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If you've been following along with the eXpat Files episodes, you know it's been a time of spring cleaning in the Chen household. Simultaneously, my parents recently moved to a new house and gave me some boxes of some super old DVDs of mine. In this video, @joyofnapping and I look through these boxes and decide what needs to go and what's worthy of getting added to the DVD/Blu-Ray wall.

Sharing this unlisted video with Patrons (free and paid!) early tonight before it goes live publicly tomorrow morning. Hope you enjoy this stroll down memory lane!

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Hunting for Rare DVDs in My DVD Collection

David and @joyofnapping try to find old and rare DVDs and decide what stays and what goes into the collection. Subscribe to David's newsletter: http://decodingeverything.com Support David's work: https://patreon.com/davechen Follow David on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davechen.bsky.social Follow David on Instagram: https://instagram.com/davechensky Follow David on Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@davechensky Follow David on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@davechensky

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AtticusMT

Joy: Is there a way to love that art without us owning that DVD? Dave: [resigned sigh] Yeah, ok, fine. 😆 As someone who has kept empty expansion boxes for board games just because they had cool artwork, I’m very empathetic, Dave.

Luke Shea

Love the passion for sleeves. #sleevesquad #slavetothesleeve

Jorge Figueroa

i’ve lived abroad for 8 years now, and a big part of the initial transition (for me) was figuring out how i can continue to collect personally meaningful movies when it makes no sense (for me) to travel with them from place to place. some of my favorite movies have been released since the time i left the US. “owning” them digitally doesn’t feel like enough, but it also feels silly to continue adding to the collection sitting at my mom’s house. i’d be interested to see if/how it shifts for you.

Sarah R

I have that exact Best in Show DVD. 10/10 content. I love seeing y'all talk about your physical media! Yes, there is a fresh criterion release of Memories of Murder ✨insert drop kick here✨

Edgar Flores

Get Dave in the Criterion Closet!

Joe Darcy

I miss the era of interesting and novel DVD packaging, the Lord of the Rings extended edition sets -- I'm still using the Argonath bookends from Fellowship -- and Freaks and Geeks yearbooks set were highlights for me.

Joy o Napping

Update: Thanks to the eagle-eyed viewers here and on youtube, I have now listed In-Lawfully Yours and 28 Days Later on eBay. One of those is almost 2x the price of the other, and it's not the one you'd think!