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Do You Go Out Your Way To Own Limited Editions?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantShinyDiscGuy
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Personally i will rarely pick up a limited edition and only as display piece. I find it hard to justify spending a lot of money on one film just cause it comes in some nice packaging. When i could use that money to bolster my collection further with many films i want.

And that's a lot of films 
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I think you mean custom packaging? At least the Limited Editions I buy are mostly "Special Editions" that have a limited press, and the next release will often have the movie without the extra disc or just less extras.
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I think you mean custom packaging? At least the Limited Editions I buy are mostly "Special Editions" that have a limited press, and the next release will often have the movie without the extra disc or just less extras.


I barely have the time to watch extras and directors commentaries. Though i don't deny there worth.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributormdnitoil
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I literally throw the packaging away and keep the discs in DJ boxes, so no, I wouldn't spend extra money for how it looks.  I might, however, spend extra money for additional video content.
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I literally throw the packaging away and keep the discs in DJ boxes, so no, I wouldn't spend extra money for how it looks.  I might, however, spend extra money for additional video content.


Every time you put or take a disc out of one of those plastic sleeves,  it's getting scratched. On the plus side it does save a lot of space. But what do i need space for? A coffee table? 
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I literally throw the packaging away and keep the discs in DJ boxes, so no, I wouldn't spend extra money for how it looks.  I might, however, spend extra money for additional video content.


Every time you put or take a disc out of one of those plastic sleeves,  it's getting scratched. On the plus side it does save a lot of space. But what do i need space for? A coffee table? 


Unless of course your sleeves are lined, which mine are.  Only an idiot would place 3000 discs in pure plastic sleeves and expect them to last.
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I literally throw the packaging away and keep the discs in DJ boxes, so no, I wouldn't spend extra money for how it looks.  I might, however, spend extra money for additional video content.


Every time you put or take a disc out of one of those plastic sleeves,  it's getting scratched. On the plus side it does save a lot of space. But what do i need space for? A coffee table? 


Unless of course your sleeves are lined, which mine are.  Only an idiot would place 3000 discs in pure plastic sleeves and expect them to last.


Sorry sir i mistaken you for a potential idiot 

Would be interesting to a see photo of the storage system you employ for collection.
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Basically, they're large cases with lids, like a trunk.  Each case holds 900 discs in hanging sleeves.  Each sleeve is numbered.  I use the Profiler location/slot fields to keep track of which case and which sleeve.  The sleeves are lined on one side, so no double-sided discs.  You can put them in, of course, but then you do run the risk of scratching on one side.  The fact that the sleeves are suspended, rather than stacked also reduces the potential for scratching since you don't have the accumulated weight on the bottom discs that you can get with binders.

The picture wouldn't be very exciting as you'd just see 4 cases lined up against a wall.
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If I can I'll get it as long as it's the same price or slightly higher. But I won't get it if it costs a lot of money or the store is out of stock.

For example I wanted Fast Five, that just came out, from Best Buy in the Steel Book packaging. But they were out of stock so I just got the basic one. I got home and searched the stores near me and the closest one is a good 50 mile round trip. No way was I going to waste gas and time to just get special packaging.
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Mine had a few of those Fast Five Steelbooks but I went with the standard one because the Steelbook case is DVD size and since I own the other 4 Fast movies, I wanted the latest to match (now, if the Steelbook had been the size of a Blu-ray case, then I would've picked it up).
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I don't really go out of my way just to get "Limited Edition" or "Exclusive" packaging. If it's something like a bonus disc though, that's something I actively seek out.
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I used to buy a lot of limited editions (because they’re quite cool and fun to own), normally on the day of release, but then I wised up and realised how much I was paying for these.  Now I don’t buy any discs unless they’re priced (including delivery) at no more than £9 for a DVD, £11 for a Blu-ray and £15/£20 for a TV series/season.  This means I have to wait a while (typically 2-9 months for films and a bit longer for TV stuff), but I can afford to buy probably about a third more films instead for the same amount of money, which is what I want more than nice packaging (that annoyingly doesn’t always fit onto the shelves anyway).  I also compare prices across four retailers for each release too, just to make sure I get the best price I can; it's amazing how much they vary.  I've so many I haven't watched anyway, that in reality I don't really miss out on watching them earlier as a result of not buying them straight away.

Then again, like all good Rules, I like to apply some common sense,  ignore them when I decide I want to, when it's clear the price isn’t going to drop to an 'acceptable level', or just because I especially like the film or the limited edition for some reason. 
Do you ever find yourself striving for perfection with an almost worthless attempt at it?  Guttermouth "Lemon Water".  Also, I include in my Profiler database VHS tapes, audio DVDs, audio books (digital, cassette and CD), video games (digital, DVD and CD) and 'enhanced' CDs with video tracks on them, as well as films and TV I've bought digitally.  So I'm an anarchist, deal with it.  Just be thankful I don't include most of my records and CDs etc in it too; don't think I haven't been tempted...
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