bigdaddy2003
Posts: 7,384
Nov 27, 2012 10:34am
So in the last few days I've been going through my movies and I realized I had a lot of impulse buys. I used to go to Wal Mart and buy 4 or 5 at a time. I've been slowly narrowing my collection down as there are movies I won't watch again or ones that I don't find as amusing as I did 10-15 years ago. How many movies would you say you have?
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Nov 27, 2012 10:36am
Between my fiancee and I, I think we have about 20 DVDs. Probably 18 of those are hers originally. I'm just not one to buy movies.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Nov 27, 2012 10:37am
I had a butt load of DVDs that I sold a year or so ago on ebay. I have probably 40 or 50 blu rays that I'll be thinning down soon. I think I'm going to limit myself to 20 and sell the rest.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 27, 2012 10:38am
Too many. Really, all I care about owning right now are kids movies for my daughters. Not only that, but they can be passed down. My children are watching movies that my wife and I watched as kids, and even some that our parents watched as kids (Snow White, Cinderella, etc.)
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 27, 2012 10:39am
Did you sell them in bulk, or each individually? And did you get much for them?justincredible;1330325 wrote:I had a butt load of DVDs that I sold a year or so ago on ebay. I have probably 40 or 50 blu rays that I'll be thinning down soon. I think I'm going to limit myself to 20 and sell the rest.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Nov 27, 2012 10:42am
I love movies and I have a few. (no clue how many, but probably not enough to impress people.) I am a sucker for the $5 bin at walmart.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Nov 27, 2012 10:46am
Bulk (except for tv seasons). I honestly don't remember how much I got or how many I sold. I know I didn't get much for them. Less than $1 a piece, I think.ernest_t_bass;1330329 wrote:Did you sell them in bulk, or each individually? And did you get much for them?
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 27, 2012 10:48am
I need to sell mine. I know that I have to have a couple that I bought and never watched, nor will I ever watch them.justincredible;1330341 wrote:Bulk (except for tv seasons). I honestly don't remember how much I got or how many I sold. I know I didn't get much for them. Less than $1 a piece, I think.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Nov 27, 2012 10:50am
If you have movies you guys want to sell, you should put them in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum. (I seem to remember someone did that, but I don't remember who)
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Nov 27, 2012 10:51am
About 3TB of hard drive space full of movies. But I only watch them at about 5 minutes at a time.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Nov 27, 2012 10:53am
LOFL. I just search the internet for something new.TedSheckler;1330347 wrote:About 3TB of hard drive space full of movies. But I only watch them at about 5 minutes at a time.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Nov 27, 2012 10:54am
There are only a handful of movies I will watch multiple times, and usually they pop-up on tv often enough and at just the right time that I'm ready to watch again.
At $20+ to buy a movie, that pays for quite a few rentals. The main problem is usually when I'm in the mood to watch a movie, I want to see something new. Although I thought that's why Netflix would be great so I could occasionally watch a classic when I wanted. Of course, the classics aren't available on-demand (because the studios think, perhaps correctly, they'd lose a ton on sales and rentals).
At $20+ to buy a movie, that pays for quite a few rentals. The main problem is usually when I'm in the mood to watch a movie, I want to see something new. Although I thought that's why Netflix would be great so I could occasionally watch a classic when I wanted. Of course, the classics aren't available on-demand (because the studios think, perhaps correctly, they'd lose a ton on sales and rentals).
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Nov 27, 2012 10:56am
I'm a big fan of red box but they never have the classics I want. (Blockbuster was much better for that but you can't be beat redbox's price.)gut;1330358 wrote:Although I thought that's why Netflix would be great so I could occasionally watch a classic
when I wanted. Of course, the classics aren't available on-demand (because the studios think, perhaps correctly, they'd lose a ton on sales and rentals).
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Nov 27, 2012 11:08am
The thing that was cool about Blockbuster if you had their monthly membership was you could exchange in-store and had basically until the next movie from your cue arrived. Not sure if that changed or not, but it became a moot point after they started shuttering all the brick-and-mortar stores.FatHobbit;1330361 wrote:I'm a big fan of red box but they never have the classics I want. (Blockbuster was much better for that but you can't be beat redbox's price.)
Actually, if I remember correctly it started out with unlimited exchanges in store. Then they knocked it down to maybe 4 a month or 1 a month (and maybe it was different for different subscriptions). It WAS a nice program.
These days I mostly just pay thru the nose renting on demand thru cable when a new release I want to see comes out. I should check out Redbox, but as far as Netflix it doesn't work for me because when I want to watch a new movie, I want it now and just can't plan far enough ahead for Netflix to work for me.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Nov 27, 2012 11:11am
I probably have about 20 or so, but I haven't bought a DVD in over 5 years. Don't see the point, I rarely ever watch them.
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Nov 27, 2012 11:48am
Probably about 1,500 downloaded movies, 400 burnt DVD's, and 100 or 150 original DVD's.
hangonsloopy
Posts: 1,291
Nov 27, 2012 12:14pm
I've got around 130 blu rays. Plus a 1tb hard drive full of movies and tv shows.
McFly1955
Posts: 1,441
Nov 27, 2012 12:15pm
We have like 130-150 DVDs....About 30 blu rays.
We were up to about 50 blu rays...I recently went through them, a lot of them were impulse buys when blu ray was new and exciting...I just dumped all of those on ebay for about $5 a piece. I'm going to go through our DVD's and throw a big lot on ebay, only keeping the good stuff (TMNT, Mighty Ducks, Blank Check, Boy Meets World, Magic School Bus set, etc.).
Going forward I'm only buying must-have movies on blu ray (like 2-3 per year), and any kids movies for my daughters...Like I just bought "Brave"...
We were up to about 50 blu rays...I recently went through them, a lot of them were impulse buys when blu ray was new and exciting...I just dumped all of those on ebay for about $5 a piece. I'm going to go through our DVD's and throw a big lot on ebay, only keeping the good stuff (TMNT, Mighty Ducks, Blank Check, Boy Meets World, Magic School Bus set, etc.).
Going forward I'm only buying must-have movies on blu ray (like 2-3 per year), and any kids movies for my daughters...Like I just bought "Brave"...
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sjmvsfscs08
Posts: 2,963
Nov 27, 2012 12:37pm
I have about 2TB of movies and shows. And here I thought I was alone in my desire to store all of the shows/movies I pirate...
I love to introduce friends/coworkers to good shows; I've probably given The Wire to four kids from classes via a flashdrive haha
I love to introduce friends/coworkers to good shows; I've probably given The Wire to four kids from classes via a flashdrive haha
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Nov 27, 2012 12:41pm
That's a lot of porn.sjmvsfscs08;1330470 wrote:I have about 2TB of movies and shows.
Enforcer
Posts: 2,140
Nov 27, 2012 2:08pm
We have around 1500 DVDs, My Grandpa had about an 8 year stretch where He went to Walmart and bought 3-4 new releases a year , When He died We got the collection. That added to our collection of a few hundred
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Nov 27, 2012 2:14pm
You mean 3-4 a week or month?Enforcer;1330564 wrote:We have around 1500 DVDs, My Grandpa had about an 8 year stretch where He went to Walmart and bought 3-4 new releases a year , When He died We got the collection. That added to our collection of a few hundred
Enforcer
Posts: 2,140
Nov 27, 2012 2:16pm
Sorry 3-4 new releases a week
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Nov 27, 2012 2:17pm
Twist: Your grandpa was Methuselah.
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Nov 27, 2012 2:18pm
sjmvsfscs08;1330470 wrote:And here I thought I was alone in my desire to store all of the shows/movies I pirate...
I keep my hard drives plugged into my Media Player thats hooked up to my TV so their always right there.