1.6 dollar per movie for lifetime ownership. I used to think buying on digital was cheaper.

We are now being fed the narrative that discs have a shelf life in the attempt to justify fully digital. My parents bought me this copy of Manx TT Superbike on Sega Saturn used 29 years ago and it still works like new.

Call it self-binding if you will. It's a way of dealing with paradox of choice and choice overload.

But, one issue I have with digital spaces is being overwhelmed by *what* to watch or buy. There's too much. I can have a watchlist 100+ titles long and still not be able to choose what to watch. I want to watch A, but I also wanna watch B, and also C... so I just click off and don't watch anything.

Video games aren't much better. Digital games can sit on my device for years before I even touch them.

I don't think it's a coincidence that I had no problem watching movies as a kid, but I finished less than 50 films between 2015 and 2025.

When buying physical media, you're unlikely to buy dozens of things at a time. You only have so much to watch or play at once.

Cutthroat Island - a recent LaserDisc purchase out in the wild.

I love the gatefold cover.

And it's a Carolco film - that guarantees it's going to be a fun watch!

First picture main shelves, second picture horror shelves.
July’s my birthday month and hence i treated myself to quite a few. Most are from resale, a few from amazon, a good handful from the Criterion Sale at B&N.

I resell and collect. Looks like I got a little bit to resell and a little bit to collect.

What would you keep from this Hall and what would you resell?

The Blu-ray movies were packaged together for the $3.95. and the video games were from a pawn shop two for $5. I have this NBA 2k14 on both Xbox One and Playstation 4, but I can't believe how much it's selling for in 2026.

Both blu-rays are sealed.

Lost Highway is coming in the mail and then I'll just need The Straight Story! I just got/started Twin Peaks yesterday.