OldBoy

And does that surprise you?

Going through my collection, I see 4-5 incarnations of some, lots of triples...

300:
1. Bluray digibook
2. DVD Exclusive with helmet
3. DVD SteelBook
4. 300/Troy/Alexander blu 3-pk
5. Digital Vudu

Batman Begins:
1. Blu SteelBook™
2. DVD
3. Deluxe Edition DVD
4. DVD SteelBook™
5. Digital Vudu

Casino Royale:
1. CE Blu
2. SE DVD
3. CE DVD
4. Digital Vudu

Cast Away:
1. SE DVD
2. DVD SteelBook™
3. Cast Away/Master and Commander (Blu)
4. Digital Vudu

Close Encounters of the Third Kind:
1. UE Blu
2. Blu
3. CE DVD
4. 30th DVD
5. DC Digital Vudu

Die Hard:
1. Blu
2. DVD SteelBook™
3. 25th Blu Collection
4. Digital Vudu

District 9:
1. SE DVD
2. DVD SteelBook™
3. Blu
4. Digital Vudu

Dog Day Afternoon:
1. 40th Blu
2. Blu
3. SE DVD
4. Digital Vudu

The Exorcist:
1. 25th DVD
2. Digibook Blu
3. Anthology Blu
a. Extended DC Blu
b. Theatrical Blu
4. Digital Vudu

The Fly (1986):
1. Blu
2. DVD SteelBook™
3. CE DVD
4. Digital Vudu

Friday the 13th (1980):
1. Complete Collection Blu
2. UK UR DVD
3. Uncut DE DVD
4. Uncut Digital Vudu
5. Theatrical Digital Vudu

Full Metal Jacket:
1. DVD SteelBook™
2. SE DVD
3. Snapcase DVD
4. Digibook Blu
5. Digital Vudu

The Godfather Collection:
1. Collection DVD
2. SteelBook DVD
3. Coppola Restoration Blu
4. Digital Vudu (all)

Really does surprise and almost sicken.

So whatcha got??

The Cow

Star Wars

davidh777

-Serenity
BD
HD DVD
DVD
Special edition DVD
ITunes digital

-Star Wars 4-6
VHS
VHS special edition
DVD
DVD with original edition supplements
BUT no BD or digital yet

-LOTR
Theatrical DVD
Extended DVD
Costas Bote special edition DVDs with both theatrical and extended
BD theatrical trilogy
BD extended trilogy
I have digital copies of both editions but those came with the physical editions

-Bond Collection
DVD set
Ultimate DVD set
UK BD set
Plus various singles

-Sound of Music
Five-Star DVD
R&H collection
BD
R&H BD collection

Alan Smithee

Time Bandits- possibly my favorite movie ever, I've decided to pick up EVERY edition of it. So far I have 3 Paramount VHS's, original and widescreen reissue Paramount laserdisc, Criterion laserdisc and Japanese laserdisc, Anchor Bay 1 and 2 DVD sets, Image Blu-Ray and Criterion Blu-Ray, mono and stereo US CEDs and UK (PAL) CED.

Runners up: The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Movie I have the most copies of but have never watched: Casablanca

hasslein

Planet of the Apes - VHS, VHS rerelease, VHS Letterboxed, CED, Laserdisc, Laserdisc Japan collection Box, DVD, DVD remaster, DVD SE, DVD Caesar ape head collection, BD book collection, BD box set, BD rerelease, BD set slim case...

King Kong (33) vhs(color), criterion CAV laserdisc, image laserdisc (different commentary), dbl feature laserdisc w son of kong, colorized laserdisc, dvd single disc, dvd 2 disc, dvd box set, dvd Best Buy tin set, BD digibook...

Hazel Motes

Halloween

vhs:

used rerelease from a closing video store
10 31 78 Limited Edition Box Set
original Media release off Ebay.

Laserdisc:

Criterion Collection

dvd:

25th Anniversary

Blu Ray:
35th Anniversary
Complete Collection Deluxe Edition

kd5

Lord of the Rings:

Theatrical ~ VHS (Sold)
Extended ~ VHS (Sold)

Extended Box Set ~ DVD


Outland ~ DVD (Crap transfer)
Outland ~ BD


Demolition Man ~ DVD (disc rot)
Demolition Man ~ BD


All but 2 of my VHS I've purchased on DVD and sold the VHS.

rw2516

Planet of the Apes series

VHS fullscreen
VHS widescreen
DVD wisescreen letterbox
DVD first movie in 16x9 anniversary edition
DVD box set 16x9
BD box set

mdc3000

Jaws is up there for me - had it on BETA, VHS, Widescreen VHS, Laserdisc, DVD, 30th Anniversary DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Digibook, Blu-ray Steelbook, Steven Spielberg Collection Blu-ray and digital.

inri222

Vertigo & 2001

VHS
DVD
BLU

Why So Blu?

WTF, dude?

/facepalm

auto

David Lynch fims/Twin Peaks

AaronSch

For me, "Star Wars," "Lord of the Rings" "Superman" "James Bond" and "The Planet of the Apes." I am happy with the editions I own now and doubt I will be repurchasing these titles ever again. I settled on the steelbooks for "Star Wars," the extended edition boxset for "Lord of the Rings," the "Superman Anthology" boxset, the "James Bond 50" boxset and there's never gonna be a more beautifully executed box set than the "Planet of the Apes" 40 Year evolution. I will likely be experiencing withdrawals because I now believe it is ridiculous to own more than one copy of the same film. I am considering parting with all duplicates. I've got a few steelbooks that didn't contain the 3D editions. My plan was to just put the 3D version into the steelbook case but that seems silly when I can just keep the 3D set complete and part with the steelbooks for a few bucks. Buying packaging no longer makes sense with so many options. This past week I was really torn on "Batman V Superman." I wanted the Best Buy exclusive steelbook, I wanted the Target exclusive Digibook and I wanted the 3D version of the film—what to do? Well, I bought the 3D edition and skipped on the others. It just contained everything I wanted. Forking out another $30-$60 just seemed like complete lunacy. Thankfully I have no interest in UHD at this time!

When I step back I realize adding new titles to my collection makes far more sense than constantly upgrading for questionable "improvements." I have fought the desire to pick up the Criterion versions of "Dressed to Kill," "The New World" "The Game," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Moonrise Kingdom," and the upcoming "Blood Simple." It just doesn't make sense to me when I have totally acceptable versions of these films already. And now we are facing new editions of "An American Werewolf in London," "The Thing," "Jeepers Creepers 1 &2," "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Return of the Living Dead," and "Carrie." Then add to that the recent announcements by Universal that the Classic Monsters sets are hitting high definition. They have no regard for those who already purchased the original and re-released blu-ray single film editions and are releasing them along with the sequels rather than offering the sequels in double features as they did on DVD. Adding insult to injury, they have the audacity to duplicate the films in various sets. The prices on these two first sets have dropped so fast that I believe they are feeling consumer indifference. The Wolfman set is down to $28.85 via Amazon at the time of this writing! They could have handled these releases far more efficiently. You can bet your arse a complete collection (without duplication) is following on its heels in a year or so. When the improvements are significant I will relent, otherwise I will be fine with what I already own. There are hundreds of terrific films that need to be cleaned up and released on disc but the studios keep churning out the same crap in a different form and we keep biting.

Maxflier

Planet of the apes

gryffinmaster

Ghostbusters, probably.

VHS
DVD
DVD - green double-feature
Blu-ray
Blu-ray - 4K remastered
Blu-ray - GB1&2 digibook

Hokeyboy

Brazil -- easily. It's my favorite movie.

1986 Universal VHS
1986 Universal Laserdisc
1996 Criterion Laserdisc -- five disc set. I still have it. It's a thing of beauty.
1999 Criterion DVD
2012 Criterion Blu-Ray

BobO'Link

All are DVD or Blu-ray. I *never* purchased video tape copies of movies. I felt it too expensive for how fragile the media is.

Dracula (1931) - 5 releases
The Lord of the Rings Theatrical FS (it was free) & WS DVD, Extended DVD, Extended Blu-Ray
Frankenstein (1931) - 4 releases
The Mummy (1932) - 4 releases
Planet of the Apes (1968) - 4 releases
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - 3 releases
The Wolf Man (1941) - 3 releases
The Invisible Man (1933) - 3 releases
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - 3 releases
The Fly (1958) - 3 releases
Superman (1978) - 3 releases
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - 3 releases
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan - 3 releases
King Kong (1933) - 3 releases
A Boy and His Dog - 3 releases

All were purchased to get a different cut, better print, or upgrade to Blu-ray. I have a dozen or so others where I have 2 copies, DVD and Blu-ray upgrade. For me to double-dip there has to be a compelling reason.

Eddie W

Pulp Fiction:

- Japanese laserdisc (came out way before U.S. Home Video)
- Widescreen VHS
- Regular laserdisc
- Criterion laserdisc (+$100 for bonus features, yay!)
- Canadian DVD (had special features not on US barebones release at the time)
- Special edition DVD

And yet, I never bought it on Blu. I think by this time I was sick of the movie.

And unlike a certain poster above......I tossed out each old format with every upgrade. No need to have inferior copies lying around.

Rypro 525

Terminator 2
vhs
Ultimate dvd
Extreme dvd
newest blu ray

Mike86

Not many really. I have the following on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray.

Back to the Future Trilogy
Batman Returns

Michael Corvin

Star Wars: OT, is the clear favorite.

Next to that:

Bourne Trilogy (probably triple dipped on DVD, plus HD-DVD and BD)

Then lots of triple dips in the vein of (VHS -> DVD -> BD) most notably nearly the entire Disney collection plus your Die Hards, Back to the Futures, Indiana Jones and the like.

Mondo Kane

VHS, DVD, Blu:
Dr. Strangelove
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
Mad Max
The Shining
The Road Warrior
Halloween II
The Doors
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown

majorjoe23

Probably Star Wars, I know at least two sets of VHS and two sets of DVDs.

I've owned Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie on tape, DVD and Blu. Same with A Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, Batman, Returns and Forever.

Probably a lot of Metropolis copies. I remember I had it on tape, on DVD, the complete on DVD and the Modorer version on Blu.

orangerunner

Mine would be Halloween as well.

VHS (very first Media Home Video release, Media re-release)

Betamax

Criterion Collection laserdisc

DVD (regular edition 1999)

DVD (Limited Edition)

DVD (H25)

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (documentary)

Blu-ray (first release)

35mm film (own it but never actually watched it)

Dr. Mantle

Blade Runner:
Widescreen VHS
Flipper DVD '98
new transfer movie only '06
5 disc briefcase
5 disc BD
3 disc BD unicorn cover

Star Wars:
VHS '95
SE release '97 WS
SE release '97 P&S
DVD with SEs and non anamorphic original
9 disc BD

Lord of the Rings:
Theatrical DVDs
Extended Edition DVDs
Extended and Theatrical LE DVD
Motion Picture Trilogy BD

Glad I'm not a die hard on Trek.