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[Lightning Count]

For the love of of Blu Ray, I will admit in some ways I am slow to accept change and this is one of them. The digital streaming revolution.

While streaming has undoubtedly made great leaps and bounds in the last few years it is still vastly inferior to a good Blu Ray release. The streams might come close to approaching the visual quality but audio quality is almost always vastly inferior.

Then there is the fact that digital releases are totally bereft of bonus features, I like bonus features they can make the difference between a good Blu Ray and a great Blu Ray. The best ones are usually directors commentaries as when given a good effort they serve as a mini breakdown on the filming process itself.

I am in the process of replacing my DVD's with Blu Ray as time goes on starting with my favourites, this is a process which actually takes a fair deal of research due to some titles having multiple releases of varying transfer quality as such I usually find myself searching blu-ray.com for reviews before I make my purchases.

I would say the crown jewel of these is undoubtedly my Star Trek boxsets which I was able to snag cheap through Amazon's black Friday deals and some diligent bargain hunting. After that The Wire, which I am pleased to say has been given an excellent transfer and reframing to 16:9.

This is my collection, feel free to comment and ask any questions you may have. Looking forward to seeing the collections of other gaffers in this thread.

 

[Morgoth]

My Collection

 

[internetwolf]

I really want that x-files set

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

that xfiles set is so expensive but fuck me if i don't want it

 

[Lord_Balkan]

I will post a picture of it later, but you can check out my collection on blu-ray.com

 

[Lightning Count]

that xfiles set is so expensive but fuck me if i don't want it

Yeah it cost me £100 from Amazon day one.

 

[stufte]

All of my blurays are on Vudu.com

 

[Lumination]

No joke.

 

[DJ_Lae]

I'll have to take a picture later this week once the media shelves I ordered come in - right now it's a mess, one normal arrangement of movies in an old bookshelf plus others stacked on top and beside and wherever they fit, plus others in bins under the TV.

I'm a little afraid to actually do a count - what I originally estimated at 100 is probably closer to 200 movies.

 

[Jazzy Network]

I'll have to take a picture later this week once the media shelves I ordered come in - right now it's a mess, one normal arrangement of movies in an old bookshelf plus others stacked on top and beside and wherever they fit, plus others in bins under the TV.

I'm a little afraid to actually do a count - what I originally estimated at 100 is probably closer to 200 movies.

Same with me. I just realized I have an ungodly amount. More than half not watched.

 

[Morgoth]

No joke.

yep I don't normally collect steelbooks but that and the true detective one were too good to pass up.

 

[DJ_Lae]

Same with me. I just realized I have an ungodly amount. More than half not watched.

I'm guilty of that too. I bought blu-rays of many of the DVDs I owned because "Hey, I like that movie, I should pick it up," and then I simply peeled off the packaging and put it away and never watched it.

I also own all the released Disney blu-rays on top of my other stuff, which is probably an embarassingly large number right there.

 

[kavanf1]

My entire collection (56k warning):

Spoiler

Digital all the way, baby.

 

[Marty Chinn]

I'm guilty of that too. I bought blu-rays of many of the DVDs I owned because "Hey, I like that movie, I should pick it up," and then I simply peeled off the packaging and put it away and never watched it.

I also own all the released Disney blu-rays on top of my other stuff, which is probably an embarassingly large number right there.

Yep, I own all the Disney Blu-rays too. It's quite a few. The nice thing is, my collection is now paying off with my kids. They've watched a good chunk of the Disney stuff, and now they're branching outward to other animated movies and dabbling into live action. I think my library will get good usage over the years now. It'll be easy to show them the classics.

Screw digital; quality all the way!

 

[Morgoth]

All of my blurays are on Vudu.com

Then you don't have any blu-rays. Just renting compressed hd files.

 

[UFO]

My collection:

I stream or Redbox everything.

 

[SaintR]

I used to have a massive Blu-Ray collection. But after I got married and moved out to an apartment I felt it wasn't right to have a bumping loud surround sound system bothering the neighbors so I sold my 7.2 system and blurays and traded it in for a set of wireless headphones and streaming/digital copies. Not the same but what can you do.

 

[stufte]

Then you don't have any blu-rays. Just renting compressed hd files.

Nah, I own over 100 titles on there.

 

[Marty Chinn]

Nah, I own over 100 titles on there.

Blu ray > Vudu

 

[Lightning Count]

Blu ray > Vudu

Absolutely since if Vudu goes under you're fucked.

 

[Mr. Tone]

This is mine.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Will post pics when I'm home again. I have currently 500+ BluRay and counting.

 

[mrklaw]

Cases in the loft. Usually stream rips via plex but if using the projector I'll grab the original discs.



Edit: imgur on mobile is shit now, what alternatives are there that will give a handy URL for posting?

 

[Syriel]

Absolutely since if Vudu goes under you're fucked.

And the chances of Wal-mart going out of business anytime soon?

Not to mention that if Vudu goes under, it wouldn't have any impact on your UV or DMA collections. You could just watch those free of charge on another service since you own the rights. Just like when Target Ticket went under.

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=172462&action=showcategory&category=1&categoryid=7

This is my collection.

 

[Chaeotic]

This be mine - rather proud considering most are a year or so old. Started collecting on release for Interstellar

http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=372763

Got a few more to add to the wish-list as well - Coen Brothers filmography, Charlie Kaufman, and assorted classics, such as the Dollars trilogy, and The Thing. So yeh... Love my physical media with the proper Atmos set-up. Dolby Vision TV later this year, bring on 4k HDR content!

 

[Magwik]

Not pictured: Apocalypse Now, Star Trek Movie Trilogy, 4K master of The Fifth Element, and Moon

 

[The Elite]

that xfiles set is so expensive but fuck me if i don't want it

Picked the entire nine seasons up for $100 in Canada on Boxing Day.

They were selling them individually for $14.99 each and buy 2 get 1 free. It was glorious.

I am in this thread mostly to look at other people's shelving as mine is dated and I think I may upgrade this weekend.

 

[Spikematic]

http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=172462&action=showcategory&category=1&categoryid=7

This is my collection.

You have very good taste. Or well, the exact same taste as me at least.

 

[Baka Zeitgeist]

Mine: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=377532

Still need to pick up Beyond the Valley of the Dolls this week, and really need to pick up a few hundred more titles to get it up to snuff...

 

[The Elite]

Mine: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=377532

Still need to pick up Beyond the Valley of the Dolls this week, and really need to pick up a few hundred more titles to get it up to snuff...

Is Beyond the Valley of the Dolls getting a quality release this week?

Did I miss something? I love that movie.

Films I really want to add to my collection:

Buckaroo Banzai North American release.
Vanishing Point
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Phantom of the Paradise
Danger Diabolik

 

[Branson]

I used to have a massive Blu-Ray collection. But after I got married and moved out to an apartment I felt it wasn't right to have a bumping loud surround sound system bothering the neighbors so I sold my 7.2 system and blurays and traded it in for a set of wireless headphones and streaming/digital copies. Not the same but what can you do.

This is depressing. I'm going to be moving out with the girlfriend to an apartment and they can pry my BRs and 5.1 from my cold dead hands. Never going back to anything else.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I've got more since these photos but I can't be bothered to take a photo for them yet.

 

[captive]

well apparently its too long to quote and it wont show.

http://s1352.photobucket.com/user/wryphotography/media/2016-01-20_9-48-50_zpsipd11kgu.jpg.html

 

[JimmyRustler]

Here you go:

I mainly focus on Steelbooks these days. Have around 200 of them. Some pretty rare ones too from Asia.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I always like seeing how some people have their collections organized, or in most cases, not organized.

Maybe it is the nearly two decades of working at movie or music stores that makes me categorize then alphabetize all my movies.

 

[styl3s]

I always like seeing how some people have their collections organized, or in most cases, not organized.

Maybe it is the nearly two decades of working at movie or music stores that makes me categorize then alphabetize all my movies.

My organization goes as far as Box Sets > TV sets > Steelbooks > slipcase blu-rays > non slipcase.

It's the cleanest look. Mixing steelbooks and non slipcases in with slipcases and spreading box sets out just makes it look messy and disgusting.

 

[Haloid1177]

Here's mine:

http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=382414

Just made the list today actually. Probably missed a few.

 

[Lightning Count]

I wanted all the boxsets on a single shelf but the box for The X-Files is huge.

 

[Badlucktroll]

I also still have an HD-DVD collection. Want me to show that? (never got rid of them).

 

[captive]

I always like seeing how some people have their collections organized, or in most cases, not organized.

Maybe it is the nearly two decades of working at movie or music stores that makes me categorize then alphabetize all my movies.

the beauty of ripping your collection.

Its all alphabetical. Except i put collections together in the correct viewing order, for instance the Chronicles of Narnia and Alien movies. Or the Dirty Harry movies, all under D for Dirty Harry, then in the correct order.

And if i want to filter to genre its two clicks away, and it shows me only movies in that genre.

 

[rjinaz]

My collection.

I know, I know, not Blu-ray. 95% are HDX quality though. It's just so much cheaper to go the VUDU route if you know what you are doing. Plus I can watch my movies at anytime anywhere without clutter and I have pretty much every movie I ever wanted.

Sometimes I do miss the blu-ray quality though.

 

[Xis]

Somewhat off-topic rant:

I have no problem buying music digitally because it is DRM free (easy to backup), and extremely portable (if I download an MP3 I can put it on all my devices).

I have immense problems buying movies digitally because they are both DRM-loaded (I would lose movies if my movie provider went out of business), and they are not as portable (there is no one format / provider that works on all my devices; Amazon comes close but limits total lifetime downloads of each movie to 2)

(I have no problem buying games digitally, because I don't necesarrily care if they don't work a decade from now; I see games as a ephemeral thing. I enjoy them and then move on, very rarely do I revisit a game I finish).

 

[dbztrk]

I have over 200 Blu Rays.

 

[omgkitty]

Here's just my Criterion's. I'm sure I could take a picture of everything but it's all over the place since my shelving situation sucks.

 

[Baka Zeitgeist]

Is Beyond the Valley of the Dolls getting a quality release this week?

Did I miss something? I love that movie.

Films I really want to add to my collection:

Buckaroo Banzai North American release.
Vanishing Point
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Phantom of the Paradise
Danger Diabolik

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls got a recent UK release by arrow video, also comes with The Seven Minutes (which I've never seen) : http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=17687

I really need to pick up most of your list too, just Danger Diabolik that hasn't come out on Blu Ray yet.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I keep meaning to buy new cases for quite a few of my blu rays, since either I never took the label off, or it left gross residue on the plastic, but I can't be bothered/I haven't seen new blu ray cases being sold before.

 

[spookyfish]

Mine is also up on blu-ray.com.

 

[Lightning Count]

I keep meaning to buy new cases for quite a few of my blu rays, since either I never took the label off, or it left gross residue on the plastic, but I can't be bothered/I haven't seen new blu ray cases being sold before.

ebay is good for these.

 

[Spocker]

I have too many for my own good...
Some DVDs mixed in, mostly OOP stuff from Criterion and MoC, but 95% blu-ray

Criterion Collection Part 1:

Criterion Collection Part 2/Masters of Cinema:

Arrow Video/Disney:

Got another shelf with mixed blu-rays as well, complete collction here:
http://www.minhembio.com/Spocker/film/mixed/

Around 1000 movies atm.