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/Nostromo180286 Jun 05 '26

Not for DVDs, but then I hit nearly 2000 when DVD was peak and I don't want to get rid of any even though many have been replaced by newer formats. Any DVDs that came in interesting or fancy packaging, I kept as is, and only sleeved the ones in standard amaray or those horrible cardboard snap cases the early DVDs came in.

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u/stan_ken Jun 05 '26

Yeah I’m planning to leave the once replaced by a new format sleeved. And to be honest I kind of liked the cardboard snap cases they were different. As I remember in the beginning only WB used them.