Originally Posted by Luisito34
I'm just glad my current collection is about as complete as its ever gonna be
You must be the only one.
Originally Posted by Luisito34
I'm just glad my current collection is about as complete as its ever gonna be
Originally Posted by Ben Cheshire
You must be the only one.
Originally Posted by Luisito34
I AM talking about MY collection, not yours or anyone else's.
Originally Posted by Billy Batson
Well my collection is close to complete. The films I really like are the ones I grew up watching on the telly in the 50's, & at the cinema in the 60's. I now own a ton of films I thought I'd never see again, & were just about impossible to see a couple of years ago. Of course there's films I'd still like released on DVD, but if I had to list them now, after 20-30 titles I'd be strugging. Enjoy what you have now, you never know what's going to happen tomorrow.
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Well my collection is close to complete. The films I really like are the ones I grew up watching on the telly in the 50's, & at the cinema in the 60's. I now own a ton of films I thought I'd never see again, & were just about impossible to see a couple of years ago. Of course there's films I'd still like released on DVD, but if I had to list them now, after 20-30 titles I'd be strugging. Enjoy what you have now, you never know what's going to happen tomorrow.[/QUOTE]Same here. I've been fortunate that most of my "must-have" movies have been released on Sd DVD. My waiting list is small but there's a few that still haven't been re-released in anamorphic format that I'd buy. Thanks to (std) region-free capability I've picked up several of those in R2/4.
My only WB archive buy so far has been the "Barker" Tarzan set. Just me, but I haven't seen hardly any archive titles appear that I've had on my list.
Now, TV/DVD is another matter (for the other forum)
Originally Posted by Jeff Willis
Same here. I've been fortunate that most of my "must-have" movies have been released on Sd DVD. My waiting list is small but there's a few that still haven't been re-released in anamorphic format that I'd buy.
Gary,Originally Posted by Gary OS
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I'm of two minds on this. In one sense I too have most of the "must own" films I want. There are a few classic titles still outstanding I'd like, but for the most part I'm good when it comes to one shot epics. In another sense, there are many titles I still want, but these films are part of a "series". Things like the Bowery Boys, the Blondie films, numerous detective/mystery series (Crime Doctor, Boston Blackie, Whistler, Saint, Lone Wolf, Falcon, Torchy Blane, Perry Mason, etc.), the Andy Hardy movies, a few more Abbott & Costello films, and so on.
If we are talking one shot films then I'm pretty much set, but if we are talking series films then I've got a long, long way to go.
I'm not sure what to make of the OOP films, other than to say that I've seen dvds go out of print real quick from time to time and this just goes to show you can't sit on something for too long in this hobby. If you want it, you better find a way to get it within a certain amount of time. Don't count on it being around 5 to 10 years later. That may or may not be the case.
Gary "still looking for that WB Abbott & Costello set that has been rumored to come out for several years now" O.
Agreed. Everybody needs to do some house cleaning from time to time. I think some of those titles like The Swarm might end up as an Archive Title, but The Thin Man Series (one of the most popular sellers of all time) and most of the horror titles (see you next October) will more than likely see another DVD pressing in a couple of years. Disney has been doing this for a long time. And who knows what Paramount is up to. I understand they just made major changes in their Home Entertainment Department.Originally Posted by Billy Batson
I've read various, this is the end of DVD posts, but I don't think so. It would be, if the studios released a Blu-ray for every DVD they deleted, but they're a million miles away from doing that. A great many titles (1000's) will never be released on BR. I mean, Warner will release a BR of Ben-Hur, but will they do the same with Helen Of Troy & Land Of The Pharaohs, I don't think so. DVD's like CD's will continue to give me pleasure for many years to come.
I think what we are seeing is a complete change in how DVD's will be marketed. In the past years at both Virgin and Tower you would go into the stores starting about now and see display after display of the collections, Holiday Collection, Astaire and Rogers, The Thin Man, Paul Newman, John Wayne and Liz Taylor. People would be carting them off by the handfuls out of those stores. Now those outlets are gone and it just does not make any sense to hold on to those in the film companies warehouses, so the companies just get rid of the stock and don't press any more.Originally Posted by Mark Zimmer
Hard to believe they're letting the Astaire/Rogers movies go OOP. I should think those would be perennial sellers.