DVD/ VHS/ Laserdisc Collection 2016 

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+paradoxdesigns ... magnetic tape media has a life cycle. they degrade over time. in another 30 years they wont be playable. its nice if they are $1 and you want it for the cover art, but other than that a 2TB Hard drve can hold every movie ever made, and VLC Media player gives you more options and tweaks.

nunya baznus I just converted a bunch of 30 year old home videos from VHS to DVD using a dedicated conversion PC and the quality looked pretty much the same as it did originally... *shrug*

+nunya baznus lol 2tb? i have filled 6tb and never came close to having every movie i wanted to have.

+paradoxdesigns He just needs an old computer at the desk to catalog the collection.

+Dave Bladegun TRUE DAT BRO.. feels great to watch his channel.. makes me feel like i m still in 2006.. watchin him fr d frst time

you're doing gods work man

Writers Room *you basically just uploaded a scene selection*

Thank you! I just wanted to see the laserdisc! Lol

Thanks

He's the only person I know to have laserdiscs

Horror probably

James rolfe: what do you want to watch? James rolfe's family: *yes*

@Tomversal James said fans send him movies,how?what's hi address to send him movies

Definitely

+morelenmir absolutely, he's more of a movie nerd than a gaming nerd, though we've helped him find more love for video games over the past 10 years.

+morelenmir well said

+morelenmir agreed good sir

+morelenmir Yep. You could tell he genuinely loves this stuff. Wish he made more videos like this.

Ikr

dude...I AM WITH YOU. i feel the same way..and ohh does it smell wonderful.

A video arcade smells even better. I really miss that burning tube smell.

same here man, same here.

same i collect dvds and when i dug up dvds to put them into alphabetical order i forgot i even had angry birds toons

Reverend Frankenstein agreed

Yes!!!!!

same bro, looking at all of those sexy dvds/blu rays makes me think back to my childhood

And cheaper

and that's agreed

ikr damn thats just.....cool^

His like a big fan of horror movies.

And a game room in the same basement

With a state of the art database

The video store closest to my house growing up, was in the family's basement...sooo, not that much of a surprise.

Some of us watch dad drive away

Netflix sucks.

Netflix + VHS recorder = not so good quality copy

kingkold Netflix's catalog is terrible anyways

Yes! I truly don't get the appeal with it either!

That would show Netflix cares, but they don't give a shit, they have your money and you ain't going anywhere, so why would they do something like a public domain section, which would be awesome, great idea

yep

Not exactly as fun

God I hope not

Jesus Christ no

jffry890 Pretty soon I’ll just transfer over my library from my dome to yours by thought.

Given how people are now they won't own any movies. It will all be subscriptions.

Definitely a part of the video store experience. I always got a gumball out of the machine whenever I went to Family Video with my dad.

Tom servo!

@@MattGodzilla2000 Tom servo is nice and all, but this comment was about a gumball machine

But they'll go straight to your thighs! ..and THEN you'll blow up! D:

Me too

Spongebob: SQUIDWARD YOU CANT EAT ALL THOSE PATTIES ALL AT ONE TIME!. SQUIDWARD!. Squidward: Whats gonna happen am I gonna blowup?. Spongebob: No worse it'll go right to your thighs. Squidward: My thighs?. Spongebob: And then you'll blow-up.

Arthur Garcia thats my favorite episode of spongebob

+Marco Demasi yes I admit it SpongeBob I love krabby patties!

I want mine to be something kinda like his too

Mines both. I have more movies than games well physical movies at least but it's sorta all over the place. Nothing close to this but I try to make it better each day.

That's my goal

Me too. I never have DVDs before, but I have like, 4 of them, and I always have this kind of wish.

StillersRock I thought I was the only one

StillersRock same

StillersRock its like vinyl it just sounds better

Same

A-fucking-men!!

Its terrifically entertaining isn't it .

Yes, he would spend hours there just looking at all the movies he watched at a young age. That would be fun.

He'd probably be disappointed he doesn't have a foot section though.

@@DasAntiNaziBroetchen :D true

That would be awesome to watch.

Could you imagine Tarantino being a cameo on AVGN

Aidan Hogan You would have a lot to watch, that's for sure.

I'm thinking of starting a LaserDisc collection. I picked up a copy of Warriors of Virtue at a thrift store for seven bucks, but I don't have a player yet.

A grown man in a video store

Try years

@@troyschulz2318 How's that collection going?

Micah Buzan yup, just put a tv in there

I'd kill to just see that basement.

Yeah put a TV massive gaming system a fridge full of beer and room full of records and gramophones in that bitch and it be complete. Man

How is your movie collection coming 2 years later after your comment?

Find betamax. I only own a few of each just for novelty.

@@rustykoehler2789 those are pretty difficult to find but they are SOOOO awesome

@@jakobe2076 Hey, you're not going to answer my question?

@@The_Badcompany I did...?

Started my retro game collection a few years ago at age 12

Found some nice stuff in mint condition

That's great! Good luck with your collection!

@@generickitty50 I too started collecting games when I was 12. I am 37 now & had over 7,000 games in my collection. Some REALLY rare stuff. Today I don't own a single video game, I donated the entire collection to charity.

@@HermannTheGreat okay hermie 👍

+callmeRazoR Cool.

+callmeRazoR That's incredable! I'm sure James would be proud that avgn has some sort of academic value lol

What did this professor teach?

+Brandon Martinez fun

+callmeRazoR a professor at my university showed us his Pong avgn episode in one of our lectures like 2 years ago!

what do you mean "can"? I háve. "hours" isn't even the correct term for it :P days, weeks.

SeriousBeats They kept Blockbuster in a few cities. I do miss actually going out to browse and pick up a movie. Even the bad movies were tolerable with Blockbuster popcorn, and a giant bag of candy.

Now there's RedBox. 🤔

Xtravision was that for us.

I also miss Suncoast. I loved how the store was always dimly lit and kinda dark on the inside, with movies playing on mounted TVs like James said. And Suncoast always had the best selection of DVDs anime, foreign films, cult classics, horror, and especially television seasons. They just seemed to have stuff you couldn't get at Blockbuster and I discovered so many great films at Suncoast like Fight Club, Memento, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Eraserhead, etc. The atmosphere inside the store and the aesthetic was just perfect for browsing movies. This was when we had internet, but only dial up and it was really limited. There wasn't a lot of word of mouth online yet, if you got recommend a movie it was in person or just seeing a cool cover on the shelf. The employees there tho were amazing! They would always recommend films if you asked and we're super knowledgeable. They got to know me and what genres I like (SciFi, Horror, 80s/90s action, Psychological thrillers/Mindfucks, Comedies and Anime) and always had great recommendations about new films as well as lesser known and cult classics stuff. R.I.P. in peace Suncoast at Ingram Park Mall

SeriousBeats Yes I agree 100 %. You should always have a physical copy of the music and movies you watch and listen to. You know.

Yes

Ooooooh, Navy Seals.

Ahh, "Blow Me Sandwich 2: Double The Meat." Yes, we do have that

"Oh you mean Blow me a sandwich right this way sir."

It's called The Matrix Phyllis!

@singularon1 PS2 (in Japan) is now 20 years old. How's that for making you feel old?

He got me into Godzilla older godzilla

I see so many people from throwing old games and consoles in the trash,It really hurts me seeing all that stuff that other person (like me)would want to have in their collection being thrown away

@Julian Borges am i a clown? Do i amuse you?

@Julian BorgesHe's a funny guy!

James is a remarkably intelligent and well spoken dude

GamingTaylor Having a childhood in the early 2000's, I remember renting a movie from a local store twice a month. Games were less frequent, but none the less, I do remember and love the rental stores.

Dirty Neck Entertainment I’m in Vegas I see a place called “donut tyme” all the time haha

Video tyme haha I went there every weekend when I was a kid!

+El Capo Ninja For some reason I remember the Versatile part being added in roughly 2001. Before that I always heard it as Digital Video Disc. My guess it's sort of like CD when it came out in 1987 when it was pretty much purely music, then they realized they could do more things with it.

apparently, there were some issues with "digital video disc" already being used. It also depends on what you use it for. Although I don't know many dvd music albums, in the hayday of dvd, tons of games were mainly released on dvd formats. In light of that, it makes more sense to call it versatile, rather than video.

$50 plus shipping for DVDs and VHS tapes, $2 late fee per day.

+Yumoto “GG” Hakone م . ح

There's a rental store called the videotheque from Facets and you don't have to worry about late fees, because you just pay a subscription service. You can call them and look up their stuff online to find out more.

@ Yumoto: seriously?

The late fee is them taking a shit on your face

Same here. I literally don't do digital anything. I've got my stacks of VHS, DVD, vinyl, CD, and cassette and I'm never letting them go!

There is just something special about being able to pickup and hold your movie/game/music in a physical form.

@@kuraiwolf4047 It sure is, just the feel of it and looking at it...:) I love how they look all lined up on my shelves too.

I have bad news for you about VHS then lol.....Your disc's should be fine though.

I prefer physical media immensely, but I'm always paranoid that the stuff I have will stop working eventually, so I still use digital when I can

Oh blimey yes. If there was a flood or something it would be heartbreaking.

Pretty sure with a collection this huge he's gotta have some kind of insurance 😅

Cant judge a movie by its cover

Sword & Sorcery did the same thing

Good last vhs to rent.

jeff peake really had to throw in your opinion?

Hey jeff peake. Shut up.

It was in VHS ? This shows my age . I was born in 1998

I wish I knew what mine was.

What's wrong with digital media?

I won't buy digital downloads of games anymore, I just bought a Retro Bit Trio and am buying physical copies of all the NES, Sega Genesis and SNES games I grew up on.

I have over 1200 movies and still buying. I never download

@@jdonner3272 I feel ya. I just had to haul a huge container of hundreds of my CDs out of my Grandma's basement after she died.. Some of that shit you probably won't find online (easily, at least).

Tell me about it, I wouldn't be able to stand not seeing and touching my VHS and DVD collection, my shelves of paperbacks and hardcovers with all of the dog-eared pages, and my vinyl and CDs and cassettes:) Only way I'll ever go digital is if everything I have is lost and I can't replace any of it.

Nadiya You don’t exist in Alaska?

I want to move to Alaska now!

The Alaska stores are gone. Only one store left in entire US

Just one left now, and it's in Bend, Oregon.

@@TheLordUrban hahaha

This also reminds me that I need to check out the local video rental store. I just moved to South Carolina and there is an open video rental store here.

There are still a few video stores out there one of them is called the videotheque from Facets and they have thousands upon thousands of titles and if you don't live near them they will ship you the DVDs. There is no late fees, because you pay a monthly subscription service instead.

Dweebenheim R.I.P Blockbuster, I remember going there to rent Bee Movie on DVD

I just loved the smell of walking into a rental store. I think it was the combined smell of cardboard boxes and wooden shelves. It was a Pavlovian response for finding great movie experiences. I miss it.

According to IMDb, there are 9 and counting movies in the Blow Me Sandwich series.

blow up eat shit

KillThad I’m a big fan of how the “Blow Me Sandwich” Cinematic Universe is expanding

On you to take my word for it

same

Its like ASMR for me

@@pridenixon VHSMR :D

he could have quite the ass-sortment

He does actually Iol

its his game room

That's not nice.

Lol.

We watched any of them?

+Jack Rose Reviews there's still a video store that sells vhs and old games in my town

I feel lucky that I kept nearly all of my old VHS tapes! There's nothing like an old-school video.

You and Mr both! I remember, my grandpa used to have a giant VHS movie collection, it was amazing, we also had an N64 along with alot great Nintendo games, ahhhh, beautiful times!

I was born in 2002 i have never bought a DVD only VHS my friends laugh at me when they see that i only have VHS but i laugh at them when their Netflix account expires while i can still watch movies. :)

Soon, Netflix will be just originals series and movies

Even being born in 1995 I still had that pleasure!

Fun City Orlando bloom the

Still one store that will never go out of business. BEND, OREGON. Founders live there. The community keeps it going.

I used to buy mine at Saturday Matinee.

+cheez_munky My Dad had a collection of them, he was a big audio buff in the 1970s if that's the right term. The only L.D. player we had when I was a kid was a Panasonic if I remember right, and it flipped the disc (or should I say the laser?) over automatically. Star Wars on it was in pretty good video quality for the Pre-1997 versions, (Widescreen too!) we also watched BTTF on it a lot and got many other movies... "A Kid In King Arthur's Court" was one of them, Laserdiscs were still being made that late.

+Austin Lucas Laser Disc hung around... It wax odd.

Laser Discs were popular in Japan. So were Minidiscs. It's sad that Minidiscs never caught on in that time before mp3 players. They were smaller than CD's, held the same amount of data and they never skipped.

+cheez_munky I've always leaned towards the reasoning being that they didn't look cool enough, like 90's CD-rom enclosures to try and stop scratches, but smaller. Really it's Sony's strange love of creating proprietary software/hardware. They keep doing it, and most times it ends badly for them.

Yeah, as pathetic as it sounds, I have watched the original ones a lot of times, and have wanted nothing more than a new one. An almost an hour? Geez, James is spoiling us

yeah

It was very good, as expected.

+Eddie Spaghetti He always gets me into movies and makes me want to collect more.

+Eddie Spaghetti I love these! I find James talking about old movies and old formats so strangely relaxing, yet fascinating at the same time.

+Hatchet2121 26:50

+Young Garen Yeah, I still occasionally see a store somewhere running some CGA DOS text-based UI inventory management software. Can't remember exactly where but that stuff is still out there. If you went around to enough $2 shops and antique shops, I'm sure you'd find one willing to give you a floppy disc.

+Crunchy Chips I remember when I was a kid and I actually saw these screens at my dentist appointments.

+Young Garen If you just use arch linux or use terminal in linux(command prompt on windows) you can achieve the same effect. Essentially it's just a database with a linux interface. You could probably make it easily by making a squlite database with the cool looking interface. Untested, it could be made in less than a month.

+crazygamelover That's just ridiculous.

He’s one of several people that must never be forgotten

Did it happen?

Mister Minecraft not that I know of no

CineFun damn it, I think that would be cool

it's 2020 where i'm at... nothing yet

Thrift stores

Im curious as well!

Jesse yee

We must know

Turns out I didn't have as much as I thought. Only like half a wall shelf worth of stuff. Took me 2 weeks to sort it all. But I've been adding to it a bit since then

Update!

i do NOT and will NOT support digital and/or streaming anything EVER.