Knowing you can re-watch it if and when you want to is nice. Yes, I'm a hamster ;-)
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| Gof Member United Kingdom 151 Posts 4/03 |  Posted - Jan 17 2010 : 12:02PMI currently have a porn collection of approximately 130 titles. I'm sure this is a modest number compared with some, but with regard to about 115 of those, they are titles that I have reviewed on ADT over the last five years or so. I have recently been thinking of selling off my collection. It makes rational sense as I hardly ever look back at my older titles and I suppose they are a depreciating asset. I'm having difficulty letting go however, as I kind of have an emotional attachment to the films. I suppose it's all the effort I've put into the reviews rather than 'consuming' them in the normal way. I also see the collection as a kind of history of gonzo over the last five years. Is this an unhealthy attachment and I should just sell up or is this kind of feeling shared by other people? Edited by - heynow on Jan 19 2010 [Link] |
| posthum Member 349 Posts 12/09 | Posted - Jan 17 2010 : 12:18PM Knowing you can re-watch it if and when you want to is nice. Yes, I'm a hamster ;-) [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 17 2010 : 12:36PM In 2003 I took my entire VHS collection which over the years I had in several very large boxes and burned them all onto DVDs. I trashed all the VHS tapes. I don't keep any porn on my computer. I edited the scenes I put onto DVD (most re-writable +RW format) to condense it yet managed to take hundreds of titles and put it all onto one large empty spindle, and don't have any box covers, sleeves or cases. It is easy to get to any DVD quickly as long as you bunch them in some order and label it accurately. Just to note, if you choose to burn stuff to DVD most DVD recorders have copyright devices prohibiting you from recording from one DVD to another or from VHS to DVD. You will have to invest in a item that will override this. Just keep all the DVDs and stack them onto a large spindle and chuck all the boxes. You can always store it away easily as it takes up little space.  [Link] |
grover  All-Star Member Literotica.com - grover10 16888 Posts 11/04 | Posted - Jan 17 2010 : 12:38PM My family and close friends know of my collection and they are all totally amazed at the shear volume of titles I have. At this point in time, I have no idea how many titles I own from VHS tapes to CD-Roms to DVD dics. Unhealthy as some would put, this is my hobby! Collecting porn titles is my hobby, which is based on the ladies I like! So, to answer your question, I would never sell my collection. Actually, I was thinking of creating a Porn HOF in Toronto (right next to the Hockey HOF) where I can donate my collection once the Good Lord decides that it's time for me to go!  [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 1:11AM [Link] |
| solidsnake Member Dying To Live 266 Posts 10/07 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 3:02AM Edited by - solidsnake on 1/18/2010 3:02:49 AM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 10:23AM What? [Link] |
| taylor_swift_tasty_feet Member 367 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 11:41AM [Link] |
| jayo All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 1:11PM I do keep some stuff that I like for whatever reason, and every so often I go back and look at it again. But I'm good about figuring out what I may want to see again someday. [Link] |
| TheCuriousDizzle Member 91 Posts 11/09 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 4:02PM I'd be comfortable selling all my porn and just keeping a few DVDs or burned DVDs of stuff that I'm fond off and took a bit of effort to get my hands on (like early movies with Danni Ashe in them, or such). [Link] |
| stinkfist Senior Member Subterfuge...... 7401 Posts 4/07 | Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 7:04PM ,i have got to admit i love my porn collection,having a mix of all the genres makes watching porn a great experience all the time..one minute you are on the bus coming home from work and a hot office/secretary style girl gets on the bus,two seconds later your pants are like a wig-wam and as i make it through the front door(had to turn sideways)im looking out some hot office type porn then the thrashing of all thrashings takes place.[Link] |
| Savoy All-Star Member Sucker for Sinners 1844 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 8:26AM [Link] |
| gorr4247 Member 18 Posts 12/09 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 1:05PM [Link] |
| NewRomancer Deactivated User under THEIR avatar 738 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 1:09PM [Link] |
| PhoenixJo Member 231 Posts 8/09 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 1:26PM [Link] |
| NewRomancer Deactivated User under THEIR avatar 738 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 2:24PM [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 2:35PM [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 2:43PM [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 7:43PM [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 8:49PM Even my DVD from the 1975 classic "Jaws" is terrible compared to its original release on DVD. Not long ago I heard a DVD can last up to 80 years but not so for the most part. They deteriorate quite fast. [Link] |
| wraithlead Member 264 Posts 12/08 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 9:21PM As for the topic at hand, I'm a pack rat. Some titles WILL get a revisit, and some won't even if I liked them. Maybe not a sentimental attachment, more like an OCD need to not get rid of something I might need again. And yes, I'm one of those guys with old receipts and old CD-Rs with all my college homework...a file cabinet with 12 year old pay stubs from a part-time mall job... Edited by - wraithlead on 1/19/2010 9:23:34 PM [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 9:37PM DVD picture quality doesn't fade over time. There is a documented phenomenon known as "disc rot" which is a deterioration of disc itself. But that will cause flaky playing of the disc, stopping unexpectedly or DVD player can't read the disc or other glitchy playing (or not playing) behavior. But the picture quality always stays the same as when the disc was first pressed or burned. If you have graduated to the world of HDTV and Blu-Ray, then that might explain why your old-school DVD's don't look so fabulous any more. [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 10:31PM [/quote]I'm not sure a hard drive will fare any better. Maybe the video quality would be, but file corruption would still be an issue. And I'm not convinced you aren't still seeing the VHS degradation, just transferred to DVD, afterward, with time and an inferior starting point making everything look bad. wraithlead [/quote] I do not know whether a hard drive would yield better results compared to storing content on DVDs. I don't think file corruption would be an issue either. A lot of the corruption of files is files being used in conjunction with other files that causes a conflict and creates a problem. If vids are stored on an external hard drive this may reduce this issue, I'm not sure, perhaps someone with experience with this could provide some feedback. I can say without any doubt that I purchased new DVDs, from the manufacturer and they have degraded significantly from when originally released. You too will if you purchased DVDs from 10 years ago, very soon. [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 10:44PM I discovered that when Discs freeze while playing, not always, but more often, you can fix this problem by taking a wet cotton cloth and rubbing the bottom of the disc vigorously to clean it. After drying it the disc will often not freeze and will play properly. I don't understand the difference you refer to the picture quality one views to the deterioration of a disc over time. To me they are the same. [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 11:25PM [Link] |
| Seijuro Senior Member 1389 Posts 12/09 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 9:36AM [Link] |
| torris Senior Member Deep within Mila's anus 1827 Posts 1/00 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 10:41AM 1. I just upgraded to a new laptop, so what software would be good to purchase to copy individual scenes to a DVR 2. I thought it was legal to be able to make backups of something you have already purchased. I don't download porn from tube clips, I buy all my porn legit, I just want to make some homemade disks of the "greatest hits" for ease of access. I don';t have any plans to trade or distribute to anybody [Link] |
| TheCuriousDizzle Member 91 Posts 11/09 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 11:23AM A DVD is not an analog video source. The DVD holds a specific and immutable set of digital values on it that correspond to the image you see. Unlike a cassette tape or a VHS tape the image cannot become lighter, distorted, or change in anyway other than to cease to exist. Let me put this in another context. In the US we used to get analog TV broadcasts. You could get a shitty signal. You could have snow, fuzz, bad audio, or just *barely* be able to see the image. That doesn't exist anymore with digital TV broadcasting. Either you get the signal strong enough to get the image clearly or you don't get it at all. That's how digital works. It isn't a spectrum of something ranging from "sorta ok" to "excellent" it's a light switch that is either on or off. If you can play a DVD and it doesn't skip, stop, or glitch out... you're seeing the EXACT same bits and bytes of data you saw 10 years ago. [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 12:20PM Just to add, I had recorded onto DVD at the 4 hour speed. I now record nothing longer than the SP (2 hour speed)to help preserve the picture. I think the speed used to record the videos has a lot to do with how long the quality will last. Edited by - Nebulous on 1/20/2010 12:25:12 PM [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 1:23PM [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 1:46PM [Link] |
| TheCuriousDizzle Member 91 Posts 11/09 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 1:52PM [Link] |
| Nebulous Deactivated User Inside every ugly woman is a beautiful woman trying to get out. 27 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 2:10PM [/quote] Have you considered that things just look different because technology has advanced? I can't even watch VHS anymore, it's total shit. The quality of VHS is so bad, even top quality vidoes that were beautiful at the time they were shot are absolute garbage on a big screen that can display 1080 resolution. Even with DVD to HDTV.... The Matrix for example looked great when I saw it back in the day on DVD... but since I've seen it in 1080, the DVD looks like soft, undetailed, ass. [/quote] I know the VHS tapes for the most part rapidly deteriorate after roughly 15 years. When new, their picture quality is equally as sharp as a DVD on a standard TV (not HD of course). I doubt anyone even bothers to produce VHS, so most have exceeded their shelf life and look like crap. I'm convinced now that my main problem which I touched on is not recording onto DVD at the higher quality speeds. The speeds are 1,2,4 and 6 hours, and I should have used the 1 or 2 hour recording formats. I had packed too many scenes onto each DVD. [Link] |
| fu_q All-Star Member Marv Montag (@PornOfYore) 2506 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 5:25PM My porn collection is jealous of my wife, though we have had a few threesomes from time to time. Edited by - fu_q on 1/20/2010 5:30:08 PM [Link] |
| charn fubar 2880 Posts 12/09 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 5:33PM [Link] |
| loop Senior Member 1409 Posts 9/03 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 5:38PM [Link] |
| wraithlead Member 264 Posts 12/08 | Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 5:52PM As for the hard drive, no. Your reason is not the only thing that causes file errors. Everything from movement, to dust, to time can ruin files on a hard drive. Sure, there will be no noticeable video quality degradation like on VHS, but look forward to plenty of glitches and crashes later on. Hard drives are hardly perfect for storage.I'm not sure a hard drive will fare any better. Maybe the video quality would be, but file corruption would still be an issue. And I'm not convinced you aren't still seeing the VHS degradation, just transferred to DVD, afterward, with time and an inferior starting point making everything look bad. wraithlead Click to expand I can say without any doubt that I purchased new DVDs, from the manufacturer and they have degraded significantly from when originally released. You too will if you purchased DVDs from 10 years ago, very soon. Click to expand [Link] |
| Mid-KN New Member 3 Posts 5/08 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 3:04AM now maybe this is just me having issues with censorship and 'obscenity' witch hunts..but since my old school VHS collection got raided by 'concerned' family members  , replaced and re-replaced [o\|] with back-up dvds of all the old school favorites, and the advent of picking scenes to own with video on demand..i stand firm (..in my pants) in my resolve to say that society here in the 'bible belt' will take my adult movies and ''novelty' massager's' away from me when.. ..they pry them ..from ..my ..cold ...dead ...right ..HAND!!!!  [Link] |
| fu_q All-Star Member Marv Montag (@PornOfYore) 2506 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 3:42AM [Link] |
| Mid-KN New Member 3 Posts 5/08 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 4:26AM i try..[Link] |
| Digmen1 Member 629 Posts 7/07 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 6:02AM I wonder if a moderator could split these posts out into a separate thread on VHS versus DVD versus hard drive. Back to the OP. Looking after my collection is nearly a full time job ! (or it has been since I split up from my partner) Listing and cataloging. One hardly gets time to watch them ! [Link] |
| palominorn Member I'M RICH BIATCH! 956 Posts 8/05 | Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 2:31PM [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 12:06AM Every once in a while one of my dvds cheats and goes down the street to my friends house, where he keeps it hostage for like a year. [Link] |
| fu_q All-Star Member Marv Montag (@PornOfYore) 2506 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 12:09AM Must suck getting back your friend's sloppy seconds. [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 12:26AM [Link] |
| fu_q All-Star Member Marv Montag (@PornOfYore) 2506 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 12:47AM [Link] |
| warrenwest67 Member Thanks for the mammaries. 966 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 1:36PM Anyway my "collection" has been migrating to Flash drives. Then If I want a scene on a DVD I will move it. My "collection" is very stelth. I cant have 1 let alone 600 titles out on display. So the smaller the better. [Link] |
| fu_q All-Star Member Marv Montag (@PornOfYore) 2506 Posts 2/09 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 2:28PM [Link] |
| icecreamman1963 Deactivated User "all my flavors guranteed to satisfy" 8 Posts 1/10 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 2:54PM because i got them off the www.me and my wife watch them together when the kids go to bed. "all,s fair in love and sex" [Link] |
| jettyman Member No matter what size the tits are....play with them.... 732 Posts 12/08 | Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 6:39PM I get mine out every night and polish it! [Link] |
| Gof Member United Kingdom 151 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jan 23 2010 : 5:34PM I've decided not to sell my collection. I don't need the money and I've decided to 'reconnect' with my older titles by revisiting a classic scene perhaps once every week or so from my collection. First up tonight is Julia Bond from Ass Worship X. [Link] |
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