# DVDs dead media? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953 "2017-01-12T12:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/41 "2017-01-12T23:06:05Z")
I would have paid $60 for that collection without a second thought, except I simply physically have no place to put more than even a handful of DVDs. They’re teetering in piles as it is in our small house, and we probably don’t have more than 100 total. A lot of my friends who are movie buffs happen to live in small apartments or small houses, and don’t have an easy way to store 300 DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/42 "2017-01-13T00:11:53Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > These are the collections and I’ve sold 100s of them in the past. Just this once, those crazy bastards on Craigslist have my complete understanding. Even if I didn’t already own half of those movies, I’d have to ask myself if I want to spend two hours looking through a dozen spindles every time I feel like watching a movie, and that really doesn’t sound like something I’d be interested in. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/43 "2017-01-13T00:21:58Z")
No Twilight Saga? Forget it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/44 "2017-01-13T00:35:16Z")
My DVDs are in alphabetical order and databased. That’s where the list came from but the list wasn’t really alphabetized like the database. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/45 "2017-01-13T03:36:09Z")
**[Moderating]** Two points: First, I condensed down that huge post and the post quoting it, because nobody wants to scroll through 15 pages of a single post. Second, **SigMan** , your last few posts have included a link to an adult picture hosting site. I don’t _think_ this is spam, coming from someone who’s been here posting for a year and a half, but I don’t know what’s going on. Contact me to explain. In the meantime, until that’s sorted out, this thread is closed. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/46 "2017-01-14T17:14:03Z")
OK, it looks like the funny links were just coming from the way the photo hosting site formatted links, and were not at all intended by **SigMan**. I’ll re-open this, but ask that you find a different photo host before posting any more images. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/47 "2017-01-14T18:34:51Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > I would have paid $60 for that collection without a second thought The given list seems to be for the OP’s entire collection of 830 DVDs, while he was selling a subset of around 300. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/48 "2017-01-20T02:17:16Z")
I completely stopped buying DVD’s when I got a Bluray player. Note: this was a year or two before I even had an HDTV. Between people like me, and the streaming only people, the only DVD’s that really have any value are the ones either not released on BR/streaming, or with extensive extras, better transfers, etc. than the newer releases. No cases only make them even less valuable. Not saying no one ever will want these, but you should probably lower your expectations on how much you’re going to get. When you can find many of these new (with the case) at Walmart’s cheap bin for $5 or so… ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/49 "2017-01-20T02:21:46Z")
Read my post again. For what I am asking, it came out to 20-25 cents each. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/50 "2017-01-20T03:57:08Z")
Yes, if someone wanted all of those movies. If they only wanted a handful of them, though, then the bargain bin starts to look a lot more appealing. ---
**Author:** ![4kad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/7cd45c/32.png) [@4kad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4kad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/51 "2017-01-20T04:57:21Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Never underestimate the laziness of the American consumer. > > With a DVD you have to _get up_ out of chair, _walk_ over to the entertainment center, _find_ the DVD, _put_ in the player, _walk_ back to your chair and _sit down_. That is just too much effort. > > With streaming, you push some buttons without getting up. > > There’s also the TV saturation problem. There’s so much new stuff to watch there’s not enough time to watch old stuff you’ve seen before. > > As to collectors wanting to buy you’re stuff. They probably already have it by now. > > Note that some new stuff will never be released on DVD. E.g., _The Simpsons_ are no longer getting DVD releases. When that happens it means the end times are upon us. I;m laughing because that’s the reason I stopped watching my DVDs. With streaming and Youtube I can just watch it with ease but with the DVD I have to take it out the box, put it in the player and then hit play and wait for all the stuff to end in the beginning. So yes I am watching DVD’s less and less ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/52 "2017-01-20T05:34:14Z")
I find my dvds still have value because the audio is still superior to streaming…at least in my exp. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/53 "2017-01-20T11:44:45Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I find my dvds still have value because the audio is still superior to streaming…at least in my exp. Yes, and besides better audio, DVDs (and HD-DVD/Bluray after them, and Laserdisc before them) are a medium for people who are serious about movies. For the people who want deleted scenes, one or even more commentary tracks, “making-of” documentaries, still galleries and the such and _actually watch/listen to those extra features_. It is two different markets. Laserdisc was the high-end option against Selectavision and VHS/Beta. DVD was the high-end option against VHS, and now Bluray is the high-end option against streaming. You’ll catch a cinemaphile settling for streaming now about as often as you would have found a cinemaphile settling for Selectavision in the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/54 "2017-01-20T13:52:40Z")
I can’t imagine anyone paying $60 for 300 DVDs with no case or anything - collectors want the cases, people who just want a bunch of movies will either stream them or already have them, and even places that might like a heap of DVDs (old folks homes, for example) might be concerned they’d fallen off the back of a truck. Have you tried asking around to see if any of your friends want the more interesting films? ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/55 "2017-01-20T15:01:55Z")
Are you kidding? I have friends selling bootleg DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/56 "2017-01-20T22:59:29Z")
Seriously, mate, it was just a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/57 "2017-01-20T23:22:45Z")
I know mate but that is true. They rather buy bootlegs with poor picture quality, camcorded stuff and what else. No cases either. There’s a lot of movies in my collection that are never shown again, even on TV. Imagine seeing your fav stars when they were younger. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/58 "2017-01-21T06:53:53Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > I know mate but that is true. They rather buy bootlegs with poor picture quality, camcorded stuff and what else. No cases either. None of us here know you or your friends, so the “pfffft” response to well-meaning suggestions isn’t particularly polite. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/59 "2017-01-21T09:25:27Z")
That wasn’t meant to be a pfffft response. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953/60 "2017-01-21T23:41:11Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > That wasn’t meant to be a pfffft response. It came across as one. Saying “Are you serious???” is an extremely dismissive response in this context. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953.md?page=4)