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.
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 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! 👍🏼
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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 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 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 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 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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Putting DVDs and Blu-rays on the same shelves 🙄
They're all movies.
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.
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 😅
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.
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.
*your
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.
Nice collection, great upload 👍👍
Thanks mate.
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.
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! 😁
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 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.
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.
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!
As someone who wants to start a physical media collection, thank you for this video
No prob.
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.
I’m collecting my favorite movies that I wanna watch whenever
That's the idea.
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.
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 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.
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.
Yes, just collecting itself is part of the charm. Greetings from Perth👍👍
Ah a fellow Aussie.
Thanks for the information on physical media curating.
All good bro.
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 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.
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 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.
Fantastic video and an excellent topic.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Do you like Wallace and Gromit?
It's pretty good.
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.
Lol Bravo, take a bow. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Ok you can stop throwing roses now.
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.
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.
I do this with my Plex server.
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!
Really good advice. Thanks 🙏
No worries.
I’m collecting my favorite movies that I wanna watch whenever