The WORST part of physical media collecting! (Channel Update) 

The only thing I can think of that would possibly be harder, is those channels with a lego city in their house. Try moving one of those.

📦📦📦 Moving sucks man. 📦📦📦 But when you finally unpack, its like "oh, wow, I forgot I had this film!" 😀

VHS did take up a lot of space, DVD less so and blurays (4K) not so bad. I agree they do take up a little too much space. Books are a lot worse though. Builders should make home specifically for physical media collectors, I mean who needs an ensuite etc (that are always mentioned in house hunt programmes), rooms specially designed to store blu-rays etc should be built. I would be happy if an old library or something came on the market, no need to convert it.

Glad I’ve ran up on your channel! Great episode here. Thnx for sharing the journey. I’m the same age as you..I remember taping things off the tv with blank VHS tapes. Like you, that was gifts I’d get because I could record things I wanted back in the 80s 🤣 i’ll be following what you’ll be doing in your move. I know it’s got to be frustrating. Hopefully you’ll be checking in and sharing stories about life.

We never stopped buying Blu-ray, DVD and 4K's. DVD's are upscaled on most players and there's no issue with picture quality. We have literally two-thousand+ movies and series' in our collection, with discs in 16 ring binders, plastic cases binned, and the collection managed on a simple spreadsheet. Takes up no space at all. Most of our movies are not on any streaming service as have been the best movies and series we have ever watched. We hate liberalism and wokery - the definition of streaming sites - and haven't streamed anything for countless years.

I can think of 2 things and that’s space and standing looking at my collection for an hour trying to decide what I want to watch lol

I only collect to watch at some point. My more premium and favourite blurays stay in their cases. But all dvds and other blurays go into sleeves which you can fit the disc and the cover into. Living in a small house with a wife who doesn't share my passion for physical media, it allows me to collect so much more!

I keep my blurays in cases and I use my DVD slipcovers as "file folders"; I put them together in boxes like filing cabinet drawers for those movies I don't keep on the shelves, which are reserved for movies I think visitors are more likely to want to borrow or take as a gift or choose for a movie party. It's working so far. I have about 450 movies and probably won't buy that many more.

I sympathise mate, i had the `pleasure` of moving a few months back. I received 4 days notice (this is a UK flat/apartment swap and offers on my housing only last a short time) but i HAD to do it as i am a single parent and the new place has a proper garden and was much bigger all round. I also had the utter `pleasure` of doing 95% of the move all by myself as my parents are getting on in years (bit like me really as i turn 50 in May! Massive GULP and a single tear rolls down my cheek!) so i only got help if i absolutely couldn`t physically do it myself as my brother, my superb and very generous assistant had VERY badly injured himself due to a major COVID vaccine reaction (the poor guy ended up having fits one of which made him fall down the stairs, breaking ribs but also dislocating AND breaking his shoulder and fracturing his hip with the violent fits/seizures!) So i was kinda stuck as i most certainly didn`t want to be responsible for anyone hurting themselves moving me! So i have moved myself 3 times thus far but have also moved friends and relatives. It stresses me out massively but can be controlled by organisation beforehand making sure everything is packed and marked up properly so you what contains what without having to slash it open. I lived on the 3rd floor with no lift and a tight staircase. I found the best way to move DVDs, CDs, video games, books and clothes was in the surprisingly strong reusable shopping bags you buy in our supermarkets (this is in the UK but i woulda thought you guys had the same? These bags are crazy strong as i could fill them up with paperbacks n hardbacks and literally fill the bag to the top (bags being approx 16" long/wide, 15" tall, 8" deep are used for grocery shopping instead of plastic bags that get used once and then thrown in the trash) with the bag taking the substantial weight easily (i`d guess at least 20kg/22lb?) These bags were good as you could walk holding one or two in each hand and be fine going down stairs and through awkward doorways etc. These bags were also the perfect fit for carrying DVDs n video games (they were also a HUGE amount lighter than books, paper is £$%&ing HEAVY haha!) Then these bags can very easily be stacked inside your car with me using a Ford Focus hatchback which, to you guys over there would be a £$%&in teeny tiny little car haha! But i could put LOADS of these bags in the boot/trunk with the seats folded down for extra space and even sit them on the front passenger seat. I didn`t hire a removal team or even a removal truck as i have to be careful with my money being a single parent and all. Just a little hopefully helpful little tip mate!

That stinks man, hope you find a new place that suits you. Looking forward to your haul videos, you know I dig your channel.

Just found your channel ❤ starting to collect my favourite movies on dvd again ❤️

Worst part for me is the prices some of these companies are getting the balls to charge. I really love how Cauldron and Severin love to charge 50+ for basic b@%&h releases. That is what got me to step away from most of it.

Found your channel via this video. Sorry to hear about your eviction stories 😓

You're absolutely right. I've gone through my entire DVD/blu-ray collection and sold off everything I knew I wouldn't watch anymore. Much more space now.😂 It taught me the importance of not purchasing these just because they're on sale, or got really good reviews.😂

I feel for you with all the moves and having to move back in with the folks for a while. Back in 2000, I had a work accident that proved to be a permanent disability. Unfortunately, the place I had at the time was an upper stack (which means the living room, kitchen and dining room are on the second floor and the bedrooms and bathroom are on the third floor. Luckily my parents had a ranch style house so I had to move back with them for a few months waiting for a ground floor apartment to become available. But because I was in a wheelchair at the time, I had to rely on family and friends to do everything. Nothing beats one’s self worth more than watching everyone move your stuff, while you, a grown ass adult, sit by and direct where to place boxes based on what someone else labeled the box as. This resulted in a hunt as the labeling wasn’t the greatest. And because of my physical limitations, it meant I lived out of cardboard boxes for months until I had recovered well enough that I could move or push boxes and things around. The worst part was trying to put my physical media collection back together as my DVDs/books, etc. ended up being thrown wherever they fit. I hope I never have to go through this again. I was also lucky enough that the move was within the same complex I moved into back in ‘96. The next move I plan is when I’m carried out on a stretcher. Good luck with your upcoming move and hunt!

That sucks. Sorry to hear. Hope to see more of you soon

Space. I have upwards of 3000 blu rays at least, and ran into the same issue. I’m a Plex guy and have all of my films on my hard drive NAS. I decided to just bite the bullet and buy aluminum blu ray disc storage cases that hold upwards of 800-1000 discs and put the sleeve, inserts, and discs in Discsox high def blu ray sleeves and just boxed up the blu rays cases. The only issue there is the Discsox sleeves are cheap, but if you truly love the hobby it is what it is. Now I have condensed all my blu rays in close to 3 large aluminum storage case boxes with all my movies, stacked up on each other. Now I’m kinda glad I did it. Some people don’t like that, but Plexing and streaming my flicks is more important to me in this stage than displaying the collection. The only ones on display now are boxed sets and collectors editions of my favorite titles.

Best wishes on the move. I hope you wind up discovering a couple of things you forgot you had in your collection.

So most of my collection are in bins, so they are 'move' ready. Then I can rotate them as needed to my 'watch' shelf location.

I keep my entire DVD and Blu-ray collection in wallets, my movies are worth more to me as entertainment than they are as decoration

I have well over 1000 films on DVD, the best thing I did was dump the cases and put all the discs in folders. I got folders that hold over 400 discs each. I now have all my dvds (minus a couple collector sets) in 5 folders in the space of an ottoman.

The worst part for me was the desperation of needing money and selling my collection at yard sale prices.

That's rental life and it sucks, if you can, put a down payment on a property. You'll probably pay less monthly with a mortgage than you would in rent.

Sell, sell, sell or....put into dvd wallets/folders....disposes of the boxes....space saving suggestions

I love my physical media, but only buy what i actually want to watch. Makes it easier. And then i never have to worry if its on streaming.

Sorry man, always a pain moving. Glad you are keeping the channel going and make sure to post if you get the podcast going again

Sorry dude, that's just bad luck when it comes to renting. This makes me glad that I live on one of my parent's properties (that I will one day inherit). Hopefully you can get a place that you won't have to move out of soon.

Im sorry to hear that. Moving as collector sucks big time. I had to get rid of my VHS collection in one of these dituation. I regret getting rid of some pieces. But I did keep a few like my orihinal Star Wars OT set from childhood

Huge bummer. Hope it all works our for the best.

yeah moving is tough. I've moved a bunch of times and it's such a hassle moving everything we collect. I just got my new movie room about 2 years ago and now I gotta move it out to storage when my daughter needs her own room! pricing is way too much that I cant afford a three bedroom apartment.

Great video, Pop. Thank u. New subscriber here!

Putting all my dvds in tarifold sleeves is what saved me huge amounts of space so I can still keep them and display my blu rays.

New sub !!! Thanks for sharing

CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL... CARRY-ON ....BROTHA

They couldn't tell you personally? Sheesh 😒 I also moved back into my family's house in 2020, but I'm still here. At least you got out for a few years ✌️

This is not as much of a negative of physical media collecting as it is a negative of renting versus owning your own property.

My landlord just sold the apartment building i live in.its supposed to stay a apt building on the good side.maybe you should get a apt instead of house.

I never fell for streaming services. I have over 6,500 movies, over 1,600 TV series. I don't get the lure of physical media. If you have a decent collection, you need to devote a room to it, there is dusting, inventorying, etc. If you ever have a fire, flood, etc., you are screwed. If you are comfy in bed, you have to get up eject what you are watching, go into whatever room has your media, find what you want to watch, put the old one back, return to your room, put the new one in and crawl back into bed. Nope, not me, I can switch between any movie, TV series, music track, gaming console emulator or even RU-vid without leaving my comfy bed. I backup my media server onto 2.5" external drives. I can literally hold my collection in the palm of my hands. I am sorry, I don't see any benefits to physical media or streaming, only negatives compared to media on hard drives.

The worst part of collecting physical media, is my peers overuse of the word “stunning”.

Ahh, man!! That sucks, dude!

I hope you will find a good place!👍

library movies are the worst have stickers on every part on the movie i had a spin tower once

If you need to downsize, i think the only realistic option would be to get a Bluray/DVD ripper and start making digital copies. It'll be tedious, and expensive, and you'll want to look into how to make a NAS with redundant backups, but it's the only real option that would permanently give you more physical space. Or if it's only a temporary downsize, then maybe look into renting storage.

Put those in cd cases save the paper sell the cases.

The worst part of collecting physical media, is our community of hateful individuals. I feel bad for all the newbies. Yea it gets annoying hearing Disney Black Diamond. I just keep on keeping on and go about my life. I hate to even identify with this mature, friendly family we have. That’s the worst part for me now. I’m good being lost in my media with little room to move. Hopefully I lose my phone in it soon so I don’t accidentally read anymore childish, crude comments 😂 Watch, give it an hour max and it will be all over for me lmao

Amazing

That’s sucks! Good luck finding a new place.

Space is a big one, for me personally though it's fomo. I still struggle with FOMO for all of these boutique releases we're flooded with.

You have incredible collection

storage and dvds missing from the case from my gf kids

The weight when you move

Nice

Streamed movies and music will never be yours. In a few months or a few years, they will no longer be available as demand drops. Gone with the wind

The worst part? It's EXPENSIVE as fuck and you may have bought a fine bluray and 5 minutes later, the label announces the 4k Disc.

Man that move looks hard, PPHL

Depending on where you live you could fight the Eviction.

When are you getting out? Your Neighbor.

You know the worst thing about movie collecting? Having to sit through your insufferable videos

Sorry about your situation. I reached a point in my life where I don't buy more DVDs than I am going to watch. Not so hard I guess with all the WOKE nonsense like INDIANA JONES 5 out there. But as far as recent stuff goes, I loved JOKER (2019) and GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE (2021) .

The only negative I have is finding space and sometimes the cases breaking and having to replace them.