Do you keep tabs on what DVDs you watch?
07-03-04 | 04:06 AM
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Originally posted by Ginwen
I keep track of what I watch, when I watched it, and a rating from 1 to 10, plus any comments. I track it on a spreadsheet I get by exporting from DVD Profiler.
I keep track of what I watch, when I watched it, and a rating from 1 to 10, plus any comments. I track it on a spreadsheet I get by exporting from DVD Profiler.
07-03-04 | 06:06 AM
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About the closest I come is the rating I give it on Netflix. Although like many others I do have a "to watch" stack of new stuff. I also usually put the DVDs I've seen but haven't seen all the features/commentaries on upside down on the DVD rack but that's it.
07-03-04 | 08:25 AM
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I watch what I want, when I want. I think I would have to be insane to tally or write down what I watch and wait a certain period to watch something again!
What happens if you forget about Daylight savings and put a disc in at the 89d 23h mark...do you like penalize yourself and not let yourself watch anything for a month? "no dvd for you!"
What happens if you forget about Daylight savings and put a disc in at the 89d 23h mark...do you like penalize yourself and not let yourself watch anything for a month? "no dvd for you!"
07-03-04 | 08:45 AM
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I keep track on DVD Profiler Notes section. Some DVDs I've had for years but haven't felt like watching - yet there are other favourite discs I like racking up the viewings as many times as possible. I wish I could get as enthusiastic about watching each one as I am about buying them.
07-03-04 | 12:31 PM
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07-03-04 | 03:52 PM
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Originally posted by ukywyldcat
I have a shelf for movies I haven't watch the DVD for yet.
I have a shelf for movies I haven't watch the DVD for yet.
The reason I do this is because I rarely ever buy a movie that I've never seen before, so if just got mixed in, I'd forget that I haven't watched it. Also, I tend to buy in batches (CH accounts, DDD deals, ect.) so I have to do less rearranging this way.
This is more of a system to remind me "hey dummy, you bought this, why haven't you watched it yet? You've got 20 movies you haven't watched , why are you joining CH again?"
07-03-04 | 06:18 PM
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I don't keep track of movies I've watched but I would like to. I have just asked the developer of my DVD cataloging software to add this kind of capability. When I first started using iTunes, I didn't really think that being able to track which songs I had listened to would be important, but it turns out that it is a killer feature. Now I can have iTunes automatically make lists of songs that I have never heard, or songs that I haven't heard recently, as well as telling me which ones I listen to most often, etc. This means that I can expose myself to good music that, for whatever reason, wasn't getting listened to before. Before I started doing this, I found that I would listen to the same stuff over and over without really realizing it, which was a shame since I had lots of other good stuff. I think the same could be said for movies.
Limiting yourself to not watching a particular movie again in 90 days is silly, though.
Limiting yourself to not watching a particular movie again in 90 days is silly, though.
07-03-04 | 07:10 PM
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I always send myself an email when I watch a title. Then I print it out so I have a paper record. Then in the upper right corner I code each sheet and then I file them in a file cabinet. This way I can pretty much remember when I watched something. I dont re-watch much, except for High Plains Drifter and double dippers.
07-03-04 | 08:48 PM
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Originally posted by ernestrp
I always send myself an email when I watch a title. Then I print it out so I have a paper record. Then in the upper right corner I code each sheet and then I file them in a file cabinet.
I always send myself an email when I watch a title. Then I print it out so I have a paper record. Then in the upper right corner I code each sheet and then I file them in a file cabinet.
07-04-04 | 07:33 AM
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07-04-04 | 09:03 AM
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Originally posted by FilmFanSea
I keep track with DVD Profiler (which will hopefully expand this feature with its next update so that it's searchable: e.g. a list of Westerns I haven't watched in 6 months, or a French comedy I've never seen). Also, I have a good friend who comes over a lot to watch movies & I keep track of the ones we've watched together. Helpful to those of us with large collections.
For those who haven't explored this option in DVD Profiler:
Highlight a DVD.
Right Click
Select "Watched By"
Select user(s) & date
You can also see a list of what you've watched:
Tools---> Edit Users
Select user
Click the "History" tab
I find this function very convenient.
I keep track with DVD Profiler (which will hopefully expand this feature with its next update so that it's searchable: e.g. a list of Westerns I haven't watched in 6 months, or a French comedy I've never seen). Also, I have a good friend who comes over a lot to watch movies & I keep track of the ones we've watched together. Helpful to those of us with large collections.
For those who haven't explored this option in DVD Profiler:
Highlight a DVD.
Right Click
Select "Watched By"
Select user(s) & date
You can also see a list of what you've watched:
Tools---> Edit Users
Select user
Click the "History" tab
I find this function very convenient.
I started doing this too after cataloging DVD's with a UPC scanner. It's easy.
07-04-04 | 10:38 AM
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Oh, I forgot, before I used the simpler "unwatched shelf" method, I used to use my pocketPC for this. Nothing too fancy, I just output a CSV file from DVDProfiler with just the title and running time. Then I'd import it to PocketExcel with just a check box to mark the ones I watched. I could then sort it by running time to figure out what to watch. Personally, this became a bit too much work adding new movies to it, I I stopped.
07-04-04 | 10:45 AM
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Do you keep tabs on what DVDs you watch
