Do you keep doubles of movies (i.e. Blu-rays and DVD editions)?

[Midnight Rambler]

Originally Posted by bonehica

And during those salad days we were fighting the Joe 6-Pack FULLSCREEN crowd. 15 years later...now J6P wants to stream. And, they still hate black bars.

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

It really IS bizarre how the paradigm has shifted over the last two decades. In the salad days of the DVD format (roughly 1999-2002, I'd say), there was TREMENDOUS excitement about actually being able to amass a sizeable movie collection in a format much better and more convenient than bulky, smeary VHS. Pretty much EVERYONE was buying a DVD player, and a classic movie hitting this new format was an EVENT. Now people are just content to stream everything, and have zero interest in any movie made prior to the early-2000s. I will always want to OWN movies.

I remember those days very well, there was a kind of zeitgeist with collecting movies at the time that many people shared.

[bonehica]

Originally Posted by drush9999

I remember those days very well, there was a kind of zeitgeist with collecting movies at the time that many people shared.

Ah, the days of waiting on when the Holy Trinity of Trilogies (Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Back to the Future) was finally getting released on DVD. The anticipation!!

[JimDiGriz]

Keeping doubles? Why?!

Yes Ill keep DVDs with extras not on the blu-rays etc (like Master & Commander disc 2 for instance) but not otherwise. If you want to watch the film why would you pick up the DVD?! Get rid - save space.

[KANDXL]

sorry i dident find it helpful

[Monterey Jack]

gud two no

[deto]

If I have upgraded to Blu, I usually give the DVD to my brother and his family.

[ewsjr]

Nope. Whatever I replace each year becomes part of my white elephant Christmas gift.

[JoeDeM]

I was giving them away, but it seems no one wants them any more, so I just put them in storage.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by JoeDeM

I was giving them away, but it seems no one wants them any more, so I just put them in storage.

It's a sad day in the film industry when nobody wants a free DVD

[D00mM4r1n3]

I hang onto a few in the event they had more special features or an authorized widescreen crop of a 4:3 release (TV-movie, etc...) They typically have too little resale value to make them worth trying to sell on ebay so most of them just get tossed in the trash.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

I only keep doubles for titles that have a different transfer or new restoration.

Example, I have the original Umbrella 1080i 25fps BD of Razorback and their recent 4k remastered release just to highlight the staggering transfer differences and how much better the remastered is. I also have the Universal BD of 1994's Street Fighter (included in the Van Damme 5 pack with a proper version of Lionheart) for the original variant of the Universal logo that sieges into the opening credits, while I bought the cheap German Sony BD for the superior transfer that's better encoded, more colorful with far less EE, plus the rare Columbia TriStar Film Distributors logo that cheaply replaces the Universal logo.

[Socko]

I usually make hybrids.
Speed bonus DVD with Speed Blu-ray
Day After Tomorrow bonus DVD with Day After Tomorrow Blu-ray
Armageddon Criterion stuff with Armageddon Blu-ray (Steelbook)
etc etc
And I keep DVDs that have a nice steelbook package or are rare in general.

[Phil92]

I have quite a few doubles. Some duplicate Blu-rays (different editions), but all justifiable in my eyes.

I also agree with the comments that DVDs are 10 a penny and not worth the sale, so goodwill or bin.