only 1 its a documentary. use netflix streaming and blu ray rentals so no need to keep

I don't quite own 500 yet (around 250) but indeed I will enjoy re-buying certain movies in 4K. Same as I enjoyed re-buying certain dvds and laserdiscs. I also enjoyed rebuying Ico and Sotc and other HD collections.
It's only a small percentage though, a new format doesn't mean the last one is obsolete.

I think you're wrong, its a waste of money to you because you don't see the value of owning the best quality possible.

getting the "best quality available" would also require hardware most people don't have money for (and would leave out the ps3 as bluray-player).

I have about 10 BluRays that I watch on my Samsung home cinema system (Dolby 2.1 only).

The only must own is the Ironman/Ironman 2 Collection though.

Otherwise, DVD upscaling is enough for me, as I hardly see a difference on my Samsung 46UE.

Oh, and I only buy BR if they are below 10 Euro.

The only thing that's out is an upscaled version from a retailer in the Netherlands, which I could get since I live there, but I want the real thing. -_-

Also, as far as I could find out there's no ETA on it either.

By the same logic, lets all watch vhs tapes because the evil manufacturers dare to ask us to buy movies every 10 years in a newer format.

I don't understand such logic, you buy new tvs, new cars, new electronics, they make your experience bigger, better, faster, crisper.

I think Kowen was mainly speaking against the practice of upgrading entire collections, not on simply buying a new format. That and the time difference between VHS (late 70s) and DVD (late 90s) is twice that of DVD and Blu-ray (late 2000s) and the advantages DVD game over VHS were ones of convenience (mainly taking up much less storage space and not having to re-wind) as well as picture/sound quality.
Another advantage of DVDs is that it only required consumers to buy a new player... rather than a new player and a new TV (and if you are going to take proper advantage of the new TV, more expensive network TV contracts)

I'm all for improving technology (though maybe you wouldn't think that based on my arguments) but for general consumers the upgrade to Blu-ray doesn't have a same appeal as it did to DVD.

I can understand a collection of 500 or more if that person is a film critic or something (and gets films for cheap or free) or an absolutely massive film buff and happens to think 500 of the films released in the last 6 years were worth owning, but if most of those 500 you already owned before on DVD then it is quite excessive.

There are some poor Blu-Rays but you should see a big difference with the majority of them. There are some specific ones that have been remastered very well and look absolutely amazing, like Saving Private Ryan. Just check reviews online if you're concerned about the quality.

I don't exactly see how rebuying older movies in newer formats is a "con".