Physical collections in the digital age

I have an almost complete run of Dragonball Z on DVD. It took up several shelves. Then I did what you mentioned: put all the CDs in one big ass wallet that holds 'em all and threw away the cases. Still have my complete DBZ collection but it takes up one large book sized space on the shelf now. Best of both worlds.

The cases and inserts are partly what sets them aside from digital releases. Please find a way to save them, as so many ended up discarded over the years, so no telling how many completes are still around.

I'm the same man, I still buzz off getting a new CD. Digital just doesn't cut it. At worst I'm hoping to keep the sleeves so at least I have the option of putting them back together at a later date

I did the binder and sleeve thing with my regular dvds a few years ago. I threw all of the cases away. Everything fits into two giant binders in the corner of our wall unit (#noragrets!). I'm about to hit the same issue with my blu-ray's. I have a giant square unit thing in our bedroom for just blu-ray's but it's busting at the seams. The irony of the entire deal is I barely pull movies out and watch them anymore. I just watch whatever is on Amazon, Netflix, or my digital copies on iTunes. So my blu-rays are headed down the same path. I have to be really in the mood for something to get it off the shelf.

I did keep all of my wrestling DVDs in their cases. They're in a couple of plastic bins in storage under our stairs. My hope is that one day my son will want to watch some of it, and he'll find the nostalgia of it cool. Most of it isn't worth anything on eBay and I still like looking at the box art. That being said, I'll likely always have the Network and he's being raised on digital content. So it's probably a lost cause.

If you can spare the space in the garage or attic, put the discs in binders and put the cases in tubs in storage. That way if you get into a bigger place down the road you can put them all on the shelf. Sort of a compromise to the whole situation. Also, if you store them and realize you don't miss them after awhile, you can always just get rid of them.

I never kept CD cases and I've moved almost exclusively to spotify for music. I always put the CD and insert into a binder and kept the whole thing in my car. I still have my CD binder but it's on a shelf in our garage. I was using limewire and had an iPod when I was still in high school. So outside of vinyl, which I love, I've been moving away from physical music for more than 15 years. The adjustment for movies has just started to become comfortable for me over the last couple of years and it's still slow going. I still want the physical/digital copy together when new movies are released. Especially the way the movie rights change with mergers and the way content comes and goes off of streaming services.

I still collect vinyl, but outside of that and some old wrestling vhs, all my physical media has gone the way of the dodo.

You have a great collection. Soundtrack fan I see....good stuff.

My dream is to build a room that has cds/cassettes/vinyl all around the walls like the old record stores. Make a listening room out of it.

I have a pretty large vinyl collection. Also have about 200 CDs that made it through my last big move (I had close to 500 or maybe more, but some just got left behind).