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I used to be able to sell my DVDs to Blockbuster/Cast Convertors for anything from £1-£5 depending on the age of the film.
Over time that price has dropped.

Now, Blockbuster offer between 10p upwards and most stuff (unless it's a new release) you only get between 20p-40p.
Cash Convertors were offering 60p per DVD, but that recently dropped to 40p.

I have found the only way to make any money on DVDs is eBay, and ONLY if the film is rare or very popular.

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Well considering how many people are watching their content on their televisions with the original factory settings, stretched out and over-processed like a bad video game, how many of them do you think really notice quality?

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Film buffs will find a way (and the same goes for TV fans). When Jay Knowles (Father Geek, the dad of Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News) wanted films that he loved, he bought 16 mm films and had a couple projectors so he could show film without breaks. When I returned to college, film freaks were buying color video cameras and 3/4" U-Matic VCRs and they taped the 16 mm films the college rented for classes. These film fans still have the 16 mm prints and projectors and converted the videos to DVDs.

If I want to watch a film at 2 am, I do not want to wait for it to download, and streaming still causes huge pauses in the system. Unless downloading becomes far faster, and hard drives get thousands of times bigger, most of us DVD/Blu-ray collectors will use our disks. The casual users of media will enjoy streaming and downloading. And there are far more of them than there are of us.

Someone will fill our needs, but it will not be inexpensive and the idea that we can resell our media at a profit is foolish. We just buy what we want and enjoy it until we die or they find another medium to suit our needs.

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Well considering how many people are watching their content on their televisions with the original factory settings, stretched out and over-processed like a bad video game, how many of them do you think really notice quality?

Exactly how many people are doing that?  I mean, if we have to consider the number, we have to know what that number is, don't we?

Oh wait, was that hyperbole? 

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I think the point that most people on boards like this miss is, while you and I might be concerned about quality loss, the target audience, i.e. the rest of the world, doesn't even notice.  They watch their movies on their phones, for god's sake.

Spot on. That's why streaming is steamrolling and is the way of the future, like it or not.

I accept DVD care package® too if you want to upgrade your collection as streaming only  

DVD care package is a registered expression belonging to our good friend Pete of course

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  Just because some of us recognize reality doesn't mean we're itching to get rid of our discs.

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There is no way that that DVD/Blu-rays/whatever ultra-high-quality format comes along will be "gone" in 9 years. VCRs are still sold (albeit as VCR/DVD combo s now) and that format was pushed out how many years ago? I still use mine to record things for single viewing rather than spending money on a DVR.

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While streaming has its benefits, there are far too many who want a physical disc that they purchase once and can watch it over and over rather than pay-per-view, any DRM-esque crap, or concerns that the site from whom you purchased an unlimited-viewing license could goes belly up.

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While streaming has its benefits, there are far too many who want a physical disc that they purchase once and can watch it over and over rather than pay-per-view, any DRM-esque crap, or concerns that the site from whom you purchased an unlimited-viewing license could goes belly up.

Honestly, within my circle of friends, it's me and one other person who really collects movies. None of my other friends buy DVDs. They either stream or rent dvds. Of that, half stream, half get DVDs.