To be succinct, I simply don’t (and won’t) buy as much as I did before. For the past few years I didn’t think too hard about buying the week’s more popular DVD release of the latest blockbuster (or near blockbuster). This is why my DVD collection sprang to over 400 titles! I didn’t always buy full retail on “new release Tuesday” if I found bargains of popular movies that had been on DVD for a few months already and retailers were anxious to thin their inventory, but the collection grew and represents quite a sizable chunk of change. Continue reading ‘How the format war has changed my purchasing habits.’