Comments on: Weekend Discussion: The Great DVD Organization Debate

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:02:37 +0000

what about (500 Days Of Summer) ? I was thinking it would be the first disc on the shelf because the open paren symbol “(” comes before numbers and letters alphabetically, right? If that rule is invalid, I'd default to my numeric->alpha organization, using numbers like they were letters:
2001
2010
21
30 Days Of Night
300

By: movie to Downloads

movie to Downloads — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:45:39 +0000

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By: len90

len90 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:13:41 +0000

Rip them to your hard disk so you can dinamicly order them the way you like. You can have a legal backup copy on your hard disk in the U.S. right?

By: beatlesfreak2005

beatlesfreak2005 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:26:10 +0000

Alphabetical, regardless of regular DVD or Blu-Ray

By: beatlesfreak2005

beatlesfreak2005 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:24:44 +0000

All alphabetical…regardless of regular DVD or Blu-Ray

By: Moreloth

Moreloth — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:36:25 +0000

I Organize it first by genre, then I go alphabetically,

for action movies I go quite different I first lay down Epic Battle Movies, then WWII, so on…

By: Bigandyt

Bigandyt — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:41:29 +0000

Blue Ray top shelf

Movies next 5 shelfs

TV and Comedy bottom shelf

simple!

By: brian_nr2

brian_nr2 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:32:37 +0000

by color of the hull. its absolutly random to the quality of the movie, looks nice and comforts the human mind, relating colors to your favorites. e.g. fight club in the red section.

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:24:00 +0000

When shit goes wrong I like to make it worse. I also like urinating in public.

By: rpaine

rpaine — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:14:37 +0000

i put them by genre, leaving the best of each genre in the front of each row, and down to the worst, or in my case, the decent ones, all the shit dvds are lying about in my room somewhere.

By: Matt Cohen

Matt Cohen — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:52:56 +0000

The best way to arrange any type of media is the “High Fidelity” way: Auto Biographically. Arrange movies in the order you originally saw them. This way is great and creates a sense of nostalgia as you flashback through your movie going experiences.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:15:00 +0000

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By: Antony Wilson

Antony Wilson — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:00:57 +0000

I've been organising by the colour of the spine for about a year now. You'll be surprised how easy it is to find stuff that way.

Blu-rays are kept seperate.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:39:00 +0000

The genres I use are –
Action
Animation – American
Animation – Japanese
Comedy
Drama
Horror
Sci-Fi
And 2 sub genres, cause I have a lot of each – Bond and Godzilla

By: Kangaroo Be Stoned

Kangaroo Be Stoned — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:58:00 +0000

Mine are currently in alphabetical order but there are some exceptions. Movies in a serial will be in the release order. For instance, the “Police Story” films are organized as “Police Story”, “Police Story 2″, and “Supercop”. I never plan to change this. Also, my TV sets are mixed in with my movies.

By: JEff

JEff — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:20:30 +0000

A cool way you might not think of immediately would be to organize the large sections by publication company (i.e. all Criterions together, all MGMs, Lionsgate, etc.) Within that you can organize each subsection accordingly, but those company spines tend to follow similar formats, at least for a period of time, and that can make them look nice on the shelf. Classical radio stations do this because often certain performers record on specific labels, in this way, certain filmmakers work with certain studios for a period of time. Just offering an alternative suggestion.

By: daveroynan

daveroynan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:09:50 +0000

If you have the space, put them alphabetically with their spines facing outwards, but turn a few of your favorites so the front cover faces out. This allows you to keep them organized and also draws attention of casual visitors to the movies you'd like them to notice.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:54:36 +0000

alphabetical order by genre. fight club is drama. comedy is anything like knocked up, wedding crashers and clerks. stuff like fight club, lock stock and two smoking barrels, while containg funny scenes, are still dramas.

By: trevorsmiley

trevorsmiley — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:13:00 +0000

i have a modified alphbetical sorting for my collection. I sort by title but if it is a series like James Bond, then I put them under James Bond (and then either by Vol 1, Vol 2, etc or by how they are ordered in the series). Pitch Black is now under Chronicles of Riddick, but placed first. I keep my TV shows seperate (mostly due to space issues) and they are alphabetical. And my collector’s sets are pulled out and shown off seperated (again due to space issues). Once I get into blu-ray, I am not sure if I will mix them in or not because the cases are different sizes and would look weird.

I also keep a database of my collection on iheartmovies.com and on google docs so I can quickly search through my films (and also if any become stolen, lost or damaged). And when I had room I would leave spaces on shelves for upcoming DVDs so I wouldn’t have to re-organize my shelves too often.

By: nyp

nyp — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:38:29 +0000

Alphabetical by Key Grip.