How are your dvds arranged?

marcellusk · 11-30-05, 02:47 PM

Just moved in with my girlfriend and I have all my dvds against the wall on shelves from floor to ceiling. (a little over 1000 with the box sets on another wall) She complains since I have so many I should have them in alphabetical order. I have them listed by Genre.(comedy..drama..horror ect) Can everyone list how they have their dvds arranged so we can end this argument??
thanks.
Sorry no pics

Lunatikk · 11-30-05, 02:54 PM

alphabetical for the movies and tv, music dvds are with the cds

MBoyd · 11-30-05, 02:54 PM

Sorry I can't help you - I have mine ordered by studio or distributor with a separate section for TV.

fryinpan1 · 11-30-05, 02:54 PM

Mine are arranged very similar to how I list them on my DVDaf.com link (by genre sorted alphabetically and by favorite actors sorted chronologically).

MBoyd · 11-30-05, 02:56 PM

I guess I should add they are alphabetical on their studio shelf.

Lemdog · 11-30-05, 02:56 PM

Criterions by number. Everything else alphabetical.

marcellusk · 11-30-05, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lunatikk

alphabetical for the movies and tv, music dvds are with the cds

oops i forgot to mention that too. I have my music/musical dvds with my cds

wendersfan · 11-30-05, 02:57 PM

1. Movies - chronological by director, followed by
2. TV shows - chronological by the first air date of the show, followed by
3. Music videos/concerts (date of release), then
4. Miscellaneous

Altimus Prime · 11-30-05, 03:02 PM

I once read that one way to turn off a girl is to have things like CDs - and I'd say DVDs, too - arranged alphabetically.

Mine are roughly organized by genre, but before that I group together movies where I have two or more movies in a series first. So, starting at my top shelf, I have Trek (9), Star Wars (6), Indiana Jones (3), Alien Quad (4), BTTF (3), Karate Kid (4), Matrix, (3), Terminator (3), MIB (2), JP (2), Spider Man (2), XMen (2), Shrek (2), Ghosbusters (2) ... and so on.

After those, I have it set up by genre, like drama/action, comedy, and horror. My TV releases are grouped together separately.

Sometimes I'll use an actor to make a "transition." I have Shawshank next to Glory (Morgan Freeman.) I have Scarface and Pulp Fiction together (gansters). I have Mars Attacks, War of the Worlds and Independence Day together (Mars movies.) After ID, I have I, Robot (Will Smith). I have Final Countdown and Top Gun side-by-side (fighter plane movies). I have Running Man, Total Recall, Robocop and Starship Troopers together (goes from Arnold movies to Verhoeven movies). I have Modern Problems and Fletch side by side (Chevy Chase.)

Most of the time, it's easy to figure out where to put new titles. Sometimes I get tough ones. It was tought to figure out where to put Planet of the Apes. And I was never sure wehre to put Sneakers.

But overall this works for me, and doesn't really take much thought or effort. But I'll never do alphabetical.

TylerDurden_73 · 11-30-05, 03:03 PM

Alphabetically, Anthing else is to OCD for me.

ShallowHal · 11-30-05, 03:03 PM

There are related answers here.

Ginwen · 11-30-05, 03:07 PM

Currently:

TV Sets in kind of a random order on one long shelf. A & E sets sort of random on a second pair of shelves. Boxed movie sets semi-random on another set of shelves (I have all the sets arranged by other ones that seem similar to me but would seem random to anyone else). Next come all the DVDs (except Criterions) in non-snappers in alphabetical order. Then all the snappers in alphabetical order. Then all the Criterions, varies between Alpha and Numerical depending on my mood.

I also have a separate shelf below the A & E stuff where everything goes until I watch it. It's pretty packed right now thanks to DDD, but it goes down fast.

I'd probably have them all together (except the snappers, which stick out too much on the shelf when mixed in, and the unwatched), but this screwy arrangement works best for my shelf space.

counpk39 · 11-30-05, 03:07 PM

Most of my collection is alpha. Boxsets of 3 or more are sorted alphabetically separately. My Criterions are sorted by spine #. My new DVDs are quickly integrated and kept sealed until viewing. DVDs that I may be selling are lined up in another shelf for final viewings.

Johnny Zhivago · 11-30-05, 03:08 PM

Just put em' in alpha order if it makes her happy... You moved in with her, better get used to not having your way. Life, as you knew it, is over.

EdTheRipper · 11-30-05, 03:09 PM

I have them divided into 3 categories...movies I've yet to watch, movies I've watched but still have bonus features to check and dvds that I've finished. And they're all alphabetized within those categories.

I'm a touch on the anal side.

onabudget · 11-30-05, 03:11 PM

Alphabetical mostly. I keep boxsets, criterions and music vids separate.

marcellusk · 11-30-05, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TylerDurden_73

Alphabetically, Anthing else is to OCD for me.

OCD??

ShallowHal · 11-30-05, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altimus Prime

I once read that one way to turn off a girl is to have things like CDs - and I'd say DVDs, too - arranged alphabetically.

I don't know about you, but I laugh at every single "tip" in Maxim, FHM, etc. Unless they interview the woman you want the answers are meaningless. Cindy Crawford doesn't know my gf's weak spot, favorite meal, or favorite date movie of all time. I do.

On topic, my movies are stored alphabetically. I then have two shelves for movie boxed sets/trilogies and TV on DVD. I also store comedy CD/DVDs with the boxed sets. I think the movie boxed sets look better on display, there's no point in paying for the spiffy box if it's the meat in a movie sandwich.

dick_grayson · 11-30-05, 03:19 PM

usually by "theme" or director

criterions, bond, hitchcock, anchor bay, classics/noir, foreign, comedy, disney, drama, television.....etc

they're not in order at the moment, but that's the order I prefer them

Patman · 11-30-05, 03:20 PM

Purchase date.

wendersfan · 11-30-05, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcellusk

OCD??

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

gimmepilotwings · 11-30-05, 03:29 PM

I have just moved into my apartment. I need to rearrange them.

I plan on changing them after I recatalog them via dvdaficionado. My TV shows are already on a different bookshelf. My disney collection is already on another. I need to separate the rest by genre, then alphabetically. I will also have a separate section for boxsets, criterions, and superbits.

exharrison · 11-30-05, 03:31 PM

I have a separation for TV sets, movie collections, then movies, then another case has my anime and then my foreign.
Contents of each section are alphabetized. Non-standard editions are set off on another shelf or on the top of the shelf.

MovieExchange · 11-30-05, 03:37 PM

I just do straight alphabetical. I'm considering separating TV on DVD when I finish my movie room, though.

I considered genre, but decided against it. Too many movies fall under multiple genres, so it gets confusing. I don't want to be looking for a movie and say "gee, did I file it under sci-fi, horror or action?" And the bigger your collection, the more of a pain that becomes. I want to go to where it is and pull it off the shelf. For example, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Cartoon? Comedy? Musical? Too many correct genres to choose from.

With Alphabetical the only decisions you have to make are whether or not to classify a title with a number at the front as numerical (thus grouping all of them together in numerical order) or as if the title was spelled out (putting "24" in the T's). That and whether to classify a DVD named after a person under first or last name (R or W for Robin Williams).

dadaluholla · 11-30-05, 03:38 PM

I have all the TV show related sets on one shelf and everything else is on other shelves. No order... aside from movies franchises/tv series being together.

11-30-05, 02:47 PM	#1
marcellusk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: B-More Posts: 659	How are your dvds arranged? Just moved in with my girlfriend and I have all my dvds against the wall on shelves from floor to ceiling. (a little over 1000 with the box sets on another wall) She complains since I have so many I should have them in alphabetical order. I have them listed by Genre.(comedy..drama..horror ect) Can everyone list how they have their dvds arranged so we can end this argument?? thanks. Sorry no pics

11-30-05, 02:54 PM	#3
MBoyd DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: AUSTIN - Land of Mexican Coke Posts: 2,485	Sorry I can't help you - I have mine ordered by studio or distributor with a separate section for TV. __________________ HD-A1 DMP-BD30 HD-XA2 HD-A35 I started a Comic-Con Social Group! Join for meet-ups in San Diego!

11-30-05, 02:54 PM	#4
fryinpan1 DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: WV Posts: 3,178	Mine are arranged very similar to how I list them on my DVDaf.com link (by genre sorted alphabetically and by favorite actors sorted chronologically). __________________ My DVD/Blu-ray/HD DVD collection Danny

11-30-05, 02:56 PM	#5
MBoyd DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: AUSTIN - Land of Mexican Coke Posts: 2,485	I guess I should add they are alphabetical on their studio shelf. __________________ HD-A1 DMP-BD30 HD-XA2 HD-A35 I started a Comic-Con Social Group! Join for meet-ups in San Diego!

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Lemdog DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sittin on the dock of the bay Posts: 2,277	Criterions by number. Everything else alphabetical. __________________ Warning!!! This post may be NSFW.

11-30-05, 02:54 PM	#2
Lunatikk DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: My Car Posts: 6,280	alphabetical for the movies and tv, music dvds are with the cds

11-30-05, 02:57 PM	#8
wendersfan Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: University District Posts: 24,271	1. Movies - chronological by director, followed by 2. TV shows - chronological by the first air date of the show, followed by 3. Music videos/concerts (date of release), then 4. Miscellaneous __________________ "Fifth Element may be as dumb and artless as Johnny Mnemonic, but since a frenchman made it it must be ART!" -Pants "...I think it's a low blow to draw attention to wendersfan's drunken state. " - dork "Just because their victims are still alive doesn't mean they didn't commit murder." - grundle "You concentrate on the sad wanna be hooliganism and let us worry about the actual soccer." - rocketsauce (final score: Columbus 2-Chicago 1)

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Altimus Prime Guest Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Posts: 2,239	I once read that one way to turn off a girl is to have things like CDs - and I'd say DVDs, too - arranged alphabetically. Mine are roughly organized by genre, but before that I group together movies where I have two or more movies in a series first. So, starting at my top shelf, I have Trek (9), Star Wars (6), Indiana Jones (3), Alien Quad (4), BTTF (3), Karate Kid (4), Matrix, (3), Terminator (3), MIB (2), JP (2), Spider Man (2), XMen (2), Shrek (2), Ghosbusters (2) ... and so on. After those, I have it set up by genre, like drama/action, comedy, and horror. My TV releases are grouped together separately. Sometimes I'll use an actor to make a "transition." I have Shawshank next to Glory (Morgan Freeman.) I have Scarface and Pulp Fiction together (gansters). I have Mars Attacks, War of the Worlds and Independence Day together (Mars movies.) After ID, I have I, Robot (Will Smith). I have Final Countdown and Top Gun side-by-side (fighter plane movies). I have Running Man, Total Recall, Robocop and Starship Troopers together (goes from Arnold movies to Verhoeven movies). I have Modern Problems and Fletch side by side (Chevy Chase.) Most of the time, it's easy to figure out where to put new titles. Sometimes I get tough ones. It was tought to figure out where to put Planet of the Apes. And I was never sure wehre to put Sneakers. But overall this works for me, and doesn't really take much thought or effort. But I'll never do alphabetical.

11-30-05, 03:03 PM	#10
TylerDurden_73 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rochester, N.Y. Posts: 1,336	Alphabetically, Anthing else is to OCD for me. __________________ JackKnight_Starman Profiler List "Just because some fuck has a library card, doesn't make him yoda." BITE ME Mitsubishi WD-65835 65" Diamond Series DLP/Panasonic DMP-BD50/Onkyo TX-SR606B My Countdown Counting down to: When the Hobbit hits movie theatres 1044 days 9 hours 47 minutes

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ShallowHal Guest Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,701	There are related answers here.

11-30-05, 03:07 PM	#12
Ginwen DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: right behind you Posts: 5,997	Currently: TV Sets in kind of a random order on one long shelf. A & E sets sort of random on a second pair of shelves. Boxed movie sets semi-random on another set of shelves (I have all the sets arranged by other ones that seem similar to me but would seem random to anyone else). Next come all the DVDs (except Criterions) in non-snappers in alphabetical order. Then all the snappers in alphabetical order. Then all the Criterions, varies between Alpha and Numerical depending on my mood. I also have a separate shelf below the A & E stuff where everything goes until I watch it. It's pretty packed right now thanks to DDD, but it goes down fast. I'd probably have them all together (except the snappers, which stick out too much on the shelf when mixed in, and the unwatched), but this screwy arrangement works best for my shelf space. __________________ DVD Profiler \| DVD Aficionado \| My Music on LastFM My 2009 October Horror Challenge List \| Unwatched list for October My Countdown Counting down to: It's the end of the world as we know it! 1045 days 12 hours 48 minutes Last edited by Ginwen; 11-30-05 at 03:10 PM.

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counpk39 Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Capital Region, NY Posts: 86	Most of my collection is alpha. Boxsets of 3 or more are sorted alphabetically separately. My Criterions are sorted by spine #. My new DVDs are quickly integrated and kept sealed until viewing. DVDs that I may be selling are lined up in another shelf for final viewings.

11-30-05, 03:08 PM	#14
Johnny Zhivago DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Korova Milkbar Posts: 5,158	Just put em' in alpha order if it makes her happy... You moved in with her, better get used to not having your way. Life, as you knew it, is over. __________________ Now Playing Dilauded is pure sunshine wrapped in bacon and delivered straight to your pleasure center by a naked goddess. If I could get my hands on a gallon of it, I would start a new religion. - Cosmosguy

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EdTheRipper DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 5,726	I have them divided into 3 categories...movies I've yet to watch, movies I've watched but still have bonus features to check and dvds that I've finished. And they're all alphabetized within those categories. I'm a touch on the anal side. __________________ The only time you should care about a woman's age is if she is too young for you and I am not robbing the cradle. If anything I am robbing the grave.

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onabudget Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 183	Alphabetical mostly. I keep boxsets, criterions and music vids separate. __________________ Where it all happens! \| Got LDs? \| Feeding frenzy in progress...

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dick_grayson DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lyon Estates Posts: 10,572	usually by "theme" or director criterions, bond, hitchcock, anchor bay, classics/noir, foreign, comedy, disney, drama, television.....etc they're not in order at the moment, but that's the order I prefer them Last edited by dick_grayson; 11-30-05 at 03:42 PM.

11-30-05, 03:29 PM	#22
gimmepilotwings DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,539	I have just moved into my apartment. I need to rearrange them. I plan on changing them after I recatalog them via dvdaficionado. My TV shows are already on a different bookshelf. My disney collection is already on another. I need to separate the rest by genre, then alphabetically. I will also have a separate section for boxsets, criterions, and superbits.

11-30-05, 03:31 PM	#23
exharrison DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,014	I have a separation for TV sets, movie collections, then movies, then another case has my anime and then my foreign. Contents of each section are alphabetized. Non-standard editions are set off on another shelf or on the top of the shelf.

11-30-05, 03:37 PM	#24
MovieExchange DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,274	I just do straight alphabetical. I'm considering separating TV on DVD when I finish my movie room, though. I considered genre, but decided against it. Too many movies fall under multiple genres, so it gets confusing. I don't want to be looking for a movie and say "gee, did I file it under sci-fi, horror or action?" And the bigger your collection, the more of a pain that becomes. I want to go to where it is and pull it off the shelf. For example, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Cartoon? Comedy? Musical? Too many correct genres to choose from. With Alphabetical the only decisions you have to make are whether or not to classify a title with a number at the front as numerical (thus grouping all of them together in numerical order) or as if the title was spelled out (putting "24" in the T's). That and whether to classify a DVD named after a person under first or last name (R or W for Robin Williams).

11-30-05, 03:38 PM	#25
dadaluholla DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wilmington, OH Posts: 5,304	I have all the TV show related sets on one shelf and everything else is on other shelves. No order... aside from movies franchises/tv series being together.