Off the top of my head

Batman
Batman Returns
Gladiator
Superman
Superman II
Superman III
Superman IV
Club Dread
Airplane
The Animarix
The Matrix
The Matrix Reladed
The Matrix Revolutions
Army of Darkness
Hellboy
LOTR: FOTR
LOTR:TTT
LOTR:ROTK
Sin City

Wow thats more than I thought I had

Uhh...i can't even count that high.
I double dip on everything.
I'm a whore like that.

Saving Private Ryan (triple-dip, LE->DTS->60th anniversary DTS)
A Bug's Life
15 of the James Bond movies upgraded to the new UEs
The Longest Day
The Little Mermaid (by accident, won the new one in a contest)
Bullitt (had the SE, bought the Essential McQueen collection, now have neither)
Das Boot (sort of, I have both the 5 hour version and the Superbit)

I always sell the older version when I double dip.

fear and loathing in las vegas criterion
nightbreed
point break (triple dipped, if you count the recent special edition)
21 grams
lost in translation
donnie darko (upgraded to director's cut)
reservoir dogs (upgraded twice)

I'd like to know the story behind that.

Only Gladiator, but sooner or later will be Infernal Affairs.

There is no logic behind it, other then I was really in need of money and I got close to $3000 for my collection when it was all said and done. I probably got an average of $6 per dvd and I have not spent more than $6 on over 99% of what I've rebought so far.

I'm addicted.

Yeah, this was kind of a "backwards" double-dip. After having bought the official DVD when it came out, I noticed a Malaysian DVD in the "used" rack of a local retailer, and picked up just as a collectible. In fact, I bought it yet again on eBay because it had a completely different cover, but it turned out to be a rental copy in the box from some kind of bootleg, hence the different cover. I traded in the discs at a pawn shop, but kept the box for the cover.

FWIW, there was also a 2-pack with the first two prequels, but I think that was fullscreen-only.

I think this would be a better thread if it was "how many DVD's have you triple-dipped on?" Seriously my list of double-dips is easily over 100. It seems ridiculous to try and list them all. I bet most people here at DVDTalk who either a) have been collecting for at least 5 years, or b) are not fundamentally opposed to the idea of double-dipping except under the most ardent circumstances, have as many as me. It's kind of like saying "what DVD's have you bought on sale?" For most people (around here) it's going to be a lot.

Well my list was pretty sizeable too, but even though I have been collecting for several years it didn't necessarily follow that I had over 100 double-dips. That's partly due to the fact that I've avoided a lot of them by not buying everything when it's first released, and mostly because my tastes in DVDs dictate that what I buy is a very low "double-dip" risk, because once music videos, documentaries, and other oddball DVDs are released, they're almost never followed up with Special Editions like most mainstream movies.

As my list indicates, I'm far from being immune, and this thread should probably be "What have you double-dipped on <b>recently</b>?" Still, if you've got pages and pages of double-dips, just list the recent ones if you want, or maybe the ones that were the most painful (had to buy a boxed set of four movies because you only needed the fourth one but also wanted the box, etc.)

Regardless of how many threads exist on this subject, I'm glad the question has been asked again. I read the forum a few times a day and I haven't seen it, so it was nice to throw in my 50 or so titles, and that was only because my iBook was close at hand and contains a list of my DVDs.

To paraphrase Mr. Tony montana "I have so many superman's, i got superman coming out of my f'n ears mang"

Superman returns - Target edition w/lenticular cover & bonus dvd
Superman returns - Best buy special fold out cover
Superman returns - Circuit City edition w/bonus dvd
Superman returns - f.y.e lunch box
Ultimate collectors edition

Double and triple dips


Sixth Sense (ce->vista)
Platoon (se sold->20th)
Silence of the lambs (cc->se)
Matrix trilogy (originals->ultimate)
Dazed and Confused (flashback sold,->CC)
Akira (tin-> dts Version)
Almost Famous (Original sold,->Bootleg edition)
Apocalypse Now (original->redux)
Army of Darkness (DC limited->Boomstick)
Batman,Batman Returns,Batman forever---> Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997

Beastmaster(2-disc sold,-->special edition)
Black Hawk Down(barebones...sold, Superbit, 3-disc, extended cut)
Clerks(regular sold,--> 10th ann)
Cliffhanger(regular->superbit)
Daredevil(regular-> director's cut)
Dark Crystal(reg-->superbit)
Deep Impact(reg-->ce)
Dumb And Dumber(reg-->unrated ext.)
Exorcist(25th Ann. -->the version...)
Ghost in the Shell(reg-->se)
Gladiator(signature selection-->extended)
Jaws(CE sold,DTS-->30th ann.)
Kingdom of Heaven(2-disc-->4-disc)
Knight's Tale(CE sold,-->superbit)
Lawrence of Arabia(LE-->Superbit)
Leon:the Professional(reg--2-disc superbit)
Lady and the Tramp(limited issue sold,-->platinum edition)
the Little Mermaid(limited Issue sold-->platinum edition)
The Lord of the Rings(theatricals--->extended editions)
Mallrats(CE-->10th ann.)
Memento(reg--> LE)
Men in black(DE sold,-->superbit)
Men in black II(DE sold,-->superbit)
Night of the living Dead(30th ann. sold,-->millenium edition)
Nightmare on elm street(platinum-->infinifilm)
Ninja Scroll(reg-->10th ann.)
Pearl Harbor(60th ann.-->vista)
Predator(reg dts sold,-->2-disc CE)
Predator 2(reg-->2-disc dts SE)
Remember the Titans(reg-->directors cut)
Resident Evil(reg sold,-->superbit)
Spaceballs(reg sold,-->CE)
Spiderman(ltd edition-->superbit)
Spiderman 2(SE-->superbit)
Starship Troopers(reg-->SE-->superbit)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre(pioneer version-->ultimate edition)
The Thing(CE-->remastered)

and that's that...

Apocalypse Now Redux / Complete Dossier
Batman Returns / 2D SE
Big Trouble in Little China/ 2D SE
Breakfast at Tiffanys / Anniversary Edition
Bridge on the River Kwai / Limited Edition
Candyman / SE
Christine / SE
Dog Day Afternoon / 2D SE
Network / 2D SE
Creepshow 2 / Creepshow 2 Special Edition
Enter The Dragon / 2D SE
Escape From New York / 2D SE
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / 2 Disk Collector's Set
Halloween - Remastered Theatrical Version / 25th Anniversary Edition
Heat / 2D SE
Howling / SE
M / Criterion reissue
Pet Semetary / SE
The Wild Bunch / 2D SE
Unforgiven / 2D SE
Untouchables / SE
Videodrome / Criterion
War of the Worlds (1953) / SE
Warriors/ Director's Cut
Young Guns / SE

Total:25

Star Wars trilogy
New Jack City
Daredevil
Hellboy
Oldboy
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Battlestar Galactica (original series for cylon head)
Sin City
The Day After Tomorrow
The Ring
Star Trek II
Star Trek IV
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Reservoir Dogs
Goodfellas
Donnie Darko
Red Dragon
Unbreakable
Superman returns
Superman
Superman 2
Superman 3
Superman 4
Planet of the Apes (original)
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
Hunt for Red October
Evening with Kevin Smith (for the four disc Australian release that had EWKS and Evening Harder)
Mallrats
Kill Bill V1 & 2 (for uncut/colourised French version)
The Die Hard movies (UK four disc of part 1 and 2, and uk single part 3 for the US 6-disc set)
Spider-Man 2 (2 disc for deluxe gift set)
Gladiator
Jay & Silent Bob
Armageddon
Face/Off
Air Force One
Con Air
LOTR trilogy
The Punisher
Lord of War
Jarhead
True Romance
Hard Boiled
Army of Darkness
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Total Recall
Kingdom of Heaven

... and probably a few more I can't think of right now. I need to learn some patience.

Lost track of how many Stargate versions I have gotten.

Now waiting for the Super deluxe ultimate collectors directors uncut extended THX HD restored remastered version.

Halloween 1

Halloween 5 (I'm ashamed of this. I don't even like the movie all that much. I just have a weakness for commentaries of older movies, especially horror.)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Christine

I also bought the Friday the 13th boxset, even though I already owned 1-5.

I also want to eventually doubledip on First Blood, There's Something About Mary, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Candyman, Beastmaster, Rocky 1, Bill and Ted, and Groundhog Day.

does a double dip count if the first purchase was on vhs, and the second on dvd?

i think i have a few movies like killing zoe and slacker that i first owned on vhs, but either cant find them or they melted and no longer work, and so i repurchased on dvd

Clerks
Superman
Dawn of the Dead
Creepshow 2
Mallrats
Saw
Saw II
Escape From New York
Terminator 2

I did something even worse than double-dipping. I had the same DVD set in my collection 3 times. I got The OC: Season 1 at Blockbuster (with some credit), watched 1 episode, decided it was "Eh.." and traded it in. Then I bought it again for $5.99 during Target's box set mistake. Someone on this forum wanted it, so I used it in a trade. Then I caught a couple of more episodes and decided I wanted to own it for good this time, so I bought it for $19.99, and then picked up Season 2. Now *that's* depressing.

As for my double dips:

13 Going on 30
Alien vs. Predator
American Pie Movies (single DVDs to boxset)
Chronicles of Narnia
Day After Tomorrow
Donnie Darko
Elektra
Garfield
I, Robot
Ice Age
Jurassic Park (single DVDs to boxset)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Miss Congeniality
Mr and Mrs Smith
Notting Hill
Parent Trap
Princess Diaries
Saw
Spaceballs
Spider-man


Hm, not bad...

In 5-6 years of buying DVDs, the only title I have managed to double dip on was Double Indemnity. I refuse to double-dip purely for extras (as I really don't watch them), but if there is that great an improvement in transfer, and it is for a movie that I consider essential, I will upgrade. The new release of The Maltese Falcon will be my second double dip as soon as I get around to it.