Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
I'm well over 400 (maybe even 500) right now, and I started collecting DVDs about 5 years ago (never got into collecting VHS movies because they wear out and most of them were not letterboxed). I recently started cataloging my collection on the DVD Aficionado site (REALLY cool site to use for keeping track of the titles!), and the number of titles that I've already cataloged is over 300.

One observation in going through my collection is how quickly the studios churn through different versions of DVDs. Probably close to half the DVDs in my collection are already out of print, yet a lot of them were subsequently replaced by "downgraded" versions that delete the bonus features in favor of lower prices or stick other trade-offs into the mix. For example, Rocky was recently re-released with remastered video and audio, yet MGM decided to eliminate all of the bonus features found on the previous version, so it's obviously a tradeoff.

One of the trickiest things about DVD collecting is figuring out which version to pull the trigger on. Very often, the latest version is not the greatest one, so I've sorted through store shelves in search of the older versions or bought used copies. Even now, there are a lot of favorite movies that I still don't own on DVD because I'm waiting on a more worthy version to come out (e.g. Blade Runner, The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2), City of Lost Children, Superman II).

Anyway, here the link to my collection catalog in progress. Might be interesting if others on the board use this site to catalog their collections and share with everyone. (The links might take a long time to load up because they contain images)

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?id=woochifer
Hey Woochifer,

I spotted a few titles in your collection that I need to put on my wishlist. Nice collection by the way. I'm using DVDSpot. Yeah it would be cool to view each others collections.

http://www.dvdspot.com/member=LJay