I’m coming up my 3rd birthday as a member here.  This means I can tell with some degree of accuracy that I watch about 100 discs a year; (mostly films, but some TV too).  So if I carry on at this rate and use my joining this site as my Year Zero, it will take me until I’m 89 just to watch my whole collection once, assuming I don’t buy any more, which I will of course.  In fact I buy more than I watch, so the problem is only going to get worse.

I often tell people I’m buying them for my retirement, as I won’t be able to afford to actually do anything else then, as I’d have spent all my money on discs rather than doing something more sensible with it.  (The theory being I’d not need to go to work, so I’d have more time and thus catch up on watching them.)  However, it now looks like I’ll never be able to afford to retire, thanks to some less than effective economic management by numerous people worldwide!  This in itself isn’t a problem (as my job consists of saving the planet on an almost daily basis), but it does somewhat spoil my plans for spending my most senior years in a movie-induced twilight zone.

Something doesn’t quite add up now and it’s really bugging me. 

Paul

PS  I realise that DVDs etc may well not be the medium of choice when I'm 89, but I'm assuming I'll be able to transfer the data on them elsewhere for my use.

Here are a couple of ideas:

- Try to make a bit of money from your hobby. If you are a good writer or have some other skill related to DVDs/Media/Entertainment, maybe you can convert your love of watching DVDs into a little extra cash. Use the cash to either buy more DVDs or save for retirement. Write reviews, make YouTube reviews, create a blog or web site for alternate covers, movie trivia, or whatever suits you. Think outside the box.

- Spend even more money to buy collectible packaging of movies that can be watched via streaming or renting. Don't open the packages. Keep them until you retire and you might have a valuable collection you can sell to get some spendable cash back if you need it to help with retirement.

- Don't worry about it. Find a way to share your DVDs with others (legally). Maybe take one to a nursing home now and then, and watch it with a resident. Have fun explaining the plot. You will get a chance to see more of your movies and spread some joy, and I truly believe that when you least expect it, some of that love will come back to you, just when you need it most, maybe even many years down the road.

Quoting mediadogg:

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- Spend even more money to buy collectible packaging of movies that can be watched via streaming or renting. Don't open the packages. Keep them until you retire and you might have a valuable collection you can sell to get some spendable cash back if you need it to help with retirement.

Strangely I found that those only very scarcely have a significant grow of worth.
Mostly because they either have a too high retail price (E.T. Space Ship Box) or because the "Limitation" is about 5,000,000 units (per store, of course).

What really makes some money is to buy a disc that goes OOP shortly after purchase (e.g. German Blu of "Chasing Amy", which I bought for € 8,- and is currently (18 month later) at € 30 for used condition).
The problem with this strategy: You never know which discs will make it.