DVD's & Me

System

2008-03-06T02:16:00.000-08:00

Thanks to geniuses at Collectorz.com (just follow the link on the left). I have the perfect system to keep my collection in order. With the help from Ziotek and Cyberguys storage is a breeze (Note if you're interested I'd buy them from the different sites, Cyberguys bundles the package but if you get it straight from the Collectorz website you get free LIFETIME upgrades, I've gone through 4 upgrades). Here is how I roll. 2 Zio Carousels (hold 150 DVDs each) and software from the collectorz website. The two carousels are full and I need a third. The software is linked with The Internet Movie Database and as soon as you enter either the name, scan the bar code, or enter the bar code numbers all the info for the movie goes from IMDB straight to your computer. SWEET! It also keeps track on what you lent out, to whom, and when it's due back. Lets not stop there, it also allows you to create custom fields to track what ever you like. For me, I have one that tracks how many times I've watched something (Ex: Shawshank Redemption = Viewed 15 times) and another one that tracks whether or not I've entered it into my manual catalog (this is where my OCD kicks into hyperdrive: I made little print outs of the dvd cover art [loaded from IMDB] and put them in baseball card sleeve/leaflets and ordered them by category and numbered based on location in the carousels = what does all this mean, I don't have to have my computer on when company comes over, just hand them the binder and have them pick out the movie, read me the number, I punch it in directly on the carousel, and out pops the DVD). I'll post pictures of my catalog some other time.

Here are the carousels daisy-chained together (you can chain up to 5 for 1 USB port) so that it doesn't take up all your USB inputs (with the help from a hub you chain 127 on one computer = 19,050 DVDS).

Now lets put that all together with my HUGE monitor and we have...

For a little perspective here is the Mrs doing some homework...

Am I a DVD Super Freak or what! Say it loud "I'm a Nerd and I'm Proud!!!!"

Action

2008-01-02T13:00:00.005-08:00

2 Fast 2 Furious
300
Adventures of Indiana Jones
Bad Boys 2
Behind Enemy Lines
Biker Boyz
Blade
Blade 2
Boonedock Saints
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Charlie's Angles: Full Throttle
Chronicles of Riddick
Collateral
Con Air
Desperado
Die Another Day
Drive
Enemy at the Gates
Enemy of the State
Entrapment
Excalibur
Fast And The Furious, The
Full Metal Jacket
G.I. Jane
Gladiator (Russel Crow)
Gladiator (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Guardian, The
Hunted
Inside Man
Iron Eagle
Italian Job
Kill Bill Vol.1
Kill Bill Vol.2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Tomb Raider
Lethal Weapon 1
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 4
Master and Commander
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Patriot, The
Pearl Harbor
Quick and the Dead, The
Reservoir Dogs
Road to Perdition
Rock, The
Ronin
Saving Private Ryan
Shooter
Sin City
Sniper 1
Sniper 2
Sniper 3
Spider-Man 1
Spider-Man 2
Swordfish
Terminator 2
Top Gun
Transporter, The
Trapped
U-571
We Were Soldiers
XXX
Young Guns 1
Young Guns 2

Comedy

2008-01-02T13:00:00.003-08:00

50 First Dates
About a Boy
Anchorman
Baby Geniuses
Balls of Fury
Bedazzled
Best of Friends Vol. 1-4
BET ComicView All Stars
Bill Cosby: Himself
Blue Crush
Blue Streak
Bug's Life
Christmas Story
Devil Wears Prada
Divine Madness!
Dogma
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
Dumb & Dumber
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
Elf
Evolution
Finding Nemo
Forget Paris
Fun with Dick and Jane
Half Baked
Home Alone 1
Home Alone 2
Ice Age
The Incredibles
Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You For the Last Time
Just Married
Kathy Griffin: Allegedly
Legally Blonde 2
Matchstick Men
Meet the Fockers
Mousehunt
My Cousin Vinny
National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
Not Another Teen Movie
Nothing But Trouble
Perfect Score, The
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
Platinum Comedy Series: Cedric the Entertainer
Platinum Comedy Series: Steve Harvey
Princess Bride, The
Pushing Tin
School of Rock
Sideways
Snatch
Spaceballs
Someone Like You
Sweet Home Alabama
Swingers
There's Something About Mary
Tin Cup
Uptown Girls
Van Wilder
Wag the Dog
Wedding Crashers
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
When Harry Met Sally
White Men Can't Jump
Young Frienkenstein

Drama

2008-01-02T13:00:00.001-08:00

8 Mile
25th Hour
Ali
Amadeus
American Beauty
American Flyers
American History X
Apt Pupil
Basic
Beautiful Mind, A
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Boiler Room
Brokendown Palace
Butterfly Effect, The
Call of the Wild
Casino
Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Coach Carter
Color of Money, The
Conspiracy Theory
Count of Monte Cristo, The
Crash
Crossover
Cutting Edge, The
Da Vinci Code, The
Don't Say A Word
Double Jeopardy
E.T.
Fight Club
Finding Forrester
Flags of Our Fathers
Forrest Gump
Good Will Hunting
Guilty Conscience
Hackers
Hannibal
Hotel Rwanda
Hustler, The
Illusionist, The
Instinct
Interview With a Vampire
Kiss the Girls
L.A. Confidential
Last Castle, The
Last Emperor
Last Samurai
Legends of the Fall
Life is Beautiful
Memento
Men of Honor
Million Dollar Baby
Miracle
Misery
Mr. Holland's Opus
Mystic River
Negotiator, The
Net, The
Ninth Gate, The
North Country
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Twelve
One Fine Day
Original Sin
Patch Adams
Pelican Brief, The
Phenomenon
Poolhall Junkies
Proof of Life
Rain Man
Randsom
Ray
Recruit, The
Remember the Titans
Road to Perdition
Romeo + Juliet
Rookie, The
Rounders
Rules of Engagement
Schindler's List
Score, The
Se7en
Shade
Shawshanke Redemption, The
Shine
Simon Birch
Sneakers
Stand and Deliver
Steel Magnolias
Stir of Echoes
Sum of All Fears, The
Swing Kids
Thomas Crown Affair, The
Tigerland
Unfaithful
Varsity Blues
Walk to Remember, A
Wall Street
We Were Soldiers
What Dreams May Come
Without Limits

Martial Arts

2008-01-02T12:59:00.004-08:00

American Shaolin
Best of The Best
Crouching Tigen Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
Martial Arts Masters
Once Upon A Time in China 1
Once Upon A Time in China 2
Once Upon A Time in China 3
Ong Bak
Zatoichi/Sonatine Double Bill

Misc.

2008-01-02T12:59:00.003-08:00

Ball Above All
Ballin' Outta Control
Bowling for Columbine
Cream: Royal Albert Hall - London
Eric Clapton: Unplugged
Foundations: Get to Your Level
House (Season 1)
Moulin Rouge!
Mummies And the Wonders of Ancient Egypt
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Live from Austin
Underground Railroad (Documentary)
What It Takes (Triathlon Documentary)

Science Fiction

2008-01-02T12:59:00.001-08:00

Abyss, The
Animatrix
Core, The
Day After Tomorrow, The
Dune (1984)
Dune (2000)
Fifth Element, The
I, Robot
Independence Day
Matrix
Matrix: Revolution
Minority Report
Serenity
Species
Sphere
Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith
Wing Commander

Here's Looking At You....Bloggers

2007-05-16T19:58:00.000-07:00

Where to start? Hi my name is Vortex...and I'm an Addict. Its been 20 hours since my last DVD. [clap, clap, clap]. My collection is modest (about 200) but the means in which I catalog may be considered extreme...nay, Anal (pictures to come). It's one of the few things in my life that is truly organized. It brings me peace.

So how big is your collection (size matters, I don't care what she said) and is it original or burned?