What percentage of your collection are imports - Blu-ray Forum

pentatonic · 03-11-2009, 09:31 PM

I thought it would be interesting to find out which kind of habits users here have towards imports.

I'll start with myself, first most of my collection are imports, but that's only because I used to buy a lot from amazon.com and being from Canada it would be an import, but I won't count those as often the US releases are the same as Canadians releases ( We actually have more exclusive releases than the US )

But not counting US discs I own
3 Italian imports (all exclusives)
5 French imports (all exclusives)
34 UK imports (5 or 6 exclusives)

I'm at 17.8 % so I indicated 15%, what about you

kubrick · 03-11-2009, 09:54 PM

Im in the UK, I own

40 American Discs
6 German
1 Canadian

gotta love the region free discs!! God i wish dexter series one was region free!

kubrick · 03-11-2009, 09:55 PM

Which is about 22%!

miked924 · 03-11-2009, 09:57 PM

The only things imported in my house are beer, whiskey, wine and cigars. Will never buy a disc from overseas no matter how long I have to wait for it to come out here

hardcorefrokid · 03-11-2009, 09:58 PM

0%

pentatonic · 03-11-2009, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miked924

The only things imported in my house are beer, whiskey, wine and cigars. Will never buy a disc from overseas no matter how long I have to wait for it to come out here

Do you mind if I ask why, even if it's none of my bees wax

graf1k · 03-11-2009, 10:47 PM

So far 22 Blus out of 78 are imports (20 UK, 1 Canadian, 1 French) which, it turns out, is about 28%. Of the 22, 16 are currently not available in the US last I checked, and then there is Wanted & The Dark Knight which I imported specifically because they are Steelbooks.

Louisville Slugger · 03-11-2009, 10:50 PM

• Air Force One UK Import [Blu-ray]
• American Psycho Australian Import [Blu-Ray]
• Escape From New York UK Import [Blu-ray]
• Kill Bill Vol. 1 Canadian Import [Blu-ray]
• Kill Bill Vol. 2 Canadian Import [Blu-ray]
• Neverending Story, The Dutch Import [Blu-ray]
• Predator 2 UK Import [Blu-ray]
• Sin City Canadian Import [Blu-ray]
• Terminator 2 Judgement Day Japanese Import [Blu-ray]
• The Dark Knight Canadian Import [Blu-ray]
• Total Recall UK Import [Blu-ray]

I have 144 Blu-rays so 11 imports divided by 144 multiplied by 100 equals about 7.6%.

I have 229 HD movies when I add my HD-DVDs.

• Elephant Man, The French Import [HD-DVD]
• Equilibrium Japanese Import [HD-DVD]
• Fog, The French Import [HD-DVD]
• Graduate, The Dutch Import [HD-DVD]
• Island, The UK Import [HD-DVD]
• Mulholland Drive French Import [HD-DVD]
• Star Trek The Original Series Canadian Import [DVD & HD-DVD Combo]

7 HD-DVD imports plus 11 Blu-ray imports divided by 229 total HD movies multiplied by 100 equals about 7.9%.

I'll use the 10% as my answer since 7.6% is closer to 10% than 5%.

Currently 61% of my imports are not available in the US although I think Predator 2 has been announced for a June release in the US.

I think the reasons why I imported some titles was because (1) Most of these titles are not available in the US and I wanted them, (2) sometimes the import discs have better transfers, and (3) I was able to get some titles cheaper outside the US.

deadhatetheliving · 03-11-2009, 10:52 PM

0% I can wait

PH3AR · 03-11-2009, 11:00 PM

Well not good at math so out of 71 blus, 2 are imports

Minimejer05 · 03-11-2009, 11:00 PM

Probably about 5 percent.

master_8ball · 03-11-2009, 11:01 PM

Well since Americans are counting Canadian releases I shall count all the ones I have bought on amazon.com.... which is 25% of my collection no problem

fupduk2 · 03-11-2009, 11:01 PM

0%

JimShaw · 03-11-2009, 11:02 PM

Not one

.

Moefiz · 03-11-2009, 11:03 PM

0%....

Don't like to import...

naturephoto1 · 03-11-2009, 11:04 PM

I have 1 out of 93 for about 1% at this point. I have the UK 5 disk import of Planet Earth.

Rich

SDon1969 · 03-11-2009, 11:08 PM

About 1/237th of my collection are imports - I needed a smaller percentage poll option, hah!

pacificvibes · 03-11-2009, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SDon1969

About 1/237th of my collection are imports - I needed a smaller percentage poll option, hah!

damn beat me to hit...I only have one out of 85...

SDon1969 · 03-11-2009, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

damn beat me to hit...I only have one out of 85...

For those with only one or two, I'd be curious as to what they are. The one import (UK) I have is a guilty pleasure-type popcorn flick, Thir13en Ghosts (why? it was priced well at $22.50 from Amazon, US Amazon, and the audio is lossless - sold!). Maybe not a popular movie choice but I wanted to get one that I hadn't heard any US release rumors about.

stargazeruk · 03-11-2009, 11:16 PM

Just counting my blu-rays only I have 41 imports out of 215 blu-rays. HD-DVD I never had that big a number.

I only buy imports if it is cheaper then UK price or the imported blu-ray is out very early compaired to the UK version.

I brought more imports on blu-ray (due to region free) then I did on DVD.

View Poll Results: What percentage of your collection are imports
None at all	87	47.03%
5%	49	26.49%
10%	16	8.65%
15%	2	1.08%
20%	3	1.62%
25% or higher	28	15.14%
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03-11-2009, 09:31 PM	#1
pentatonic Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Montreal, Canada Blu-ray collection:570 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:158	What percentage of your collection are imports I thought it would be interesting to find out which kind of habits users here have towards imports. I'll start with myself, first most of my collection are imports, but that's only because I used to buy a lot from amazon.com and being from Canada it would be an import, but I won't count those as often the US releases are the same as Canadians releases ( We actually have more exclusive releases than the US ) But not counting US discs I own 3 Italian imports (all exclusives) 5 French imports (all exclusives) 34 UK imports (5 or 6 exclusives) I'm at 17.8 % so I indicated 15%, what about you Last edited by pentatonic; 03-11-2009 at 09:33 PM.

03-11-2009, 10:50 PM	#8
Louisville Slugger Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Shrewsbury, MA Home Theater Gallery:58 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:838 Trading Score:3	• Air Force One UK Import [Blu-ray] • American Psycho Australian Import [Blu-Ray] • Escape From New York UK Import [Blu-ray] • Kill Bill Vol. 1 Canadian Import [Blu-ray] • Kill Bill Vol. 2 Canadian Import [Blu-ray] • Neverending Story, The Dutch Import [Blu-ray] • Predator 2 UK Import [Blu-ray] • Sin City Canadian Import [Blu-ray] • Terminator 2 Judgement Day Japanese Import [Blu-ray] • The Dark Knight Canadian Import [Blu-ray] • Total Recall UK Import [Blu-ray] I have 144 Blu-rays so 11 imports divided by 144 multiplied by 100 equals about 7.6%. I have 229 HD movies when I add my HD-DVDs. • Elephant Man, The French Import [HD-DVD] • Equilibrium Japanese Import [HD-DVD] • Fog, The French Import [HD-DVD] • Graduate, The Dutch Import [HD-DVD] • Island, The UK Import [HD-DVD] • Mulholland Drive French Import [HD-DVD] • Star Trek The Original Series Canadian Import [DVD & HD-DVD Combo] 7 HD-DVD imports plus 11 Blu-ray imports divided by 229 total HD movies multiplied by 100 equals about 7.9%. I'll use the 10% as my answer since 7.6% is closer to 10% than 5%. Currently 61% of my imports are not available in the US although I think Predator 2 has been announced for a June release in the US. I think the reasons why I imported some titles was because (1) Most of these titles are not available in the US and I wanted them, (2) sometimes the import discs have better transfers, and (3) I was able to get some titles cheaper outside the US. Last edited by Louisville Slugger; 03-11-2009 at 11:04 PM.

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03-11-2009, 09:54 PM	#2
kubrick Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:39 Blu-ray reviews:1	Im in the UK, I own 40 American Discs 6 German 1 Canadian gotta love the region free discs!! God i wish dexter series one was region free!

03-11-2009, 09:55 PM	#3
kubrick Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:39 Blu-ray reviews:1	Which is about 22%!

03-11-2009, 09:57 PM	#4
miked924 Expert Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Queens, NY Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:295 Blu-ray collection:1038 DVD collection:22 iTunes collection:4 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:2	The only things imported in my house are beer, whiskey, wine and cigars. Will never buy a disc from overseas no matter how long I have to wait for it to come out here

03-11-2009, 09:58 PM	#5
hardcorefrokid Power Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Southern California Blu-ray collection:97 Blu-ray reviews: 16	0%

03-11-2009, 10:47 PM	#7
graf1k Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2008 Location:🆇🆇🆇🆇 Trading Score:198	So far 22 Blus out of 78 are imports (20 UK, 1 Canadian, 1 French) which, it turns out, is about 28%. Of the 22, 16 are currently not available in the US last I checked, and then there is Wanted & The Dark Knight which I imported specifically because they are Steelbooks.

03-11-2009, 10:52 PM	#9
deadhatetheliving Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Virginia Beach, VA Home Theater Gallery:51 4K collection:812 Blu-ray collection:2693 DVD collection:90 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:7	0% I can wait

03-11-2009, 11:00 PM	#10
PH3AR Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Dover, Pennsylvania PSN:WORKINtheCORNER Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:325 Blu-ray reviews:2	Well not good at math so out of 71 blus, 2 are imports

03-11-2009, 11:00 PM	#11
Minimejer05 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Minnesota Home Theater Gallery:14 4K collection:532 Blu-ray collection:1995 Blu-ray reviews:28 Trading Score:6	Probably about 5 percent.

03-11-2009, 11:01 PM	#12
master_8ball Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:675 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:2	Well since Americans are counting Canadian releases I shall count all the ones I have bought on amazon.com.... which is 25% of my collection no problem

03-11-2009, 11:01 PM	#13
fupduk2 Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:54 Blu-ray collection:328	0%

03-11-2009, 11:02 PM	#14
JimShaw Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Menifee, CA 4K collection:49 Blu-ray collection:1069 Trading Score:141	Not one .

03-11-2009, 11:03 PM	#15
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	0%.... Don't like to import...

03-11-2009, 11:04 PM	#16
naturephoto1 Blu-ray Ninja Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Breinigsville, PA Home Theater Gallery:260 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:263	I have 1 out of 93 for about 1% at this point. I have the UK 5 disk import of Planet Earth. Rich

03-11-2009, 11:08 PM	#17
SDon1969 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Massachusetts Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray collection:745 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	About 1/237th of my collection are imports - I needed a smaller percentage poll option, hah!

03-11-2009, 11:16 PM	#20
stargazeruk Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:524	Just counting my blu-rays only I have 41 imports out of 215 blu-rays. HD-DVD I never had that big a number. I only buy imports if it is cheaper then UK price or the imported blu-ray is out very early compaired to the UK version. I brought more imports on blu-ray (due to region free) then I did on DVD.

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