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How Many DVDs Do You Own?

post #1 of 67
7/29/10 at 11:52pm
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I recently finished listing my entire collection to DVD Aficionado (www.dvdaf.com) and was surprised to learn I owned 448 movies on the format. I know it's a lot compared to most normal people's collections, but I was wondering what the average Chewer's collection was like. Go ahead and ballpark it if you don't use some sort of internet cataloging site.
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post #2 of 67
7/29/10 at 11:55pm
Ballpark I reckon around 250. Maybe I'd surprise myself if I sat down to count them and end up at around 300, but I dunno. That includes TV series on dvd and is a joint collection (even tho the lion share would be mine) with my missus as well tho.
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post #3 of 67
7/30/10 at 12:02am
Probably something like 750, give or take 100.
I used to keep a list(offline) that was good for friends to see what they wanted me to bring over to watch, and also scratched my DVD OCD itch, it's horribly outdated though.
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post #4 of 67
7/30/10 at 12:31am
~2200.

Don't look at me like that.
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post #5 of 67
7/30/10 at 12:47am
Ballpark is around 300 or so.

ETA: Wow, neoolong.
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post #6 of 67
7/30/10 at 12:48am
Holy crap, I stupidly thought my 180-ish sounded high. Although half of those are TV DVDs, meaning there's a lot more than 360 hours there. I'm probably way above the average in that category, but it also makes me very popular among my cable-less friends.
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post #7 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:00am
Between 325 and 340, including blu-ray. I don't know the exact because some are on loan. I shaved some off before I made the move to Austin because some were just dumb buys. But holy shit Neoolong.
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post #8 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:09am
I swear, one of these days, I'm going to get Netflix.
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post #9 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:11am
I've gotten rid of some blind buys, and Netflix has been helping out.

Over 3,000 and that's conservative thinking and not including Blu-ray. It's probably way over that. I just love buying dvds. I don't however allow myself to get suckered in to every little re-release or "store exclusive" that's out there. I don't throw away that much money.
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post #10 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:13am
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Originally Posted by neoolong View Post
~2200.

Don't look at me like that.
Holy shit.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) View Post
I've gotten rid of some blind buys, and Netflix has been helping out.

Over 3,000 and that's conservative thinking and not including Blu-ray. It's probably way over that. I just love buying dvds. I don't however allow myself to get suckered in to every little re-release or "store exclusive" that's out there. I don't throw away that much money.
HOLY SHIT!

Oh and last count I was around 180.
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post #11 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:19am
357 total. 212 DVD, 86 Blu, 59 HD DVD.

And, um, holy shit, neoolong and Rene.
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post #12 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:22am
I recently cut my DVD library down to 2600 titles.
Blu-Ray was at 710 after cutting it down.

Then, there's the army of dead formats I keep.

VHS, Laserdisc, HD-DVD, Beta and one of those old RCA Disc Based Systems.
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post #13 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:26am
Around 600
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post #14 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:26am
A few.
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post #15 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:27am
I've got 815 according to DVDaf.com. I actually have more because of screeners, but I put keepers on the DVDaf.
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post #16 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:28am
I used to keep with stuff like DVD Profiler, DVD Af and DVD Spot (now defunct). But, it's such a bitch at times.

I admire the dedication it takes to keep updating shit like that.
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post #17 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:28am
45. Mostly awards screeners from the last couple of years.
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post #18 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:29am
Yeah, when I say library, I mean LIBRARY. I've been collecting since late 2000, and sometimes I just wait for movies to get really cheap. That's how my collection has gotten so big. Rarely do I pay top dollar for movies. Lots of them are used copies.

Glad I have an HD-DVD player. Copies of movies for it are OBSCENELY cheap on Amazon, and brand new too.
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post #19 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:31am
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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) View Post
Yeah, when I say library, I mean LIBRARY. I've been collecting since late 2000, and sometimes I just wait for movies to get really cheap. That's how my collection has gotten so big. Rarely do I pay top dollar for movies. Lots of them are used copies.
Yeah, I can't remember the last time I paid retail for any movie. If it costs more than 10 bucks, and it's not a TV show, I can't justify the purchase to myself. Otherwise there'd be a lot more Criterions in my collection.

But used DVDs, oh baby. That's my bread and butter.
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post #20 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:32am
I do wonder how many DVDs and VHSs I've owned over my lifetime. I tend to purge ever 4 months or so. I have an unwritten rule in my mind somewhere that says i'm not allowed to get over 1000.
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post #21 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:35am
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The only time I ever sold or gave away my DVDs is when I got duplicates due to boxed sets. It's hard to imagine getting rid of any of them.

Well, except for Spy Kids, maybe.
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post #22 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:36am
Shit, realized I didn't add my TV and standup shelves in with that.

DVD total goes up to 452.

And a lot of my collection went out either needing to pay bills during a desperate period a few years back, or in preparation to upgrade to Blu (there's maybe 60 more there I still haven't bought again.)
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post #23 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:06am
264, yes I just counted them, and yes they are all in Alphabetical order.

Mind you that is counting box sets as one dvd so it's proabaly closer to 300.

Blue Ray wise I own 10, side question does anyone else only buy the Bue Ray discs that come with a digital copy and a DVD copy as well? I think if I'm going to pay nearly £20 its worth doing that.
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post #24 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:15am
This many:


Actually that's just DVD movies...not including television or Blu-Rays.
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post #25 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:15am
I think I'm just grazing the big 1,000 mark.
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post #26 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:22am
Y'all make my ~450 look conservative, and for that I thank you.

Though I've stopped blindbuying and only pick up disks I know I'm gonna watch more than once. For everything else there's Lovefilm.
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post #27 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:26am
Only buy my favourite films on DVD. Maybe got about 150.
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post #28 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:38am
Looking around, I really think I need to do a recount.

And ONE huge shelf, as opposed to the tons of little ones I have scattered about.
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post #29 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:39am
Just so I get this straight...would the Alien Quadrilogy count as 1 title, 4 films or 9 DVDs?
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post #30 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:44am
I say 4 films.
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post #31 of 67
7/30/10 at 8:26am
Yeah, individual movies is the easiest thing to count.
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post #32 of 67
7/30/10 at 9:04am
I'm somewhere around 250 but I wouldn't be surprised if it came out closer to 300. I've slowed down a lot in the last couple of years between accumulating more bills and not having a Best Buy nearby. Which is a good thing because I don't blind buy as many movies and I don't go "well it's only $5, why not"?
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post #33 of 67
7/30/10 at 10:30am
Somewhere between 3 and 4K. 2 full floor to ceiling Hollywood Video bays (4-5' wide each). Bought em for $10 each when they closed down. And also 2 full walls of eye level shelves. My guest bedroom doubles as a DVD library.
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post #34 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:44pm
614, including TV box sets.
I could probably sell off more than half and I'd be happy. I went through a crazy DVD-buying phase a few years ago, a little before Netflix was big.

But holy shit, some of you folks have insane collections. What is the seen/not seen ratio of your collections?
For me, I've 256 DVDs left to watch.
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post #35 of 67
7/30/10 at 1:45pm
95/5 in terms of that ratio.
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post #36 of 67
7/30/10 at 2:06pm
I just finished up watching my recently purchased ones the other day, but my re-watch pile is still pretty big.

It's going to be like that for a while, because I'm watching movies on Netflix Instant that are expiring soon.
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post #37 of 67
7/30/10 at 2:19pm
We've got somewhere around 400 DVDs and 20 blu-rays. There are maybe 20 DVDs that I haven't seen yet for various reasons but I've seen all of my blu-rays.

I really cut down on my DVD expenditures about 4 years ago. It was mostly a space decision (we're trying to cut down on clutter and excess STUFF around the house), but it was also a financial decision...we looked at what we were dropping at Best Buy and decided to channel those funds into our vacation account.
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post #38 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:12pm
If it's on my shelf I've watched it.
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post #39 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:21pm
Which genres do you go heavy on? My horror collection is overwhelming, but I guess it's because everything's sequelized beyond the point of self-parody, and I'm a completist.
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post #40 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:24pm
A lifetime of video-store and movie-theatre employment has conditioned me to be relatively conservative in my purchases.

305 DVD, 52 LaserDisc. VHS unknown at this time.
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post #41 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:24pm
Action, horror, and comedy are the heaviest in my library. Horror was initially small, but it's gotten really large since 2005.

Wish I could have come across some shelves like Darkmite. I could really use something like that. I have two shelves, but they're full, and now I'm just using storage bins, but that's good for when I move, they'll already be packed.
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post #42 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:41pm
Somewhere between 300 and 400. The top shelf is Ewan-only, and there's something like 45 of those, everything you can get on DVD anyway.
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post #43 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:49pm
At once point i owned like more then 300 dvd's, but right now i don't even have 50 i usually sell them when i no longer watch the movie and buy new ones.

same thing happend with Blu-ray i used to collect Blu-ray too at one point i had more then 60 Blu-rays but right now i have less then 10 same reason.
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post #44 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:50pm
Wow. I used to think that people who came to my house and said, "wow, you have a lot of DVDs" knew what they were talking about. I probably hover around 350 or so if you count kids videos as well. A pittance, really, compared to some of you guys.
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post #45 of 67
7/30/10 at 5:50pm
Between 150 and 200 and a good portion are TV Box sets. I went through a huge purge when I moved into a studio apartment and pretty much stopped buying DVDs in the mid-aughts. The movies I have I don't watch that often because of Netflix and cable. I do use my collection to introduce my friends to shows/movies they have no business not having seen.
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post #46 of 67
7/30/10 at 6:35pm
13 blu-rays, and more DVDs than I care to count. I ran out of shelf space, and now I keep some of them in printer paper boxes. Most of them came from Hastings buy_get_ deals. 75% of them could be donated to the library and I would never miss them.
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post #47 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:25pm
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Here's another question: How many days (maybe even weeks) worth of special features do you own but have never watched? Back when I had ~100, I made a point to watch every special feature and listen to every commentary every time I got a new movie. Now, I can't remember the last time I watched non-Apatow special features (I fucking love his deleted scenes/line-o-ramas/outtakes).
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post #48 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:33pm
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Originally Posted by Barkatthemoon View Post
and now I keep some of them in printer paper boxes.
The perfect box for moving DVDs. I always keep some handy. Comes with a lid, just the right size for maximum use of space and weight, stackable, etc.
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post #49 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:46pm
There's movies that I got years ago that I'm just seeing them with their audio commentary. Very rarely do I listen to the audio commentary right after, unless it's a movie I've really been wanting to know more about.

I actually had a separate smaller pile of movies that I had just for movies that I wanted to listen to the audio commentary. I know for sure though that I haven't seen every single special feature on all of my dvds.

When I get a Netflix disc, however, I tend to skim through audio commentaries or watch an interview, since I'll probably never pick up the dvd.
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post #50 of 67
7/30/10 at 7:55pm
I tend to only dive into special features now if I'm doing something else, like putting together furniture and want to have something on in the background. I burned out on commentary tracks in the early-'00s after the eleventeenth one where the director told me what I was looking at.
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