Have you deleted any of your old DVD or Blu-rays from DVD Profiler?
I have deleted hundreds of DVDs from my DVD Profiler which still leaves me with about 12,000 in my collection.
Also, I did collect VHS and Beta tapes, but never LD's. I never liked the pricing nor the size of them.
I keep reading this type of comment from some posters on this forum and I have to say there is a definite difference between 4K and HD discs on my 65" LG OLED with an Oppo 203 player. I'm sitting about 9 feet from my display.
A week from now, I'm getting my second LG OLED display that is 55"...
There you go, if it gives you great joy while you're living then what happens to your collection after you're gone doesn't really matter because you're dead.
Another thing about RAF is he was really into tech and computer stuff. I think he would have bought into streaming too as another way to collect movies. No question, like me, physical media would be the first preference, but he would also adapt too with the technological changes.
I now have ten "six shelf" book cases for my disc library. According to DVD Profiler, the total number of discs is 10,200. And yes, I have an extensive digital library too that is about 2000 strong between Vudu and iTunes. I'm simply running out of space so I have to use other means to...