I'm thinking of getting rid of most of my collection anyway, so I'll probably phase most of it out and then not go all out when the next gen arrives. Selling most of my collection will be a huge pain in the ass, so there's a chance I'll be too lazy and hang onto them.

Nope. I still have all 600 of my laserdiscs and I'll keep all my DVD's as well. Besides I remember getting a quote out of curiosity from bigemma's for my laserdiscs and they came back with something like $500 for all of them I'd rather keep them for sentimental value.

I'm the same way. I'd rather keep them or just give them away to friends and family than get almost nothing for them. But unless HD discs look a heck of a lot better than the HD movies I see on satellite and OTA then I doubt I'll have a burning desire to replace most of them anyway. That's easy to say now, though, but I can think of several nonanamorphic titles I've replaced with anamorphic versions. I guess I'll worry about it when it happens. BD won't be out till this summer, and I won't pay $1,000 for a player, so maybe in a year or so...

I understand. I would have kept my laserdiscs if my player had not broken for the third and final time.

Ditto..I've spent toooooo much time and money building my library up. When a format wins....I'll stop buying dvds....then start my HD or Blu ray collection. And i may double dip on big titles. (star wars lord of the rings ect) But i don't think I'd have the heard to get rid of my dvds

Certainly we have the advantage of the next gen players being backwards compatible, which obviously dvd did not do for vhs.

Yep and that's the big reason non-videophiles won't upgrade most titles.

If I don't care much about PQ, then why should I replace my DVDs when I'll be able to watch them forever (barring the discs being damaged) on hd/blu ray players and probably whatever disc format comes after that?

If you had said all reasonable people I would agree with this. I have seen so many posts saying "I invested $xx in DVD, and now it's worthless!"

I don't think most of those posts mean beause they intended to sell them and make a profit.

But more that they're worthless because they are the type of person that has to have the best format available for everything. They foolishly assumed DVD would be the best movie format in their lifetime, spent tons of money on it and now feel its wasted as they'll have to rebuy everything in HD to satisfy their OCD must have the best of everthing needs.

If this is the case then I won't be getting rid of my dvds period. I'll just upgrade some and add to my library with the format winner

It's 100% the case for both HD DVD and Bluray.

I agree, but either way people seem upset that thier collections aren't worth what DVD Profiler shows.

Way I look at it, DVD is best now and I enjoy every movie I have. I'll move on and not feel bad that DVDs are not "worth" what they were two years ago.

Anyone who didn't see this coming obviously turned a blind eye to the phase out of VHS.

I agree. Except my dvd collection will always be "worth" the same for me as I love my collection for the films in OAR, not for the a/v quality. And I don't care about having the best possible version of everything.

In my experience, few people bought VHS movies at all. And I knew no one that had more than 10-20 movies (not counting ones they'd taped off of HBO etc.).

So to be fair it's a different situation as many people built movie collections for the first time with DVD and haven't been in a spot where they had a large number of movies that was no longer the best version available to own.

Not really. I may rebuy the discs that I really love (Fifth Element would be one), but otherwise I'll just buy either format for newer flicks when they come out.

Considering I still have the "flipper" version of Se7en...

Considering I am sitting on a 3000+ collection of DVD titles, I may double-dip on those titles that may benefit from HD, or have a lot more extras than the current disc. As far as buying, if HD discs are not priced too much more than the standard DVD release, I would probably buy it. If it costs considerably more, I would probably just buy the standard DVD. If they just stop selling standard DVD's, well...we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

I'd probably keep the DVDs I replace with HD so I'll still have a copy to play on my laptop or other DVD only machines. Maybe once the computer drives come down in price, then I'll begin the process of getting rid of the DVDs I've replaced.

That is a good idea. I may just do that, because I can't see an HD portable player being worth it.

Although I think I will eventually replace what I can, for some titles I may wait for price drops before getting HD versions.

I will keep all of my current DVDs, and I may purchase the new Blu-Ray discs in the near future, but not until I see, and hear a demonstration in a high end, state of the art home theater showroom, and determine if they are actually worth the upgrade in video and sound. If the difference is only marginal compared to standard DVD, then no, I definitely will not invest at all.

Its going to be the same way I double dip now. It will have to be a film I really love and there will have to be a good reason to upgrade. I still haven't replaced all my laserdiscs so I see no way I will replace more than a small fraction of my nearly 900 DVDs.

High-definition isn't science fiction, and movies have been airing in HD for quite a number of years now. You don't have to wait to find out if there's a difference between HD and DVD.

This is true. Based on my viewing experiences on HD programming from cable:
HD Net Movies, some of the films (not all) that were broadcast, didn't look like HD resolution, for which they appear to be upconverted into HD. I was not impressed with the results, due to their quality inconsistancies. Even though, HD programs, and movies have been broadcasting for numerous of years, me being a conscientious individual that I am, it's mandatory for me to personally observe an overall demonstation of this new technology, antecedent to invest in Blu-Ray hard and software. I strictly do not purchase anything sight unseen, or heard, because I officially want to know exactly what I'm spending my money on.

I'll be upgrading a select few of my favorites, but for the most part, once the format settles in and players become affordable, I'll just transition over to HD or BluRay and start buying the new releases of those.

I don't plan on replacing or selling anything, I'll just transition into the new format when I get the proper player.

HDNet Movies doesn't show upconversions so there must have been other factors involved in the ones that didn't look as good to you.