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How many DVD/SD quality titles do you own?

How many DVD/SD quality titles do you own?

  • None

    Votes: 4 12.9%

  • 1-5

    Votes: 8 25.8%

  • 5-10

    Votes: 3 9.7%

  • 10-50

    Votes: 3 9.7%

  • 50+

    Votes: 13 41.9%
  • Total voters
    31
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Substance

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There is a decent amount of titles from the back catalog waiting to be upgraded to HD or higher. There are still some new titles added to the store in DVD/SD quality only. I wonder if Kaleidescape is wasting resources if such titles in DVD/SD quality have very minimal sales.

Update: Some of us have legacy Kaleidescape equipment which can import(rip) DVDs. Please include only store bought DVD quality content in your vote.
 
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Probably well over a 1000, just for imported DVDs. Slowly upgrading when available and the price is right, but many will never find their way to HD/Blu-Ray. I don't know why new releases are in SD, especially (like PBS), when they are only available in SD. We all know they were not shot in that resolution. Some very old titles I can understand, but new TV series shot in HD (or higher) and only available in SD is a pet peeve.
 
Substance said:
There is a decent amount of titles from the back catalog waiting to be upgraded to HD or higher. There are still some new titles added to the store in DVD/SD quality only. I wonder if Kaleidescape is wasting resources if such titles in DVD/SD quality have very minimal sales.
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As a rule I do not buy SD titles. Only exception I made was when "Veronica Mars" was on sale as a bundle, and some of that was in HD, so I got the set. Otherwise I consider it clutter.
 
I have a couple hundred SD-quality titles that are from the early days of the Store, but in probably the last 6–7 years, I don’t even consider purchasing new content if it is not at least available in HD (and preferably UHD/HDR).

To clarify, a good number of these SD titles have an upgrade offer, but for a variety of reasons (e.g., not worth a rewatch, too much $$, etc.), I’ve chosen not to participate.

Andy


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SD: 184; DVD: 878. I've upgraded almost all of my titles available, except for ones that are $20 or more (typically MGM), or TV series.

Dave
 
not many: really don’t enjoy watching something rhats not in HD. I’m 46, so a lot/most of the “older” movies from my youth are now in HD.

Last week I picked up Beverly Hills Cop I & 2 (number 3 sucked), and both were HDR
 
I usually don't buy SD but made a few exceptions. Stargate SG-1 is one of them. There is a couple of really "great" movies only available in SD so bought these two (and accidently bought The Last Boy Scout as well. Why is this not in HD?)

www.kaleidescape.com

Fools Rush In

When a one-night stand turns into marriage, a couple from two different cultures attempt to win over their new in-laws. Comedy, Drama, Romance. Directed by Andy Tennant. Starring Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, and Jill Clayburgh. Purchase and download today in DVD quality.
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Hot to Trot

A dimwitted man inherits a talking horse with inside knowledge of the stock market. Comedy. Directed by Michael Dinner. Starring Bobcat Goldthwait, Dabney Coleman, John Candy, and Virginia Madsen. Purchase and download today in DVD quality.
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Around 7000 DVD titles, 100 Blu Ray ones and 2700 CD's on my Premier system of which the majority are not in the store so will stay on the Premier system. Going back to the question around 20 SD disks on my Terra system from the store which are mainly TV series where there is no HD version available.
 
Sasquatch said:
Is there a way to export those metrics or did you manually count them?
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I created an XLS where I enter movies on my wishlist, and then change the status to owned. I can track various metrics (spending, savings, era, average duration, etc), as well as which movies I've watched. Makes it easy to pick a movie I haven't watched, and within a certain length (e.g. less than 90min long).

As I started before I got my first component, adding movies one by one isn't a big deal. But if you have 500 movies already, it might take some time to complete.

Happy to share a blank version if there's interest.
 
SimonSays said:
I created an XLS where I enter movies on my wishlist, and then change the status to owned. I can track various metrics (spending, savings, era, average duration, etc), as well as which movies I've watched. Makes it easy to pick a movie I haven't watched, and within a certain length (e.g. less than 90min long).

As I started before I got my first component, adding movies one by one isn't a big deal. But if you have 500 movies already, it might take some time to complete.

Happy to share a blank version if there's interest.
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As I got the question, here's the link to a blank version:

K Store Tracker - Google Drive Download Link

Let me know if the download works for you.

Any suggestions on improvements welcome.

For now, enter things manually. I add the link to the K-store so I know which version I've bought.
When you've purchased, change status to OWNED, and enter the price you paid in the price paid column, otherwise leave it blank if you haven't purchased it yet.
I also track D2D savings (as I was trying to track if buying an Alto to do D2D was worth it (it is)). If you don't do D2D, just leave the column blank.

When you've watched a movie, put X in the Watched column.

On the top of the Excel window, you should see a button to activate 2 filters: "Owned - Not Seen" and "No Filters". Switch between them to update the sheet, and then to filter the movies you haven't watched yet.

Happy to develop it further with input from the group. Wish I could pull some data directly from the K website based on the movie URL, but I'm not a software developer, so I don't know how to code in Excel to do API calls and such.
 
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