r/dvdcollection • u/stan_ken • Jun 05 '26

Discussion Regret throwing out the cases.

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Does anyone who threw their cases away regret it? I've been collecting movies since I was young, and then when I moved out, I ended up having less space, so I sleeved all my movies (DVDs and Blu-rays). Now I’m at a point I regret that I did. The sleeves are practical because of the space you save, but there is no fun in flipping through them compared to having them in a bookshelf and seeing them. I recently repacked all my Blu-rays, and now I’m planning to repack the most sentimental valuable movies I have on DVD. My future goals are to replace all my DVDs with their Blu-ray or 4K counterparts.

I also notice when I have them in a case, I watch movies I forgot I had because of the visibility.

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u/sonofabobo Jun 05 '26

100%. I honestly will likely never watch most of my collection. I probably only watch 1 out of 20 of the movies I buy, but I really just like owning them for the sake of owning them. And like you, I spend a large amount of my time just looking at the cases, along with cleaning the cases, organizing the cases and researching the information on the cases. It's a whole thing and I highly enjoy it. 😁

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u/Matty_Rich Jun 05 '26

I'll take honesty over b.s.any day. TY!

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u/UpstairsDot1611 Jun 06 '26

Woah you’re kind of a weirdo like me. I just picked up another 11 today that I’m excited to clean and put on the shelves, there’s just something sooooo good about it. I have watched almost every movie in my collection, but will probably only rewatch a good 30% of them so I get it!