Do you keep the cases?

[addictivepersona]

When people buy physical DVDs/CDs, most keep the disc in the case. Or do they? I've heard of more and more people who toss the case and keep the discs protected either in a "disc storage wallet" or the spindle from blank discs, or just laying around... ;) Jokes aside, how do you store discs? And how many do you have to store?

I have approximately 50 DVDs, probably half that amount in CDs. All the cases are empty and yet I still hang on to them. 8) The only paranoia I have with the "disc storage wallet", is that if that was ever stolen, there goes hundreds of dollars. :-/

 

[michael]

i do keep the cases. burned stuff gets stored in sleeves or on spindles.

 

[bronson]

DVDs stay in their original boxes. CDs go in one of the wallet type things, though I still do retain the cases in large messy stacks.

 

[Busty St Clare]

Ripped to hard drive, now collecting dust in a pawn shop. I don't even have dvd player any more (unless you count our xbox)

 

[O JMASTA R]

Discs are so last millennium

 

[Cyc]

Most people buy DVDs/CDs

I stopped reading here.

 

[addictivepersona]

I stopped reading here.

touché. ;)

Edited. Re-read.

 

[cornerstone430]

Store my dvd's in the case. Music and other i store in sleeves and such. Which i need to buy up some more cus am way outta room. Music is also ripped incase of scratches or other damages.

 

[Wolfmans_BrothEr]

ill accidently step on the case, break it, then keep a stack of all my cds/dvds so theyll get scratched faster so i can just download it illegally

 

[llama112]

Whaaaat people still have DVDs and CDs? Lol
Seriously, I have about 20 DVDs in total, I keep them in their case. I don't think I have a CD at all. I like keeping the DVD cases because it keeps them organized.

 

[Gypsy*]

Even if I put my CDs or DVDs in a holder, I always keep the cases. I kind of enjoy collecting them. I'm a big fan of cover art work on albums, since the DVD covers are usually pretty lame.

 

[TrYpTiCaL]

At my house we are collectors so we keep the cases. We have some 1,000+ albums, 500+ cassettes, a little less than 10,000 CDs, probably around 10-12,000 movies (dvd, blueray, vhs, and beta-we haven't done an exact count in a while). All this pales beside the book collection though which is easily 25,000 although now it's reached the point where much of this stuff has to live in storage.

 

[B1tO'RoughJack]

DVDs yes, but not for any other reason than to contain, I would download all my films if I had the time or bandwidth.

BUT CDs are a treasure to flick through the booklet - it's all about the art, and it's just not the same downloading, even with the artwork - it's tangible...it's ritual to gaze at teh artwork with appreciation.

 

[serenafails]

Dvds stay in the case on the shelf.

That and sitting on the top of their case upside down on my dresser in my room.

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

i keep all my movies in their original cases. for DVDs i've had 10+ years, this is a problem. the plastic circle that that the disc snaps into eventually causes the DVD to crack along the edges of the hole. i hear this problem was addressed in the design of blu-ray discs.

 

[modern buddha]

I keep physical CDs in the original case in a stacker-type thing, but I am considering getting one of those CD holders and putting the paper thing in front of the CDs, then tossing the plastic case.

 

[Belisarius]

I keep the cases, but I'm anal like that.

 

[L2R]

^go on

i threw away all my cases and covers to cds and dvds. i only keep them for video games.... i'd say blu-rays too, but i only own three of those.

 

[Effuzion]

I have probably a hundred or so CDs at my parents house. Most are classic 80s/90s rap albums with a couple from the 00s and recent years.

Gotta keep the case. It's the only reason to buy a CD anymore, especially when iTunes has bonus tracks that the physical CD doesn't usually have.

 

[quiet roar]

I keep the cds and dvds in their cases but then, I'm an over 40 luddite.