Numes

Well, there's not really any other place to get access to porn besides DVDs, and I guess if one didn't want to go and rent them, they would buy them.

MTRodaba2468

The Internet is a wonderful tool.

fashionvictim86

The only DVDs I don't understand people collecting is porn. They are so expensive, not to mention boring. My friend bought me one a couple of years ago as a joke. I actually tried to watch it and ended up falling asleep. Give me the real thing any time, any where.

Numes

Really, porn on the internet?? Who would have known?

William Fuld

To me wrestling dvds are similar to other types of performance based dvds, such as concerts or stand-up comedy.

GoldenJCJ

As I have a tnedancy to collect a lot of crap myself I'm not really one to say. I just chalk it up to personal taste. But since you asked, I would agree with Wrestling DVDs.

Also, every time I see a thread talking about the latest release of some old TV show I wonder "who would buy that?!" Shows like Emergency! or Murder, She Wrote just don't seem like shows anyone would want to watch over and over.

So far I've refrained from buying any TV on DVD because I don't see the replay value in it but to each his own I guess.

calhoun07

To be fair, though, we only have three game shows on DVD right now, and those three titles are best of collections. (OK, I just counting Match Game, Family Feud, and TPIR....I just thought of Jeopardy had a release some years ago and there might be a handful lesser known ones). But my point is they aren't releasing these on a regular basis. They come out once in a while. If they started releasing season sets of Match Game or some show like that, then I'd wonder who was buying these things.

I buy them because I dropped my expanded basic cable a while back...gotta get my game show fix somehow now that I don't have the Game Show Network. But I don't think I am "collecting" them when they come out so sporadically.

Peep

I'm not a big fan of live music on DVD. I love going to concerts and I often listen to live albums, but I rarely buy concerts on DVD.

zombiezilla

It's funny you would say that, Peep, because I feel exactly the opposite way. I've been in and out of the music industry since 1979. After seeing (or playing) hundreds and hundreds of shows, sitting, standing, moshing, etc., and meeting just about everyone I had an interest in meeting in the music biz (and plenty I didn't give two shits about), I have very little desire to see new shows or bands (just once in a great while, as long as they are at a venue I like, and at the right price...often free, as I still know folks in the industry). But I do like to watch the recent stuff on DVD...and here's hoping we get a live DVD of both the Police and VH recent tours!

MovieExchange

Try Ring of Honor. A lot of old-school NWA along with original ECW mixed in. The guy that books it used to work closely with Paul Heyman in ECW, and he really knows what he's doing.

L Chabert Lover

Regarding "The Price Is Right," it makes perfect sense (to me) to release it on DVD. It ran for 35 years with Bob Barker. For a show to last that long - with the same host - I think it has a large enough fan base to justify a few best-of DVD releases. What I don't agree with is adding Bill Cullen episodes (supposedly there's going to be four of them) to the set. I have nothing against Bill Cullen, but his era of Price (1956-1965, NBC and later ABC) is completely different from the 1972-present CBS and syndicated editions. The only similarities are the title of the show and the 4-person contestants' row bidding format. Cullen's show didn't have pricing games, showcase showdowns, and for the most part - showcases either. Essentially, it was just 30 minutes with the same four contestants bidding on prizes. I saw a few episodes on GSN about ten or eleven years ago and I got bored real quick. If they wanted to include episodes with other hosts it would have made a lot more sense to choose some Dennis James (1972-1977 syndicated) Tom Kennedy (1985-1986 syndicated) and Doug Davidson (1994-1995 syndicated) episodes - or even a Drew Carey episode. Failing that, they should have left it at all Barker episodes.

And regarding "Family Feud," I would love to have a Ray Combs (1988-1994, CBS and syndication) best-of DVD set, but you can wish in one hand and...

BuckNaked2k

Concur.

oldboy87

I've got over 1000 movies ... and honestly, I'm not sure why I keep on buying more. Sure, I love movies, and I love having a big selection to watch on my own or with friends and family, but at the same time, I have about 50 unwatched movies, around 20 unwatched TV series sets, and frankly, by the time I've watched all those, I will have a new unwatched pile ... and no time to rewatch any of the older stuff.

And I buy multiple copies of various DVDs, mostly for new extras or cool packaging; sometimes just if the cover art is better than a previous release ... sorry, i'm one of those people who gives studios the idea that its okay to keep on dipping.

I am, however, proud of myself for not buying sequels I don't particularly like. Final Destination? It was okay, but I thought part 2 and 3 were better, so I bought those but not the first one. I also have Wrong Turn 2, but not part 1, and a couple of incomplete TV seasons - Knight Rider S2; Angel S1,2,4; Family Guy S1, 2, 3 and 5, where I have not been compelled to get all of them.

That said, I don't get collecting music/concert DVDs. I'm happy to buy CDs/download music, or go to a concert ... but I wouldn't buy the DVDs. But the same can be said for collecting movie DVDs, or collecting anything really, I guess.

rw2516

About owning more movies or tv shows than you have time to watch, or if you will ever watch it again. Collecting is all about "the owning" not "the watching". At least you can do something with a dvd, if you decide to. People collect all kinds of things that you can't actually "use". Stamps, coins, trading cards. There's a golf course at the end of my block. The old guy next door, who's lived there for 50 years, has hundreds of egg cartons full of golf balls. No two balls are the same. My grandpa liked jigsaw puzzles(which have a use) and his basement was filled with a few thousand of them. They were shoved into every nook and cranny, among the vents, under the stairs, I mean everywhere! It was a sight to behold.

calhoun07

I can't disagree that season sets would be kind of cool, but the sets would be massive. The only way I think they could work was if they utilized the capacity of a high def format and put all the episodes on there in SD, but then the prices would be quite high.

I always wanted season sets of Late Night with David Letterman (NBC years), but do you realize how many episodes each of these shows had per season? I guess if they put them out in volumes every few months...

Yakuza Bengoshi

After MPI Home Video put out 1245 episodes of Dark Shadows on DVD, nothing seems impossible.

xfilefanfreak

Everybody Has Difrent Taste

Sparrow

I've always wondered about wrestling DVDs (which appear to be a common theme in this thread) and sketch comedy, which seems so dated.

Chad

I was actually referring to those that always get rid of the previous release. Keeping both versions is understandable and something I've done a few times myself. Obviously the quality and replay factor of those features plays a big role in that decision.


And that reminds me of people who rid themselves of the beautiful Anchor Bay tin versions in favor of the cheap plastic newer, "better" releases because of the 'ol "lack of space" excuse. Everything from the Halloween 4 Divamax to the recent Two-Lane Blacktop CC...it's blasphemy! Keep both if you feel compelled to upgrade.

danwiz

Every Criterion just so that they can say that they have them all.

dcrw6

That's true. A collector's mentality is not the same of someone who's not. Completely different wavelengths. I know I buy a lot of crap I won't watch more than once probably, other than using clips for reference points in my own work. But, I've always wanted a massive horror collection. For me, it feels like an extension of myself. When I was a kid, my favorite place in the weird was the massive horror sections of independant rental stores. I felt at home there. With my collecting habits, I actually get the feeling that I've recreated that in my own home. I feel happy and content with my dvds, which I'm sure that goes for anyone that collects wrestling or sports or any other kind of dvds I personally wouldn't ever think of buying.

andrash

Anybody collects dvdbox-sets of reality television shows from across the world?


Those WWF videos starting to look better now,no?

Rypro 525

I'll second that. To start out, get the 3 ppv shows (respect is earned, driven, and man up) everything is explained very well to help new fans out. There's a 25% off deal on rohwrestling.com till the 8th if you spend over 50 bucks. Typle feb25 in the 'promotional code' area. Also you'll see several matches on those 3 cards that blow away any wwe or tna match.

DiedLaughing

Wrestling is an easy target. Here and elsewhere.
While I do not watch the current "product" for the most part (unless Santino is involved) I do buy/watch/collect the older multi disc sets and shoot interviews. In a way it is kind of a nostalgia thing, I watched starting at age 5 and continued until the last few years. The same way I bought GI JOE & Masters of the Universe cartoons on DVD. May seem silly to those outside looking in, but whatever. To each his own.

Lipid

Up until this time I didn't know the Royal Rumble anthology existed. I stopped watching WWF once Steve Austin came into the picture, just grew tired of it.

Odds are I'll buy volumes 1/2. I used to LOVE renting the VHS tapes from the rental store when I was a kid. Yes I would watch them numerous times, I already have in the past. Fantastic.