What DVDs are you keeping regardless of if you have or are upgrading to Blu-ray?

[GE Cafe]

I really liked the original thread, so here's to continuing that thread which was becoming a good cross-referenced database comparing editions.

I had pages 1 and 4 of the thread in my cache, and saved them to my computer. Here's the first page's posts.

Originally Posted by IdeaOfEvil

I recently purchased the Matrix steelbook from BestBuy, and I realized that even though I own the first WB release with the snapper case from 2000 that I'm not going to be getting rid of that Dvd since it's the only way I can watch the movie with the original color timing.

So this got me thinking, what other Dvd's are out there that are worth keeping even though there's a Bluray counterpart available? (sans Star Wars, which is always argued back to it's Vhs counterparts )

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Master and Commander - Disc 2 from the DVD has all of the extras that were not ported over to the BD.
Predator - Disc 2 from the DVD has all of the extras that were not ported over to the 2008 BD. The 2010 BD has the extras, but the feature is a DNR nightmare.
Dune - 2006 steelbook due to it containing the extended cut and a few extras not found on the BD

Originally Posted by apollo creed

i be buying castaway on blu ray but i keep the dvd for the extras

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

Tombstone: Directors Cut
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Gone in 60 Seconds
Clerks

All b/c it looks like the extras aren’t on the bluray that are on the dvd. Although I’m not sure if that’s the case w/Clerks.

Originally Posted by Tns94

Almost none. It has to have a significant extra for me to keep it. Already given several hundreds away to my friends and relatives. I haven't bought any new ones since 2006 except for some TV series where I think they are unlikely to ever be made into blu-ray. Same goes for the DVD's that are often being included in combo packs.

Originally Posted by Snowmaker

Pretty much any DVD that has extras not on the Blu-ray. I just make my own combo packs.

Originally Posted by Riddler The Slag

My original Last of the Mohicans Blu-Ray. It was the first DVD I ever bought and it holds a certain sentimental value in a sense.

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

...And Justice For All - for the extras, mainly the audio commentary
Barton Fink French Collector's Edition - for the extras even though they're not English-friendly, and the beautiful package
Scarface - very first DVD release with crappy quality, but keeping it because it has the trailers
Dumb and Dumber - Have two DVD version next to the blu ray, the theatrical and Australian cut, the Australian also has a great making-of featurette which to my knowledge isn't on any other DVDs.
The Warriors - to have the theatrical cut
Heat - original cut with a couple of extra lines that were cut in the blu ray version

Originally Posted by JTStarkiller

Just anything Star Wars. Even if everything was completely copied over I'd keep them, just for collecting's sake, but there's tons of stuff on those original DVDs that is missing from the current Blu-ray set.

Other than that, nothing. I sell all my old DVDs when I upgrade.

Originally Posted by Talyn

The only one I'll keep is E.T. since the special edition won't be ported over to the new Blu-ray.

Originally Posted by evilzedar

I got the Star Wars BD set but still have the DVDs, Special Edition VHS trilogy and the trilogy on VHS when it was released for the 'last time' in its original theatrical version. Can't bring myself to get rid of any of them..

Originally Posted by HD2BLU

I had built up a pretty large DVD collection. I havent sold any of my super hero or fantasy movies (star wars, lord of the rings, marvel movies, pirates, matrix, transformers, terminator, etc) because the blu rays dont have combo packs and those are movies i have to watch without my wife (typically when i travel so i need the dvd anyway). If the bluray came out with a combo pack i have sold or traded them. I actually started buying double pack cases and creating my own combo packs. There are some great double bluray ELITE cases at best buy for about $1 each.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Haven't upgraded to blu on several of these, but I plan on keeping them regardless:

Memento Limited Edition (has chronological cut which I believe the BD is missing, the packaging rocks too)
Se7en Platinum edition with cool Notebook style digipak
Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece collection
All of my Kurosawa movies
Planet of the Apes 35th Anniversary ed.
Oldboy Tin
LOTR Extended with book-style cases (I plan to put the BD's in these most likely)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Collector's ed.

Originally Posted by ghostofjoy

Off the top of my head, these are the DVDs I'm upgraded and still kept:

Dawn of the Dead (2004) - special features, including BB bonus disc

Final Destination 3 - Choose Your Fate option

Serenity - second release, Collector's Edition

Showgirls - I collect practically every version of this film

Wild Things - theatrical cut


And then my steelbooks for The Departed (with art cards), Planet Terror (with BB bonus disc), and Sex and the City.

Originally Posted by LMN8R

Live Free or Die Hard for the unrated cut.

Originally Posted by stuarty

I won't be keeping any,I really don't want to watch DVD's any more,as for extra's,I don't care for them so once the Blu-ray is released it's out the door with the rusty old format.

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

The Japanese BD has this in HD if you were curious.

Originally Posted by motorheadache95

Although I own Akira on Blu-Ray, I still have my collector's edition Tin Case that I bought over ten years ago. Normally I'm not a packaging enthusiast but that thing is pretty cool.

Otherwise, if I replace a movie on Blu-ray but the Blu-Ray is missing special features, I make my own "2 disc set". I have done this with Dawn of the Dead, Kingdom of Heaven (had to use a 3-disc case for that one), Man on Fire, Predator (original Blu-Ray), and the first two Spider-Man flicks.

I'll get page 4 up tomorrow, and post my own list too.

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edit: evidently page 2 didn't save, even though I remember saving it. oh well! I'll put page 4 here

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one hell of a placeholder for my own list

[OneWayFilms]

Grease. Its my own personal classic.

[MoulinBlu]

I kept Godzilla, since Sony failed to include the teaser on the BD and the dvd itself wasn't worth even a buck in resale. I could always trade it to BB, but I've got plenty of others for trade and every time I do a trade in, half of the titles I trade for drop to the same price without a trade within a couple months, making me feel like I wasted the dvd.

Otherwise, that's about it. I generally get rid of the dvd, as soon as the BD is announced, regardless of whether the BD includes all the extras. Though, if I could stomach standard def, I'd probably still have the extended cut of A Knight's Tale too, which I preferred to the theatrical cut, but not enough to favor over the full BD experience.

[Magicmonger]

My Saving Private Ryan (D-Day 60th Anniversary) Edition

Case looks like ammo locker. Love it....

[slimdude]

GE Cafe: Thanks for all of your time and effort that you've invested so far by recreating this thread, and it's very much appreciated, but do you think it's really necessary? Time is valuable! It would much easier and convenient to star a brand new thread on the topic, rather than trying to retrieve and upload previously saved data from your PC.

[sukraj]

The Hitcher
The Hitcher - Remake

[billyjo316]

I have the original DVD release of Seven, its not double layered so you have to flip the DVD half way thru. It was the first DVD i bought in 1997 and thought it was the wave of the future, boy i was right. So i cant get rid of it just due to it was the beginning of my now way over the top collection.

[rickah88]

My all time favorite movie: Escape From New York!
Mainly for the extras that didn't get ported over, and the nice embossed box the SE dvd came in.
Man I would love to see this get released as a steelbook!!

[darkpoet25]

I plan on keeping certain ones that have extras the BD's don't have, as well as those I know won't be getting a release on BD anytime soon. I'm definetly keeping my Star Wars 4-6 DVD's that came in a limited eidition Best Buy tin. Even though the original cuts of the films were non-anamorphic 2.35:1 and had Mono audio it's better than not having them on Blu Ray.

[dsman71]

I remember saying quite a few, and it was mostly ones with better packaging
Total Recall the Red Moon Tin release
Mysterious Island because it has supplements not found on Twilight Times *Only 3000 copies* BluRay
Wizard of Oz Anniversary Set
Gone with the Wind Anniversary Set
Reservoir Dogs Gas Tank tin
Abbott & Costello box set
Gojira / Godzilla - from the classic media set
King Kong - I have that set with Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young
Exorcist and Superman because I have those giant black box sets
Cassablanca - the UCE because it has other goodies not on the 70th Anniversary set...
the 2 Star Wars trilogies
Evil Dead 2 Tin
Spiderman 1 & 2 gift sets
Towering Inferno because it has collectibles
I really hope BluRay releases become as stellar as DVD releases in terms of the packaging. Id like to some of the great collectibles that come with DVD sets on Blu. Imagine the Blind Dead in HD in that coffin set. Towering Inferno should have had the same things in it like the DVD.

[TheBluRayPrince]

I make my own combo packs so pretty much all the movies that don't have a combo pack. I have a 4 disc combo of Terminator 2! My family has four DVD players and one Blu-ray player so being able to watch a DVD is pretty much a requirement in my home. Especially because I hog the Blu-ray since I am the only one that cares about quality.

Some that I'm personally keeping:

Batman Begins with lenticular slipbox

Cast Away with steelbook

The Departed with steelbook

Underworld Uncut Extended Edition, awesome release

Hellboy (3 disc Director's Cut)

X-Men: The Last Stand with Collector's Slipbox

Superman Returns with two different slipcovers and a lenticular card

Spider-man 3 with a lenticular slipcover and slipbox (several bonus discs). Movie's nothing to write home about, but ... this was a strange release that has some great special features, a great trailer, a very good director but somehow a terrible screenplay, proving that Sam Raimi should just shoot and not write. For a mess that it was, Raimi did an admirable job. I mean the creation of sandman scene was awesome.

I probably have more but those are the ones I can remember.

I'll probably remember DVD more for its bonus discs, director's cuts or extended editions, and special features. We can say all we want to about how Blu-ray is awesome, and ... it is ... truly awesome (no sarcasm), but we can't deny that DVD had some great releases. However, I'll stick with Blu-rays to watch the movies.

[Member-38928]

Clerks X

[thejokerha13]

Batman TAS, mainly because it probably won't come to BD and the Beavis and Butthead Vol. 1-3 (same reason).

[malja316]

I am keeping a few of my DVD's regardless if I upgrade or not since they are autographed: Night of the Living Dead '68 (Bill Hinzman signed it) Dawn of the Dead '78 (3 of the Zombies and Ken Foree) Child's Play 1 and 2 (signed by Alex Vincent) Leatherface TCM 3 (signed by Ken Foree) Friday the 13th Part 2 (signed by Warrington Gillette) Halloween 2 (signed by Pamela Susan Shoop and Tawny Moyer) House of 1000 Corpses (signed by Bill Mosely, Sid Haig, and Irwin Keyes) and my personal fav horror autograph, Hellraiser (signed by pinhead himself Doug Bradley and Simon Bamford (Butterball)

[MykeHavoc]

All of them. I believe that's what I initially posted

I keep them because I only have one blu-ray player. I like to put on dvds in my bedroom while I go to bed.

[Tyfighter]

Dawn of the dead ultimate collection edition
Evil dead ultimate
Army of Darkness 2disc collectors set
Flesh for Frankenstein Criterion
Hard Boiled Criterion
The Killer Criterion
A BEttter tomorrow Tai Seng

[Veronica Mars]

Almost none. I have a very few that I've made into combo packs, like Once and soon As Good As It Gets, for features I think I must have. But it's very rare and I'm much more likely to let the dvd and just be happy with the bd for reasons of space and that I really don't watch a lot of special features more than one time.

I'd pay $40 per dvd to have, if that's what it took, to get nice looking HD transfers of all the last of my dvds.

I only WANT to keep that which I have no choice but to keep.

[BLeClair12]

I've recently begun getting rid of DVDs that I have Blu-Ray copies of (hard not to when Upgrade and Save happens at Best Buy), but I don't have plans to rebuy my entire collection or sell off all of my DVDs entirely.

With that being said, the only DVD I have any particular attachment to is my FYE Exclusive Steelbook of Cloverfield. I love that thing, and I certainly wouldn't get rid of it, despite owning the film on Blu-Ray.