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10/27/09 at 6:29am
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I have the problem that I want to see the titles I'm lending out, and that's really frustrating. On several occasions I can't figure out what to watch (you think it becomes easier when you're getting more titles, but it's the exact opposite) but when someone wants to borrow a movie, I find out that I want to watch that one.

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I think a collection of 800 titles is already pretty big, I have around 400 myself. That's just the fun of this forum, isn't it? 'Well, this person has over 2,000 titles. I don't have that many, so I'm not nearly as addicted as that guy. You see?'

I always make myself feel better (if I think my collection is getting too big (or not big enough) by using longtime HTFer Robert Fowkes (RAF) as my bellweather.  9000+ titles!

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And by the way, my collection number would've been a lot higher if I don't give away most of the dvds I have when I buy the Blu-ray, or the other titles I sold over the years.

I've got two adult children (boy, that's frightening to say.  They were little kids just a few days ago...).  So most of the discs-left-behind after my upgrades go to them.  They love it!


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10/27/09 at 8:25am
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Right now they're separate, but when I move in with the fiancee next spring I will probably integrate them.  She's cool with the number of discs though, as she's a movie buff herself.

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10/27/09 at 5:29pm
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I think a collection of 800 titles is already pretty big, I have around 400 myself. That's just the fun of this forum, isn't it? 'Well, this person has over 2,000 titles. I don't have that many, so I'm not nearly as addicted as that guy. You see?'
And by the way, my collection number would've been a lot higher if I don't give away most of the dvds I have when I buy the Blu-ray, or the other titles I sold over the years.

 

Hahaha...  We probably need a entertainment media collectors anonymous here no doubt -- oh wait, isn't that what HTF stands for??

No, I don't generally include DVDs I've upgraded to BDs in my Profiler collection either.  I'm still keeping a small number of them around after upgrading (mostly for the kids on roadtrips and such w/ titles like Harry Potter), and of course, some of the (more family-oriented) BD titles actually come w/ the DVD version included nowadays -- in fact, the upcoming Harry Potter BD comes w/ the DVD.

I guess if I were single (or just married w/out kids), I'd probably have a smaller collection now -- maybe more like 600, not upwards of 800 -- although maybe I'd just end up buying more of other types of titles that I've been staying away from in that case.   OTOH, if we didn't have kids, maybe I'd spend more time (and $$$) doing something else outside and away from the house instead.

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10/29/09 at 9:14pm
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Keeping 'em separate, for the time being.  Running outta space though, so I might have to juggle how I organize things.  I think we have around 650 titles, 80+ of which are BDs.
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10/30/09 at 4:48am
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 Something i just thought of, i dont let my wife keep her movies with mine. She only owns about 50 to my 800 anyway.  How about you guys? Devil Wears Prada wont be sitting next to The Deep, in my collection!  
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10/30/09 at 7:28am
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 Something i just thought of, i dont let my wife keep her movies with mine. She only owns about 50 to my 800 anyway.  How about you guys? Devil Wears Prada wont be sitting next to The Deep, in my collection!  

The few films I have purchased for my wife are intermixed with mine. I cringe every time I see The Devil Wears Prada or How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days on the shelf.
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10/30/09 at 7:45am
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The few films I have purchased for my wife are intermixed with mine. I cringe every time I see The Devil Wears Prada or How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days on the shelf.
 

Hahaha...  I don't have too many of those for my wife either, but I have tons (mostly DVDs) for the kids though.   No Devil nor How to Lose here, but I cringe to see Twilight and especially Mamma Mia in there (both for my daughter) -- fortunately, I bought the Mamma Mia BD very cheaply off eBay w/out cover art (probably as a previously-viewed-rental copy or something), so I don't actually see the title on the spine when it's in the shelf.

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10/30/09 at 9:26am
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Hahaha...  I don't have too many of those for my wife either, but I have tons (mostly DVDs) for the kids though.   No Devil nor How to Lose here, but I cringe to see Twilight and especially Mamma Mia in there (both for my daughter) -- fortunately, I bought the Mamma Mia BD very cheaply off eBay w/out cover art (probably as a previously-viewed-rental copy or something), so I don't actually see the title on the spine when it's in the shelf.

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As a brief aside, I rented Twilight last weekend from Blockbuster, not knowing anything about the film. Reading the description made it sound like a typical vampire movie, and I was trying to be Halloween themed. My wife and I made it through about 20 minutes before turning it off and watching John Carpenter's -- The Thing.

My wife actually knew more about the film than I did. She said she was surprised I would rent it.

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11/3/09 at 11:53am
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I definitely segregate my SD-DVDs from my BRs as I'm slowly working on upgrading the worthy titles to BR.  I also don't wanna have to dig through SD-DVDs when looking for a killer demo when someone's over the house!

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11/3/09 at 12:34pm
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I have started giving away my DVD's to friends once I have upgraded that DVD film to the same film on Blu-Ray

the exchange shops here in London give such poor rates for trading in DVD's that I would rather give an awesome film to a friend, than make a tiny amount back
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I have started giving away my DVD's to friends once I have upgraded that DVD film to the same film on Blu-Ray

the exchange shops here in London give such poor rates for trading in DVD's that I would rather give an awesome film to a friend, than make a tiny amount back

I usually do the same (I do keep some DVDs for work or kid purposes, however).  

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