| DroidKnight said: Slightly off topic. The Kindle actually turned me into a book collector. For mostly every book (I have recently been purchasing entire 5-10 volume sets of unknown self-published authors on the Kindle store for like .99 cents. And even though they are quite amateurish, I still find them quite enjoyable.) I purchase on the Kindle I also get a Hard-cover copy, and try to make it a first edition. Pre-kindle, I purchased paperbacks and as cheap and thin as the paper is nowadays, I'll wear them out if I read a book more than 3 times. I did purchase the Wheel of Time series for my Kindle so I could keep my grubby hands off of these:
If I remember correctly, 9 of these are 1st Editions. My physical book collection in just the Hardcovers is around 200. Including paperbacks is around 500. My movie and Tv show physical collection is in the thousands. My physical video game collection is around 1200-1400 (I still have all my original Atari games from the early eighties). The only thing I got rid of was my VHS collection. I didn't have any real gems in it, and ended up giving away most of it and eventually just disposing of the rest. I did repurchase almost everything that was in it on DVD and Blu ray. There are many things contained in my collections that are worth significantly north of what I paid for them. Lack of physical options for me would be a major bummer. |
Awesome collection. I got rid of a lot of stuff when I moved overseas in 2002. I gave all my region 2 stuff away, including all my PAL games and systems. I did take my Laserdisc collection with me, yet half of that got damaged in a flood :( Physical needs to be stored right, I learned my lesson.
And yeah VHS isn't really worth keeping. Magnetic tapes degrade over time. I watched some of my old VHS tapes a couple years ago and it's half snow now. Also the tapes I made with my first digital camcorder JVC GR-DV1 are now severely degraded. It was awesome at the time, yet those tapes don't last.
I mainly buy physical books because reading off a screen is just not for me. I need that tactile experience while reading, ear marking the pages and physically see how much fun is still left to enjoy :)
Physical movie collection is also in the thousands, I've replaced all my Laserdiscs and VHS with DVD and blu-ray. I still have a box of Laserdiscs (now safely stored) but currently don't have a working player for them. They work best on CRT anyway for a nice warm analog picture.
