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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Originally posted by costanza
gut what you're proposing is madness. madness i tells ya!
gut what you're proposing is madness. madness i tells ya!
07-03-04, 01:19 PM
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Originally posted by gutwrencher
this is why my new theater room is to be walled with rubber.
this is why my new theater room is to be walled with rubber.
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
