mkirby Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Just wanted to know if there other people like me who collect DVDs and never watch them I used to have them displayed in a nice unit in the living room and used to watch one now and again but now the wife has gone minimalistic there in chocolate brown cubes so i cant remember the last time i actually watched one So it got me thinking whats the point? i have loads that are still in the wrappers LOL so do i sell them or keep them for a rainy day Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Just wanted to know if there other people like me who collect DVDs and never watch them I used to have them displayed in a nice unit in the living room and used to watch one now and again but now the wife has gone minimalistic there in chocolate brown cubes so i cant remember the last time i actually watched one So it got me thinking whats the point? i have loads that are still in the wrappers LOL so do i sell them or keep them for a rainy day Mike Ohh what u got!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkirby Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Ohh what u got!?! Christ ive got about 5 or 600 dvds, just think its waisted money sat there but i suppose i would be sad selling them off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Christ ive got about 5 or 600 dvds, just think its waisted money sat there but i suppose i would be sad selling them off I suppose it would be sad selling them all if you havnt at least watched them but i'd be interested if you did want to sell them! Think you will need a whole new forum section in the for sales part just for them tho!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I do the same, loads of them sat here wrapped in plastic, stupid isn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Yup. I've got a fair few but like you I don't tend to watch any of the ones I own. I can stand looking at my collection for ages trying to figure out what I want to watch but then end up watching nothing. I rectified this problem by joining Tesco online DVD rental. So now I get to watch loads of films but not fork out a lot of dosh for it. It's especially good for series' like Lost or prison break which would cost summat like £40 for the set which I'd only watch once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 i never buy dvds as i can only watch a movie once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 i never buy dvds as i can only watch a movie once Yeah true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I'll only buy them now if they were one of my favs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotatom Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 The mrs tends to buy them on a whim and then never gets round to watching them, but I buy them and then cant wait so they get watched straight away. Then she moans that we never watch anything together or that Ive already seen everything! Women. Cant live with them, cant shoot them either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazla Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I'm the same matey. If its a classic film like Rocky, Scarface, Pulp fiction, Dusk till dawn etc, I just have to have them, Even though i have seen them before. I will never get rid of my collection. Its up to you pal. but if you do want to sell. put a list up and ill take my pick;) especially if you have any kung foo DVDs. Am kung foo mad. the cheesier the better:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkirby Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Well thats the problem selling them would be a total knightmare LOL The worse thing about it is on the odd ocasion me and the wife do sit down and say "lets stick a dvd on" we both go through them and argue on what to watch and end up watching nowt anyway LOL I also have sh1t loads of rare disney films which i bought the little one but he doesnt watch them anymore as "its not cool" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazla Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 That's the same here matey. I can watch a good film over and over. the misses is always complaining that we have nowt to watch. The stupid women, there's about 500 films upstairs ya crazy mare!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 PMSL I hope Sbarina doessn't see this thread. She's always telling me off for buying DVD's and not watching them Think i have about 6/700 scattered around the house and i bet 10% of those are unwrapped or never watched....yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 *puts hand up* Guilty as charged, It starts to get depressing when you see DVDs you haven't unwrapped - that you bought full price when they were released - being sold for 5.99 in your local supermarket. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 600 - 700 is an understatement. I think you need to categorise and organise them into alphabetical order, so that I can find them quicker I can confirm that James too likes to purchase the dvds and not watch them. Its weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I stopped buying them when I realised I was being manipulated by the industry with words like "Special Edition", "Bonus Disc", "Directors Cut", "Redux", "Digital Restoration" etc. I too found the "bargains" found in the sales stayed wrapped for years on the shelf. Now I just rent DVDs from LoveFilm or buy the odd one when they're less than a tenner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I stopped buying them when I realised I was being manipulated by the industry with words like "Special Edition", "Bonus Disc", "Directors Cut", "Redux", "Digital Restoration" etc. That really annoys me. It's also the main reason i never bought Star Wars on DVD or VHS. You know they'll bring out "the colection" then "The Collection: with extras". Then a few months later "Special Edition Collection" closly followed by "The 12 disc Special Edition Collection" and so on and on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aido Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I used to collect them, I've got a few hundred probably, used to like all my Japanese stuff so would bring loads of those in from Yesasia, nowadays I prefer to just spend that money on beer and women so just download my films off the net If I ever see a really good film then I'll buy it, but there's not taht much god stuff come out recently... I'm going for the minimalistic look too so stuff the ones up at mine behind the arms of the settee so they're not obvious, the only problem is that it makes it easy for everyone to find my porn stash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 It's also the main reason i never bought Star Wars on DVD or VHS. Me too! I'll buy the complete 6 movie collection when it's released on BluRay of HD DVD...well, 6 months after when it's discounted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 AAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh chocolate brown I hate it,, my house is slowly being turned into a big turd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I can't believe you guys! I have never bought a DVD in my life, not a single one. I watch loads of movies but I download them from Usenet. I haven't paid for a music CD since the 90s either. You lot must have money to burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I can't believe you guys! I have never bought a DVD in my life, not a single one. I watch loads of movies but I download them from Usenet. I haven't paid for a music CD since the 90s either. You lot must have money to burn. That's not something to be proud of Jake. The kind of artists I listen to aren't given lucrative record contracts etc and rely on the small numbers of sales they have to live on. I'm happy to buy the CDs in order to keep them producing music. A tenner for hours and hours of entertainment from a music CD is value for money. Compare it to a car magazine which is £4 and lasts an hour. (I expect you'll tell me you don't buy those either, or you read your neighbours cast offs or something) Movie industry I don't have quite so much sympathy for, but I am a quality freak and some of the double layer to single layer DVD compressed stuff is awful. Don't get me started on crappy cinema rips. I agree - buying 100's is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I have only just strated collecting DVD's. They are all bought for under £10 I have just counted how many i have....and believe it or not, its exactly 100. Ouch, what a waste of good supra tuning money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 162. That's counting box sets as one. Crap. I'd no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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