POLL: New vs. catalog releases (1 Viewer)

[Jim_K]

On average do you purchase more New releases or Catalog releases each year?

I'm probably in the minority here but my ratio is about 10:1 in favor of Catalog titles I purchase each year.

 

[Matthew Chmiel]

Catalog releases.

Out of all the movies I'm buying this summer, ALL of them are catalog titles.

 

[Andrew_Sch]

Just exactly how long does a film have to have been out to be considered "catalog?"

 

[Ike]

I'd say catalog easily.

 

[Jim_K]

Just exactly how long does a film have to have been out to be considered "catalog?"

Good question.

New = Usually within 6-12 months of its theatrical release and usually first time released to a home video format. Some exceptions would be a new film released to VHS then a DVD follows 2-3 months later I would still be consider it NEW.

Catalog = Older films and also fairly recent films previously released on home video. A good example would be the upcoming Jackie Brown release which is fairly recent '97 but only available on VHS until this August.

 

[Bill J]

Catalog releases

 

[Patrick McCart]

My catalog titles outnumber new releases at 36 to 5! (out of 82 titles)

It makes sense since the quality of recent movies have severely degraded...and I don't mean image or sound quality! (Except for some excellent recent movies like Moulin Rouge!, A.I., Shrek, Cast Away, and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.)

 

[SteveGon]

It's mostly catalog releases for me.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Yep. Catalog titles (mainly) for me too.

 

[Brian Lawrence]

Catalog

Lately, I have been sticking to mostly rentals on new releases.

 

[Bruce Hedtke]

I seem to go in streaks. Sometimes I buy alot of new releases, sometimes alot of catalogue titles. Right now, I am trying to pick up some older films to help round out my collection. In general, though, I would rather buy a catalogue title and rent a new release.

Bruce

 

[george kaplan]

Catalog. There's just tons more of them out there.

 

[Gabe D]

I buy a lot of new releases, but I still buy far more catalog titles. There are just so many more catalog titles than new releases.

 

[Brook K]

easily catalog, I think I'll only end up buying 6 new releases from 2001.

 

[Agee Bassett]

I have no new releases in my collection.

 

[MatthewA]

Catalogue. I can't remember the last "new release" I bought.

 

[Peter McM]

Mainly new--and mainly because the catalog titles I'm waiting for aren't out, or even announced yet!

 

[Jefferson]

Catalog.

 

[MartinTeller]

Hmmm... does it count as buying a "new release" if it was new when released, but old when I bought it? For example, I didn't buy The Matrix DVD until it had already been on the market for 2 years.