# Advantages/disadvantages of waiting until movies come out on DVD

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**Created:** [January 9, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-disadvantages-of-waiting-until-movies-come-out-on-dvd/387311 "2007-01-09T17:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-disadvantages-of-waiting-until-movies-come-out-on-dvd/387311/21 "2007-01-09T23:17:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Priceguy]  
So the difference between a movie buff and a cinephile (which is the word I usually use, I just said “movie buff” because that’s what you said) is that the former watches movies at home and the latter watches movies in the cinema?  
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Movies can be watched at the theater or at home. Cine is short for cinema.

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-disadvantages-of-waiting-until-movies-come-out-on-dvd/387311/22 "2007-01-09T23:22:04Z")

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I’ve never heard “cinephile” used in any other way than simply “movie lover/enthusiast”.

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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-disadvantages-of-waiting-until-movies-come-out-on-dvd/387311/23 "2007-01-10T01:12:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Priceguy]  
I’ve never heard “cinephile” used in any other way than simply “movie lover/enthusiast”.  
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Another word bastardized then. Do you go to the cinema? No? Then you’re not a cinephile (“cinema lover/enthusiast”).

Something came up and I couldn’t go to the movies tonight, though it’s not that big a deal. If **Happy Feet** , **Happily N’ever After** and **Eragon** , which is what I had planned to see, were priorities, I would have seen them before now. They were earmarked as “$5 Tuesday” movies. I did see **Happy Feet** but fell asleep due to getting up very early that morning, and wanted to try it again.

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