I totally agree. I havent rented a movie in over a decade or so. The only time I ahve ever gone into a Blockbuster or Hollywood Video was to find some brand new DVD's on sale, or if I am searching for a hard-to-find slipcase (for some reason Blockbuster had some brand new movies with slipcases that I could not find in any other store, ever).

Ok, RedBox rentals are $1, so you can make a strong argument about saving money vs buying the movie. But otherwise, I figure if I had seen the movie in the theatres, it would have cost me $20 for 2 tix. So instead I'll spend the $20-25 and have the movie to enjoy over and over again for years. If I did already spend the $20 to see it in theatres, and well if I loved the movie, then I guess another $20 to enjoy the movie continuously is something I am willing to fork out.

Same goes for movies I have never seen. I can spend $20 at the theater and hate it, or I can spend $20 on the BluRay, and still hate it. Either way I didnt spend more, and with the BluRay at least I can sell it again, give it away, or perhaps give it a few more tries and actually grow to like the movie. You never know.

I love my collection. lol

The thought of throwing away dvd cases so that you can hide your collection makes my skin crawl. You spend all this money on the dvd and then get rid of some of the experience. If you wanted a binder full of movies just download and burn them.

This to me is like building a library and then one day looking at the books...ripping off the covers and scanning the pages to have it on the computer. No one does this. Its funny to see how many people complain about the dvds and the space they take up.

To me having all of my dvds on shelves on the wall is a point of pride...they look nice. I say just make them work and call it decoration, LIKE A LIBRARY.

I can somewhat agree with this although there is nothing like seeing a movie in the movie theater on a big screen with an audience, noisy patrons aside.

It is also a evening out with friends or partner as opposed to curling up on your couch, once again, and watching another movie.

Once a movie arrives on disc it is old news. It doesn't have that excitement and hype of seeing a first-run movie on opening weekend.

Another thing too, if you see a movie in the theater and it is bad, the experience is over with and forgotten. With a Blu-ray you have a constant reminder sitting on your self that you blew $20 on a crappy movie. If you own many discs, I'm sure there are many reminders of crappy movies you probably should not have bought.

I like my collection as well but I tend to be selective.

All depends on one's perspective. I've only been to a theater twice since 1996 with the last time being around 2001. The movies were: Jurassic Park Lost World and LOTR Two Towers.

We would much rather curl up on a couch and watch a movie then drive to a theater and pay an outrageous amount to watch a movie with a bunch of people we don't know.

Also, I prefer to go without the hype. I find that few movies can live up to the hype and that most are more enjoyable when not saddled with it.

I have a dedicated room with a 92" screen and projection system (modest these days), and have not missed the going to the theater experience one bit.

Now I don't buy everything that comes out. I'm always about a year behind which gives me time to figure out what would be a good buy. I also don't rent right now because I just have too much unwatched content as it is.