# Why would anyone buy a video?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-buy-a-video/342011>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 28, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-buy-a-video/342011 "2006-01-28T21:00:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-buy-a-video/342011/21 "2006-01-29T02:11:29Z")

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I own videos(including DVDs for two reasons:

- Some films I can watch over and over again and love them even more each time.

- Some items I consider to be rare/innovative/obscure or likely to fade into obscurity - I siezed upon the opportunity to own them and although I may not watch them often, knowing that I can do so in the future at my option is a good thing.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-buy-a-video/342011/22 "2006-01-29T02:13:13Z")

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OK, actually, _three_ reasons; the two outlined above and:

- I just bought them, thinking they were tremendous value, or would be better than they actually turned out to be.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-buy-a-video/342011/23 "2006-01-29T02:28:42Z")

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Feh. My dad has almost 6,000 movies he’s taped or recorded on DVD. He has them cataloged and we “rent” them out whenever we feel like it. He has as good or better a selection than Blockbuster. There’s always something to watch.

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-buy-a-video/342011/24 "2006-01-29T02:31:56Z")

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> [@Usram](#):
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> I share the OP’s bafflement. Some films are worth watching once, a few are worthing watching twice, but only a tiny minority merit more viewings than that.

For you, maybe, but not for me. There are a lot of movies that I can watch several times and enjoy as much, if not more, than the first time. It’s something that I enjoy doing regularly, so why not own the film?

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**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-buy-a-video/342011/25 "2006-01-29T02:59:54Z")

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Some people watch sports, some people play golf. Everyone has something that they spend their disposable income on. I spend it on movies. I have a large screen HDtv with a digital receiver, 14inch sub, etc… I don’t watch TV shows. My TV is for movies. It only makes sense to buy dvds for it.

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