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Excel, or Access if you have some database skills. For simple online cataloging I use my own webpage and DVDaficionado.

DVD Aficianado. They have a great import function

I currently subscribe to: DVD Tracker but, I just started to customized my DVD catalog on my own PC using: Microsoft Word, and I love every minute of it because it gives me something to do in my free time.
I will not renew my subscription to DVD Tracker after it expires. You have numerous advantages over using website DVD catalogs when you customized your own collection using Microsoft Word because you are able to file, and arrange the text the way you want it to be.

Another option for Mac OS X users is the Readerware bundle of software. It has three software apps, one for movies (DVD or VHS), one for CDs, and one for books. Allows input via barcode scanning, user definable/creatable macro listings and export/import from handheld devices through Palm version of software (additional cost). It's a little more expensive, but fairly full featured.

I use Profiler

http://www.guzzlefish.com is another alternative.

Another vote for dvdaf here.

I use DVDaf, but it's tough to adhere to their standards for submitting the picture and reference link when submitting new titles. I love the way DVDaf highlites titles you own when you are viewing someone else's collection. I am a big Spot fan (and will be creating a bunch of films in their DB today, as a matter of fact).

DVD Profiler...Best decision I ever made

DVD Spot, DVD AF & DVD Profiler work well for me.

What do you get for using these services? What are they for, just a personal record of what is owned? Are these services used for trading DVD's or selling them?

One advantage of Profiler is the ability to export to a CSV or XML file. That way you get a lot of info just by typing in the UPC, which you can use in any locally created database or spreadsheet you might want to setup.

Basically, they're just a way of cataloging what you have or what you want. What you use that for (insurance records, trading, comparison, etc.) is up to you.

I use most of the ones everyone else has mentioned, gave up on guzzlefish, they had quite a few problems awhile ago, but seem to be updating their database. Have already lost interest with guzzlefish though. DVDSpot is the new kid on the block, it's a very well organized site and the founder is constantly making it better.

Dvdaf

Excel.

I remember another program that allows you to keep track of dvd's lend to family and friends and it also help you organize your dvd's in alphabetical order.

The program was more like a personal organizer. I didn't need to be online to arrange or add more dvd titles.

Does anyone know that program?

you can do all that with DVD Profiler, very easy I might add

another vote for profiler. the free version is fully functional (but limits your online collection to 400 (?) discs). best 25.00 spent on software recently.

kms

Profiler, hands-down.

I didn't like any of the online catalogs so I wrote my own using perl CGI and MySQL.. It catalogs all my CDs and MP3s too

--mike

Is DVD Profiler the only one that can export back out to Excel?

It would be great to have catalog in Excel format just incase the service goes belly-up.

damn so many choices! I think I'm drowning.

I'm going to use movie organizer for offline. It's at movieorganizer.com.

Still not sure what to use online.

What's the easiet to use? Like is there one where I can just type in the name or UPC code of a title and then have it autofill everything for me. Also do all of these have cover pics for each title. Something like how JoeBlo lists their new releases.

Thanks

shawagg, DVDAF is the easiest to use, you can add 500 titles at one time I believe.

DVD Spot allows one to export their collection (upc,title,rating,review,source,price,owned,owned_date,watched,watched_date) to a .csv file. Their the only other one other than DVD Profiler that allows one the ability to backup their data that I know of.

DVD Spot also has a similar quick import feature in that all you need to do is type in the list of titles into notepad (.txt file) and import that. Functions the same way as DVDAf's and one can also use upc's or a .csv file.

They also don't have a limit on titles, have the lending section, and list more information (similar to what DVD Profiler lists) on the DVD release.