[Hector_]

(posted with permission)


Hi everybody !

I'm very happy to announce that I've just released a program called Coollector, which is totally FREE. If you like movies, you'll probably be interested. Please give it a try:

www.coollector.com


DESCRIPTION:
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Coollector is the last generation of video collection managers. It's a completely new way to manage your collection of movies, because it's not only a video collection manager, but also an encyclopedia of movies, and a store catalog too... All at the same time !

1/ Coollector looks like a large movie encyclopedia.
Only 14 MB to download, and you get a database of 33,000 movies and 68,000 persons.

2/ you can personalize all that data.
You can rate all the movies and persons that you know (from "excellent" down to "awful").
You can tell which movies you own in your collection, with all the technical details ( media type, image, sound, languages, subtitles, running time, studio, etc... )
You keep track of the movies you loaned.
You manage your wish list.

3/ all the movies in the encyclopedia are available in store.


To summarize, Coollector blends 3 types of information into a unique interface:

1/ your cinematographical culture (rated movies and persons).
2/ your personal collection (with technical details).
3/ the videos availables in store (with technical details too).


Coollector's interface is extremely user-friendly.
Coollector includes a very powerful and innovative search feature.
Coollector is a surprisingly lightweight application with low resource usage.
Coollector does not contain any spyware or malware.

Last but not least, Coollector is TOTALLY FREE !!

[TonyD]

how about a working link

[Brandon Conway]

It's in his signature and in the post itself (though not linked directly).

[TonyD]

wasnt working earlier

[Radioman970]

It works now. Shame the "store" portion only seems to be tired to CDuniverse.com. Several stores would be better. Like amazon, DDD, overstock.com....

[Demis G]

does this have the option to update through internet like the one Collectorz.com have ?

[Hector_]

Hi,

(I could not post a direct link because I need 10 posts to be allowed to do that)
(maybe a moderator could arrange that)

I'm not tied to CDuniverse. I chose to begin with CDuniverse, but there will be other catalogs as soon as possible. It's a start, and I think not a bad one

When you first use my program, it takes time to realize that it's CDuniverse stock. You're just in front of a pretty decent movie database which you can browse and search very easily, and completely personalize to reflect your cinematographical culture and taste. I've done a lot of work on their data, to make it a real MOVIE database, not a DVD/VHS database. There's 1 entry per movie, not as many entry as there is DVD/VHS. And packs of movies are well broken down into single elements.

Added to that, there are several advantages to the fact that it's based upon CDuniverse stock.
1/ you can see what DVD exist in store (I will soon add price information)
2/ if you're used to shop to CDuniverse, it's an alternative to browsing their site (now with your tastes and wishlist superimposed on it)
3/ when you input your owned movies, it's as easy as ripping the technical details from CDuniverse.

If I am to really tell you everything, when I started developping Coollector, I did not have enough courage (madness) to create my own movie database, so I had this idea to take an online store catalog, because they're just happy that we browse their catalog, no copyright infringement. But I changed my mind, and now I'm well decided to create my own movie database, and the store catalogs will still be there to offer a shopping companion service.

Voila.

[Hector_]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demis G

does this have the option to update through internet like the one Collectorz.com have ?

With Collectorz.com you say what movie you own, and it goes fetch the information on the net.
With my program, the information on 33,000 movies and 68,000 persons is already inside the program (that's why it's 14MB install).

That's the BIG difference:
*with Collectorz, you start with a dull empty database (will repell the less tech-savvy users).
*with my program, you directly have a large movie database you can immediately browse and personalize (it's fun right from the start, person's filmographies also show movies that you don't own, easier to create a wishlist, etc...).

Another big difference:
*Collectorz is media-centric.
*my program is movie-centric (more natural).