I use no alphabetical system at all. Isort by Directors, and Chronologically withen the directors, but not strictly, as I don't break up boxsets, or series of films (like James Bond ((if I actually owned any of the JAmes Bond)) but if a groupd of pictures in the boxset is by a certain director, I well put the single discs from that director by the box set. I seperate tv shows from movies, Disney is usually grouped together irregardles of if it's from TV or movies, and concert, music and wrestling DVD's are usually relegated their own spot. The goups of films by directors are lumped in any way that they fit best on a shelf.
This seemingly willy nilly approach might not be pleasing to the eye, but I like it, and usually surprise guests when I put a watched disc back where it belongs (where I KNOW it belongs!) on the shelf. Of course, those guests would laugh when I would spot some sorting errors caused by the guests themselves to see if I was nutty enough to notice. It used to drive my wife nuts to, so I left her*. So yeah, grouped chronologically by director works for me! My collection is currently in boxes until I get settled, and I actually can't wait to buy more shelves so I can spend an afternoon resorting my whole collection when I get some new digs!
*Okay, that's not the ONLY reason we parted ways I'm not that much of an obssive creep!
This seemingly willy nilly approach might not be pleasing to the eye, but I like it, and usually surprise guests when I put a watched disc back where it belongs (where I KNOW it belongs!) on the shelf. Of course, those guests would laugh when I would spot some sorting errors caused by the guests themselves to see if I was nutty enough to notice. It used to drive my wife nuts to, so I left her*. So yeah, grouped chronologically by director works for me! My collection is currently in boxes until I get settled, and I actually can't wait to buy more shelves so I can spend an afternoon resorting my whole collection when I get some new digs!
*Okay, that's not the ONLY reason we parted ways I'm not that much of an obssive creep!