So, just crunching the numbers there, every 2K of disc would be 6-7 bookcases (not an inconceivable number in a house). If Phoenix has been getting 2K/year for, let's say 5 years (and assuming they aren't getting rid of any), that's about 33 bookcases. Now, they said they just stack them in a room (it sounds like free standing, which I wasn't expecting), so that changes things a lot. But, um, 33 seems like a lot of book cases in my mind's eye.
I will admit, even with streaming and 4K blu-rays, I'm still a little surprised regular blu-rays are going for that cheap (the ones I end up buying sure aren't.) But I'm not really going to places that sell other things that might have a bargain bin for movies.
I am actually wondering just how many physical discs @
PHOENIX74 has at this point.
I did a count, and I have 16 large bookshelves lining the walls of my place (and I have a plan for freestanding ones in strategic places, because wall space is nearly finished.) Roughly, 400-500 will fit in one, but many are double stacked. I have one of them dedicated to film literature. One bookshelf caters to television series, and another documentaries and other non-movie media.
The question of how many physical discs I have is one that has fascinated me for a while now. So many cases hold 2 discs, or more, and I really want to know how many I have. The task of counting them would take days - and so I've never taken it on. It's a hard thing to even estimate.
Well, I'll say for @
MovieGal, since I'm also an apartment dweller and space is really limited for me, I picked up some of these recently to extend the storage area for my collection:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NZMKLY...p_mob_ap_share
They're stackable. I've stacked four of them on top of each other on top of my 40" high bookshelf as spillover. They seem space efficient. I'm not sure how many you can stack before you'd have to worry about them tipping over.
I used to keep just discs in storage containers similar to those. To hold my DVDs, lets just say it's 10,000 - then I'd need 358 of those things. As it's $28 for one that holds 28, it would cost me $10,000, which isn't an attractive prospect. I'm imagining walls of them, my home looking like one of those rooms they store microfilm in at a big library.
To free-stack without tipping, you need to build at least 5 or 6 stacks next to each other so they give mutual support.