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Posted by CARR73 on 03-19-2009 01:06 AM:

Storing DVDs/CDs

What type of storage do you use?

Need to get my collection into some sort of order and Don't know whether to go for those book type binders or the metal rigid DJ type cases.

Just interested in other options other that plastic sleeves and spindles!

Cheers.

Posted by gezzer on 03-19-2009 01:20 AM:

Binder , easy to find what you want and keeps the discs scratch free, only problem in my house is no-one ever puts anything they've watched back.

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Posted by Ripper on 03-19-2009 01:49 AM:

Binders are a waste of time, i have a couple of 400 binders and they cant take the weight and the metal clips rip out and am in the middle of switching mine to the metal dj cases

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Posted by HoldDaSalad on 03-19-2009 02:40 AM:

Fuck CD, DVD etc.

Get ext. HDD's, Yes they are more expensive, or are they?

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Posted by Avenue_1 on 03-19-2009 11:07 AM:

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Originally posted by HoldDaSalad
Fuck CD, DVD etc.

Get ext. HDD's, Yes they are more expensive, or are they?

Haven't you heard the expression "Don't put all your eggs in one basket"?

Posted by Ripper on 03-19-2009 12:03 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Avenue_1
Haven't you heard the expression "Don't put all your eggs in one basket"?

But he does though, in his stomach

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Posted by CARR73 on 03-19-2009 01:03 PM:

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Originally posted by gezzer
Binder , easy to find what you want and keeps the discs scratch free, only problem in my house is no-one ever puts anything they've watched back.

Ripper, what type of box have you gone for? got any links for it?

I like the look of the DJ style boxes, but it seems like some are a bit crap in quailty or the way the discs are kept, if read the reviews.

Posted by Ripper on 03-19-2009 05:51 PM:

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Originally posted by CARR73
Ripper, what type of box have you gone for? got any links for it?

I like the look of the DJ style boxes, but it seems like some are a bit crap in quailty or the way the discs are kept, if read the reviews.

I use the 1000 dj boxes myself yeh they arnt the kind of thing you want to walk around with long but i leave em in the bedroom under the bed and just slide em out when i want something, as i have em listed
Thing with binders is if you only got say 200 max in 1 case it isn't so bad but when you got a lot more then bundles of cases arnt so good and the dj boxes are more practical
DJ storage

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Posted by baha on 03-19-2009 05:58 PM:

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Originally posted by Avenue_1
Haven't you heard the expression "Don't put all your eggs in one basket"?

Agreed. Have lost 2 HD's to disc failures now. One with 160Gb's of music, much of it from an underground hh & reggae site, most of which I'll never get back again

Alos lost another with 300Gb's of DVD's/avi's, not so tragic as they were mostly replacable.

I burn everything off to disc and have wallets (320 discs) that I've never had any problems with.

My biggest problem is labelling (too lazy/stoned to write on them when I burn them, so have about 500 discs that need labelling right now) and cataloguing. God only knows what movies I've got, have ended up grabbing and burning the same movies up to 4 times in some instances. I do have cataloguing apps, but most of them require too much work to add movies to.

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Posted by CARR73 on 03-19-2009 06:32 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Ripper
I use the 1000 dj boxes myself yeh they arnt the kind of thing you want to walk around with long but i leave em in the bedroom under the bed and just slide em out when i want something, as i have em listed
Thing with binders is if you only got say 200 max in 1 case it isn't so bad but when you got a lot more then bundles of cases arnt so good and the dj boxes are more practical
DJ storage

Yep, will go for the box option I reckon. Good site that, much cheaper than I was expecting.

Cheers.

Posted by baha on 03-19-2009 06:49 PM:

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Originally posted by CARR73
Yep, will go for the box option I reckon. Good site that, much cheaper than I was expecting.

Cheers.

Have used svp for a couple of years. Their blank CD/DVD prices are superb (and they ocassionally have (unbranded) Taiyo's on special at unbeatable prices). The one time I had problems (of about 20+ orders) they responded within hours and a full refund was made even before the dmaged product had been sent back! Difficult to beat that quality of service.

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Posted by The CandyMan on 03-19-2009 07:38 PM:

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Originally posted by baha
Agreed. Have lost 2 HD's to disc failures now. One with 160Gb's of music, much of it from an underground hh & reggae site, most of which I'll never get back again

Alos lost another with 300Gb's of DVD's/avi's, not so tragic as they were mostly replacable.

I burn everything off to disc and have wallets (320 discs) that I've never had any problems with.

My biggest problem is labelling (too lazy to write on them when I burn them

One of the reasons why I went to Lightscribe discs. If I can do it on the computer and don't have to use a pen or marker then I'm there! Plus the lightscribe dvds look so much cleaner, fresher and fancier. I label each disc with a number and then copy the movie list text from the lightscribe program into Excel. Keep each dvd in a slim case in a dvd carousel that holds 400 discs in numerical order. Then whenever I want to watch a movie, I go to my Excel list (backed up on two other systems) find the disc number the movie is on and pull it out of the carousel. Easy as hell and it might be a little more work but I never have problems finding the movie I want. Lightscribe are a little more cost-wise and it does add about 10-15 minutes more time to the whole burning process (lightscribe labeling) but think it's more than worth it.

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Posted by Ripper on 03-19-2009 07:57 PM:

Have used svp since the cd/dvd change over days had 2 problems in that time, both occasions were bad disks, and both ritek dye dvds when in a hurry they bundled em up in packs of 100 without letting the dye dry properly so sticky disks which ripped the dye off the dvd.
Both times was replaced and damaged picked up same time and both times i was given 100 free ritek disks for free

I have around 15 or so binders that shall be going in the bin as they are well ripped out of the covers

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Posted by punzada on 03-19-2009 09:49 PM:

all digital storage solutions basically suck

cd/dvds the foil eventually rots away, the moving aspects of hard drives of course are prone to failure, i read a few articles even questioning the data retention capabilites of solid state disks. tape is slow and expensive by today's standards, needs to be kept in a climate controlled area. Our generation especially (20-somethings and modern teenagers) desperately need to come up with a long term, reliable storage solution with how much of our day to day lives is involved with digital media (photographs, home movies in particular).

Posted by Fuckmonkey on 03-19-2009 10:44 PM:

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Originally posted by The CandyMan
Lightscribe are a little more cost-wise and it does add about 10-15 minutes more time to the whole burning process (lightscribe labeling) but think it's more than worth it.

Glad it's not my burner that takes so long, I never understood why it needs 13 minutes to burn text - and the same for a full image.

Still, as you say LS are well worth it, wouldn't go back. I like your OCD filing method too.

Posted by askou on 03-19-2009 10:46 PM:

If you consider the amount of time and the furstration involved when dealing with cd's / dvd's, I think that using Hard Disks is the best solution ...

Just use a hard disk to download the stuff you need and then use back up disks to transfer the data and keep them offlne.

The only problem comes with music, where one should keep such data on cd's for fast access to different computers.

Posted by Fuckmonkey on 03-19-2009 10:47 PM:

You can't often lend out a hard drive. With Candy's suggestion you can run a full lending library without getting in trouble

Posted by K-FurY on 03-19-2009 11:39 PM:

HDs with backups!

i have 4 externals.
2x1Tb entirely for archived xvids and a backup of my music collection on each drive.
1x500Gb for tvseries.
1x120Gb pocket drive that is only music (for serato/djing).

plus a 300Gb drive in my macbook that has a third backup of my music.

i used to burn like crazy, but i really don't have the time for it anymore. externals plus xbmc ftw. just turn on your hd and bam you have your own VOD service with anything you want.

Posted by danimal39 on 03-20-2009 02:57 AM:

this will hold a few http://www.meritline.com/1000-cd-dv...---p-22028.aspx

Posted by The CandyMan on 03-20-2009 04:13 AM:

Something else I forgot to mention was once I'm done with enough discs (watched all the movies) I put them onto a empty spindle (the ones the new ones come on) and then type out a list of the number of each disc on the spindle and the place that on the inside of the cover facing out so you can read it without opening the spindle case. I then number the spindle case on top and then add the movies to a separate Excel list so if I want to go back later and watch a movie from awhile back over again I know exactly where it is. I've got some going back as far as 8 years!

Ain't I anal?

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