How do you organize your DVDs

[ip_guru]

Just curious how you guys organize your DVDs...

By studio?
By title?
By studio and title?
By genre?
By actor?
By case design?

I keep my discs in DVD changers, so the cases are really used just as a display, and currently not organized in any way whatsoever.

EDIT - bumped to ask the new people what they're doing...

[spiderman_2k]

Mine arent organised at all they are just up on my shelves

[Kris Hodgson]

I keep my sets together, but that's about it.

[equipe]

I organize them by director and in chronological order. Damn, I'm a nerd.

[Dracula]

genre and then title

[tedward]

by colour. :)

[teewee1432]

I usually stack them in case order on my dvd stand. I put the standard plastic case ones together, and for the cardboard dvds with the latch opening on the side {like the ghostship case} I try to keep them together. And for the sequels I place them next to their orignals.

For the new dvd's I get monthly I display them on my entertainment center standing upright so everyone who visits will know what new dvd's I got for the month, and when I get new ones after that, I put these in the stand and then display those for a month, etc.... I'm a real dvd weirdo, but oh well.

[nometry]

I'm currently building an 80" x 96" x 25" entertainment center with a DVD cabinet that'll hold around 450 DVDs, but I'm sure once it's finished I'll practice Murphy's law with my DVD organization.

[Bigee04]

O.K. see if you can follow this. I mainly go by types of cases. I have a DVD Tower so they go from top to bottom, so, from top to bottom:

STANDARD CASES
Best Picture Winners (Newest to Oldest)
A.F.I. Top 100 (1 thru 100)
Best Picture Nominees (Newest to Oldest)
Then, just by wherever I think they fit in the scheme of things (like The Pianist would be above Office Space or The Waterboy)
SNAP CASES
Same order
BOXES ( like Fight Club or Moulin Rouge)
Same order
LARGER BOXES (LOTR: FOTR Special Extended or Complete Seasons of shows)
Same order

but mostly its just by type of case. I just think it looks more organized.

[spiderman_2k]

U guys have to much time on ur hands....

[Bigee04]

Originally posted by spiderman_2k
U guys have to much time on ur hands....

It's the summer, what else is there to do?

[spiderman_2k]

Sunbathe??

[Bigee04]

Touche

[jbailey84]

i have to have mine in title order A-Z. dvd's,cd's, and vhs.

[Kris Hodgson]

I organize mine according to the serial numbers on the discs themselves

[The Insider]

Having just reached 425 DVDs, I´m unable to find my way around them unless I organize them alphabetically.

[Mr. Black]

i used to have them spearated by comedy, drama, action, music, and animated, but lost track and space since i too, am up over 400.

[Mr. Black]

i think a better question might be..........how many of you are overweight? all this tv watching can't be good for everyone's matabolism. lucky for me...i'm also a big coke head, keeps me thin and alert, ready for movie watching.

[Jack]

or-gan-ize?

[Rizor]

My DVDs are all up in order by coincidence I suppose. The few titles I have seem to be organized by its case design. Cardboard, regular sized keepcase then double keepcases. Then from there, it's studio.

[Bigee04]

Well, I am quite in shape. I'm 174 lbs. on my 5'8" frame. I can bench 235 lbs. and squat 325 lbs. so watching movies has yet to effect my health, but maybe when I get a little older.

[Sculder]

By studio and case design

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Alphabetical (Alien, Blade Runner, Close Encounters etc..)

[Rocketboy]

I have my favorites together at one end all the way down to least favorite.

[buckeyesfan]

It is the summer and you people are worried about organizing your DVD's? That is something you need to do in the dead of winter when there is absolutely no reason to go outside. I don't even watch that many DVD's during the summer, unless it rains.

Now, with that being said...

I organize mine by genre. Sports, Action, Comedy, Horror, etc, etc, etc. I used to organize mine by lead actors, but I ran into problems figuring out whether to put "The Towering Inferno" with my Steve McQueen movies or my Paul Newman movies. So, now I just put them on my shelf according to genre.

[teewee1432]

I didnt know that you must wait for a specific season to put your dvds in a stand, but oh well.................

[buckeyesfan]

Merely stating my thoughts on the thread topic, teewee. Thank you for reading and replying, though.

[Originals]

Originally posted by spiderman_2k
U guys have to much time on ur hands....

I think that is about the smartest thing u have ever posted. Probably the only post that i was going to agree with u on.:D

[Originals]

losers@comingsoon.net/forums

[Parrish]

i dont organise mine although i do put the crappy WB dvds at the bottom of my rack because they slip out!

[teewee1432]

Originally posted by buckeyesfan
Merely stating my thoughts on the thread topic, teewee. Thank you for reading and replying, though.

Anytime!:) I'm here from 9-5, dont forget to tip your waitress.

[Glordreen]

Mine is organised by favorite, with LOTR first

[slayerfan1975]

With my VHS collection back in the day when it was HUGE I had it seperated by sections and then ABC order with the occasional small section devoted to a particular actor. Nowdays my VHS are on one big bookcase in ABC order only, goes for my DVD as well.

SF

[Spidey_Freak]

Well...they are in a giant "leaning tower of piza" type looking stack........

[Hitman]

I organize my DVD's by the directors. I got my Kevin Smth section, Ridley Scott section, M. Night Shymalan section, etc. Call me crazy but I actually like them that way.

[Originals]

nope, not detecting a single life....off to the star wars thread...

[ip_guru]

Thanks for your insight and contribution.

[Jspitalieri]

A-Z baby. I need another stand though!

[bjgroves91]

I dont have time to organize DVD's. I just throw 'em on a rack and get on with my life.

[Blehnoch26]

alphabetical

[Scoundrel]

Alphabetical unless a series then the order the series has them on shelf but on list A-z color schemed to genre.

[ip_guru]

Just curious how the new folks around here might answer this. Or if you, Insider, have changed since your collection is growing so fast!

[droidguy1119]

Alphabetically, on three shelves and inside a drawer.

[Sock-Man]

I believe the correct answer to this is 'get-a-life' - or at least that's what my dad just said...

I don't organise them, I seriously don't see the point.

[Inferno]

mine are organised in a random fashion.

[sphericthor]

Starting with the box sets, then card casing, amaray casing, snapper casing and those thin clear plastic cases all in Alphabetical order

[FaceOff]

Originally posted by Obi-Wan Kenobi
Alphabetical (Alien, Blade Runner, Close Encounters etc..)

Yep thats how I Do it.

[HeadHunter]

i used to have it in order i bought them but as my collection got bigger i sort of lost it...........but when i get a storage shelf for them i will prolly do them alpherbetically

[Cartagia]

Movie series are together:

LotR
The Tarantino's
The Kevin Smith's
Star Wars
Dragonball Z
Star Trek
All my comic book movies
All TV Shows

and everything else is by studio.

[Movie mogul]

I just like them nice and tidy in a line.

[Rabbit]

I try to go alphabetically, but they always get mixed up.

[WuTical]

i just do mine by year

[slinger]

TV Shows
> Studio
>> Chrono

Movies
> Studio
>> Chrono

[Leto II]

Generally I organize by studio, other than that I keep hubs and snappers seperate as well as box sets.

[starsprite]

Alphabetically.

[TyRoss]

Alphabeticlly for the most part but I seperate

Star Wars
LOTR
Box Sets
Comic Book Movies
and Animated Movies

[LordOfDarkness]

Alphabetically

[cg124]

mine for the most part are

Alphabetically.

[Ben Richards]

I try to organize them by genre.

[MazzaRedd]

All my faves are kept in my room and the rest outside my room

[Switzer]

My parents put the individual movies inside their original cases on some shelve.they put these Cantonese drama movies in this big suit case kind of DVD case

[eclipsedman]

Alphabetically.

[Inval1d]

ABC, well I try too.

[collegeboy]

The majority of my dvd's (the ones in the regular cases) are arranged in alphabetical order in dvd racks and a small bookshelf made for dvd's. I have the bigger box set dvd's on a video rack with my dwindling vhs collection.

[Darth Barth]

Mine are not in their cases, because they put those things in so tight you need a crowbar to get them out, and I know I will snap one in half someday, and I will be pi**ed!

I keep mine in a CD wallet, org. by sets, from most favorite to least favorite. I get the cases that hold 250 CD's.

[Juxton]

Alphabetical by title, except in the case of sequels. For example: I have all the Romero Dead movies together with the N's for Night. And in the case of Lord of the Rings, I have the theatrical editions together, then the EE's together after them (rather than alternating TE-EE-TE-EE...tee-hee). And in the case of remakes or special editions, I put the originals first. I'm a major geek.

At first I put them in order by genre, but since 99% of my DVDs are either sci-fi or horror, it didn't make much sense. I also originally had my VHS tapes mixed in with the DVDs, but I really hated the way it looked so they have their own shelf.

Hey, I have a rich, full life. Who says I don't?

[fineus fog]

box sets first (i.e indy, beatles etc
faves )LOTR,SW
then by genre, putting my sons at the other end also prevents damage to mine

[ip_guru]

Mine are now all in boxes. I did take a few pics before boxing, so I hope to scan them and get them online. They will be boxed for about 6 months - until the new house is done...

[Tornado]

Alphabetical. Aside from sequels, they get placed in numerical order then.

[stonefaced_1]

All of mine are Alphabetical.

[Mat]

Mine are organized by wherever they end up.

[todd philip]

Mine are organized alphabetically, The case are placed apon my shelf alphabetically, but i dont store my dvds in their case's, i keep them in a huge cd book, and believe it or not, that is alphabetical too!

[Quagmire04374]

Mine are alphabetical.

[iv3rdawG]

Most of them are A-Z but then they kept changing since I kept buying new ones

[IamMrDJ]

I have mine broken up in different categories. Below is a link to my collection and the exact way that I organize them.

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=iammrdj

[Birdy]

Genre and Year

[clrb15]

Alphabetically

[RVDDP]

I sort my DVDs first by numbers (e.g. 2 Fast 2 Furious) and then alphabeticaly

[krushgroove19]

most recently watched to unwatched