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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributordee1959jay
Registered: March 19, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
I was late to the party, not until late 2003. I had a huge collection of (mainly self-recorded) VHS tapes at the time though.

How old were you?
44

What was the first DVD you ever owned?
There were a number I bought at the same time. One of these was a Series 1-4 box set of Absolutely Fabulous.

Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
I have never considered stopping, however after going wild in 2004 and partially 2005 to build up my collection very, very fast I did slow down a bit. Nowadays, like DJ Doena, I find myself at the stage where I already have nearly all older movies I'd like to have. It's mostly Blu-rays (both new titles and DVD replacements) these days, and the occasional more exotic DVD (titles not available on Blu-ray).

First DVD Player?
That was my trusted Denon DVD-2900. Fabulous machine, built like a tank and still performing beautifully at the home of a friend of mine.
Currently for DVDs I use either an Oppo BDP-83 or a Denon DVD-3930 (both multi-region), whichever gives best results (for NTSC discs invariably the Oppo, for PAL the Denon still comes into play regularly). And then there's my Panasonic HDD/DVD/VHS recorder, which I do not normally use for mere playback.
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStreetp
A long time ago...
Registered: March 19, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
2000

How old were you?
33


What was the first DVD you ever owned?
The store I bought it from had a promotion going on that you got 4 free dvd's with purchase of a DVD player.
Perfect Storm
Gossip
Friends (Can't remember which disk)
.... can't remember the 4th disk

But the First DVD we physically bought was Toy Story


Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
No - but fiscal considerations & moving from the UK to Canada have meant that I don't buy as many as I'd like to - Play.com has a lot to answer for in those early years.

First DVD Player?
Honestly can't remember, but it lasted about 2 years and then replaced it with a Home Cinema, 5.1 Surround Sound etc.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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Registered: March 14, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
I think it was early 1998. I was collecting Laserdiscs before that, and I wanted to make sure that DVD wasn't just a fad. By '98 it seemed fairly certain that it wasn't.

How old were you?
I was 50.

What was the first DVD you ever owned?
Not sure, but it might have been Cobra with Sylvester Stallone.

Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
Nope.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantHuSanNiang
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Registered: August 9, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
. Since I have been watching asian movies and other foreign movies since I was a teenager having the original languages choice on the DVD I got addicted fast

How old were you?
30


What was the fist DVD you ever owned?
I got FLATLINERS  2000 as gift before I owned by first DVD player.
I cannot remember my first purchased DVD. Could have been LÉON director´s cut


Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
My problem is having not enough space so only most necessare movies are collected

First DVD Player?
a codefree Pioneer DVD player. Quite expenisve over 450 USD
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLJG
Registered: March 14, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
I'd say 2001, though I didn't have a way to track it at the time. I know that I probably had bought one or two in 2000/1, but actually collecting, 2004 when I discovered Profiler.  At that point, I probably had about 60 dvds, and ~100 VHS that I slowly converted. Profiler definitely made me start buying a lot more that I ever dreamed of at the time.

How old were you?
21--when I first bought a DVD.


What was the fist DVD you ever owned?
I don't know the exact first one, but I'd say either the first season of Buffy or Stargate SG-1, both shows I was really into and I remember saving up for a long time (back then, they were expensive and I was a poor college student!)

Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
Never stopping, but the last 8 months or so, I've really slowed down. Space and money are the big reasons, but also, like others, I've pretty much have bought the ones I really want.  At this point, in the new releases, I maybe buy one or two a month, if that.  The ones I'm focusing on are the out of print ones that I shop around for and get a good deal.  Most of my random purchases are cheap ($3 or less) deals.

First DVD Player?
Have no idea, though I believe I used my parents' at first before finally buying one.  If I remember correctly, I was excited to get it for around $100 and though that was a great deal.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorOldMan56
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Registered: March 26, 2009
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
I would say about 2000/2001. Started collecting DVDs stopped buying VHS. Had about 400/500 VHS

How old were you?
46 when I received my first DVD

What was the fist DVD you ever owned?
Pitch Black Was my first.

Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
No Never always something new coming out whether a new release or a old one being released on DVD or Blu-ray.

First DVD Player?
A Walmart special.
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantjmbox
Registered: April 14, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
1998. Not long out of university, had a job an excess cash

How old were you?
23

What was the first DVD you ever owned?
Tomorrow Never Dies, and I just realised it is in bad need a new cover scan!

Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
Not tired, but lack of cash after company closure, marriage and moving overseas slowed things down.

First DVD Player?
Pioneer DV-717. Great player and hooked up to a housemate's awesome sound system.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributoranalogueman
Registered: May 13, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
Sometime in 2000. I already owned a large VHS/D-VHS library, which had grown since the mid-1980s. I held out on moving to DVD until the format could replicate what VHS could do (record AND playback) without having to resort to a computer. Reasonably affordable domestic DVD player/recorders started to appear during 2000, so that was the excuse to abandon VHS/D-VHS and I moved across to optical discs.


How old were you?
32.

What was the fist DVD you ever owned?
I actually bought a small number of DVDs (already discounted) before I owned a home DVD player/recorder. I used the DVD player on a laptop computer as the method of sampling the format back in about 1999.

And the first ever title I purchased was Porridge - The Movie.

Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
No. Indeed I don't consider myself a collector, as DVDs simply replace modern broadcast television - something I grew disenchanted with toward the latter part of the 1980s. At the time, the material I had on VHS proved to be an adequate replacement. DVDs are simply another medium on which to access archive media I enjoy watching (old British cinema, archive UK television etc).

First DVD Player?
I still have it - a Panasonic DMR-HS2 player/recorder. And it still works!
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorSrehtims
Registered: March 13, 2007
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
July 28, 1998
I started a collection addiction in my teens, music. I still have transcriptions of copies of Artie Shaw's Concerto for Clarinet, Coleman Hawkins' The Man I Love and Charlie Parker's bebop solos, (Ornithology is a bitch to play, 4 sharps, 110 accidentals).

The USAF, in Weisbaden, Germany, had a fantastic PX mall, In 1957, I started collecting jazz LPs, $2.50 each. The USAF built a nice wooden box to ship them back to the USA. Never opened or play them until 1964 when I came to Phoenix and finally settled down, stopped traveling and got my own hI-fi.
Some 2,000 LPs. Then came Laser Discs about 1200 of them.

How old were you?
64

What was the fist DVD you ever owned?
Dark City UPC 794043465727 , July 28, 1998.

Updated ten years and one day later , July 29, 2008, with a Blu_ray director's cut, a definite improvement
Dark City UPC 794043122927



Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
Every time I see all the changes that I need on my DVD profiles or
check out an update and see that updater did not follow the rules and
has changed the original cover scan to a re-release.

First DVD Player?
I don't remember, it must not been very satisfying.
Currently
Great for watching old TV series
OPPO DV-971H (720p/1080i Up-Converting DVD Player), &
Panasonic DVC50, multi-disc, on the last of the 1080 Trinatron.

OPPO DV-981HD (1080p High Definition Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI ),
OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray Player &
I just couldn't wait for Oppo to see my blu-rays, deal of the day Samsung BDP1500_XAA on HDTV
We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantDr Hasslein
Registered: August 18, 2007
Australia Posts: 100
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Wow, you seem to be a very passionate and well organised collector.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorbrimac5477
Registered: October 3, 2008
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WOW i cant remember the answer to most of these questions. i had a bunch of vhs tapes(i joined and quit Columbia House many, many times). Dont remember the first DVD or how old i was but i didnt want to believe VHS tapes were being replaced. I had well over 100 tapes!! I do know my first dvd player was a gold color JVC player. i remember it costing about $200. I did go through a phase of selling my unwatched dvd's but after selling quite a few i realized i wasnt getting much back in return. i am back on track and now have around 1400 dvd's. i've come along way from my 100 VHS tapes!!
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantDr Hasslein
Registered: August 18, 2007
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I still have all my VHS tapes. I have something around 170.
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantyodagreensaber
Registered: October 2, 2008
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DVDs have not been around for very long so a lot of peoples start dates will probally be around 1998-2001.

for me it was around 13 or 14. i don't remember my first dvd exactly but i think it was one of the star wars movies or stargate sg-1 box sets and first dvd player was one of those typical cheap one you get at any wal-mart or other retail store that have no features.
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantyodagreensaber
Registered: October 2, 2008
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I still have all my VHS tapes. I have something around 170.

your avatar is cool but it is still disturbing. dont change it.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantDr Hasslein
Registered: August 18, 2007
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Thank you, and don't worry I won't change it.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorjadedoz2007
Registered: May 25, 2007
Australia Posts: 263
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When did you start collecting DVDs?
When I got a new computer in 1999 that had a built in dvd drive, I also got my first PS2 around the same time. I think


How old were you?
I would of been 18

What was the fist DVD you ever owned?
Twister, I bought it from Electronics Boutique for $40 AUD.


Was there ever a time that you grew tired of collecting and considered stopping?
No, never but there was a time a few years ago when I didnt have that much money, so couldnt make all the purchases I wanted, but have since made up for it.

First DVD Player?
The first real dvd player I had was a Himax player, which I got free with an air conditioner.
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