No. I have my own movie database that I maintain with the help of one of my best friends. Copy the link i gave you and you can see the list of movies I have.
I've gotta agree.
And yeah - CSI is great- not too keen on miami or NY though actually. I have the two season 2 sets aswell, but one of my mates is borrowing it - I like to turn people onto stuff I like
If you're going to go through all the trouble to buy cd slim cases to conserve space................wouldn't it be just as wise to do what I did..........buy a bunch of 200+ capacity cd binders to keep them in? It saves more space and costs less money.
ps. I do keep my original cases/covers........they are in my storage shed in big tupperware boxes.
It would take so much longer to find a movie if they were all kept in binders. When I first transitioned I tried that, and it only lasted a short while. I was up to 5, 200 count binders. I moved to slim jewel cases for efficiency, and so I could make my own covers. I guess I like being different
Maybe you don't understand how my movie indexing works? I have my own mysql/php database that I query to find my movie to get its ID#, and then I find it in seconds on that dvd case. Each shelf holds 80 movies, so if i need movie id# 1804, i just go to where I think that # would fall, and pull out a movie, if I'm wrong, I move backwards or forwards accordingly. I can find a movie in seconds, versus you guys and having to fiddle fuddle around looking at each case that could take, much longer? :P Plus, using a mysql/php database and indexing my movies the way I do, I can run queries for say, all movies made in 1992, or all horror movies, or movies with peter jackson as the director, or movies with only kevin spacey. Can you do that with just a massive wall of movies in abc order? Uh, I'll answer that for you. No, you can't. I love that feature of my database =)
For finding a film I can memorise where a dvd is in my collection, quite simple. Would probably be able to do the same if I had 2000+ dvds also. And mine are not in ABC order
For example, A Tale of Two Sisters is about eight dvds in from the right on my bottom shelf where part of my collection is, and another one called Trauma is about five dvds in from the left on the first dvd shelf.
I won't ever go the way of binders, either. If space is an issue, I'd do like I did for my once massive toy collection, and dedicate a room to them. Binders, whiping them in and out in the long run, is eventually going to scratch the discs.
As for your indexing, to each his own. What you do suggests a real loss of intimacy with your library, and that connectivity is something that's important to me. That's why I don't buy every single movie I have ever seen, just because I moderately liked it. Personally, I don't have to fiddle around, looking for a title. Even at 404, I've got the collection alphabetized, and I can find whatever I want very easily.
I could probably do the same if I had 1,404 or even 2,404. I never find myself saying "Hey, I want a movie that was released in 2002!" if you understand my meaning. So, to answer your question, yes, actually, I probably could do that, because the movies I own, I know inside and out. I don't buy movies for the sake of buying them, or to entertain anyone else.
Let's not let this thing escalate into a DVD snob thread, either. Be civil.
CD Project's binders (which I use) do not have plastic backs..........they are soft cotton. It's like your sliding your dvd against a cotton ball.....no way to scratch it.
to each his own though. Me personally, I find it much more time/space efficient.........definetly more efficient than slim cd cases cluttering up my living space. That might be fine for college kids and whatnot but once you're grown, married and have children........most people like to have a decor to their house.........not cd and dvd cases lining the walls.
as for indexing.........I have a movie list on my computer that I print a hard copy of now and then. It is broken down by books (binders), listed in order, each movie numbered within the binder. I guess I've got a good memory but I know which binder any of my movies are in. All I have to do is look at the number next to the movie name on my index list and go straight to it.
If I want to watch Taxi Driver I just go to binder 4 number 3..........or From Dusk 'till Dawn, binder 3 movie 14.
If you have so many dvds - I say dedicate a room to them, sleep in the kitchen if you must. none of this binders or slim line packs. If you've got a good dvd collection - flaunt in - you never know, using the actual cases may be the difference to someday getting laid by a geeky girl.
PS- Cinemaddicton - That sig and avatar set is the best! I'm very jelous.
yep, true, and kind of scary to think there is probably little Evil Deads running around out there
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I got 16 dvds, plus star wars set and a new x files set for my birthday last week, still haven't got most of my others together from various friends. I want my dogma and mallrats back at the moment
__________________ If you dont like Frenzal Rhomb, your a whore!
I am aware that "your" should be "you're," and while I know I should change it as not to offend the grammar fans around the boards, school always said not to bow to peer pressure so it stays as it is
haha, Evil Dead did the dvd equivilant to "haha, mines bigger"
__________________ If you dont like Frenzal Rhomb, your a whore!
I am aware that "your" should be "you're," and while I know I should change it as not to offend the grammar fans around the boards, school always said not to bow to peer pressure so it stays as it is
I know it's not going to ever come to this, but keep in mind, it's not a competition. If I were to own 500 movies, most of which were teen comedies, it doesn't necessarily make it that impressive.
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