Time to sell my dvd collection?

I have to say I am buying up DVDs as fast as I can at sale prices.
I personally think the hi-res formats will flop.
#1 reason: two competing formats
#2 reason: digital copy managment and all its problems with full resolution output, AND TVs without the proper (think next years) internal requirements for hi-res transmission from player to TV. (They haven't even got HDMI done correctly yet)
#3 reason: Same as CD to SACD DVD-A... It is not a big enough jump for the average consumer to pop for TWICE the price per movie..
(The current DVD prices go from $5.99 to $29.99 per title* with the average sale price of $11.00. The new hi-res will be average $30 to $50. per movie title. * excluding such 'exotic' titles as from Criterion. And who is going to spend big bucks of one of "TWO" possible pre-failed formats?)
So I do not think hi-res will fly.
IF they would have waited about two more years, and developed a single format... when everone has to get a digital tuner TV anyway... THEN I think it might be viable.
But now? ? with two competing formats it is a dead issue.
Rich (or crazy) early adapters can blow thier money on this pie in the sky hi-res crap... I will be happy with the DVDs and my 40" plasma for the next five years... (And THEN I might go for what is 'new')
Good luck!

Elizabeth,

I am somewhat in your camp. I have been buying up all the Superbit DVD's which my local Blockbuster has been dumping for $9.99. I just bought a new Meridian G98 DH, which really is a step up even from my Esoteric DV-50s.... I might buy a HD DVD (I pesrsonally think Blu Ray is the better format IMHO) but am in no rush to pay for the movies, and until their are rented by Netflix, will sit back and enjoy my new DVD's and player...

The reason the new HD formats will take over is simple, everyone will have an HDTV in the next 5 years. The reason DVD-A and SACD didnt win people over is because you have to spend a pretty penny to achieve the requirements to play the disks. The mass public will buy the new tv's. Only audiophiles buy the hi-res disks. Its really that simple.

In the end, I think the extra space on the new disks will benefit sound quality to a greater extent than the video. DVD has a good pic, it does get better in HD, but uncompressed sound, the way the sound engineer intended will be incredible. We may have to wait a few years to sort it all out, but it will survive and thrive.

I agree with you Holeneck - HD will take over within some time (let's agree to look back at this thread and laugh on 2 May, 2011), but the process will be painful thanks again to Sony.
Elcasette, Beta, SACD - how many times do they need to learn the same lesson? As usual, early adopters will get burned when everything shakes out but that's the norm for an early adopter.
Even most HDTV's today don't have the 1080p required to use everything an HD player can offer.
But back to the original question, with upconverting DVD players available now, if you like what you've got, just keep it unless there's a have-to-have in HD like Cream, Royal Albert Hall, May '05 with uncompressed audio and video.

Considering that lots of movies on dvd are now available new at retailers like wal-mart for just a couple bucks....where would you sell them anyhow and how much would you expect to get? I own several dvd's that I bought at $15-20...I sure wouldn't care to sell them now for a buck or two.