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Funkmonkey wrote:
 As a counterpoint, collectors tend to be packaging freaks as well. They are just as interested in the package as they are in what it contains, if not more-so. So it would need to include a nice book of pictures or something to set it apart. |
I am guilty of that myself! Got the metal Rambo case, special boxed sets... but when you get up to around 1500 DVDs space starts to become more of a priority than fancy cases!
I agree the physical media days are numbered, and I am not looking forward to that day when it comes. Pefect example, when I get in the mood to watch a series, I usually do a marathon. We dropped cable back in 2004 because we were sick of the bad programming and I hate commercials. It took around three years and we finally decided to get cable again. Mainly I was interested in checking out the 'On Demand' programming. Here is where owning the media is much better than an 'On Demand' system... I've watched all of what's available for Rome and the Soprano's and now I have to wait for them to put new episodes up. (In the case of the Soprano's I think I have been waiting almost a month now!)
If I owned them I could just throw it in whenever I want. Actually, I could get things faster from NetFlix than On Demand!
Back to putting SD TV series on a high def disc, I definitely would go for that because of the convience of space alone. I'm actually archiving a lot of things to hard drives now to save space, but if I could get an entire season on one disc... that would be excellent!