How Do You Organize Your Dvd And Blu-Ray Collection ? Happy New Year !

[REDchairDIARIES]

Happy New Year, Jay.

As you can see by the date, I'm behind in my viewings. Just can't keep up with everyone.

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As of now, no real rhyme or reason. My collection is still smaller than most, so no real reason to divide them up.

Another thought is - like you say...a bit of OCDisorder runs thru the community - when it comes to James Bond, say, alpha order goes out the window. And box sets. And if you have movies based on John LeCarre novels, do you bunch them?

It's mind-numbing.

M

[hudsonfan15]

I got alphabetically, all 3 types (DVD, HD & BD) intermingled. No sorting by genre. Happy new year Jay!

[Absolutesublime1]

@hudsonfan15

Hey Tom, how are you? Happy New Year! How were your holidays?

You have them all intermingled? Interesting, I think you're the only one I've heard from or known who has different formats mixed together. I'm a bit ocd with stuff so I don't think I could do that but it is interesting to see how people do things differently.

[hudsonfan15]

@Absolutesublime1 Doin ok, holidays were just fine. Happy they are over though. You?

We pretty much watch all the movies on one TV which has all the players attached to it so they all go to the same place when they come of the bookshelf. I have them stacked in such a way that the dimensions of the respective cases don't cause any issues. To me it's just easier to find the movie I want quickly by name than trying to remember what format it's in first. Good question to ask Jay!

[nosleepinheaven]

I go by alphabetically because my collection is big so it makes things difficult to find otherwise, however genre is my preferred way. I divide into subgenres. So, Horror would be Slasher | Thriller | Zombie (which will include things like Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland) | Monster (vampires, Jaws, etc) | Classic | Foreign. Zombies get a separate section from monster because they're my favourite. Also when it comes to sci-fi/horror movies, if it takes place in a spaceship I put it in Sci-Fi.

[Lockito0o]

happy new year n happy holidays..n ya i mostly have mine organize to genre..but some are actors n director..i really need shevles 2..ill get dem soon..cool video

[SLopyshOOter1497]

Alphabetically

[howardl0vr]

Happy New Year!! I don't have blu-ray but all my DVDs are alphabetical. Series & box sets separately not alphabetical. Let us see how it looks when your done :)

[juniorrocks2012]

A-Z

But I Wanna Organize It By Year 2012,2011,2010,2009 etc,etc!

[katgirl1921]

i do not really have a lot of space to put all my dvds into groups i have tv shows with tv shows and i disney movies with disney movies and disney movies i have ones i do not watch much are together but i do not have that may dvds but i have been getting more

[GeneratorNJ]

With my movies, I usually keep them in the order I buy them in, that way years from now I can look back and see how my taste has evolved/devolved.

[JAMESTALKALOT]

I have mine like so at the moment. Horror (top shelves away from the kids), family (all disney, christmas movies beside each other then the rest) 80s (I have a LOT of 80s as it's my fave. So all movies and tv from the 80s have their own section. Then I have Trek and TV Shows (I have more than a few of those :P), I have all blu on their own. Also all steels/digi/slipcase and big boxsets. It gets a bit hard to do them alphabetical after about 3800 odd lol. Arnie! and Music!. Also Doctor Who/Elvis!

[wolfmansgotnards11]

I organise by genre. In each genre, they are alphabetical.

I used to organise by production company. The only reason I done that was because the DVDs or blurays looked in sync.

[robbiewwebster]

Right now all of my stuff is alphabetical, and my DVDs are separate from my Blu-rays. When I have a larger space I'll sort them into more sections the way you are.

[jaythestingray]

I really need some shelves as well. My collection is pretty much everywhere! lol. I just do not have the space to put up huge shelves. Most of them are in large rubber containers. Horror is my favorite genre also. Have a great one bro!

[SLSwriter]

my dream is to create a hard core horror collection... right now i just have random stuff a few nice collectables... but I can't wait to see how you set it up i am sure it will look Sweet! for me i would just have a bookcase and organize them by theme like all nightmare on elm street together and italian horror together something like that :)

[hardbannockmusic]

Awesome, i do mine by genre, gonna post a video this week on that too. I though id show the new DVD shelfs and man den.

[VisualReplay]

I don't organize by genre. I do separate DigiBooks and such, but that's the extent of any special organization. I put everything into A-Z. Period. :)

[RobinsTaste]

I only got Dvds, but sort them after genre or directors. For example try to collect some John Carpenters and got his in one order. To separete dvds and blu-rays seem better then blending them together.

[jackrules94]

Alphabetical is the way to go bro, but definitely keep the Blu's and the DVD's separate. Who knows what could happen if they get talking...

[JWUniverse]

You know I never though of that like that I should do it but genre but mines are Alphabetically right now.

[BradyReviewz]

I keep my Bly rays and DVDs seperate, I also separate my criterion films, happy new year!

[kiddy2686]

I keep the blurays and my dvds seperate and each section is in alphabetical order. Happy new year, Jay.

[SpannersGerm669]

Happy New Year mate. I dont collect Blu Ray, so i dont have any in my collection. But my collection is as follows : French stuff, Scandiavia, Spain, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, UK and then USA ... i put a specific nationality as one ...

[spice1420]

oh to the question i jsut have steelbooks and metal slipcases like 9 only just getting started so i have options on looking should go to ikea has cool storage solution of all kinds and a question slash favor if you know anyone with an extra independence day iron pack help me out it would be much appreciated happy new year

[spice1420]

should orgainze this year i just moved this weekend

[theclaysinger]

Great question Jay! I actually do it by year. I think it is easier that way! But, I do seperate dvd and blu ray

[TheTop20freak]

Alphabetical order, I have a lot of Disney Animated ones so I organize those in alphabetical orders, then the non disney ones are alphabetized.

[YWCAddict84]

I have a huge collection of wrestling dvds/blu rays. i usually organize by year. earliest to latest.

[GeorgeMckee93]

My dvds are in 5 sections, My favorite films, horrors, comedys, sequences and ''the rest''

[DaveSimonH]

DVDs & blu-rays separately, and then tv boxets and film boxsets, animated films and steelbooks. The majority are alphabetical, organising into genres just wouldn't work for me.

[WaxHeadroom]

I do have my horror films separate. Most of my collection is VHS and Betamax however.

I do have them split up by distributor, for instance Paragon tapes together Unicorn Video tapes together, Gorgon releases together. My big box VHS are separate from the traditional sized slipcases as well, then by company. Happy new year Jay

[JennyBMoon]

I don't have enough dvds to justify truly organizing them. For serious collectors like yourself, do you catalog your DVDs?

[blurayffan66]

I have over 1350 blurays so I put them in alphabetical order otherwise I would never find anything! If I had to seperate a genre, I would put TV shows seperate. Happy New Year buddy and thanks for all the great videos in 2011 :-)

[monkus20]

i also have all my Disney films together and all films from Dreamworks like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda and also all my Pixar films

[monkus20]

i have my TV shows first in alphabetical order, then my dvds by genre and in alphabetical order, then my blu rays in alphabetical order

[veles666]

Most are alphabetical, disney, tv shows, box sets, steelbooks etc are by themselves. All movies are also entered in dvd profiler, so I know what I have lol

[mikediamond100]

i just throw mine on my shelf, i havent thought of a creative way t o organize them yet, anyone got any ideas

[ret6578]

I have my DVD's & Blu-Rays separate from one another. Then I put them in alphabetical order. I have a seperate section for Blu-Ray digibooks and a separate section for my TV series.

[subzeromr69er]

forgot comedy

[subzeromr69er]

a thru z action drama horror special interest have some on shelves the rest on the floor stacked need more bookcases only collect dvds cause that's what i have don't want to change to blu ray if they stop i stop buying until they make a machine to copy to the highest format from the info of dvds don't have the money and time to keep changing formats

[Jagh55]

By both genre and actor! :)

[wislingsailsmen]

yeah by genera for the most part tv shows on one rack,blurays on one rack and then everything else layed out by genera

[RIPmyers]

I have over 2,000 dvds but I just put them in alphabetical order. I have huge bookcases, have ton of shelves for them etc....I just put them in A-Z. I love Horror and that's my main films.

[katiemorren]

Chronological. 

[wezatch]

I did it by leading actor for example The Beach, Catch me if you can, Forrest Gump.

I use Di Caprio to get to Hanks. I keep all my sequels and prequels together.

[bluraymex23]

funny you should ask check out my latest video and tell me what u think, happy new year jay may 2012 bring a alot of bluray buys lol.

[coloradojoey]

Happy new year Jay. Oh yeah, what kind of HDTV did you end up getting?

[Absolutesublime1]

@coloradojoey

Happy New Year Joey! I ended up getting a Panasonic Plasma , will be doing a video on it soon.

[maravilla757]

@Absolutesublime1 There was a movie I saw alongtime ago where I saw people vomiting some red goo and then they die, im not sure if its a horror movie or series, it was creepy though, does it rings any bells?

[NexusVerbal]

Hey, Jay. The way I organize my films is simple. My entire collection is broken up into sections.

The first section contains all of my Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror films in ABC order.

Next, is the "Everything Else" section, also in ABC order, which contains films from every genre, EXCEPT for Criterions, Classics, and Animation.

Classics and Criterions have their own section.

And Animation does too, both TV and Film.

Box sets go atop the shelves.

DVD and BluRays are kept apart in each section.

[redsrbetter]

Mine is separated by favorite actor. Then within the actors section, its my favorite movie from that actor to least favorite.

[MsMovieReviewer]

alphabetical

happy new year Jay!

[hunter12555]

Stack em..

[kulfie]

I tend to to order mine by labels. For example criterion or bfi. The rest I order by spine. For example, if I have several releases with white spines and red lettering I will put them together and brown spines with yellow lettering ets. It creates nice blocks of colour which is a good memorising technique. It works surprisingly well and looks good.

[Andrew51287]

alphabetical 

[RetroBacon1]

I separate the DVD's and Blu-rays then organize them by Genre and then in alphabetical.

[216xEntertainment]

deff want to see the finished product man, you should a video of your organizing them

[swapmeetsearcher]

I organize my collection exactly how you said you are going to organize yours, even with the criterions. :)

[Carnage6X]

I have my own ordering system that makes no sense to anyone but myself. I tried to keep like anime seperate and horror seperate and all the superhero movies together still but then I buy one or two new movies and that system goes all to hell when I run out of space on the shelf. I still do try to keep stuff like TV series and superhero movies together but now I just put most things wherever I want. Somtimes giving my favorite movies the prime shelf space closest to me.

[talc89a]

mine was alphabetical since the beginning. however, i changed it to organizing by genre. its easier and better once i start to fill up shelves. i dont have to move dvds around to match the order

[AgentDuckMan]

By director :D

[MGSJesse]

I do alphabetically, just the easiest way for me to find what movie I wanna watch.

[DrakesUncharted]

Do it by companies...Happy new year.

[workmansmovies]

all of mine is catalog like horror, comedy, kids, drama, action

[deloreanfan81]

kinda sad but not ashamed to admit the newest dvd goes on top of the last I bought before that one etc etc etc lol

[MrMacGrungy]

I seperate em first into Horror, and Other (comedy, action) Since i have like 150 horror, and 30 other, I just do Horror in alphabetical. The rest i do into cartoons, then live action films. :D Happy New year Bruh :D You've got a HUGE collection so if i were you i'd do genre, and THEN alphabetical.

[ChillPilgrim1138]

I have my DVD's and Blu-Rays separate from one another and in alphabetical order. Exceptions are sequels. For example, Jewel of the Nile is filed under "R" after Romancing the Stone. All my James Bond movies are filed under "J" and etc.

[Voorhees87]

I organize my DVDs by year of release

[Glynreaper08]

i rearrange them by genre but sometimes i try director although it will be a bit hectic as in less than a week i have got 35 blu-rays so i have a lot to watch

[madrat355]

Alphabetically. but the bl-rays are separate from the DVDs

[ballinnick1982]

I do try to keep all my horror movies seperate from the rest of the movies and i keep all my Blu Rays in a seperate stack as well. Unfortanatly i dont have enough room to put them on shelves so i have a lot of them stacked on the floor lol. The stacks get bigger every week it seems like lol

[owenneil]

I don't, but I really should.

[SUicIDeXXSilENce]

i dont have a ton of movies, about 50, and i do it alphabetically.

[phxsns1]

Whenever I have 3+ movies by a specific director, I group them together, and put those first. Then, I just do the rest of the movies by genre.

[TheWisestWizards]

I keep DVDs and Blu Rays separate. But everything is alphabetically. And I keep TV separate from movies.

[puckbond007]

Genre! I have 30+ different genres! But now I have a blu-ray section, that is just alphabetical!

[1quickgt]

I keep all mine in alphabetical order,its much easier to find one,when your in the mood to watch it!!..I would definately keep my dvd's and blu rays seperate!!..I also keep my special editions and steelbooks on the top shelf ;)

[historian500]

Digibooks, Steelbooks, Slipcovers, standard cases. Al organized by studio and then alphabetically.

[Th3MovieMan]

Generally I stick to the normal genre organisation type but I like to split my DVDs up depending on the country that it came from. Japan, France, etc. are all split up. I like it :D

[NewWaveFan1]

I don't have dvd racks yet but so far by genre. Do you know any where to get them cheap?

[partymonster411]

i put them in alphabetical order but is split between Standard and Boxsets/Digibooks also my collection is inside my automin, but im running out of room!

[AndyCsRed]

Alphabetically. I had them by genre for a while but I found it so damn hard to categorize some movies. For example-- Sweeney Todd: Horror, Musical, or Drama? All three If ya ask me!

[Moviefan7359]

My collection is not very well organized. I have very little space so I put them where I can. I have a few DVD racks, but I also find myself having to pile them on tables and such.

[MafiaMovieMan]

Alphabetical, easy to set up and easy to find the movies!

[DeanOfDVD]

Oh, I forgot all blu-rays in slip cases are together regardless of genre and all digibooks are together regardless of genre.

[theFilmcriticc]

Genre in Alphabetical, then in each genre movies are arranged alphabatically! Happy New Year!

[BobbyShyne]

I actually try to have my movies the way you want to have yours, I think that's the best way.

[crunch2k]

I keep all the DVDs separate from the blu-rays and I put them in order of genre. I also keep all steelbooks and the box sets separate. Happy New Year!

[orc145626]

i put them on the shelf it works well for me

[DeanOfDVD]

First I separate blu-ray from my DVD with a couple exceptions (I keep TV seasons with some on DVD and some on blu-ray together as well as Criterions). Then I separate my blu-rays from those my wife and kids like. I further keep a section for family where we might all like to watch them. I keep superhero movies separate from other action or sci-fi titles. I also have an area fr steelbooks regardless of genre. Same thing with movies on my short list to watch that I haven't seen yet..

[TheRamrod100]

Hey yeah, I separate all my horror too! As for bluerays I do the same although I don't have too many of those. And the rest are all mixed up, really. Although I do like to put seasons, tv shows in order (easier to find!)

[ghkid7654]

I put them in a random order, so the first one i look at i watch

[MoviesMusicNature]

Alphabetical with Slip Covers, then Non-Slips. Digibooks seperated along with Steelbooks. Boxed sets together as well and then Big Collectors sets where I can fit them.. usually top!

[timeteam1982]

I do mine in alphabeticl.order and genre

[Bluray1001]

I organize them in alphabetical order.

[SamandDalesMixes]

Happy New Year Jay! Wish you all the best for 2012!!

[johnnyhorror92182]

I organize by a hybrid of Genre, Director & Company that releases the film. Happy New Year!

[RyanTheVoiceActor]

here is how I do it (all alphabetical): bluray (regular cases), bluray (odd casing; example: taxi driver, close encounters, inception best buy exclusive), blu ray with slip covers, pre-viewed bluray (the ones from blockbuster in those dvd cases), digibooks, movies released by the criterion collection.

dvd: kids movies, tv shows, anime, horror, everything else. Steelbooks on display.

Hope this helps.

AficionadosRyan.

[TheFilmIllusionist]

i organize them in cronological order!

[Absolutesublime1]

@TheFilmIllusionist

Really? As in release date or in when you purchased them? That is interesting, I have not heard of anyone doing that before, very cool!

[TheFilmIllusionist]

@Absolutesublime1 Actually in the order that the movies themselves came out!

[checkeredflag90210]

i organize my collection by genre. While it can be hard with some movies, Ive found this an easy and effective way to display them as well. Also when i want to watch a movie, its easier to pick one out depending on what genre. Its like my own private FYE store. I love it.

[Absolutesublime1]

@checkeredflag90210

Hahaa great way to do it and definitely cool to have it like a video store!

Have a happy and safe new year's eve!

[checkeredflag90210]

@Absolutesublime1

you too jay.

[starline6261]

happy New Year everyone

[Absolutesublime1]

@starline6261

Happy New Year to you as well :D