Smurfin
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There's been numerous threads in the past about "how many discs have you bought and not watched?", and I for one have been guilty of that - I still have some DVDs that I bought 9 years ago that are still sealed , and I swore I wouldn't do the same on HD. I seem to have a buying addiction though, because I haven't learnt from history! So have you fallen into the old trap of buying HD discs then not getting round to watching them?
I did a quick count last night and out of around 250 discs (a mix of HD-DVD and BluRay), there's 150 on the shelf which I've not yet watched (!). There's been a number of discs that I've watched then traded which aren't included, so it probably looks worse than it is, but that's still one hell of alot of movies to watch! I must admit, with alot of the back catalogue titles I've seen the movie before and it's just that I've not watched the HD version, but even so I was surprised just how many are still sealed on the shelf. In part it's due to having a busy year, HD-DVD firesales and now (thankfully) it's beginning to settle down - I'm looking forward to catching up on lots of movies as the nights draw in
I've also got 00's of SD discs to watch too, and now with my new SD player and plasma panel, SD looks stunning and my interest in DVD has been revived. Busy viewing ahead I reckon!
I'm almost glad that looking not only at the BR release schedules but the cost of alot of discs (just look at pre-order prices going up from Movietyme etc), my buying is about to slow dramatically - before Xmas I can think of only a handful of discs I want - Band of Brothers, Dark Knight and Indy 4. Not alot else really.
I've also been questioning why I buy certain discs of late too. I mean, why on earth do I buy some of these discs? For example (aside from the £2.99-£5 HD-DVD bargains), I've bought many discs which I've already got on SD and not watched for years. If I've not had a burning desire to watch a particular movie for the last 5 years, why do I buy them on HD? This has happened on many occasions with double dips, I'm wondering if I'm the only one to have this problem
For example:
Apollo 13 - HD-DVD. Great movie, bought it for £11 2 years ago, but I have it on SD and haven't watched it for 4 years, and the HD disc is still sitting on my shelf unwatched (I do keep meaning to watch it though as I love it!)
Close Encounters of The Third Kind - BluRay. This is a criminal one - I watched this on TV when I was a child but don't really remember any of it. I bought it on BluRay on release day, and it's still sitting on my shelf unwatched (aside from the first 5 minutes where I looked at it and thought, this looks great, must get round to watching it properly), I then discovered a sealed Special Edition SD version that I bought several years ago
Mission Impossible Boxset HD-DVD. I bought this for £30 when it first came out on HD-DVD and admittedly I watched MI:3 straight away, but the other two have lingered unwatched ever since. I owned the original movie on NTSC laserdisc (watched it a fair few times as in those days I always got my money's worth for £35 a movie!!!!), then re-bought it on DVD which after several years remained unwatched, then I bought it on HD-DVD
There are many other examples, and I find myself - with alot of HD discs - watching the first 5 minutes to see how good the disc is, and thinking "I'm looking forward to watching this properly", and then never quite getting round to it I read a thread about Bad Boys on BluRay this morning which made me think "that's a must buy"....but then I thought "hang on, I've not watched this for 5 years, do I really need the BluRay? And I don't know about anyone else, but often it feels like a 2 hour committment to a movie is too much and I don't have time, so I put on an episode of the Shield or another good TV series, and then end up watching 2 episodes which brings it to the length of a normal movie anyway :lol: .
So, with all of the above in mind (someone please tell me I'm not the only one), I've decided to make an early new years resolution.
1. With all those unwatched discs, I'm going to buy nothing but AAA releases that I want to watch straight away.
2. No more back catalogue purchases which I already have on DVD and don't immediately plan to watch that weekend (Indy Trilogy or LOTR aside )
3. Not pay more than £16 for a new release - goodbye £18 discs!
4. Actually sit my a**** down and watch some of those lovely HD discs which are already on the shelf.
5. Stop reading the forums so much as it makes me buy discs!
Anyone else in the same boat?
I did a quick count last night and out of around 250 discs (a mix of HD-DVD and BluRay), there's 150 on the shelf which I've not yet watched (!). There's been a number of discs that I've watched then traded which aren't included, so it probably looks worse than it is, but that's still one hell of alot of movies to watch! I must admit, with alot of the back catalogue titles I've seen the movie before and it's just that I've not watched the HD version, but even so I was surprised just how many are still sealed on the shelf. In part it's due to having a busy year, HD-DVD firesales and now (thankfully) it's beginning to settle down - I'm looking forward to catching up on lots of movies as the nights draw in
I've also got 00's of SD discs to watch too, and now with my new SD player and plasma panel, SD looks stunning and my interest in DVD has been revived. Busy viewing ahead I reckon!
I'm almost glad that looking not only at the BR release schedules but the cost of alot of discs (just look at pre-order prices going up from Movietyme etc), my buying is about to slow dramatically - before Xmas I can think of only a handful of discs I want - Band of Brothers, Dark Knight and Indy 4. Not alot else really.
I've also been questioning why I buy certain discs of late too. I mean, why on earth do I buy some of these discs? For example (aside from the £2.99-£5 HD-DVD bargains), I've bought many discs which I've already got on SD and not watched for years. If I've not had a burning desire to watch a particular movie for the last 5 years, why do I buy them on HD? This has happened on many occasions with double dips, I'm wondering if I'm the only one to have this problem
For example:
Apollo 13 - HD-DVD. Great movie, bought it for £11 2 years ago, but I have it on SD and haven't watched it for 4 years, and the HD disc is still sitting on my shelf unwatched (I do keep meaning to watch it though as I love it!)
Close Encounters of The Third Kind - BluRay. This is a criminal one - I watched this on TV when I was a child but don't really remember any of it. I bought it on BluRay on release day, and it's still sitting on my shelf unwatched (aside from the first 5 minutes where I looked at it and thought, this looks great, must get round to watching it properly), I then discovered a sealed Special Edition SD version that I bought several years ago
Mission Impossible Boxset HD-DVD. I bought this for £30 when it first came out on HD-DVD and admittedly I watched MI:3 straight away, but the other two have lingered unwatched ever since. I owned the original movie on NTSC laserdisc (watched it a fair few times as in those days I always got my money's worth for £35 a movie!!!!), then re-bought it on DVD which after several years remained unwatched, then I bought it on HD-DVD
There are many other examples, and I find myself - with alot of HD discs - watching the first 5 minutes to see how good the disc is, and thinking "I'm looking forward to watching this properly", and then never quite getting round to it I read a thread about Bad Boys on BluRay this morning which made me think "that's a must buy"....but then I thought "hang on, I've not watched this for 5 years, do I really need the BluRay? And I don't know about anyone else, but often it feels like a 2 hour committment to a movie is too much and I don't have time, so I put on an episode of the Shield or another good TV series, and then end up watching 2 episodes which brings it to the length of a normal movie anyway :lol: .
So, with all of the above in mind (someone please tell me I'm not the only one), I've decided to make an early new years resolution.
1. With all those unwatched discs, I'm going to buy nothing but AAA releases that I want to watch straight away.
2. No more back catalogue purchases which I already have on DVD and don't immediately plan to watch that weekend (Indy Trilogy or LOTR aside )
3. Not pay more than £16 for a new release - goodbye £18 discs!
4. Actually sit my a**** down and watch some of those lovely HD discs which are already on the shelf.
5. Stop reading the forums so much as it makes me buy discs!
Anyone else in the same boat?