Does anyone still buy and collect DVDs?

Might be worth a try. I went to another one closer to my house. They had some but not like the other one.

 

The have some amazing stuff, particularly in the silent arena!

 

Family Ties season 1+3, ALfred Hitchcok presents season 3 , I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Bravados

 

All recent thrift store finds:

World War 1-The Great War
Rambo-Last Blood
Cannonball Run 2
Bewitched-Season 1
The Restless Gun-Volumes 1 and 2
Crossfire Trail
Fantastic 4
Fantastic 4-Rise of the Silver Surfer
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Escape Plan
Mind of Mencia (Uncensored)-Seasons 1, 2, & 3
Terminator-Genisys
The Bridge at Remagen
The Terminator
Robot Chicken-Season 2 (uncensored)
The Waltons-Season 1
Modern Family-Seasons 5 & 6
To Sir, With Love
Stephen King's-The Stand
Misery
Children of the Corn
The Lost Boys
Hamburger Hill
Congo
Stephen King's-Golden Years
The Omen
Platoon
High Noon
National Lampoon's Vacation
Fury-King of the Wild Stallions
Aces 'n Eights
Johnny Cash-Concert Behind Prison Walls
Gore Vidal's-Lincoln
Civil War Journal

The Simpsons Movie (Blu-Ray)

 

I'm still forced to buy a DVD of a movie that's not on BD...but better than nothing. : )

 

What with the lock down I gave 50 titles to some old down n out guy selling stuff on the street.

 

just got Miami Vice season 1

 

I ran into the local Big Lots this afternoon, and they had a few new titles on the shelf, so I was able to buy "Rawhide" season 2, both volume one and two, "Bonanza" season three, volume one, and season nineteen of "South Park" ("South Park" was on Blu-Ray, the others on standard DVD).

I still haven't made it to the Big Lots that's out of town though....

 

Ooh, Restless Gun!!!

 

I've got to track down the entire season sometime... The ones I listed in my earlier post are just a few episodes per disc.

 

Went to Mega Replay today. Got The Wild Bunch, Ghostbusters 1+2, Die Hard 1+2+3, Top Gun, Miami Vice seasons 2+3, Not Another Teen Movie, Bullit, Basic Instinct, and predator for 38 bucks

 

Bought my first dvd in an absolute age recently - Kino Lorbers ‘The Good The Bad And The Ugly’ from 2017 (I wanted the original mono audio). Absolutely loved it. Ordered Fistful and For A Few Dollars More from KL straight after seeing it. My 2003 MGM boxset is now charity shop bound.

 

Just bought George Harrison "Concert For Bangladesh" under sufferance as I would have expected a Bluray by now but sadly there isn't one.

Also picked up "Living In The Material World" as although there is a BD of that its not worth three times the cost of the DVD in my book!

These days DVDs are strictly a last resort for me.

 

I can certainly understand wanting newer movies (post 1980s) on BluRay discs but I don't see where older movies and TV shows would benefit from the high resolution (esp. early 1960s and prior). Maybe there's more room for bonus content.
One thing that bugs me about BluRay is that there are no region free players that I know of. I buy CDs and DVDs from all over the world. If I have a legitimate copy of a video and I paid for it from whatever country, why shouldn't my player play it?

 

I have a region unlocked DVD player - is there not the same option on certain Blu-ray players?

 

I've had about a half-dozen BD players that bypass Wee-jon Kodes. They're not a rare item.

 

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I've bought my last several at 220 Electronics.

220 Electronics - International Relocation TVs DVDs Converters & More

My last one was a Sony 1100ES UHD-BD player which I like very much.

 

Dollar Tree had a window banner for DVDs. Local DT closed in Jan. and moved a few doors down to larger digs. DT is absolutely in dire need of merchandise. Pandemic & poor people have been wiping out whole sections. The DVD sale,which probably was filled for Saturday release & Sunday ad-only about two dozen on the floor. I was gonna pass,but a 4 movie pack from Mill Creek about horses caught my eye because it actually had reel features. Casey's Shadow,with Walter Matthau & Alexis Smith,directed by Martin Ritt ,whose next film would be Norma Rae. Even with this pedigree,the main reason why I bought was because Patrick Williams did the music. Four films for a buck- the one I wanted was the 25 cent bargain of the day.

 

I still buy them. I recently got the entire series of the 70's TV show "Emergency!" in a DVD set.

Yep, I'm that old!

 

They're significantly more expensive than an all-region DVD player.

 

Yep. Recently ordered:
4K The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Wanderers
The Wild Life
King Of The Mountain
Paris, Texas

The Real Ghostbusters animated collection.

 

Oh I would be whistlin' Dixie!

 

I agree, but a DVD & BD in comparison BD always wins out in my book, but of course there are exceptions...

 

What is the difference?