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There was an article back in 2002, in Variety Magazine, which listed the results of a pretty sizable survey conducted by one of those non-biased polling groups. It rated the amount of poll-takers who had a collection over 100 as in the high 40%, and it also had a staggering amount, something...

I'll drop the issue of VHS-rentals, as I am on the verging of becoming "that guy," in this thread :) At the risk of veering off-topic, I would like to ask if anyone thinks there will be a new era of "extras" ushered in with Blu-ray, once the format gains more popularity, and especially now...

That could actually be it - that there was a marked difference between the US and Canada during that era. However that being said, I still don't honestly think that Americans were buying movies on VHS at anywhere near the same rate as they are on DVD. In 1988, were people standing in line at...

Actually, the practice of wide-spread rental pricing continued until late in the 90s, not 1986. The book I quoted in an above post has numerous sources citing this (sorry, my copy is burried, but you can view it online, I think).

I understand that there were a handful of movie enthusiasts who, like during the LD era, owned a sizeable collection. I'm also not trying to be difficult with this point, but it really is, to me, at the crux of the entire success of DVD as a format. It's simply not true that the average...

Are you trying to convince me that during that era (the mid 80s until 97), that people were "movie collectors" by way of VHS? Sorry, I don't believe it. I know first hand that video stores recieved a list of the movies that would be released as "priced to sell," and that that list would be for...

While I don't, of course, have any hard and fast numbers, but at least in my personal experience, virtually every one of my friends has a collection that at least exceeds 100. And these are mostly students, who, while admitedly often spend their money foolishly, have indeed made a conscious...

Nobody "owned" movies during the VHS-era, outside of LD collectors, and those rich enough to afford the "priced for rental" VHS. Sure, there were a handful of releases each year, of movies on VHS which were "priced to own," but honestly, I don't see anyong claiming that VHS was anything more...

Once again I'll state for the record that I am a blu-ray fan, although my SD collection still massively dwarfs my BD collection. That being said, a film coming out on BD isn't always an auto-purchase for me. By this I mean that sometimes I still buy the SD version over the BD version. Why is...

What "industry" are you refering to? I'm not trying to be pedantic, I honestly don't know what you are refering to. Do you mean the movie industry?

Wow, Patrick, you summed up my thoughts perfectly. I am a big HD fan, and I buy Blu-ray when it's available. However, I know I am in the minority (when compared to the general public), and I don't see that changing for a long while. I'm not even sure, as Crawdaddy says (and, who I greatly...