Do you think you will ever loose interest in collecting?

[PaulDHolloway]

Do you ever think this hobby of collecting blu-ray might burn you out? Do you think you will be doing it for a long time or have ever considered it was a waste of time doing? Why do you collect the many dvds and blu-rays that you have?

[LuFeng]

No because movies are timeless to me and I can say ill never be bored

[jj5206]

i may not buy as much for a couple months, but i will still collect movies, whether it be Blu-ray, or the next format...

[ckenisell]

No, I keep my interest pretty tight.

[BluEggsandHam]

Originally Posted by ckenisell

No, I keep my interest pretty tight.

That's what she said...

[The Blu Knight]

Originally Posted by ckenisell

No, I keep my interest pretty tight.

I'll always be collecting home video, because I love to do so and I love having all my favorites and then some at my disposal in the best way possible. And there will always be more to collect.

[technique]

i keep collecting and i think the blu ray format will be around for a long time so no slowing down for me

[Propellarhead9]

My interest will always be high in collecting movies just my wallet might not be able to keep up.

[Zyclone]

i did'nt think i would but after 3 years and 700+ blu rays later i got very burnt out and have'nt bought anything for a while.

[philip74]

i don`t collect for the purpose of collecting something, i just want to own
all the movies i like, in order to watch them whenever i feel like it.
therefore no, i don`t think i'll ever lose the interest in "collecting".

[greekak229]

As more classics come out, and more great new films come out in the future, collecting movies, especially Blus, will always happen for me.

[Vriess]

By the time I have basically all my favorites I will have lost alot of the obsession of collecting, The new movies I adore are so few and far between it can't really sustain a high level of interest. This is such a great format though, there will always be a love for the Blu.

[SixSpeedSamurai]

I don't collect, I buy to watch and enjoy.

I really dislike using the term "collect" with something that 99% of the time has no returnable investment value.

I collected baseball and basketball cards in the 80's and early 90's. I made a killing on basketball cards and did pretty well on baseball. I do some some that I hold sentimental attachment too even though I have not looked at them in 12 years.

I don't feel I've wasted money on blu-rays as I've gotten my entertainment monies worth out of them.

[DavePS3]

On the surface, I'm kinda sick of re-collecting in different formats. VHS to Laserdisc to DVD to Blu-Ray. I tell myself this is it. If things change again and it's likely just a matter of time to keep the industry from stagnating, I wont be on board for the next one but in reality, unless something else takes priority, I'll likely dive in again. Then again, I'm not getting any younger so who knows...

[shinseiRomeo]

Originally Posted by PaulDHolloway

Do you ever think this hobby of collecting blu-ray might burn you out? Do you think you will be doing it for a long time or have ever considered it was a waste of time doing? Why do you collect the many dvds and blu-rays that you have?

I either love the movie itself, the artwork on the case, or the price. Have been collecting since I was a child. Never have and never will stop.

[Blu-ray1]

I don't consider it collecting blu-rays so much as i consider it as collecting movies. It just happens the best way to watch most movies is on blu-ray. I have a few problems with blu-ray, not with the technology itself but with the damn studios. They release barebone movies all the time only to release the same movie again with some extras. Even worse is when they release a version with subpar pq because they didn't bother doing anything to improve the pq, then releasing a blu-ray with good pq a year later! Stop that BS already!

[Walts Ghost]

I don't think I'd ever get tired of it. I love film, and once I get all the back catalogue titles I want I'll still buy anything new that I love as well. So I don't see myself getting bored or stopping anytime soon

[crs]

Yes. I've had other interests that I at one point thought was the greatest ever, but then it eventually faded out of my life, taken over by something else. So I could very well see it happen to my movie collecting as well. Priorities changes. Right now it ranks pretty high, but I'm single, got no kids, who knows what happens later in life.

But the chance of it happening seem to lessen the longer I keep collecting (which is 20+ years now, started with LDs), and the older I get.

[sixteenvolt420]

Ever since getting into steelbook collecting, i'm definately buying alot less regular blu's, which is probably a good thing, since they drop in value for the most part, unlike most steels.

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by PaulDHolloway

Do you ever think this hobby of collecting blu-ray might burn you out? Do you think you will be doing it for a long time or have ever considered it was a waste of time doing? Why do you collect the many dvds and blu-rays that you have?

I hope it will burn me out and I hope I lose interest in "consuming", because any money-spending hobby that gets out of hand is a hobby I would like to curve. It would be nicer to stick to hobbies that didn't include spending as much money as buying movies (such as doing art or doing something more social). I have done it so long, starting with VHS tapes in which it has become more of a habit. I had just slowed down on buying DVDs before converting to blu-ray, and now the movie-buying had increased again. But at least with blu-rays, I'm more selective than how I was with buying DVDs.

I always try to tell myself that I really don't need to buy the dvds or blu-rays that I can rent easily, and I should just stick to re-watchable imports if I have to buy something.

Although many people may not admit it or even be honest with oneself, a lot of people seem to think that if we don't consume (collect), how can we be true movie fans? There are many movie fans that don't buy a single DVD or blu-ray. It's the same as having the "book library." Traditionally, if one shows off a big library of books, it supposedly shows how well-read a person is. The same goes with the movies. Most of us in here do need to display their collections to their friends, family, internet peeps, etc. If we didn't have the urge to show off, our blu-ray collections probably would be a lot smaller. But that's the way we are brought up in the Western world - consuming and showing off what we have is a form of socializing.