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tojoed
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Re: DVD Library

#251 Post by tojoed »

I thought of that, but then the PG sticker would be upside down and I wouldn't know whether or not I am allowed to watch it.
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#252 Post by Perkins Cobb »

Oh, yes, all of my wrong-way spines get filed upside-down. Artificial Eye, Minerva Classics, MK2, even (sob) my Jacques Demy Integrale. Curse you, Europe, must you do everything backwards?
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zedz
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#253 Post by zedz »

Slow day on the forum, huh? I have to admit that I've never even noticed that some of those spines read different ways, so I just file everything front forwards, right way up. Whatsamatter, can't you guys read and write upside down?

Actually, now it's probably going to bug me and I'll be shaking my metaphorical fist at you when I get home.
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Svevan
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#254 Post by Svevan »

I'm sure many of us have foreign language books on our shelves as well. I definitely don't file those upside down.
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Felix
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#255 Post by Felix »

perkizitore wrote:I got a DVD rack from Argos for 75£ delivered, but it proved too small for my needs. Does anyone now any cheap solution that can hold more than 1K of cases?
You could try these

They have the following advantages
No fixing required, they may look like unstable but the more you load on them, the more stable they are, because they lean into the wall,
You can move them around, take them with you, they are easy to build (like really easy, the shelves fit into the hangars and the whole lot is held together with two thick screws each side)
Lots of choice of colours
Nice and open
You can add to them (they screw into each other) The full size ones will take six shelves, not the five they are pictured with, at 46 DVDs per shelf. I have nine as bookcases and a further five for DVDs, and still some videos
And best of all, while they look fine and dandy with just one row of DVDs, you can stack them two deep...
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#256 Post by Frances »

I simple don't care about the spine... right, left, down, up :)
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tojoed
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Re: DVD Library

#257 Post by tojoed »

Frances wrote: I simply don't care about the spine... right, left, down, up
You must be very supple.
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#258 Post by Frances »

Ahah

I'm just saying that with so many dvds from all around the world the spine doesn't matter.
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Tom Hagen
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#259 Post by Tom Hagen »

Gen-Yers are apparently getting rid of their physical media.
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domino harvey
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#260 Post by domino harvey »

Didn't George Clooney's character in Up in the Air, who's about two generations behind Gen-Y, already show the problem with this line of thinking?

EDIT: Wait, this is from Hipster Runoff. Why am I responding seriously to a site that at one time was solely obsessed with finding "perfect indie breasts"
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#261 Post by oldsheperd »

I like having my dvds stacked all over my bedroom. It makes me look incredibly busy and intelligent.
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domino harvey
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#262 Post by domino harvey »

domino harvey wrote:Didn't George Clooney's character in Up in the Air, who's about two generations behind Gen-Y, already show the problem with this line of thinking?

EDIT: Wait, this is from Hipster Runoff. Why am I responding seriously to a site that at one time was solely obsessed with finding "perfect indie breasts"
Okay, so the linked article is more interesting than the easy targets Carles takes. The idea of needing suicide counseling when your hard drive crashes says too much about society right now
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Tom Hagen
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#263 Post by Tom Hagen »

domino harvey wrote:EDIT: Wait, this is from Hipster Runoff. Why am I responding seriously to a site that at one time was solely obsessed with finding "perfect indie breasts"
At one time? The quest continues . . .
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#264 Post by domino harvey »

Shows how often I check Hipster Runoff. Though I saw a girl wearing one of those I Am Carles shirts the other day
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#265 Post by swo17 »

domino harvey wrote:Didn't George Clooney's character in Up in the Air, who's about two generations behind Gen-Y, already show the problem with this line of thinking?
Didn't what happened to this very forum yesterday show the problem with this line of thinking?
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Tom Hagen
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#266 Post by Tom Hagen »

domino harvey wrote:Shows how often I check Hipster Runoff. Though I saw a girl wearing one of those I Am Carles shirts the other day
Carles himself made fun of the same thing recently. Apparently, hipster runoff has doubled back and is now making fun of itself as "entry level." It actually kind of hurts your head to think about . . .
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#267 Post by willoneill »

I still think the dumbest part of that article is the guy who decided to just sleep on the mattress that had been left behind in his newly-rented apartment. That is one large pair of Bad Idea Jeans.
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#268 Post by HarryLong »

swo17 wrote:
domino harvey wrote:Didn't George Clooney's character in Up in the Air, who's about two generations behind Gen-Y, already show the problem with this line of thinking?
Didn't what happened to this very forum yesterday show the problem with this line of thinking?
And I'm still not sure it's a hundred percent. I've had to log-in twice today (and usually my log-in holds unless I actually log off...).
Oh, and ditto on the left-behind mattress being the part of the article that hit me.
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#269 Post by swo17 »

Jeff wrote:New supplements [on Criterion's Orpheus] would make me less annoyed by the wasted shelf real estate caused by having this Blu-ray in addition to the same film in the trilogy box.
I'm having an existential crisis over whether this should go next to the boxset or replace the DVD inside the box, and if so, WHAT DO I DO WITH THE DVD???
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#270 Post by aox »

1st World Problems,
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swo17
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#271 Post by swo17 »

They're called white people problems, when will people understand?
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zedz
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#272 Post by zedz »

Next to the box, obviously. The petite BluRay will just rattle around in that big ol' box. (And then you'll lose the stray disc and be unable to sell off the box set for a pretty penny when you need that hip replacement.)
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swo17
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#273 Post by swo17 »

But how can something that's part of the Orphic trilogy be next to the Orphic trilogy? That doesn't make any sense!
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zedz
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#274 Post by zedz »

Well, you could always try my filing method. Toss it on top of the midden, inside a corridor of old newspapers and safely above the rising tide of cat pee.

(Anyway, doesn't your dilemma happen all the time with music, when you've got an edition of something that's also included in a box set?)
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#275 Post by swo17 »

I have a whole room for movies, where my organizational decisions are under constant scrutiny by all who enter. For music, the "avoid cat pee" system is sufficient.
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