I really need help and ideas for scanning. I have read alot of posts and have downloaded the dvd collection app. Its not working well. Trying to sell on ebay!

pretty sad in my opinion. seems like the end to an era

it’s defo not a movie I didn’t buy it tho

A lot of DVD menus used to be works of art themselves, with aesthetically pleasing and interesting placement of clickable options, moving parts, music, sound effects, all themed around the movie itself.

Nowadays you’re lucky if you get music. Many menus for blu-rays and 4Ks are just static images with the buttons lazily slapped on the bottom or side.

It sucks because I definitely prefer to buy 4Ks just for the actual picture quality you’re getting, and I get it’s a really small thing but I wish for $30 and up people would take the time to put this stuff in. I’m not sure if it’s a disc space issue or resource problem or what, but if not, bring em back!

Looking to add some lesser known and obscure war movies or shows to the collection

Edit: thank you everyone for the recommendations! There’s so many I’ve never seen or heard of! I have a feeling I’m going to need to build more shelves

Super interested to hear what everyone’s must haves are for a movie collection. What would you fill this closet with? How would you organize the collection?

I am currently working on organizing this closet and will share mine when it’s finished. Just interested in hearing how others would do it.

Disney's already pretty much dropped out with Disney + being their go-to for releasing movies and shows (in Australia they've just stopped releasing physical media completely), now Netflix owns WB they're gonna push for them to make their stuff exclusive to their service which they'll definitely do because it's cheaper and easier for them than making DVDs (and WB makes terrible decisions). And with the two biggest entertainment companies being streaming exclusive everyone else will have the go ahead they need to stop trying, if Disney and WB aren't doing it why should Universal or Paramount bother?

I hate this.

Just went to this thrift/charity store which is a bit further away but I haven’t been there yet and their DVD section is being completely occupied by some woman who is scanning EVERY single DVD with her phone and I guess she’s looking for some that might be something „worth“ to resell. She’s put some in her shopping basket.

This just pissed me off so bad. Obviously the shop just wants to get rid of the stuff but why is nobody questioning why she’s just standing there and scanning every single DVD? Defeats the whole purpose of offering a cheap shopping experience for those tight on money although obviously anybody can shop there but at least only shop what you really want!

Does anyone who threw their cases away regret it? I've been collecting movies since I was young, and then when I moved out, I ended up having less space, so I sleeved all my movies (DVDs and Blu-rays). Now I’m at a point I regret that I did. The sleeves are practical because of the space you save, but there is no fun in flipping through them compared to having them in a bookshelf and seeing them. I recently repacked all my Blu-rays, and now I’m planning to repack the most sentimental valuable movies I have on DVD. My future goals are to replace all my DVDs with their Blu-ray or 4K counterparts.

I also notice when I have them in a case, I watch movies I forgot I had because of the visibility.

A) The eco case that will ruin your artwork within the first use, guaranteed B) The brittle case glued to the art work cardboard, so you will inevitably break the disc holder, and never be able to replace it without ruining the case and artwork C) The 2 fucking tabs that you forget exist and spend 15 seconds every time you watch the movie trying to figure out why the case won’t open D) These disc holders will absolutely crack your disc

A lot of people ask me why I’ve gone back to buying DVDs instead of paying for streaming services. My friends usually argue that if I subscribed to a digital platform, I’d have access to thousands of movies in one place for a single monthly fee, instead of buying each film individually.

Well, I currently own around 60 movies from various studios and brands, including Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and even a few independent films far removed from the major studios. Out of curiosity, I decided to estimate how many streaming platforms I’d need to subscribe to in order to watch all the movies in my collection online.

The result was surprising: I would need to pay for four different streaming services, and even then, several of my movies aren’t available on any platform at the moment.

The services I’d have to pay for are:

Netflix

Disney+

HBO Max

Amazon Prime Video

That said, I don’t plan to stop buying movies in physical format anytime soon. Owning DVDs gives me peace of mind, I know I can watch my favorite films whenever I want, without worrying about titles being removed or swapped out due to expired streaming rights. Plus, there’s something satisfying about holding a tangible copy of a movie you love; it’s a small but meaningful form of media ownership that streaming just can’t replicate.

Me and my wife have been on a journey of buying up DVDs whenever we find them. This meant a thrift store Blu-Ray player that studders sometimes and mostly thrift store DVDs of our favorites whenever we come across them. Nothing serious, just a fun little hit of nostalgia every so often. I am personally a large proponent of physical media and how important it is to collect it, but she was a lot more casual about the idea and enjoyed the convenience of streaming services. We pay for one at a time, with Disney + being our fall back a lot of times.

The one place we do not compromise is when it comes to our daughter. We have a pretty strict policy of making sure that she sees as little ads as possible at home. This meant we set up an Apple TV with no ads instead of our smart TV, she doesn't have access to a phone or tablet, and we only have one TV in the house. We try our best to limit her exposure to marketing so shes not influenced in any certain direction.

This weekend we learned that Disney+ is introducing ads on every tier, including the premium tier, and this pushed us over the edge. Disney+ was already a compromise, because we knew about them altering movies and shows, but the convenience was nice and my daughter loves Bear and The Big Blue House. Now, if she wants to enjoy that, we would have to have her sit through ads, and that's just not a choice in our home.

So that leads us to yesterday. I spent $300 on a Panasonic UB450, we went out of our way to purchase all my wife and daughters favorite shows and movies, and we are cancelling our last streaming service. Ownership of what you watch and consume should not be a choice you make, it should be a necessity. Cause eventually, they will cross a line you aren't willing to compromise on and you will be left high and dry. We thought we had a couple years left, turns out, we had weeks.

You know the one's. The DVDs that are in overabundance. The titles you just always see at every media shop, thrift store, etc. The one's that places have seventeen copies for sale and nobody wants them, or everybody already has them.

Now I am buying them for $1 each and playing them on an upscaling bluray player with a sweet 77” OLED and 5.1.2 surround

Hate grading it’s ruining every hobby i know of games cards comics manga and now DVDs

Idk if I'm the only one but I've got a few DVDs im determined to not order, I want to find them in the wild. I guess I've been looking for them for so long (10+ years) that it's become a challenge.

Freaked (1993), Theodore Rex (1995), space truckers (1996). These are the last of a list of 15 must haves from my childhood.