Show Your Shelves....DVD Shelves

[-jay-]

That is a great dvd wall man and at the Hulk

 

[IronFingaz]

My DVD collection...

My Blu-Ray Collection...

 

[The Entity]

here's a pic of my dvd collection. it's just over 1000 at the moment and i've converted all of my original dvd boxes over to slim 7mil cases so i can store over double the movies in the same space.

That is an awesome set-up, man!!! Great Serenity poster too!!

My DVD collection...

My Blu-Ray Collection...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: One awesome collection and a very neat set-up!!!

I love the special edition boxsets!!

 

[-jay-]

My DVD collection...

Awesome mate

 

[quadcent]

That is an awesome set-up, man!!! Great Serenity poster too!!

yeah i was hoping to get the serenity Qmx ship to place below it, but sadly i just couldn't justify the 2K for it.

 

[The Entity]

yeah i was hoping to get the serenity Qmx ship to place below it, but sadly i just couldn't justify the 2K for it.

Whoa, that would have looked extremely cool! Too bad you can't get it, man
But 2K really is a lot of money. I couldn't spend that on one collectible either...

 

[ChrisCJ99]

here's a pic of my dvd collection. it's just over 1000 at the moment and i've converted all of my original dvd boxes over to slim 7mil cases so i can store over double the movies in the same space.

Wow! Man, you say you're jealous of me Quad?! I know you have quite a great collection, but your DVD case is freakin amazing!

What is it that all you crazy Canadians do for a living to afford the best collections?!?!?!

 

[The Ween]

Iron.....not sure if you're interested, but did you get the Woodstock Anniversary set that Target had? It's pretty cool looking.

 

[The Ween]

Love that room, Quad!!! Love the built in shelves!

Marry me!

 

[Valfar]

I don't think they are built in(you mount them on the wall), you can get those at Ikea i believe and they are a bit more pricey then a detolf.

 

[quadcent]

I don't think they are built in(you mount them on the wall), you can get those at Ikea i believe and they are a bit more pricey then a detolf.

correcto, they're wall mounted and i believe they cost about $140ish ea. cdn of course.

 

[Natrix]

Who needs shelves when you have a 400 Blu Ray/DVD changer??

 

[The Ween]

I don't think they are built in(you mount them on the wall), you can get those at Ikea i believe and they are a bit more pricey then a detolf.

correcto, they're wall mounted and i believe they cost about $140ish ea. cdn of course.

You know, from that pic they look built in!

Oh well, marry me anyway!

We don't have an IKEA anywhere close.

 

[quadcent]

Who needs shelves when you have a 400 Blu Ray/DVD changer??

ok, now that's cool....

You know, from that pic they look built in!

Oh well, marry me anyway!

We don't have an IKEA anywhere close.

sorry weeny, i'm not into long distance relationships

 

[IronFingaz]

Iron.....not sure if you're interested, but did you get the Woodstock Anniversary set that Target had? It's pretty cool looking.

That's a cool box-set!!! I have been intrigued by it for awhile but i'm still not sure what it is. Is it a concert movie or a documentary?

Who needs shelves when you have a 400 Blu Ray/DVD changer??

Boooo!!!!

 

[The Ween]

That's a cool box-set!!! I have been intrigued by it for awhile but i'm still not sure what it is. Is it a concert movie or a documentary?

It's both. I got mine for about $25 when it first came out. The cheapest I can find it now is $99.

Boooo!!!!

4-Disc DVD PLUS LOT'S OF EXTRAS!

Special Features:

* 4- Hour Director's Cut

* Lucite Display With Images From The Festival

* 60 - Page Commemorative Life Magazine Reprint

* Woodstock Fact Sheet

* Reproductions Of Festival Memorabilia Including Handwritten Notes And A Three-Day Ticket

* Includes A New Retrospective: The Museum At Bethel Woods: The Story Of The Sixties & Woodstock

Plus...

More Than 3 Hours Of New Bonus Content

Exclusive BONUS DISC: Never-Before-Seen performances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Canned Heat

 

[UTtoyfan]

My DVD collection...

My Blu-Ray Collection...

I love Iron's collection!

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

I have several hundred DVDs. But, I digitize them, store them on a terabyte harddrive, and transmit them to the TV with an AppleTV. We can pack away the DVDs, and watch any DVD we own at the push of a button on a remote control. Saves space, and effort.

As for DVD purchasing -- I've found that pawn shops are a great place to buy ... $2-$4 per DVD, and you can find pretty much anything. I won't pirate anything, so I insist on owning a DVD of everything on my terabyte. My DVD collection has probably doubled in the past year, and I haven't spent more than a few hundred bucks doing so.

I don't do rentals or NetFlix anymore because I'd rather spend $3 to buy the thing than a one-time or monthly fee to rent it.

SnakeDoc

Nice.

As I had mentioned previously, this is what I am in the process of doing.

Do you mind telling about the computer you built for this ?

Is it RAID ?

How many movies can you fit per Terabyte ?

What do you use to rip the DVD's ?

Will it upscale to 1080p ?

Do your rips maintain 5.1 sound ?

Who needs shelves when you have a 400 Blu Ray/DVD changer??

There goes Natrix making me jealous again !

LoL.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Nice.

As I had mentioned previously, this is what I am in the process of doing.

Do you mind telling about the computer you built for this ?

Is it RAID ?

How many movies can you fit per Terabyte ?

What do you use to rip the DVD's ?

Will it upscale to 1080p ?

Do your rips maintain 5.1 sound ?

Actually, my computer is hardly extraordinary. It's an off-the-shelf HP from Best Buy -- (I'm doing this from memory, so I may be a little off) ... Intel Dual Core, 2 gigs of memory, 500 Gigs of storage on the computer. Its a good solid PC, but not a specialty computer. It was a $900 computer a couple of years back. I run two AppleTVs, an n-wireless-router, and an additional terabyte of storage ... that's pretty much it. Each AppleTV is about $200, the router was $60, and the terabyte was about $100.

I'm about 3/4 full on the first terabyte, and will be getting a second in the near future. A standard movie takes up about 2G (though size can vary). Most hour-long TV shows are about 1G, and a half-hour TV Show is .5G or so. You can store A LOT on a terabyte ... I've got 280 movies or so on there, all 7 season of 24, most of The Unit, most of House, some Star Trek, and scattered episodes of The Big Bang Theory, Friends, Seinfeld, Smallville and Mythbusters (as well as a family photo backup file, and some Itunes music backups).

Putting the movies on the computer is a two step process ... rip the DVD, and convert to .m4v for AppleTV compatibility. It takes about 20 mins to rip a DVD, and an hour or two to convert it. A ripped DVD file is usually between 4G and 8G, but you can delete the source file once a converted .m4v file is created.

I rip the DVDs with DVDShrink (which is outdated, but free, and still works on most stuff) or MagicRipper (which is not free ... but works on everything and has a free trial). DVDShrink doesn't update (lawsuit shut it down), so it can occasionally get hung-up on security (Disney DVDs are always a problem) ... but MagicRipper can typially crack the ones that DVDShrink can't. I'm about to try another ripping software (DVDFab) to see if I need to buy MagicRipper ... I'm still on the trial run.

To convert the file, I use HandBrake. This process takes an hour or two per movie, though ... so I usually queue up previously-ripped movies to process overnight. After that, just load them onto ITunes, and Sync the AppleTV (like an ipod), and you're good to go.

The remainder of the changes are cosmetic ... adding movie poster/DVD covers, etc through iTunes. I've added most of the DVD Covers/ Movie Posters manually, but there is a separate program (called MetaX, I think) that you can use to tag movies with actors, directors, episode descriptions, and posters/covers. The posters (like album covers for iTunes music) certainly helps the appearance on the AppleTV, and episode descriptions are extremely helpful for TV shows (especailly for 24 ... "Day 3: 2:00pm - 3:00pm" is meaningless). The rest is just for cosmetic purposes.

For what its worth, the AppleTV can also play any iTunes music and Youtube videos, and you can use it to buy or rent movies online.

I'm not much of a techie guy ... but I'll answer the rest of the questions to the best of my ability. I've never noticed any sound issues at all. The picture looks great on a large 1080p TV. It isn't HD (as these are standard DVDs), but it is as good as the DVD itself. I think the terabyte drive is RAID, but I'm not sure ... it is a SeaGate TB I bought at Fry's.

SnakeDoc

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Thanks SD.

I am not looking to use Apple TV at this time.

I will most likely use the new Media Center.

I am wondering if I need to convert it or not.

Do you get 5.1 surround sound when you rip an convert ?