Loved this video. I agree with so much of what you said. I never get impressed by anyone’s big collection these days. The really impressive collections are those smaller ones where you instantly can tell a lot about the collector from the movies they own. I’m way over storage capacity at the moment and due a culling soon. Cheers!
my decision to buy is typically based on how much I want to watch a film again and share it with others who haven't seen it. And then I wait until the price is right.
@@BraveBladeProductions In other words, I never buy a film I'm not willing to watch again multiple times. That doesn't mean I have to love it, it just means that at minimum it's a fun film I can watch with friends and family and stuff.
I agree. I do, for the most part curate my collection. However, I have 951 dvds and 1309 vhs. And there might only be a handful I could get rid off. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Fully agree. I can look at peoples shelves that look like the movie section at a JB HiFi all day and all I'll think is "how many of these have they watched. How many do they actually love and have an attachment to?" I recently culled my collection, removing any movies I didn't care about and could easily access on streaming if I did want to watch it again, like the MCU movies. I've gotten so much space to put movies in that I care about. I see my shelves, with not only the movies I own but the books and games I've expe3rienced, to be a reflection of who I am and what I care about or like. I want people to look at my movies and to bbe able to pick one out and ask me about it and to have a conversation. I couldn't do that if I had every Pixar and Star Wars and MCU movie.
I'm not big on collecting every movie that's every existed. I only collect movies that I want and mean a lot to me. That's the charm of a personised collection, it's specific content that you enjoy, instead of needing to sift through mountains of content, and to find it may have been taken down. Also, internet sucks, especially where I live. I can't rely on streaming services, let alone afford it. Btw, I'm collecting old Disney movies, original Barbie movies, and kids TV shows from my childhood. I have a very bizarre collection for an adult, but it's with the purpose of preserving actually good quality for the next generation.
Exactly! I try to tell people that in the video in game collecting hobby! Don't waste hundreds of dollars on games just to sit them on your shelf. Buy stuff you will actually play!
My family's been advocating for me to lower my collecting habits. Because of how they worry about me building my collection into a cluttered mess. Which is what I'm afraid of. This video actually felt like the solution to my problem. Being how I want to keep my collection balanced and organized in a healthy way. Even if it sits at hundreds of movies. Rather than 200 or more. So thanks for giving me the answer I needed.
People who aren't into physical media just don't really get it, that being said I wouldn't consider having hundreds of movies too many for a lot of serious collectors.
Great video. You’re spitting straight facts. I’ve championed a lot of the same things in videos of my own. These are the kinds of conversations we should be having as collectors.
I realise I’ve been doing something similar recently. I have one bookcase style unit that was full and spilling over onto other places. I also started having an aversion to streaming for the same reasons as you and wanted some new to me movies on disk. So I decided to remove the movies I just know I don’t want to watch again and there were a surprising amount: freed up 1 out of the 7 shelves and I’m ready to purchase movies I will watch and be able to enjoy the new experiences. I found it a liberating and positive thing to do, and now I’m pretty committed to owning only what will fit on this bookcase. It’s probably not for everyone but suits me! 👍🏼
This is an excellent, thoughtful video! I’m in the “pile of movies” grouping, but as I purchase more, I aspire to curate effectively. And even in my pile I have titles that are questionable.
Thank you for laying out your logic on this topic. This is a timely video for me. My collection is growing and I'm having this debate internally. I'm probably going to land somewhere in the middle. I don't want to set a hard and fast limit, but I don't want my collection to grow to the point where it owns me. The one step I'm implementing immediately is not falling into the sale trap. Just because a movie is discounted doesn't mean that I have to buy it.
You're video has really inspired me to take a look through my collection. I started to see movies that I've either liked but didn't like it enough to the point that I was obsessed or finding movies that I owned but I haven't watched and now having zero interests to watch them. And while it hasn't exactly made my collection any different it does lift some weight off my back knowing that I can now look for movies that I actually want to own and place them on the empty spaces that I have.
Well said! Your rule of if I add one, then something has to go is great. It allows the collection to improve over time. I have the same rule for my wardrobe. Thanks for the refreshing content.
I actually really like this idea. Solid video man. Like why own shelfs and shelfs of movies if you aren't gonna watch them at all in a year or just watch one time?
For about three years I have focused my efforts on getting old second-hand DVD special editions in very nice conditions. The ones with all kinds of goodies in boxes of every shape and material and 95% focused just on sci-fi, fantasy and horror. Maybe most collectors (at least the ones with tight budgets) go through similar stages. From buying almost everything, upgrading to Blu/4K to downsizing and focusing on quality instead of quantity.
I remember when I got my first job and started collecting video games, and a bit over 2 years later my collection got pretty large. Still, I realized I only really cared about a small handful of games there, and that I had other interests that I'd rather splurge on. All because I was obsessed with watching large game rooms. I've curated all my movies, games, and books and now I have so much more room and feel far more proud of them. Curating a collection should be talked about more honestly, especially for younger collectors like I was.
I agree with this. So many times I see people post pictures of their huge collections of movies and wonder out loud how many of those movies actually get watched more than once. My movie collection got out of hand a few years ago because I was in the habit of doing blind buys that I thought I would like because they were cheaper than a rental. Some of them were good for sure, but I'd say 75% of them I wish I'd never bought. I ended up doing a fairly big purge and moved some of the stuff that was less important to me (but still wanted to keep) into either wallets or paper sleeves (no wallets for Blu-rays since I had a bad experience with that). Now I am much more selective about what I buy.
As a collector who has been collecting films for over 30 years, I can understand your attitude better today than when I started, because a film collection should primarily represent you and your taste in films and not because of the number of films you own or the fancy packaging that you won't open a second time. Of course I can understand that you would like to have your own video library like in the VHS days but how often do you get around to watching it? 1000 titles or more would be too much for me these days as I would really like to get around to going through my collection but everyone has a different philosophy when it comes to the hobby.
I love this. As someone who is currently thinning the herd, as it were, I would love to be able to easily sell off what I don’t want. There doesn’t seem to be a strong market even though it seems physical media is making a strong resurgence.
Hello, I agree 100% I am in the middle of curating a 40 year old collection. I am 62 and need to reduce my media footprint. Actually it is more fun than I thought. I am at the point of getting rid of sub par releases. Cheers.
I have 603 films on 3 formats, DVD, BLU RAY, and 4K BLU RAY. For me I use the formats as a "tier" system, for example. If i am unsure but interested in a film and it's cheap/ slightly collectable I'll buy it on DVD, if I really enjoy the film then I will buy the blu ray version and if I LOVE the film then I will buy the 4k. This way I am saving LOTS of money as I can find DVDs for £1-£2 so it's the perfect way to "trail" films before spending the big money on a 4k or Blu Ray disc.
An interesting video and highlights how easy it can be to get carried away. On a personal level I try to keep to a few rules such as collecting movies I enjoyed at the cinema, have seen on TV or rented back in the days of the video rental stores so I tend to favour 70s and 80s and earlier as I am older but I also do buy more modern as well if I have enjoyed. I do like to risk an odd blind buy now and then but I also rent physical discs from an online supplier which is another way to check out potential buys. I have recently got a 4k player and TV but only buy 4ks I really want. On that subject is is amusing to see various people on youtube channels saying "must have" 4ks for your collection, no matter how great it looks why would I buy a movie I don't enjoy watching!
Genuine question for anybody else curating their collections; If there’s a movie franchise that is hit or miss and you only like a sequel, does it make sense to only keep said sequel and not its predecessor films? For example, I do not enjoy Iron Man 2, but I enjoy 1 & 3, so going alphabetically on my movie shelf would go from Iron Man 1 and jump to 3.
That's my plan. My favorite Terminator is 1 & 2, and favorite Predator is 1,2 and AVP. So those are the ones I'll stick with not the scrappy ones. Only way I'd get em all is if they happen to be all in one pack and it was super cheap
Same situation. I only have Iron Man 1 & 3. Don't care about 2 enough to own it. I've only seen it just the once and that was more than enough. The reason it might feel weird is because of the numbers. You'll get over it in time
I’ve been collecting for 20 years since I was in high school. My old rule was “is this movie worth watching more than the once?” That caused me to own a lot of bad or mediocre movies that I’ve grown out of in adulthood. Now I’m on a quest to find movies from 90s and older that are harder to find on streaming. I’m currently sitting at around 800 movies
Between my son and myself, we have around 1200. All on shelves. Recently we sold a few. I realized how many I haven't watched and never will. Plus the crap films. We had a good clear out. 😊
I have a little over thirty blurays and UHDs mostly movies and all of them I would rewatch or have watched a few times. I don't like streaming platforms, I have none of them. If I want something I don't have I will buy the 4K disc or bluray and if it's not something I'm sure I want to own I will rent it first to check it out before deciding whether I want to own it.
I just got back into collecting this year but I definitely view this collection as a finite one Eventually I'll own all the movjes I want and won't get any more new ones other than the occasional new release. I have about 120 discs now and I am guessing the collection will probably be complete at a maximum of 220 discs, maybe a bjt more maybe a bit less. The goal is really just a collection of movies that mean a lot to me or that I am really interested in watching that aren't available to me elsewhere
It can be fun to curate or focus, like maybe focus on an actor, a studio a genre or sub set of a genre ect focused library is nice, on the part about competing with a streaming service it's actually easier than you think, because let's say a mid tier one like paramount+ has maybe 1000 i don't think it even has that many could eb wrong lol movies I guarantee most of them you won't watch or have watched apart from a small collection so you put it in watchlist ect, a curated 100 movies of let's say a highly generalised collection of every genre can compete easily against half the streaming services if you get the understanding. No need to compete tho because once you curate and have a personal library the services become secondary in a lot of ways
Also it’s to show stuff that companies/streaming want to forget that it existed because of reasons ,you would only watch collect you like so you can either show it to a new generation of people
I am currently working on building a complete collection of Xbox 360 games, but with my other media collections I have started to focus more on Curating what I have and getting rid of titles I don't want.
I buy tons of blurays and tv shows just in case I get a date who wants to come over and watch something...I should have something she would want to watch lol.
I buy mostly used from thrift stores, often special editions of what I consider great movies. Only those that are not mainstream and unavailable in thrift stores I buy new. As you said quality over quantity.
I like getting them from thrift stores and only buy them if I have the feeling for it or if I am getting it for someone else. Makes it more fun than if I paid full price for a new movie
I've always been picky about collecting films. Sure over the years i bought a few stinkers. I'll try reselling but if nobody wants to buy them i'll try to give it away for free. If nobody wants it. i'll throw away the disc but keep the DVD/BluRay box as a replacement case just in case. I only have 353 films in my 33 years of collecting,
Lowkey I kinda did that but there’s franchises to the point I feel I had to get them if one day one my friends wanted to do a whole marathon but knowing I have so many I wish video came out when I barely started. I still don’t got a lot but it’s still a lot
I found this video interesting as I have a fairly large number of Blu-Rays/4K's, but they are all movies I have a history with and love in one way or another. I don't own a single disc I've not seen - and I never 'blind buy'. I get frustrated with watching people do 'collection videos' and go through their titles and say "I've not seen this" or "I've heard this is meant to be good." Then why buy it?? You may hate it and it's just taking up shelf space. Still, each to their own, it's just not the way I do things.
Quantity doesnt neccesarily mean less quality in my opinion, the quality of your collection is solely based on ones own opinion of their collection. While some may not find quality in many titles i own but it doesnt matter everyone's collection is there own and unique.
If a movie is a blind buy I wait till it's on special and I have bought a lot of Blu Ray's second hand from Facebook marketplace of Ebay and op shops as well as it takes the sting out of the price for a movie you may only watch once
I want mostly tv shows and christmas movies but some movies like spiderman n i hope netlfix makes a jw cahos theory dvd or blu ray bc its SOOO good for a young adult cartoon 😞 But my reasoning is bc imagine being in a dark room and its storming outside and the internet is down but power is still up, i can put it in my dvd player and Boom nostalgic night. And even if the power is off i could put the disk into a portable dvd player :)
Man I found this video at the best time. I’m going through a declutterring/minimalism journey and for a few weeks I’ve been saying this, that I want a curated collection instead of the mess that I have right now of hundreds of movies I’ve not even watched. I think I’m going to curate my collection, and put the rest on eBay for cheap and go from there.
I use to buy ALOT of bluray especially when my old game shop had them but they closed and ive wasted alot of money of it now im more picky about my purchases mainly older films that look amazing on 4k or my favorite films
Loved this video. I agree with so much of what you said. I never get impressed by anyone’s big collection these days. The really impressive collections are those smaller ones where you instantly can tell a lot about the collector from the movies they own. I’m way over storage capacity at the moment and due a culling soon. Cheers!
Thank you so much for your comment mate! I've followed your channel for a while now so your support means a lot.
It's the curated concept of a collection (big or small) that shows a personality , not the logistic and aesthatic style of a presentation itself.
my decision to buy is typically based on how much I want to watch a film again and share it with others who haven't seen it. And then I wait until the price is right.
That's a smart way to go about it.
@@BraveBladeProductions In other words, I never buy a film I'm not willing to watch again multiple times. That doesn't mean I have to love it, it just means that at minimum it's a fun film I can watch with friends and family and stuff.
I agree. I do, for the most part curate my collection. However, I have 951 dvds and 1309 vhs. And there might only be a handful I could get rid off. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
I was going to comment that exact question he answered at the end. Well played! 😁
I’m too good I guess?
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Fully agree. I can look at peoples shelves that look like the movie section at a JB HiFi all day and all I'll think is "how many of these have they watched. How many do they actually love and have an attachment to?"
I recently culled my collection, removing any movies I didn't care about and could easily access on streaming if I did want to watch it again, like the MCU movies. I've gotten so much space to put movies in that I care about. I see my shelves, with not only the movies I own but the books and games I've expe3rienced, to be a reflection of who I am and what I care about or like. I want people to look at my movies and to bbe able to pick one out and ask me about it and to have a conversation. I couldn't do that if I had every Pixar and Star Wars and MCU movie.
Yeah, I’ve still got too many honestly.
I'm not big on collecting every movie that's every existed.
I only collect movies that I want and mean a lot to me. That's the charm of a personised collection, it's specific content that you enjoy, instead of needing to sift through mountains of content, and to find it may have been taken down.
Also, internet sucks, especially where I live. I can't rely on streaming services, let alone afford it.
Btw, I'm collecting old Disney movies, original Barbie movies, and kids TV shows from my childhood. I have a very bizarre collection for an adult, but it's with the purpose of preserving actually good quality for the next generation.
Collect what you enjoy!
@@BraveBladeProductions That's the bottom line! 😁
Exactly! I try to tell people that in the video in game collecting hobby! Don't waste hundreds of dollars on games just to sit them on your shelf. Buy stuff you will actually play!
Preach!
As someone who wants to start a physical media collection, thank you for this video
No prob.
Very good! My collection is small but only with movies and tv shows that i love
Just as it should be.
My family's been advocating for me to lower my collecting habits. Because of how they worry about me building my collection into a cluttered mess. Which is what I'm afraid of. This video actually felt like the solution to my problem. Being how I want to keep my collection balanced and organized in a healthy way. Even if it sits at hundreds of movies. Rather than 200 or more. So thanks for giving me the answer I needed.
People who aren't into physical media just don't really get it, that being said I wouldn't consider having hundreds of movies too many for a lot of serious collectors.
Great video. You’re spitting straight facts. I’ve championed a lot of the same things in videos of my own. These are the kinds of conversations we should be having as collectors.
Glad to see we can see eye to eye on these things.
I realise I’ve been doing something similar recently.
I have one bookcase style unit that was full and spilling over onto other places. I also started having an aversion to streaming for the same reasons as you and wanted some new to me movies on disk. So I decided to remove the movies I just know I don’t want to watch again and there were a surprising amount: freed up 1 out of the 7 shelves and I’m ready to purchase movies I will watch and be able to enjoy the new experiences.
I found it a liberating and positive thing to do, and now I’m pretty committed to owning only what will fit on this bookcase. It’s probably not for everyone but suits me! 👍🏼
It's nice having a focused collection.
This is an excellent, thoughtful video! I’m in the “pile of movies” grouping, but as I purchase more, I aspire to curate effectively. And even in my pile I have titles that are questionable.
It happens.
Thank you for laying out your logic on this topic. This is a timely video for me. My collection is growing and I'm having this debate internally. I'm probably going to land somewhere in the middle. I don't want to set a hard and fast limit, but I don't want my collection to grow to the point where it owns me. The one step I'm implementing immediately is not falling into the sale trap. Just because a movie is discounted doesn't mean that I have to buy it.
Even I still fall victim to the sale trap from time to time.
You're video has really inspired me to take a look through my collection. I started to see movies that I've either liked but didn't like it enough to the point that I was obsessed or finding movies that I owned but I haven't watched and now having zero interests to watch them. And while it hasn't exactly made my collection any different it does lift some weight off my back knowing that I can now look for movies that I actually want to own and place them on the empty spaces that I have.
For sure.
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Well said! Your rule of if I add one, then something has to go is great. It allows the collection to improve over time. I have the same rule for my wardrobe. Thanks for the refreshing content.
Glad you enjoyed it.
I do the same with my videogames.altough i dont sell what i sort out, i store them somwhere else.my shelf is only for my personal best.
It's a good rule.
I actually really like this idea. Solid video man. Like why own shelfs and shelfs of movies if you aren't gonna watch them at all in a year or just watch one time?
Excess is not a good thing.
For about three years I have focused my efforts on getting old second-hand DVD special editions in very nice conditions. The ones with all kinds of goodies in boxes of every shape and material and 95% focused just on sci-fi, fantasy and horror.
Maybe most collectors (at least the ones with tight budgets) go through similar stages. From buying almost everything, upgrading to Blu/4K to downsizing and focusing on quality instead of quantity.
Cool stuff.
I remember when I got my first job and started collecting video games, and a bit over 2 years later my collection got pretty large. Still, I realized I only really cared about a small handful of games there, and that I had other interests that I'd rather splurge on. All because I was obsessed with watching large game rooms. I've curated all my movies, games, and books and now I have so much more room and feel far more proud of them. Curating a collection should be talked about more honestly, especially for younger collectors like I was.
Awesome video! Thank you. I still haven't organized my movies after moving and it's killing me
Don't die over the collection then!! 😆
@@DavidMander-rs4uk 😁
@@DavidMander-rs4uk 😅
I agree with this. So many times I see people post pictures of their huge collections of movies and wonder out loud how many of those movies actually get watched more than once. My movie collection got out of hand a few years ago because I was in the habit of doing blind buys that I thought I would like because they were cheaper than a rental. Some of them were good for sure, but I'd say 75% of them I wish I'd never bought. I ended up doing a fairly big purge and moved some of the stuff that was less important to me (but still wanted to keep) into either wallets or paper sleeves (no wallets for Blu-rays since I had a bad experience with that). Now I am much more selective about what I buy.
Awesome stuff!
As a collector who has been collecting films for over 30 years, I can understand your attitude better today than when I started, because a film collection should primarily represent you and your taste in films and not because of the number of films you own or the fancy packaging that you won't open a second time.
Of course I can understand that you would like to have your own video library like in the VHS days but how often do you get around to watching it? 1000 titles or more would be too much for me these days as I would really like to get around to going through my collection but everyone has a different philosophy when it comes to the hobby.
Everyone is different, but I believe that your collection should be unique to you. It shouldn't look like a shelf from JB-HI-FI.
@BraveBladeProductions
That's why I reduced my collection a few years ago and I don't regret it.
I love this. As someone who is currently thinning the herd, as it were, I would love to be able to easily sell off what I don’t want. There doesn’t seem to be a strong market even though it seems physical media is making a strong resurgence.
It's near impossible to get rid of stuff that isn't OOP or a Collector's Edition.
Hello, I agree 100% I am in the middle of curating a 40 year old collection. I am 62 and need to reduce my media footprint. Actually it is more fun than I thought. I am at the point of getting rid of sub par releases. Cheers.
Glad to hear it!
I have 603 films on 3 formats, DVD, BLU RAY, and 4K BLU RAY. For me I use the formats as a "tier" system, for example. If i am unsure but interested in a film and it's cheap/ slightly collectable I'll buy it on DVD, if I really enjoy the film then I will buy the blu ray version and if I LOVE the film then I will buy the 4k. This way I am saving LOTS of money as I can find DVDs for £1-£2 so it's the perfect way to "trail" films before spending the big money on a 4k or Blu Ray disc.
Love this.
An interesting video and highlights how easy it can be to get carried away. On a personal level I try to keep to a few rules such as collecting movies I enjoyed at the cinema, have seen on TV or rented back in the days of the video rental stores so I tend to favour 70s and 80s and earlier as I am older but I also do buy more modern as well if I have enjoyed. I do like to risk an odd blind buy now and then but I also rent physical discs from an online supplier which is another way to check out potential buys. I have recently got a 4k player and TV but only buy 4ks I really want. On that subject is is amusing to see various people on youtube channels saying "must have" 4ks for your collection, no matter how great it looks why would I buy a movie I don't enjoy watching!
All brilliant points. Thanks for watching!
Genuine question for anybody else curating their collections; If there’s a movie franchise that is hit or miss and you only like a sequel, does it make sense to only keep said sequel and not its predecessor films? For example, I do not enjoy Iron Man 2, but I enjoy 1 & 3, so going alphabetically on my movie shelf would go from Iron Man 1 and jump to 3.
I think that’s perfectly reasonable.
That's my plan. My favorite Terminator is 1 & 2, and favorite Predator is 1,2 and AVP. So those are the ones I'll stick with not the scrappy ones. Only way I'd get em all is if they happen to be all in one pack and it was super cheap
Same situation. I only have Iron Man 1 & 3. Don't care about 2 enough to own it. I've only seen it just the once and that was more than enough. The reason it might feel weird is because of the numbers. You'll get over it in time
Thanks for the information on physical media curating.
All good bro.
Nice collection, great upload 👍👍
Thanks mate.
I’ve been collecting for 20 years since I was in high school. My old rule was “is this movie worth watching more than the once?” That caused me to own a lot of bad or mediocre movies that I’ve grown out of in adulthood. Now I’m on a quest to find movies from 90s and older that are harder to find on streaming. I’m currently sitting at around 800 movies
Nice.
omg...those collections are HUGE!!! 😂
Yep, little scary honestly.
Fantastic video and an excellent topic.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Between my son and myself, we have around 1200. All on shelves. Recently we sold a few. I realized how many I haven't watched and never will. Plus the crap films. We had a good clear out. 😊
That's the way!
I agree with the concept but I need more than a year's worth of movies lol
Nothing wrong with wanting a bit more.
I have a little over thirty blurays and UHDs mostly movies and all of them I would rewatch or have watched a few times. I don't like streaming platforms, I have none of them. If I want something I don't have I will buy the 4K disc or bluray and if it's not something I'm sure I want to own I will rent it first to check it out before deciding whether I want to own it.
Great practice.
I just got back into collecting this year but I definitely view this collection as a finite one
Eventually I'll own all the movjes I want and won't get any more new ones other than the occasional new release. I have about 120 discs now and I am guessing the collection will probably be complete at a maximum of 220 discs, maybe a bjt more maybe a bit less.
The goal is really just a collection of movies that mean a lot to me or that I am really interested in watching that aren't available to me elsewhere
Gotta be all killer no filler.
Yes, just collecting itself is part of the charm. Greetings from Perth👍👍
Ah a fellow Aussie.
It can be fun to curate or focus, like maybe focus on an actor, a studio a genre or sub set of a genre ect focused library is nice, on the part about competing with a streaming service it's actually easier than you think, because let's say a mid tier one like paramount+ has maybe 1000 i don't think it even has that many could eb wrong lol movies I guarantee most of them you won't watch or have watched apart from a small collection so you put it in watchlist ect, a curated 100 movies of let's say a highly generalised collection of every genre can compete easily against half the streaming services if you get the understanding. No need to compete tho because once you curate and have a personal library the services become secondary in a lot of ways
Exactly.
Also it’s to show stuff that companies/streaming want to forget that it existed because of reasons ,you would only watch collect you like so you can either show it to a new generation of people
I am currently working on building a complete collection of Xbox 360 games, but with my other media collections I have started to focus more on Curating what I have and getting rid of titles I don't want.
That's the way.
I buy tons of blurays and tv shows just in case I get a date who wants to come over and watch something...I should have something she would want to watch lol.
Fair point.
What I've done with my movies is if there is a big boxset or big collectors set of a movie I love that I own I just put that in its own area.
Nice strat.
I’m collecting my favorite movies that I wanna watch whenever
I buy mostly used from thrift stores, often special editions of what I consider great movies. Only those that are not mainstream and unavailable in thrift stores I buy new. As you said quality over quantity.
That's the way to do it my friend.
It feels like gambling but it’s so much fun
@@treasonouspigeonpeckers957 forces me to limit my buys, much like treasure hunting..
I like getting them from thrift stores and only buy them if I have the feeling for it or if I am getting it for someone else. Makes it more fun than if I paid full price for a new movie
True true.
I've always been picky about collecting films. Sure over the years i bought a few stinkers. I'll try reselling but if nobody wants to buy them i'll try to give it away for free. If nobody wants it. i'll throw away the disc but keep the DVD/BluRay box as a replacement case just in case. I only have 353 films in my 33 years of collecting,
That's a pretty good number.
Lowkey I kinda did that but there’s franchises to the point I feel I had to get them if one day one my friends wanted to do a whole marathon but knowing I have so many I wish video came out when I barely started. I still don’t got a lot but it’s still a lot
It doesn't take long to build a massive collection.
I found this video interesting as I have a fairly large number of Blu-Rays/4K's, but they are all movies I have a history with and love in one way or another. I don't own a single disc I've not seen - and I never 'blind buy'. I get frustrated with watching people do 'collection videos' and go through their titles and say "I've not seen this" or "I've heard this is meant to be good." Then why buy it?? You may hate it and it's just taking up shelf space. Still, each to their own, it's just not the way I do things.
Having an unwatched film on my shelf drives me insane.
Blind buying is how I found my favorites. Get real.
Realistically, i think you only need about 300 blurays
That’s a good number.
Quantity doesnt neccesarily mean less quality in my opinion, the quality of your collection is solely based on ones own opinion of their collection.
While some may not find quality in many titles i own but it doesnt matter everyone's collection is there own and unique.
Absolutely.
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I'll buy Insomnia off you 😉
Bet.
Curate movies, don’t hoard them
That’s what I’m saying.
Do you like Wallace and Gromit?
It's pretty good.
Lol Bravo, take a bow. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Ok you can stop throwing roses now.
If a movie is a blind buy I wait till it's on special and I have bought a lot of Blu Ray's second hand from Facebook marketplace of Ebay and op shops as well as it takes the sting out of the price for a movie you may only watch once
Nothing wrong with taking a chance on something not too expensive every now and then.
I want mostly tv shows and christmas movies but some movies like spiderman n i hope netlfix makes a jw cahos theory dvd or blu ray bc its SOOO good for a young adult cartoon 😞
But my reasoning is bc imagine being in a dark room and its storming outside and the internet is down but power is still up, i can put it in my dvd player and Boom nostalgic night. And even if the power is off i could put the disk into a portable dvd player :)
Damn, now that sounds nice.
Man I found this video at the best time. I’m going through a declutterring/minimalism journey and for a few weeks I’ve been saying this, that I want a curated collection instead of the mess that I have right now of hundreds of movies I’ve not even watched. I think I’m going to curate my collection, and put the rest on eBay for cheap and go from there.
Sounds like a plan!
I use to buy ALOT of bluray especially when my old game shop had them but they closed and ive wasted alot of money of it now im more picky about my purchases mainly older films that look amazing on 4k or my favorite films
This is the way.
im starting to watch the stuff i bye now and load them on letterboxd so easy now to know what iv seen or not on letterboxd
Letterboxd is great for that.
*buy. Spelling is hard.
Bro... how many copies of Ninjago did you have?
They're from back when they spread out a whole season of kids shows on multiple dvd releases lol.
Really good advice. Thanks 🙏
No worries.
sounds like a streamers (who hate dvds) psyop “oh dont buy dvds anynore but if you already have…. keep getting rid of them🤠🤠💡💡💡”
ridiculous really
Ok.
The more the better, 400 4K , 1000 Blu-rays and 300 DVDs, all of the dvds are in my Pioneer changer.
Everybody has their preference.
I do this with my Plex server.
Nice.
Putting DVDs and Blu-rays on the same shelves 🙄
They're all movies.
I’m collecting my favorite movies that I wanna watch whenever
That's the idea.