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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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I’m a bit of a compulsive collector. Or perhaps “impulsive” is a more correct description. I have mellowed quite a bit with old age, but I still have that “problem”. I see titles and I think “That sounds like an interesting movie. I want that”. And I buy it.

Now, what happens when I get a DVD or a BD delivered is one of two things. Either I want to watch it right away, or I’m thinking that I’ll save it for later. And if I save it for later, there is a risk that it will be a lot later.

I have some really good films that I consider watching now and again, but it just never seems to be quite the right time. Do I want to watch Seven Samurai? Absolutely, but it’s 3 ½ hours long, and that’s a bit too much right now. How about Witchfinder General? No, I need to save that for some special occasion. Maybe The Pianist with Adrian Brody? Nah, seems too depressing, I need something a bit more upbeat tonight. The Absent-Minded Professor? Yeah, but I don’t feel like an old black-and-white movie just now. And that's how it goes.

And of course I have quite a few not so good movies for when that urges comes on. But I seem to buy them more often than I feel like watching them. So I have a Bela Lugosi box set that I bought 10 years ago, but I’ve only watched two out of nine movies. And that’s not the oldest one in my unwatched pile. I have DVDs that I bought 15 years ago that are still unwatched.

Out of some 6800 titles I still have about 1000 unwatched. And still I buy new titles. And still I sometimes have a hard time deciding what to watch.

Hi, my name is Gunnar, and I am a DVD-holic! Any more like me out there?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributordee1959jay
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You are definitely not alone, Gunnar!   
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsurfeur51
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Any more like me out there?

Not exactly. I generally watch movies as soon as I buy them. And if my wife considers me as a compulsive collector, I have a rather "small" collection of only 1988 movies (with 1988 watched...). Tomorrow I 'll receive 3 new ones from Amazon, and I'll watch them in the next days... I consider me as a movie collector (and only movies, I do not watch TV series), I really don't care about DVDs or blu-rays as "objects".

I buy only movies I'm quite sure to appreciate (after consulting critics on several sites), and I've seen most of them a second time about one year after the purchase. I've seen many times those I appreciate the more...

But the pleasure about movies is not only watching them. I spend much time in collection activities (making profiles as correct as possible from a movie point of view (which makes them unfortunately uncontributable), searching for headshots, and maintaining "images from movies" sharing site).
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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I think that part of my obsession was caused in the days of the laserdisc. Those were often released in very short runs, so if you didn't buy a title when it was released, you could easily find that it was out of print when you wanted it. So if you thought you might want it, you bought it. Or at least I did.

The situation is the same today with some of the smaller releasing studios, like Twilight Time. But these days I think twice, and I only buy titles that I really want, because TT titles are kind of pricey.

But sometimes I panic when I realize that I don't own a certain title. For example, a while ago I felt like rewatching Jaws. And I was shocked to find that I didn't have it on DVD or BD. I used to own it on VHS and Laserdisc. So I hurried to check that it was available on blu-ray and I bought it. I actually have quite a few titles that I have seen before and that I bought just because I felt I should have them on disc for whenever I might want to watch them. Titles like Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Ed Wood, West Side Story and Apollo 13, just to name a few.
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I'm the same. Can't pass up a bargain on anything I am remotely interested in. Own about 12500 releases (4000 not yet catalogued) and have items in the to watch pile from as far back as December 1997 when I was 14. Over half of my life (32 now!).

But, I don't smoke, don't do drugs, don't drink too much and work bloody hard. Film is the one thing I spend a lot of money on, and I luckily have the spare funds to be able to indulge myself.

The biggest expense now is having to pay for a storage locker to put loads of boxes full of DVDs etc in at £75 a month.
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And I thought I was sad with over 4K! LOL! 12,500 @ (say) £5 average... There goes your Aston!

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I'm the same. Can't pass up a bargain on anything I am remotely interested in. Own about 12500 releases (4000 not yet catalogued) and have items in the to watch pile from as far back as December 1997 when I was 14. Over half of my life (32 now!).

But, I don't smoke, don't do drugs, don't drink too much and work bloody hard. Film is the one thing I spend a lot of money on, and I luckily have the spare funds to be able to indulge myself.

The biggest expense now is having to pay for a storage locker to put loads of boxes full of DVDs etc in at £75 a month.
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My collection on DVD profiler says 1451, but i'm probably closer to about 2000 (I only count multi DVD sets as one). Out of those I've only watched about 200.
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I'm the same. Can't pass up a bargain on anything I am remotely interested in. Own about 12500 releases (4000 not yet catalogued) and have items in the to watch pile from as far back as December 1997 when I was 14. Over half of my life (32 now!).

But, I don't smoke, don't do drugs, don't drink too much and work bloody hard. Film is the one thing I spend a lot of money on, and I luckily have the spare funds to be able to indulge myself.

The biggest expense now is having to pay for a storage locker to put loads of boxes full of DVDs etc in at £75 a month.


Got to have a hobby. I also collect band t-shirts. 12500 releases though! Christ, i'm nowhere near that. 
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And I thought I was sad with over 4K! LOL! 12,500 @ (say) £5 average... There goes your Aston!

... a very cheap Aston 
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I am in the same boat, I keep telling my self I have to stop. If I have a TV show I can't stop until I have the complete series and the same with movies with sequels can not stop until I have collected everyone. I have a soft spot for Horror and Science Fiction films and TV shows.
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