What impresses me is when the movie plays when I put the disc in the player.

Quoting Dr. Killpatient:

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What impresses me is when the movie plays when I put the disc in the player.

You'd be surprised how often that doesn't happen with Blu-ray discs. 

Quoting Kinoniki:

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All I'm trying to say is that diversity and keeping an open mind is generally a good idea. Hopefully no one here lives in a complete social vacuum. We're all influenced by what other people do and think, no reason to deny it or getting defensive about it. Yes, I'm sure you buy all your movies because you think you have a unique interest in them.

I don't know why you would be sure of that.  I buy most of my movies because I like them, whether or not that interest is unique never crosses my mind.

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That sounds nice in theory, but I for one have no problem admitting that I care about what other people think and sometimes I will buy a movie based on popularity or should I say faith in the rest of you. It might be a mainstream title or a minority interest, but at least the purchase is based on someone else's opinion. How else would I get new influences and ideas? Why even bother discussing movies, or anything else for that matter, if you only care about your own opinions and think you are immune to everyone else's? Yes, it's good to have a mind of your own, but it's also nice to share ideas in the mutual interest of making new discoveries.

You seem to have misunderstood what I said.  I said I don't care what people think about my taste in DVDs.  I never said that I wouldn't consider someone else's opinion on a particular film or TV show.  I've watched a lot of stuff based on other people's opinions.  Some of them I have liked, some of them I haven't.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I don't care whether or not other people think my collection is interesting.  The only thing that matters to me, since I am the one spending the time and money on it, is that I enjoy what I have.  I think that is all anybody should care about...but that's just me.

There are centain aspects of my collection I take great pride in. I find other things interesting about other people's collections -- I'm not that impressed by people thinking and collecting for the same reason I do. Show me diversity.

I'm impressed by people's collections of pure porn, of blockbuster action flicks, of particular director's works, of unique genres or eras.

My collection covers as many of my favorite films I can find... not the artsy ones that I cannot see repeatedly (Last Year at Marienbad), but the oddball ones I just enjoy watching. And I get a reasonable sample of all filmmaking eras... from the pure documentary early films, through the first story-telling ones, to the great silent comedians, to eras of genres (screwball comedies, Astaire/Rogers flicks, film noir, early TV westerns, etc.). And there are a few stars and directors whom I seek out nearly everything: Buster Keaton is the main one. Now I buy a lot of DVDs of film I haven't bothered to see in the miserable conditions that theater going gives. The reason I have Transformers was so I could see it once. The same with Cloverfield, etc. I thought it would be interesting to see them, didn't want to load up my DVR with 'em, and they're often cheaper than a single theater ticket to buy 'em.

And I buy everything Disney that I or someone in my family wants. So Disney stuff impresses me not at all.

But if you have a ton of anime, or French new wave or other things I don't have, then I'm interested.

Given that I work in a shop that buys used DVDs, what impresses me is a collection of stuff that isn't sold at Wal Mart.  We see so much of the same stuff, day in and day out, that it's a real treat to see someone bring something in that isn't the same crap that we have boxes and boxes of. 

Criterion always impresses me, as would a collection containing primarily old movies (here defined as anything made before 1980), as would a collection of non US films that aren't cheap public domain releases of martial arts films, or large numbers of documentaries.  Basically anything unusual is always a welcome sight at the store.

Also, I would be impressed by a large collection of hentai.  We see so very, very little of it. 

The Criterion Collection introduced me to "Foreign" films I might never have seen, plus their new Blu-ray transfers, The Third Man, The Seventh Seal, The Wages of Fear, etc.

I can easily try all genre of films.

no commercials on the TV series,

no ill-mannered audience to deal with,

if I miss something ("Foreign" subtitles) or get interrupted, I can go back and pick it.

I like collections of writers, directors and actors - I like to watch them in their production order.

Extras on how the films (FX, interviews, etc.) were made, this is why I've double dipped to Blu on some films .

Shop on line, delivered to my front and I don't have to sift through some store for them and no sales tax (although they are working that, oh, and to tax the Internet usage).

What I hate about DVDs, the FBI, Interpol warnings, they prove just how little governments care about its citizens. If somebody steals from me, you think get fined 250,000.00 and jail time, if they even catch or bother to look for them.

Quoting DJ Doena:

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I like collections from people who can explain why they own all/most of their movies and where the reason is not "I saw it in the $5 bin".

I agree with this; after all, it's important what one likes. (I do understand though what the OP is trying to say, for some reason a collection entirely and purely made up of summer blockbusters of the last 10 years just doesn't seem that interesting).

Having said that, my collection is not impressive to me, not because I only have summer blockbusters, but because I cannot explain many of my purchases I am impressed that Mark says he can.

I buy whatever I like, I don't care if it's mainstream or something more obscure.. If I like it, or think I'll like it- then I'll buy it