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.

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

0% I can wait

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.

JimShaw · 03-11-2009, 11:02 PM

Not one

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eddievanhalen · 03-12-2009, 02:06 PM

All of them as I live in Spain, have a region A player and not willing to pay the high prices of Blu-ray movies have in Spain. I'm not interested in watching the film (and I'm Spanish) duubed to Spanish either.

Mr. Joshua · 03-12-2009, 05:01 PM

None for me... I wish the USA could get a release of The Island. Is this a region free title?

Clark Kent · 03-12-2009, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wsciv123

None for me... I wish the USA could get a release of The Island. Is this a region free title?

Yes. I happen to own it and it looks very good. It only has lossy audio though.

P@t_Mtl · 03-13-2009, 12:57 AM

None

SideEffect34 · 03-15-2009, 03:32 PM

None.

JAGUAR1977 · 03-15-2009, 03:50 PM

90% are US imports, but increasingly I'm buying UK discs as prices are dropping.

hateyou · 03-15-2009, 03:54 PM

I Have one Fear and Loathing out 0f 52 Blus

TheTenth · 03-15-2009, 11:04 PM

I'm from France :
12 bought in France
113 bought from Internet, most USA others UK

edit : just bought 4 French : Transporter, MI2, X-files (1998), Face off for 50 Euros the lot

ratio is : 86,9 import

McKellars · 03-16-2009, 10:34 PM

I hardly own any BD's but I'm never going to buy any imports.

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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	#9
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.

03-15-2009, 11:04 PM	#18
TheTenth Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Clermont-Ferrand, France Home Theater Gallery:9 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:681 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:11	I'm from France : 12 bought in France 113 bought from Internet, most USA others UK edit : just bought 4 French : Transporter, MI2, X-files (1998), Face off for 50 Euros the lot ratio is : 86,9 import Last edited by TheTenth; 03-19-2009 at 04:38 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	#8
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, 11:02 PM	#10
JimShaw Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Menifee, CA 4K collection:49 Blu-ray collection:1069 Trading Score:141	Not one .

03-12-2009, 02:06 PM	#11
eddievanhalen Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:9	All of them as I live in Spain, have a region A player and not willing to pay the high prices of Blu-ray movies have in Spain. I'm not interested in watching the film (and I'm Spanish) duubed to Spanish either.

03-12-2009, 05:01 PM	#12
Mr. Joshua Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:153	None for me... I wish the USA could get a release of The Island. Is this a region free title?

03-13-2009, 12:57 AM	#14
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	None

03-15-2009, 03:32 PM	#15
SideEffect34 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Illinois 4K collection:112 Blu-ray collection:695 Trading Score:57	None.

03-15-2009, 03:50 PM	#16
JAGUAR1977 Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	90% are US imports, but increasingly I'm buying UK discs as prices are dropping.

03-15-2009, 03:54 PM	#17
hateyou Member Member since:Dec 2008 Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:59	I Have one Fear and Loathing out 0f 52 Blus

03-16-2009, 10:34 PM	#19
McKellars Senior Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Detroit, Michigan Blu-ray collection:24	I hardly own any BD's but I'm never going to buy any imports.

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