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I agree with MandaPanda. I buy for the extra features. The commentaries are often worth the price alone. Ripping them just gives me the movie (which I still do so I can occasionally play them in the background) but I'd never get rid of them. Actually, I often hope Apartment Therapy would do a series of posts on creative optical media storage. :)

Side note: If you're not a fan of movie commentaries, I suggest watching all of them for Seven, Fight Club, and Anchorman. You'll love those extras when you're done.

Hmmm, interesting. Love the space... (Bonus: "Play Time" is on Netflix Watch Instantly!)

Once I made the switch to internet-only TV, I made my TV computer (a Mac Mini) do double-time as a web server. I have a Drobo (not the one pictured, I have the vanilla USB 2 one).

I share select folders as password-protected web directories. Being a web developer helped me in this department, reducing my dependency on third-party sharing solutions.

I handle all of my music with Subsonic, a fantastic way to put all your music in the cloud without all the restrictions of the existing cloud-based services out there. (Bonus: It also can handle most movies as well.)

Anyways, just my $.02.

Regarding #8: If turning on the A/C, make sure the outside temperature has been consistently above 60 degrees for at least 48 hours before turning it on. Otherwise you run a pretty good chance of burning out the A/C motor almost immediately.

And I'd also like to chime in about using a home inspector. After taking a first time home buying class I'd never risk buying without one. A few hundred bucks is definitely worth it when you're about to drop a couple hundred grand.