Are DVDs "The New Panties"?

I used to be a huge DVD-buying whore, mainly so that when people come over to my apartment, they can be like, "Wow, you have a sweet DVD collection." And then I point them toward the 15 or so movies I still haven't watched yet. Lately, though, I've just been renting off Netflix. Saving money. Occasionally, if I'm shopping in Target or one of those stores, and there's a DVD I see that I'd love to watch that night (instead of waiting two days for Netflix to send it), I'll buy it.

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I was big into DVDs until about a year ago. The rush of Blu-Ray and my lack of a BR player at the moment, I've held off on most DVD purchases until I've got a High Def DVD player available. No sense in buying DVDs if i'm moving to either BR or going to rip DVDs to my computer/server.

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I learned my lesson when DVD shoved VHS out. Man, there were some sweet deals on VHS tapes back then, but when I got a decent DVD player and I couldn't stand the sight of VHS. So, for now, I rent with Netflix (which will ship you Blu-ray at no additional cost) and any purchases are on Blu-ray. Granted the difference between Blue-ray and DVD isn't as huge as DVD to VHS, but it is there (the bigger you TV the more you'll notice). Now talking my wife into not buying any more DVDs is another story all together.

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I've never impulse purchased a DVD. I only buy them when I set out to do so.

I've impulse-purchased titles, though, but only when I planned to buy a movie. I used to walk past a Best Buy on the way home from work all the time, so I'd haunt the value section. If it was a single-digit price I'd consider it. As a result I've got many $4.99 DVDs.

I'll openly admit that over half of my DVD collection is still in shrink-wrap, too. I get some sick satisfaction from owning certain movies. But I am always loathe to put a DVD on, like many people I'd rather watch whatever is on TV. Even if I already own the DVD and know I'm watching a censored version with commercials in a crappier resolution. I can't explain it, I suppose a combination of apathy and laziness. But I know I'm not the only one.

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I admit that I impulsively buy DVD's...but they either have to be something I loved when I was younger, I loved it recently, or I hope I'll love it. I've seen all the movies I own and a couple of them have been duds(Mazes and Monsters, Seed of Chuck). The bargain bin at Walmart for 5.50 a movie and the 4 for 20 at Blockbuster are my biggest weaknesses. I don't plan on stopping any time in the near future. Especially since my goal, is to reach the amount those guys on Cribs have(hate the show but you gotta love their amount of money and stupid purchases with said money).

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I have a DVD addiction. Now with about a thousand in my collection I have definitely slowed my purchasing but I still get butterflies when I see a table of $5 DVDs. I am a real collector though, I love the packaging, the inserts and extras as much as any of the movies! I just wish I could see into the future and decide which HD format to support!

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DVD buying is so 90s. I used to buy a ton when the format first started out, but now I realize the better solution is just netflix. There aren't any movies or tv shows that I really want to own these days and I'm in the middle of selling a lot of my 250+ collection.

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Yes, I admit an extreme weakness for sub-$10 DVDs. Despite my aversion to ex-rental discs, once they got down under $2 around here (really), I found myself buying them by the armful. Am I behind on watching them? Heck, yeah, but that's better than the alternative.

Better to have discs and not watch them than want to watch them and not have them. Just like panties. Well, you know what I mean.

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