I could care less what anyone else has in his/her private collection. But I'm weird that way.

I would say both, with quality first, and then quantity. Quality because I buy movie to watch them, not to just show them in the rack for decorative purpose. Quantity because sometimes I prefer different kind of movies, which is depends on my mood.

You tell 'em Steve-Dave!

I have 2100 DVD's and laserdiscs. I'm never bored and not every movie I watch has to be a masterpiece.

Exactly. Sometimes you're looking for the epic, sometimes the popcorn-flick, sometimes the guilty-pleasure, whatever you're in the mood for. As others said, everyone's taste varies.

I think quality matters much more than quantity...this is the Mature forum isn't it?

Is anybody here going to say they prefer quantity over quality?

"Hey man, I just came back from Best Buy. I bought Batman & Robin, Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes, Ishtar, Into The West, Gigli, and tons of these aerobic workout DVDs!"

Who says that? Come on.

I'm one for having both. I love having a large collection, it gives me a lot of options. And while I do have a few guilty pleasure movies (the Elvira films, Beverly Hills Cop 3), for the most part, I consider my collection to be very high quality. I think the director most represented at the moment is Werner Herzog, because he has a lot of movies, although, in the end, I'm sure it will end up being Fassbinder. I have at least 700 DVDs.

Exactly. I have a large collection, and probably 75% of my discs are horror/exploitation. The rest breaks down into various categories, and taken as a whole they run the spectrum from the high end (Criterions) to the low end (Full Moon, Diamond, etc.) on what most people would consider the "quality scale". The only time I buy something I'm not particularly interested in is when I want to complete a series (for example - MGM's Midnite Movies) or if the disc is OOP. Other than that, everything I buy is something that I want or think I would enjoy (aside from that stupid "American Idol" dvd I got free from Dvdempire that I can't pay someone to take off my hands). I do occasionally make a bad blind buy, but when that happens I just sell or trade it. I don't think there are many people out there who buy everything that comes out just so they can have a large collection to show off. I actually got an email from someone last week who was pissed off after looking at my Dvdprofiler page - he accused me of pulling a "mine is bigger than yours" type of thing (as if I had forced, or even asked him to look). It's like I told him - If I was trying to show off (as he accused me) I wouldn't have a couple of hundred discs that have been lying around for months waiting to be entered into my profiler.

A lot of people would think most of my collection is trash, but I don't care - they're all quality to me because I enjoy them all. As long as you're happy with what you have, what does it matter what other people have? Besides, even if you are a "Quantity over Quality" person, there is always going to be someone who has more than you - so what's the point?

Roy

I do not have as large as a collection as some of you guys, which range in the thousands, but I do have a fair number of DVDs. I agree, you can't base your decision on quantity nor can judge another person's collection on your taste, because as we all know we are all different in what we like. When I buy a DVD, it is solely because I've enjoyed the movie and want to have a copy of it for myself. In other words, I do agree on the statement, quality before quantity!

I own more DVDs than most people, and aside from my family I do not give a damn what anyone else thinks of my collection. I do not feel compelled to buy the complete Criterion Collection just to impress film snobs. I buy what I like when I feel like it. I watch what I want to when I want to -- to me that is the whole point of collecting DVDs. I started collecting DVDs nearly five years ago and other than some pricey special editions have averaged little more than the cost of two Blockbuster rentals per disc. I don't waste money on seeing movies in the theater. I can wait a few months and watch them in the comfort of home on my own nine foot screen.

A friend of mine collects books, both paperback and hardcover. He has turned the large basement of his home into a true home library, with hundreds of feet of shelves and tens of thousands of books. I don't think he is crazy, but I would rather borrow a book from the public library than spend the equivalent of two or three DVDs to own it permanently.

Another friend is a CD collector. He has few other expenses (single and living at home with a brother and their widowed elderly father) and owns tens of thousands of CDs, and in a typical week buys 25-50 new CDs. I like music but do not feel the compulsion to rush out and buy every new release (and re-release). To each his own.

I personally feel that anyone who tailors his collection to suit others (i.e., to impress them with his good taste) is an insecure fool. Feel free to disagree.

Why ask why? DVDs are pure individualism. You don't have to impress anyone else, you just buy what you enjoy. I like seeing other people's collections because it tell me a little about them.

BMAG and MrE make excellent points. I think that ought to conclude this thread.

I have a large collection (compared to some) but I have many films that would be considered "quality" by many people. I also have films that probably would be traded off as soon as possible if they were in other people's collections... If I watch a DVD that I don't care to watch again, I will eventually trade it off. I do have a good-sized backlog, although I would say at least 75% of it is titles that I have seen on TV or know that I want to keep.

I like many genres, including Anime, Disney, Musicals, Classic Comedies, Asian Cinema, Horror, Sci-fi/Fantasy, 80's, Foreign, and quite a bit of current Hollywood comedy, action/adventure, etc. I try not to think of a movie as more than it is (I don't compare Ernest Saves Christmas to Citizen Kane, for example.)

I buy what I like and could care less what others think, and I never look at other collections.