Large DVD collections
Discussion
When I moved house a few months ago, it struck me just how many DVD's I have, probably somewhere around the 200 mark.
Once I got settled in, me and the missus started going through all our stuff to see what we can flog at a car boot sale. Going through my DVD's, I found around sixty that I'm really not fussed about, and will sell.
The rest however, are still stacked up in the corner of the spare room at the moment, and there's still well over 100 of them. I could probably filter out a few more to sell, but what got me thinking was the fact that I haven't watched any of them for a long time now, so what's the point in keeping them at all? A lot of them are on TV from time to time anyway.
Does anyone else have large DVD collections, and what have you done with them? Can you keep justifying having so many?
I've thought about keeping just the box sets, and a few of my 'favoured' DVD's, then putting the rest in a DVD wallet, that way I don't have hundreds of boxes cluttering up my space. But on the other hand, it's nice to have a large collection on the shelf to browse!
Once I got settled in, me and the missus started going through all our stuff to see what we can flog at a car boot sale. Going through my DVD's, I found around sixty that I'm really not fussed about, and will sell.
The rest however, are still stacked up in the corner of the spare room at the moment, and there's still well over 100 of them. I could probably filter out a few more to sell, but what got me thinking was the fact that I haven't watched any of them for a long time now, so what's the point in keeping them at all? A lot of them are on TV from time to time anyway.
Does anyone else have large DVD collections, and what have you done with them? Can you keep justifying having so many?
I've thought about keeping just the box sets, and a few of my 'favoured' DVD's, then putting the rest in a DVD wallet, that way I don't have hundreds of boxes cluttering up my space. But on the other hand, it's nice to have a large collection on the shelf to browse!
I had the same experience. Before I moved from Reading to Edinburgh, I had somewhere north of 500, all BillyBookcased up across a wall in the living room.
I put them in boxes and left them in my mum's garage, fully intending to move them up once I got established.
2 years later I went off travelling, ran out of money, and she sold them for me and forwarded the cash (minus a commission
). 3 years later and I haven't bought a single DVD since, using Lovefilm mainly these days.
I don't miss them in the slightest.
I put them in boxes and left them in my mum's garage, fully intending to move them up once I got established.
2 years later I went off travelling, ran out of money, and she sold them for me and forwarded the cash (minus a commission
). 3 years later and I haven't bought a single DVD since, using Lovefilm mainly these days.I don't miss them in the slightest.
I use Virgin's on-demand films now to see new stuff, so buying now isn't really needed.
I bought the first DVD in a while a week ago, as I don't think it will appear on-demand for some time, and was curious. (Turned out to be a worthwhile purchase though)
I did the same with Music years ago, I always download from iTunes now, it's rare that I buy a CD from a shop, and when I do, I bin the box and stick it in my CD wallet, as the only time I listen to CD's is in the car.
I should probably do the same for DVD's. It's just a shame to lose the boxes really.
I bought the first DVD in a while a week ago, as I don't think it will appear on-demand for some time, and was curious. (Turned out to be a worthwhile purchase though)
I did the same with Music years ago, I always download from iTunes now, it's rare that I buy a CD from a shop, and when I do, I bin the box and stick it in my CD wallet, as the only time I listen to CD's is in the car.
I should probably do the same for DVD's. It's just a shame to lose the boxes really.
I always like the idea of keeping them for nostalgia too.
A few years ago I was staying at a mates for a boozy weekend, and one night after coming home, we found a box of his old VHS movies; film releases and stuff recorded off the TV.
It was great to revisit some really old films, and see adverts from the early 90's.
I'd like to keep films and tuck them away, only to bring them out years down the line, when my kids are asking "What a DVD was" etc.
A few years ago I was staying at a mates for a boozy weekend, and one night after coming home, we found a box of his old VHS movies; film releases and stuff recorded off the TV.
It was great to revisit some really old films, and see adverts from the early 90's.
I'd like to keep films and tuck them away, only to bring them out years down the line, when my kids are asking "What a DVD was" etc.
ked now. Got stuff going back to 1982 on the old ferguson videostar!
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