Getting rid of dvd's shown excessively on TV.
 

I was wondering how many people have gotten rid of some of their dvd's because they were shown too much on Tv, i know people will say it's still better to have the dvd, no commercials, no editing etc but just to name a few, gone in 60 seconds, shawshank redemption, billy madison..... just curious.

If that was a reason for someone to get rid of a DVD, then I wonder why they bought it in the first place.

TV movie broadcasts are no replacement for DVDs.

hadn't had cable in four years until a few weeks ago....dvds and rabbit ears could get me by. Local news and movies....I don't watch much television

I keep mine.

The perception that it's shown excessively on TV is only if you choose not to change the channel :D. Every now and then I'll watch a movie I have on DVD just for a particular scene and then switch it.

I hate the editing that is done to movies shown on tv. Don't get me wrong, since I have kids, I understand the need to edit the movie for language, sex, etc but I also enjoy watching movies the way they were intended.

Widescreen anyone? What channels are YOU watching where they're shown that way?

Lame lame lame.

I haven't gotten rid of any films because they're shown excessively on TV, but there are dvd's I don't want, because they've been shown excessively on TV. I know usually they're edited and P&S'ed, but I'd rather spend the time/money on something new or that I haven't seen in a while.
A couple that come to mind are:
A Few Good Men - had on VHS, excellent movie, no desire for the DVD
Shawshank Redemption - thank you Ted Turner, I now NEVER want to see this movie again.
Futurama - CN's constant replays plus my DVR = no need to buy the DVDs.

Not even close.

DVD has made me get rid of TV, not the other way around. I donated my RPTV six months ago when I bought a projector, haven't seen TV since, and don't miss it.

Yeah, same here. I didn't have cable TV for a very long while and didn't miss it at all. The only reason I have it now is for HD stuff. Watching movies on TV is completely pointless. Edited, panned and scanned and filled with commercials. What exactly is the bonus???? I'm so confused by this thread.

The DVD format is so superior to broadcast TV that I don't bother watching movies on TV, whether I have them or not. If it's worth watching, it's worth owning (or at least renting, for those titles ya don't want your friends to see in your collection...)

No ads and being uncut is reason enough for me to stick to dvd

Since the reason I collect DVDs is to have movies I like available when <u>I</u> want to see them, and in the best possible format (OAR, uncut, uninterrupted) I can't imagine ever doing something like that.

Don't forget anamorphic resolution (if you can take advantage of it) and lack of station logos (and other annoying advertisements during the movie) as additional reasons to watch the DVD. Also, they don't always use the best transfer available, and with the DVD you can actually read the closing credits if you want to.

About the only good thing I can think of about movies on television is that the compression artifacts usually aren't as bad as on the DVD. It's not that television doesn't have artifacts-I see compression on our cable system, and we have the chroma bug as well.

Yeah, not a big fan of watching movies on tv either. Blah. How elitist are we? lol

Anyway, a friend turned me on to something Comedy Central does on Saturday nights at 12 or 1am EST (can't remember which) called "Secret Stash" (or something to that effect.) They air completely UNEDITED movies and stand up performances. I was literally in awe watching "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" because my brain couldn't possibly conceive that it was playing on a basic cable service UNCUT. heh. A few weeks back they aired the first Chris Rock stand up film as well.....gotta love CC.

About 70% of my DVD Collection is TV Shows, which where made for TV, and about 50% of my collection, I see aired in syndication all time. But I still keep the DVD's because a) there uncut, and b) Marathon's baby.... (but I do keep old VHS's of Roswell & Dawson's Creek for the music the episodes aired with).

I wouldn't ditch my DVDs because a show is broadcast on TV often. What sometimes happens is seeing that the broadcast is on makes me want to watch the movie, so I get out the DVD and watch it.

Don't even have regular TV. Strictly a DVD/HT house here.

Nope.

I might not buy a movie I wouldn't watch alot if its on TV regularly though. A good example is A Christmas Story. It's just ok, only want to watch it once a year, don't care as much about OAR, commercials I can skip on Tivo.

But anything I really like, I'm going to buy to watch in widescreen/OAR, DD5.1/DTS.

Yep. Unless they're Spiderman or Daredevil DC, but this is why I own horror or cult films, nobody shows them.

I've not bought some, like Josh Hinkle said, A Christmas Story, or the Seinfeld sets because they are shown all the time. Tivo helps a lot.

That is crazy talk!

Most of the people in the thread have already hit the nail on the head as to why this is a bad idea (OAR, Edited, Commercials), but you can also throw in inferior picture quality and sound. Also, the convenience of watching a particular movie or scene on your own schedule plays a big part.

I've stopped watching TV...

Instead of flipping channels mindlessly to see if anything is on, I just throw in a DVD.

I haven't added as many TV shows to my DVD collection as I'd like, but I know that they will be there when I do choose to get them.

I prefer to watch the movie unedited, in the original aspect ratio, and with no commercial breaks; and I like to watch TV shows chronologically, again with no commercial interruptions.

No way. There are movies I've grown tired of and never purchased because I've watched them too many times on TV in the past, but I almost never even watch TV anymore (especially not movies on TV) so that shouldn't continue to be a problem.

huh? hell no. I don't buy just to dump later.

Why would anyone watch a movie on tv? Edited? Check. Pan & Scan? Check. Commercials? Check.

I'll pass, instead I might pop in the movie on dvd if I have the urge.

Folks, I think we have our nomination and perhaps winner for the Most Pointless Thread of 2004.

Seriously, when I see how bad TV broadcasts butcher films in either OAR, editing, and sound, it makes me GLAD I own the DVD.

In fact, a lot of the TV Shows on DVD sets have their episodes longer than the original TV broadcasts.

When it comes to movies, there's no comparison. I can't stand to watch any movie now that's not OAR. Which begs to differ why anybody in their right mind would buy a Foolscreen DVD.

I do have and still watch a lot of TV. Mostly news. Very few other programs. I'll turn on the History Channel from time to time. Watch a boxing match on a pay channel from time to time. But my TV stays on Fox News most of the day. Can't get enough of that right-wing indoctrination stuff, ya know... ;)

I just got rid of Rudy and Remember the Titans. They are on Tv all the time so why do I need to own them. I also won't buy Seinfield it's on 3 different times 5 days a week. That's enough for me.

I certainly don't, but my mother will buy a DVD, leave it unopened, and just watch the movie the next time it comes on cable, commercials and all. I still can't figure that one out.

The thought never even entered my mind

Ever notice how with stupid threads like this, the original poster never returns?

My wife does that too. Look, Harry Potter is on.
Um, we have the WS DVD right in there, two feet away from the 60" tv.
'I'll just watch it here'. on the 21 inch 4:3 tv. Then again, her family has had the tv on for 'background noise' for quite some time, which I never do. At least turn it to a music channel if you're going to do that.

Nope. The better your set and DVD player is, the more glaring the deficiencies of regular TV is, be it cable or dish.....on an HDTV it looks waaay soft, like watching tape. I've been on vacation all this week and the total of my broadcast viewing was Miracle Of The Bells on Christmas morning. My station watching is limited; I watch TCM, The History Channel, sports. I tend to get the news on the net or the newspaper. Hell, I did without network channels for the last 10 years until a month ago, and even at that it was to watch the Oscars and NBA games. People ask me if I've seen this commercial or that commercial and I look at 'em with a blank face.....if it isn't sports related I don't see it :) I've been keeping HBO for boxing but am tempted to drop that as well in the next month or so. The last thing I would do is get rid of DVDs simply because they show the movie on television often.

There are TONS Of people who can't stand a quiet house and they turn on the TV for noise or to keep them company. If I start dating someone and I see this habit in her makeup I run for the hills. Yeah, I'm addicted to movies, but I get to pick what I watch and when I watch- and if the set is off all night thats fine too. People who use their TVs as company have them going from the time they get home to the time they go to bed..... it's a creepy addiction and I'm betting that half the country has it.

I have a friend that does that. Leaves the set on all night when he sleeps just for the sound! But what gets me is the constant flicker of the light that it puts off. On the other hand, I need complete silence as I'm a relatively light sleeper. Even a fan is too much.

However, during the day, and if I'm not needing to concentrate on something important, I need the TV on for what I like to call, "the window into the world".

That sentiment is also quite prevalent on the TrekBBS concerning Trek sets. Especially with TNG which at the time was airing quite a bit on TNN/Spike.

My argument against the sentiment is that with broadcast TV and optional VHS recordings is that you get far less quality. Why would someone hold onto their VHS tapes with their over-whelming 240i lines of resolution with at best, hi-fi sound, when you can get DVD with 480p with 5.1 sound?

I don't have much interest in buying DVDs of TV shows that are on all the time. Right now, I can see shows like Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Friends several times a night.

But I have no interest anymore in watching movies on TV, which is one reason why I downgraded to basic cable. I don't need cable channels that show movies. I prefer seeing them uncut, unedited, without commercials, in OAR and in better picture and sound quality via DVD.

That's why when I watch movies on television, I almost always watch them on Turner Classic Movies. And if it's a pre-widescreen-era movie, the sound and picture really isn't that different from DVD -- a bit lower quality, but nothing dramatically different.

Network TV showings of movies are junky - with its commercials, pan-and-scan hacking of movies, 2.0 sound, compressed playback length, signal interference, station logos, news updates, lotto numbers, etc.

Most DVDs present the movies in a beautiful fasion.

Tho' I must admit many of my DVD purchases have been based on stuff which caught my eye on network television.

Ya, I like watching the DVD version of the movie if possible. Like many people have been saying, Uncut, No Commericals, WS, etc. and the quality is way better, (I dont have HDTV..)