original, people

andy

I'm up to around 65 dvd's. I know a lot of people quot;backupquot; their discs and don't have the originals. I figure that if I like a movie that much it would bug me only having a backup disc. now that I have a dvd writer all my movies will be backed up and I will store the originals in a rubbermaid container. i can pack a lot of movies for trips and not worry about them being lost or scratched up since i have the originals safe at home. and the most important thing for me is they stay in mint condition which is important if you want to sell them all when the hd transfers come out.

i think people copy movies just because they can. its still a waste of money to have hundreds of dvd-r that you will probly never watch. I've seen a lot of movies and I feel that I own most of whats important to me. A lot of people seem to be collecting just for numbers. I've seen some people(edited) with thousands of dvd's and i think its a complete waste of money because for one there isnt that many movies worth owning, dvd wont be around forever, and there is no replacement plan for damaged/rotted discs. so what does having a collection mean to you?

A hobby.

I own around 300 DVDs. While I'm in a perfect position to rent/loan and rip, I like movies a lot so I buy movies I intend to watch more than once (rental fees are rather high here so depending on the movie, renting it twice or 3 times would cover the retail price of a disc).

I have 18 DVD's. It may looks as very little number. But considering low standard in my country and big prices of DVD's it is very much.
Actually I know only one people in my place who has more DVD's.

About motives for rip/backup: it is mostly challenge and wish to increase knowledge.

I own about 50 dvds. If I like something, I feel obligated to pay the people that made it in order to show them that I have enjoyed their product. Also I just like all the stuff like the cases, the extras on the discs, and so so forth. It just feels nice to own a legitimate copy of something.

Originally posted by Doom9
rental fees are rather high here...

Hmmm...let me get out my checklist...somewhere over the rainbow...rental fees are high.  Okay, that's checked off.  Whew, well that answers one mystery!  Now, about that 300 DVDs...is it safe to assume that's the Pot of Gold?

i own around 70 dvds , i buy them for three reasons  1) highest quality avalible 2) Legal and i want the people who made the film to get the money they deserve , which turns out best for us as we will get to see another work of art by them , which i guess they would'nt do if they go $0 for  3) importing dvd's is cheap (as are dvd's as a whole nowadays) i just spent more money on the sound track then i did on the dvd  but lets not open that can of worms again  

i back up realy as a hobby, its nice to know the new formats and how technology is progressing. i like knowing my originals are nice and safe , and dont feel bad for watching the same dvd 100's of times . (not in one go  lol)

I haven't done a full inventory on how many I have but it's safe to say, I own over 200 DVDs.  The initial reason why I first started DVD backups goes way back to same reason I why I started with VCDs and SVCDs...to backup my Disney DVDs so that the originals won't get seriously damaged.  When you have kids under 10 handling the DVDs, it's common for them to scratch it or lose it somewhere around the house.  Sometimes the case and inserts gets ripped or written over when I get home from work.  It was easy to buy another of the limited Disney back then as it was commonly available but now it's scarce and very hard to get at the original price.  After buying about 6 Disney's limited series replacements , I definitely had to start learning how to back up DVDs.  It started off as a necessity but now I look at it more as a hobby.

~150.

I own about 300.
What makes me unhappy is people saying quot;I know some idiots owning thousands of DVD...quot;

Well, my dear mrChri5, I may be on my way to be the ultimate idiot some day, according to your standards. Now i'm pretty sure you have some other hobby yourself from which some people might also call you an idiot (I'm not calling you an idiot here, just an example).

I have some friends who really think I'm a wacko for owning all these DVDs and approximately twice more books.
Well, as an example, these guys tend to quot;collectquot; every possible piece of information about soccer players, buy team suits, wouldn'y miss a game on TV, know every single player by his name, where he played before since he was a kid, and so on...
Does that make them quot;idiotsquot; ? I'm not sure. THat makes them quot;passionatequot; people. THat's what it's all about, a passion, passion for great movies, passion for technical aspetcs behind the DVD. Mind you, what's important in life is to make yourself happy. So if some freaks are happy with 1000DVDs, and some others with 1000 soccer players autographs, so be it.You know what ? I'm haaaappy  

Waldok

I apologise for the comment I made in my first post about people with large collections and I have edited it out. If buying a lot of dvd's makes you happy I have no right saying thats bad. I have even stranger hobbies. I collect led flashlights and have several worth 40-100 dollars a piece. I still think people should be careful though. Technology is moving very fast. Hopefully before I retire you will buy a movie for life and not just the life of the medium its on. this would be a dream come true and I would feel a lot better about buying movies. I think we are over charged quite a bit on a lot of things though.  for instance the 3 stooges box sets are quite a bit of money but aren't they all long gone? who does the money go to? I know there has to be a lot of markup on a 50$ set thats 3 discs and the actors arent even alive! they also could have easily squeezed another episode on some of the discs. but I wanted the real stuff from columbia and not some cheap public domain stuff. Thats just the way life is and i should stop complaining  

in case anyone is interested here is a webpage with my collection so far. mycollect...?alias=mrchri5

mrchri5

mrChri5, I appreciate the way you react here.
Collecting flashlights ?? Man I never heard of this one before...
That's cool...and flashy...  

Waldok

I have about 50.  A lot of them I've bought used for less than half the price of a new CD.  Don't you find it strange?  I am sure a lot more goes into mastering a DVD, plus the media is more expensive and all.  Here in Japan we must have the most expensive CDs in world -- a new album costs little more than 3000 yen, which is more than 27 USD.  Outrageous!!!

-kaitsuburi

for about 7 dollars with shipping. everyone is making a big deal about mp3's here but I think the sound quality is very poor compared to even the open source ogg format. I go for quality in everything. hopefully if I buy used i should have most of the music I want and get by cheap.

Originally posted by mrchri5
...I think we are over charged quite a bit on a lot of things though.  for instance the 3 stooges box sets are quite a bit of money but aren't they all long gone? who does the money go to?...

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I have only three, I must admit  
The Matrix, Gladiator and LOTRI-TFOTR

Hmmm...

I have only 3  for quot;regularquot; movie most of them are the trilogy movie : LOTR, StarWars, and The Matrix.
It's a matter of fans.

And the rest are quot;adultquot; movie, it's about 50 titles,
and it's about of hobby

3 DVD's

LOTR SPECIAL EDITION
STAR WARS TRILOGY
THE MATRIX

These are the 3 movies that I have bought, but my family owns about 40.

Maybe we should do a poll quot;Who doesn't own the Matrix DVDquot;   I have one too...

-kaitsuburi

Originally posted by kaitsuburi
quot;Who doesn't own the Matrix DVDquot;
I don't! Never even seen the movie in fact...

@OokzDVD
100 regular + 50 adult...