Has anyone else sold/given away their DVD/Blu-ray collection to move to streaming?
 

Over the last few years I've sold almost all of my DVD's/blu-rays that I've had since the early 2000's on ebay. I only kept a few select stuff that was sentimental to me, and I still have all my TMNT cartoon DVDs because I won't sell that (until we get blu-ray releases, if that ever happens :lol: ), but I did away with everything else.

I've moved to online streaming/digital only at this point. I realized what's the point of buying a blu-ray that I'm only going to watch like once every 5-10 years (or even longer). I had DVDs of stuff I hadn't rewatched in over a decade and I wondered what the point of keeping it on my shelf was.

The early 2000's era of people having these huge DVD collections on their shelves is pretty much over. Now owning a huge DVD collection is kinda frowned upon and viewed as a waste of space. So I only basically have some TMNT DVDs now and the original Star Wars trilogy in blu-ray, but that's it.

While the streaming is nice and all. Physical media is here to stay. Part of that reason is because the blu-ray or 4k blu-ray has better picture quality then the streaming which is mostly compressed.

I've moved to digital in a big way but not completely. Ya see, my collecting habits are sort of strange. If I want to own something, then I really want to own it, so I'll usually secure a sealed backup copy of any physical media I buy, namely books, movies, figures, etc.

So yes, I have two copies of The Dark Knight on 4k, two copies of Alan Moore's "From Hell", and I'll have both the sealed single issues and the hardcover collection of "The Last Ronin" if it ends as strong as it began. Not everything needs to be in the same format. All that matters is I can abuse one to my heart's content and not have to worry about ever replacing it.
I understand if this sounds weird and slightly obsessive, but I guess "piece of mind" has a big role in how i collect things.

The notable caveat being the fact that I'm very particular about the physical media I want to own.
Not including backups, I'd estimate that I own 12-15 movies/tv shows, 10 hardcovers, and 50 single issue comics. All in all, not a very sizable physical collection. Takes up less than a small bookshelf.

Everything else I'm interested in I'll just rent or get a cheap digital copy of. I love the convenience of digital media, and the way it clears up space around the house, but I don't enjoy collecting it by any means and have made peace with the fact that my digital collection could disappear any day now.
So yeah, I've mostly shifted to digital media, with one foot lingering in a slightly obsessive, but contained collecting hobby.

Ha, I've still got a collection of movies on VHS that I never repurchased on DVD. I don't have the money (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=63255) to keep repurchasing all my favorite shows/movies every time a new way of watching them come out.

I got rid of all of my DVDs of movies and TV stuff that weren't already available in quality higher than 480p (which is DVD quality). Which was a lot. I can't imagine parting with my Blu-rays anytime soon.

Nope, I could do with sorting through the DVD's I have but don't plan to rid myself of the movies/series I still wish to keep.

Once again cubed is wrong as usual. Plenty of people including myself still enjoy and have a massive physical media collection. Hell go the blu ray.com forums it's as pro physical media as you can get.

Also having a huge blu ray collection is better than having to buy 5 different streaming services just because one streaming service has something while another doesnt

It's actually due to all the online streaming services now, like netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, etc...that so many people are moving away from physical media. A lot of people realize they can just watch what they want on those streaming services instead of buying physical.

In the early 2000's online streaming wasn't a thing, and it only really picked up speed around 2010 or so. Now in 2020/2021 it's pretty mainstream. There's a reason why big stores like Target/Wal-Mart,etc. have severely reduced the space for blu-rays for movies/TV shows, it definitely isn't like it was over 10 years ago.

why are you bringing up streaming services anyway? You don't subscribe to them you just pirate everything cause your a cheap bastard

Cubed, shut up.

Back in the day if I was even remotely interested in a flick, then I bought it. But I abandoned that particular accumulation of things some years back when I added a 6 TB Home Media Server to my setup. So the short of it is that I still buy the physical media from the I.P.'s that I love (The Avengers movies for example), but anything else that isn't top-notch becomes a digital copy on my server (not a streaming services server, but my server located in my house).

Limiting your disc-based collection only to your favorite content has benefits. It means having less STUFF lying around. It makes the non-favorite content more accessible (a server is "click of a button"). But either way I don't rely purely on a third-party streaming service. I still want my own copies of "XYZ" so that I can truly watch something on-demand. Going to streaming-only means finding out that "on demand" really means "on demand from whatever selection we give you" rather than meaning "on demand for whatever you want to watch when you want it".

I have moved on to digital but I still keep my old blurays because there are many special features unique on disc that are not available anywhere else. I got rid of their cases and place them in folder bags to save space. Physical cover art and disc boxes mean nothing to me, I can just look them up online anytime.

Well I meant for other people. I pay exactly $0 but a lot of other people would still rather pay for online streaming to watch thousands of shows/movies than buy 1 blu-ray every few months.

Between streaming and my movie channels I find that I watch what I have on hard copy less (so far as rewatching) but I still purchase the movies I know I want to own permanently, just a toss up between digital purchase and hard copy, or both where it's only a few pounds extra to get both.

Nope, I am keeping my Blu Rays and I only get rid of my DVDs when I get the Blu ray version.

I've culled my collection of movies I don't have a strong connection to. I ripped them all to ISOs and saved them to a hard drive anyway.

I do this too - and on that note I've taken an interest in combining disc sets to make the best possible version. The Fifth Element DVD special edition had a bonus features disc that is unsurpassed to today. So I took my Blu Ray Steelbook (the ex one) and combined the discs into a 4k super package with all of the formats and the best Special Features disc.

I've done that with a few flicks where the opportunity arises.

I kinda did this with UHF. The DVD copy has bonus features that the Blu-Ray claims to have, but doesn't so I have the DVD and the Blu-Ray meant to replace it sharing a 2 Disc BR case.

I've only purchased digital copies of movies that I have which don't seem as though they'll ever get released offering free digital copies.

Nope. I still have my DVDs. The only DVD's that I sold are the ones that I didn't want to own anymore.

As long as they're not scratched up to the point that they're unwatchable or unplayable, I will still be a fan of DVDs, video games, ect.