How long will it take you to complete watching your movies? - Blu-ray Forum

halimali · 12-28-2010, 01:57 PM

Just curious here
How long will it take you to complete watching your movies (BDs+DVDs)?
That is without repeated watching
In other words how long will it take you to watch all your collection from movie A to Z provided you watch everyday one movie.

For me I think with my current movies count it will take me 5 years and 3 months to finish watching all my collection

How about you?

ArmyOfDarknessAW · 12-28-2010, 02:00 PM

My movies it would take 857 days but if I count in seasons it would take much longer because I can't watch a full 22 episode season in a day.

halimali · 12-28-2010, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ArmyOfDarknessAW

My movies it would take 857 days but if I count in seasons it would take much longer because I can't watch a full 22 episode season in a day.

It means approx two years and three months.

sfmarine · 12-28-2010, 02:06 PM

The TV shows def take a long time to get through. Lost, BSG, Seinfeld(DVD)...I've been trying to watch everything in my collection and I'm still only maybe half way through it. It's going to take a while, but I try and watch a movie a day. I'm taking the time now especially since I'm off from college.

Al_The_Strange · 12-28-2010, 02:09 PM

For about 1500 titles, I estimate approximately 3000 hours for me.

Which would also equal about 125 full days. If I had 8 hours every day to watch them nonstop, it would take a whole year.

Would probably be much longer though, considering that I have some TV shows, miniserieses, some long movies... Might be more like 4000 hours (167 days).

Yikes.

EDIT:

Oh nuts, one movie a day?! That would be a little over 4 years.

Alpha · 12-28-2010, 02:11 PM

Not including DVD's, looks like it would be about 4 years, 2 months. With DVD's, easily 7-8 years!

ArmyOfDarknessAW · 12-28-2010, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sfmarine

The TV shows def take a long time to get through. Lost, BSG, Seinfeld(DVD)...I've been trying to watch everything in my collection and I'm still only maybe half way through it. It's going to take a while, but I try and watch a movie a day. I'm taking the time now especially since I'm off from college.

That's why I love TV seasons so much though is because the value you get. I love spending a few days watching a season of a great show. I have over 100 seasons between DVD and Blu and I bet it would take me almost a year to watch through them all at a realistic pace.

xradman · 12-28-2010, 02:30 PM

10 years

Marcus Wright · 12-28-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by xradman

10 years

2 hours isnt it great..

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One4Deuce · 12-28-2010, 02:36 PM

Way, way, way too long. I have like 170 Blu-rays that I have not watched yet, that alone will take me at least a year I have a feeling... a movie every other day average sounds about right.

ZoetMB · 12-28-2010, 02:45 PM

This is why you have to wonder about people who have accumulated such large collections. It's unlikely they could ever watch them all. So what's the point?

Even if one feels they could eventually watch them all, what's the point of buying them now if they can't be watched now? Prices are going down over time. (I'm one of the idiots who paid something like $30 for Close Encounters, which is now selling for just $8.) It's generally better to wait to buy until you're ready to watch, except for obscure films that might go out of print.

Wings80 · 12-28-2010, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by halimali

Just curious here
How long will it take you to complete watching your movies (BDs+DVDs)?
That is without repeated watching
In other words how long will it take you to watch all your collection from movie A to Z provided you watch everyday one movie.

For me I think with my current movies count it will take me 5 years and 3 months to finish watching all my collection

How about you?

People actually watch movies?

Just kidding.

BlackRiderX · 12-28-2010, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ZoetMB

This is why you have to wonder about people who have accumulated such large collections. It's unlikely they could ever watch them all. So what's the point?

Even if one feels they could eventually watch them all, what's the point of buying them now if they can't be watched now? Prices are going down over time. (I'm one of the idiots who paid something like $30 for Close Encounters, which is now selling for just $8.) It's generally better to wait to buy until you're ready to watch, except for obscure films that might go out of print.

So I can watch whatever I want when I want to. So I don't have to track down OOP titles and pay 3-4x as much for them later. Because it actually is a fun hobby ....

Someone should ask this question to someone who collects books, where the answer would be, "it would take me three lifetimes to read them all."

sfmarine · 12-28-2010, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ArmyOfDarknessAW

That's why I love TV seasons so much though is because the value you get. I love spending a few days watching a season of a great show. I have over 100 seasons between DVD and Blu and I bet it would take me almost a year to watch through them all at a realistic pace.

That is so true. A new Blu-ray release is around $22 or so and I'd say the average run time is 125 mins. I'm currently watching Mad Men...took advantage of that $10 sale on BF and picked up all 3 seasons. Ya..there's only 13 episodes but it lasts so much longer and as you said, they have a lot more value than a regular film.

cinema sickness · 12-28-2010, 03:36 PM

4738 titles... with 25% of those seasons... Well.. You do the math.

shinseiRomeo · 12-28-2010, 03:40 PM

Never. I even have DVDs sealed that I bought ages ago...

halimali · 12-28-2010, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by blackriderx

So I can watch whatever I want when I want to. So I don't have to track down OOP titles and pay 3-4x as much for them later. Because it actually is a fun hobby ....

Someone should ask this question to someone who collects books, where the answer would be, "it would take me three lifetimes to read them all."

Totally agree with you

Scooby Blu · 12-28-2010, 04:24 PM

Just my Six Million Dollar Man Collection would take me about 112 days. It is a 40 DVD set!

Atreyu · 12-28-2010, 04:44 PM

Well let's see I have just over 100 blus so if I avarage 2 hrs per title that's roughly 200 hours in blus alone. Then add I'd say about another 300 hours for dvds including TV shows so at least 500 hours, give or take.
Now if you ask me about movies I recorded on my dvd recorder off of television well my mind cannot compute those advanced mathematics as I have over 400 that I made and depending on the genre, length etc., I put more than one film on each disc, and then there are television shows with aprrox. 8 episodes per.
Oh and let's not forget other video formats such as VHS, laserdisc and CED. TV shows that have approx., 8 episodes per.
But just prerecorded dvds and blus I would guess roughly 500 hours.

Hatter · 12-28-2010, 04:49 PM

Probably a few weeks to a month.

On DVD: Aliens, Alien 3 , Alien Resurrection, Clash Of The Titans, Airport '77

I haven't atched a few of my star trek movies but only because when I got them, I had watched them all on tv. Heck they're on all the time.

Blu-Ray:

- 8 episodes left of Ice Road Truckers season 3 to watch.
- Whatever blu's I may buy this week.

12-28-2010, 01:57 PM	#1
halimali Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Oct 2009 Home Theater Gallery:645 Blu-ray collection:1716 Blu-ray reviews:37 Trading Score:13	How long will it take you to complete watching your movies? Just curious here How long will it take you to complete watching your movies (BDs+DVDs)? That is without repeated watching In other words how long will it take you to watch all your collection from movie A to Z provided you watch everyday one movie. For me I think with my current movies count it will take me 5 years and 3 months to finish watching all my collection How about you?

12-28-2010, 02:09 PM	#5
Al_The_Strange Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Out there...past them trees... Home Theater Gallery:126 4K collection:1125 Blu-ray collection:4949 DVD collection:530 Digital collection:1013 Blu-ray reviews: 132 Trading Score:32	For about 1500 titles, I estimate approximately 3000 hours for me. Which would also equal about 125 full days. If I had 8 hours every day to watch them nonstop, it would take a whole year. Would probably be much longer though, considering that I have some TV shows, miniserieses, some long movies... Might be more like 4000 hours (167 days). Yikes. EDIT: Oh nuts, one movie a day?! That would be a little over 4 years. Last edited by Al_The_Strange; 12-28-2010 at 02:33 PM.

12-28-2010, 02:00 PM	#2
ArmyOfDarknessAW Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Moosic, PA Home Theater Gallery:21 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:64	My movies it would take 857 days but if I count in seasons it would take much longer because I can't watch a full 22 episode season in a day.

12-28-2010, 02:06 PM	#4
sfmarine Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Swan Station aDdIcTeD 2 LOST PSN:U5MC51473 Home Theater Gallery:18 4K collection:930 Blu-ray collection:2311 DVD collection:276 MA collection:461 Digital collection:492 iTunes collection:534 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:43	The TV shows def take a long time to get through. Lost, BSG, Seinfeld(DVD)...I've been trying to watch everything in my collection and I'm still only maybe half way through it. It's going to take a while, but I try and watch a movie a day. I'm taking the time now especially since I'm off from college.

12-28-2010, 02:11 PM	#6
Alpha Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2010 Location:The Island Trading Score:45	Not including DVD's, looks like it would be about 4 years, 2 months. With DVD's, easily 7-8 years!

12-28-2010, 02:30 PM	#8
xradman Power Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Northern VA SteelBooks™ Owned : 341 Home Theater Gallery:11 Blu-ray collection:356 Blu-ray reviews:20 Trading Score:22	10 years

12-28-2010, 02:36 PM	#10
One4Deuce Special Member Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:36 Blu-ray collection:1830 Trading Score:4	Way, way, way too long. I have like 170 Blu-rays that I have not watched yet, that alone will take me at least a year I have a feeling... a movie every other day average sounds about right.

12-28-2010, 02:45 PM	#11
ZoetMB Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2009 Location:New York Blu-ray collection:172 DVD collection:27 Blu-ray reviews: 3	This is why you have to wonder about people who have accumulated such large collections. It's unlikely they could ever watch them all. So what's the point? Even if one feels they could eventually watch them all, what's the point of buying them now if they can't be watched now? Prices are going down over time. (I'm one of the idiots who paid something like $30 for Close Encounters, which is now selling for just $8.) It's generally better to wait to buy until you're ready to watch, except for obscure films that might go out of print.

12-28-2010, 03:36 PM	#15
cinema sickness Special Member Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:PA Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:6	4738 titles... with 25% of those seasons... Well.. You do the math.

12-28-2010, 03:40 PM	#16
shinseiRomeo Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:US Blu-ray collection:1179 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:30	Never. I even have DVDs sealed that I bought ages ago...

12-28-2010, 04:24 PM	#18
Scooby Blu Power Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Apr 2008 Home Theater Gallery:7	Just my Six Million Dollar Man Collection would take me about 112 days. It is a 40 DVD set!

12-28-2010, 04:44 PM	#19
Atreyu Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2008 Location:North Carolina 4K collection:370 Blu-ray collection:1876 DVD collection:619 Digital collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 293 Trading Score:4	Well let's see I have just over 100 blus so if I avarage 2 hrs per title that's roughly 200 hours in blus alone. Then add I'd say about another 300 hours for dvds including TV shows so at least 500 hours, give or take. Now if you ask me about movies I recorded on my dvd recorder off of television well my mind cannot compute those advanced mathematics as I have over 400 that I made and depending on the genre, length etc., I put more than one film on each disc, and then there are television shows with aprrox. 8 episodes per. Oh and let's not forget other video formats such as VHS, laserdisc and CED. TV shows that have approx., 8 episodes per. But just prerecorded dvds and blus I would guess roughly 500 hours.

12-28-2010, 04:49 PM	#20
Hatter Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Montreal, Canada 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:107 DVD collection:82 iTunes collection:2	Probably a few weeks to a month. On DVD: Aliens, Alien 3 , Alien Resurrection, Clash Of The Titans, Airport '77 I haven't atched a few of my star trek movies but only because when I got them, I had watched them all on tv. Heck they're on all the time. Blu-Ray: - 8 episodes left of Ice Road Truckers season 3 to watch. - Whatever blu's I may buy this week.

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