How do you count your DVDs? (1 Viewer)

[AaronMK]

Just count the movies. Extra discs and whether they came in a box set or not do not affect the total number.
For non-movies, (ex. Simpsons) I will count one purchase as one "movie".
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[David Lambert]

Just count the movies.

I *really* struggled with this for a looong time. Patton and Ten Commandments really confounded me.
The straightforward solution - for me! - ending up being to only count the shiny round things...the discs themselves. It was the only way that made sense to me, in terms of a non-arbitrary metric. You have a number everyone can agree on and compare to.
Maybe it's that "compare to" thing that has us all confused here. It's not a contest or anything. So what if we don't agree on what the "one true" method of counting our DVD's ought to be? We can agree to disagree, because the alternative is realizing that we're not collecting for entertainment or a hobby...we're doing it for bragging rights: "I've got more than you do! Nyah nyah nyah NYAH nyah!".
You want to REALLY get ambiguous? Try counting T2: Ultimate Edition. Some of us got one disc (DVD18), some of us got 2! Who wins here? How many "titles" do you have, 1 or 3? I can see both sides of the answer. For those of you who answer "1 film", then how will you count Pearl Harbor if you get both the PG-13 rated edition in Dec. and the R rated edition in January? "1 film" or "2 films"?
It's a no-win situation when you "Just count the movies", so any way you feel like counting is okay in my book!

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[Jonathan Perregaux]

I count the UPC codes on the DVD boxes. If I have a boxed set of many discs, I count the number of UPC codes within the box but not the box itself. By that reckoning I have 217 DVDs.
A two-disc set counts as one DVD if it's housed in one package, such as Gladiator and Hannibal. The eight-disc Nightmare on Elm Street Collection counts as eight DVDs, each in an individual case. There are odd exceptions to this, however, such as with the three-disc Brazil, which ends up counting as three DVDs, not "one." Conversely, the seven-disc Cosmos box set ends up being counted as "one" DVD, largely because the discs aren't individually packaged with their own UPC codes.
I started thinking this way after using DVD Profiler to catalog my collection.
[Edited last by Jonathan Perregaux on August 27, 2001 at 01:25 PM]

 

[Matthew Chmiel]

If the film is a two disc special edition (ex: Fight Club, SE7EN): one movie.
If the film is included in a "double feature" package (ex: Porky's/Porky's 2): two movies.
If a film is included in a boxset (ex: Nightmare On Elm Street Collection, Toy Story: Ultimate Toy Boy): how many movies are in the set (ex: 7 and 2).
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[Jim_C]

I count them by movie. Gladiator: 2 DVD's - 1 movie
I'm at a meager 35 movies and counting.
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[David Lambert]

I count the UPC codes on the DVD boxes. If I have a boxed set of many discs, I count the number of UPC codes within the box but not the box itself. By that reckoning I have 217 DVDs.

May I be anal-retentive for a moment? Please?
You have 217 DVD SKU's (Stock Keeping Units).
EXAMPLE: If you own Gladiator, then you own 1 SKU, but 2 DVD's (Digital Versatile Discs).
Thanks for helping to keep our terminology clear in this thread. I'll go away for a bit, now!

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[Kevin P]

I count individual movies. So the Toy Story UTB (3 discs) counts as 2, and two-disc sets (movie + supplements) counts as 1.
At last count I had about 110 movies on DVD. I don't count non-movie DVDs (concerts, IMAX, Avia, Cosmos set, cartoons etc.) in that count.
KJP

 

[Chris Hicks]

Actually my wife does all my counting. You see I get the old "you spent how much for these (insert # here) DVD's? Just kidding. I use DVDAficionado and it tells me I have 758 titles. I am still adding to this listso I'm not sure what the final count will be but I'm just about done.
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