POLL: How many DVDs do you own? Come on in and VOTE!

[Eli]

0

 

[Linflas]

Do box sets count as 1 or the number of disks in the box? I can't answer the poll until I get home to count them anyway.

 

[Thraxen]

Somewhere between 80 and 90... but I've not added very many the past year or so. I usually just rent these days and buy only the ones I will truly watch again.

 

[dxkj]

1. Happy Gilmore



I had The Matrix and Gladiator but someone stole them.

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

i don't know if boot leg dvd's count, but i bought over 200 when i went to asia last year
<$1 US each

 

[Dedpuhl]

Originally posted by: Linflas
Do box sets count as 1 or the number of disks in the box? I can't answer the poll until I get home to count them anyway.

I would count Season one of Friends as 1 DVD

I would cound the Back to the Future trilogy as 3 DVDs

 

[alareau]

a whole 1

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Wag
My penis is larger than yours.

That's what it all comes down to, doesn't it?

You've got it all wrong. In reality, collecting things is estrogen based. Don't believe me? Go to any collectables shop in your town and tell me what sex the majority of stuff is geared towards.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl

Originally posted by: Linflas
Do box sets count as 1 or the number of disks in the box? I can't answer the poll until I get home to count them anyway.

I would count Season one of Friends as 1 DVD

I would cound the Back to the Future trilogy as 3 DVDs

Yep.

 

[aphex]

87

 

[Wag]

You've got it all wrong. In reality, collecting things is estrogen based. Don't believe me? Go to any collectables shop in your town and tell me what sex the majority of stuff is geared towards.

Collectables themselves, maybe- but we're talking about size here.

 

[Hammer]

like 30

 

[dullard]

0. Even if I had a DVD player, I'd never buy one. With a DVD costing about $15 and renting about $1 (grocery store), I'd have to rent the same movie 15 times to break even. I've never watched any movie 20 times, I don't think I've even watched the same movie more than 3-4 times ever.

Edited for Amused.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Wag

You've got it all wrong. In reality, collecting things is estrogen based. Don't believe me? Go to any collectables shop in your town and tell me what sex the majority of stuff is geared towards.

Collectables themselves, maybe- but we're talking about size here.

And women base the success of their collections on the amount of collectables they have as well. Like squirrels with nuts.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: dullard
0. Even if I had a DVD player, I'd never buy one. With a DVD costing about $20 and renting about $1 (grocery store), I'd have to rent the same movie 20 times to break even. I've never watched any movie 20 times, I don't think I've even watched the same movie more than 3-4 times ever.

I rarely pay more than 16 bucks for a DVD. And they sell on E-bay for nearly (and sometimes over) retail +$5 for shipping if you decide you don't want them anymore.

Buying DVDs can actually MAKE you money.

Plus, I never have to worry about getting half way through a rented DVD only to have it freeze up because the last renter played death-match frisbee with it.

 

[bbrontosaurus]

about 60 or so.....been trying to build up my DVD collection with BestBuy's 2 for $20 or 3 for $30 sales. Run over to CC, tell them about the BB sale, and then pick out any $14.99 for $9.50. Only problem is, BB hasn't been having any good x for $x sales lately. :disgust:

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Amused
Plus, I never have to worry about getting half way through a rented DVD only to have it freeze up because the last renter played death-match frisbee with it.

Which is why I still rent VHS (or gasp you take the DVD back and get a refund/replacement copy). I've got a crap TV anyways, you couldn't tell the image quality difference. Yes you can make money on anything if you find enough suckers. But I bet the vast majority of people haven't made money overall with DVD reselling.

Even at $10 a piece if you found them all on sale, I'd much rather have $50*10 = $500 in my wallet than 50 boxes sitting in shrink wrap with DVDs decaying (yes they degrade very slowly over time) like Doggiedog.

 

[Schola]

105

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
100+ of which 50% are still in shrink wrap.

why?

I never have any time to watch them.

Plus my wife hates my "guy" movies so we usually end up renting a compromise movie that I would never buy for myself.

I'm also one of those guys that likes to buy the feature movie on when they come out on Tuesday at a reduced price.

 

[Ameesh]

about 400

 

[LikeLinus]

About 300.

I didn't normally purchase DVD's before I got my home theater finished (and i never owned hardly any VHS's), but damn it's nice to have just about any movie you want at any time in your own theater. The wife and kid love it also.

 

[spacejamz]

do 'backup' copies count???

 

[RossMAN]

300 or so

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http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/index.php

http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/

http://www.dvdfile.com/

 

[dionx]

161 which does not account for trilogies, box sets, etc

 

[SlangNRox]

http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=slangnrox