Re:DVD Sales Surpass Blu-ray in 2021: Physical Format Market
by pdntspa on Monday November 21, 2022 @02:24PM
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It doesn't matter, they are in possession of literally thousands of DVDs; the money is spent and the sale is recorded.
There used to be a healthy market for DVD-specific shelving; I have seen multiple bookcase-sized shelves packed completely in one house.
Re:DVD Sales Surpass Blu-ray in 2021: Physical Format Market
by mark-r on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @11:41PM
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I have a pair of IKEA dressers on either side of the TV, with the DVDs placed 2 deep in the drawers. And then a couple of bookcases in the basement for the overflow that doesn't fit the dressers. The current count stands at 1845.
Re:DVD Sales Surpass Blu-ray in 2021: Physical Format Market
by 2000UltraDeluxe on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @01:11AM
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Why not both? The missus and I have both been collecting DVD's for over 20 years. The resulting pile of movies fills a large part of the spare room in the house, and neither of us seem to show indications of stopping to grab cool old movies on DVD when at flea markets etc.
The physical DVD's are rather irrelevant, though. Most are ripped and streamed to the TV rather than watched in a player.
Not to discount your observations, but I'm curious to differentiate between as active, intentional, curated collection effort, vs hoarding or just not having gotten around to tossing them all out yet despite that none have been touched in 10 years. Most people I know who still have a shelf or two of physical discs in their media/living rooms look a lot more like the second case than the first one.