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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,819 |
| | Posted: | | | | While I may agree that the crew section is totally bloated now I don't see why it's complicated or confusing....or at least it wasn't before the 3.5 crew were added. At least now I understand why the majority of new profiles I see don't have any crew added. No one can be bothered to do it or learn how to do it. Personally I think the Media Company section is a complete waste of space and time. I'd rather have a customisable tick box selection there (for such things as Soundtrack and Book so I can track those too...and YES I do know this is DVD profiler and NOT CD or Book profiler!!!) I also think that the current Overwritable crew is useless because you can't submit it for others to benefit from and it gets overwritten with any new update. Also.... Who the hell chose Cast???? If you're not interested in cast then why bother with this program? Surely a simple list in Excel or Word would do the job just as easily??  | | | | Last edited: by Pantheon |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Pantheon: Quote:
I'm astounded that Crew has so many votes.
Not only is it amazing that so many aren't interested but it's also surprising that many of the loudest voices in the forum don't want crew.
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Who the hell chose Cast???? If you're not interested in cast then why bother with this program?
FWIW Pantheon, it's not that I don't want crew (which I voted for) or cast (which would have been close) -I do, very much, it's that to submit a profile from scratch takes me about 5-10 minutes tops, with just about all other info, but if I wanted to do crew and cast (especially with modern films or long multi-episode series) it would take me another hour or two (and having the DVD running on my PC at work probably  ) so i rarely submit them myself. Quoting SCG63: Quote:
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2. SRP : I don't like entering €0 so I will try to find the SRP. Even so, really I think it is a pretty useless (and depressing )statistic. I mean, it's not what you paid, and it's not what the title's worth, is it?
It is, however, very useful for insurance purposes especially if the worst happens and your collection is stolen or destroyed in a fire. | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | Voted for Disc ID. Because I simply have a computer that doesn't have a dvd drive, so I can't do them anyways. Yeah I know.  However, I am very interested in the crew. I have always been interested in Visual Effects and what they could do with models and now with CGI is sometimes astounding to me. So I enter them. I'm also interested in Sound Effects which can really bring a scene or creature to life on screen. If I had to pick one member of the crew that I could care less about is Costume Design. Clothes is just boring to me in general. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | I voted for Country of Origin since it doesn't give me anything I care about. Although most of the crew are irrelevant I do care about the main people e.g. Director. | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DarklyNoon: Quote:
I am wondring what the most of you do not care to contribute by submitting or updating a profile.
That means the one thing that you could live without What I personally do not care about at all: - Media Type - DVD Title - Sort Title - Edition - Region - Production Year - Release Date - Case Type - Slip Cover - SRP/Currency - Video Formats - Genres - Features - Disc Description - Dual Layer check - Box Set Contents | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,119 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would say creating child profiles for box sets is way too tedious. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 4,684 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 485 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote:
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2. SRP : I don't like entering €0 so I will try to find the SRP. Even so, really I think it is a pretty useless (and depressing )statistic. I mean, it's not what you paid, and it's not what the title's worth, is it?
It is, however, very useful for insurance purposes especially if the worst happens and your collection is stolen or destroyed in a fire. For insurance purposes, statements should always be based on the actual price paid. That is the true value of the goods you own. So, using the SRP for insurance purposes is bad. Overinflating the value of your property can be bad in terms of invalidating the policy (depends on your country's laws). In my country if there are payments to be made from an insurance and the insuror finds out overinflation, the payment is proportionally reduced... even for those goods that were stated at the correct purchase price.  OK, back to the main topic. | | | Eric
If it is important, say it. Otherwise, let silence speak. | | | | Last edited: by eommen |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote:
Quoting DarklyNoon:
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I am wondring what the most of you do not care to contribute by submitting or updating a profile.
That means the one thing that you could live without
What I personally do not care about at all:
- Media Type
- DVD Title
- Sort Title
- Edition
- Region
- Production Year
- Release Date
- Case Type
- Slip Cover
- SRP/Currency
- Video Formats
- Genres
- Features
- Disc Description
- Dual Layer check
- Box Set Contents Was this meant as a joke ? Would mean you do not care at all :o greetz Donnie | | | | www.tvmaze.com |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote:
Quoting DarklyNoon:
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I am wondring what the most of you do not care to contribute by submitting or updating a profile.
That means the one thing that you could live without
What I personally do not care about at all:
- Media Type
- DVD Title
- Sort Title
- Edition
- Region
- Production Year
- Release Date
- Case Type
- Slip Cover
- SRP/Currency
- Video Formats
- Genres
- Features
- Disc Description
- Dual Layer check
- Box Set Contents If that's serious then I'm not sure that you really need DVDP. However, to each his own. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | It sounds like all he cares about is Film/TV Series Title and Cast & Crew. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
It sounds like all he cares about is Film/TV Series Title and Cast & Crew. You have forgotten audio and subtitle languages, the most valuable information for me. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting eommen: Quote:
For insurance purposes, statements should always be based on the actual price paid. That is the true value of the goods you own. So, using the SRP for insurance purposes is bad. Well on most insurance policies that I'm aware of the true value is the cost to replace, not the cost you paid... there are plenty of mis-prices, bargains that will never be repeated and foreign titles bought when the exchange rate was much better that I have and would never be able to reproduce if I had to replace on a "new for old" policy. I'm pretty sure that in practice you would (at least here) state what the SRP total was and then the insurance company would counter-offer what they felt was reasonable value to replace given the present market... I certainly wouldn't be starting off on the basis of what I paid, given that to repeat that price, if possible at all, I'd probably have to wait 6 month - a year for each of 1500 titles to hit a suitable sale! | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CubbyUps: Quote:
If I had to pick one member of the crew that I could care less about is Costume Design. Clothes is just boring to me in general. Interestingly, as a Doctor Who fan, I am interested in this one because the costume designers on the show really used to make a difference to the look of the creatures/spacemen/etc... | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote:
Quoting eommen:
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For insurance purposes, statements should always be based on the actual price paid. That is the true value of the goods you own. So, using the SRP for insurance purposes is bad.
Well on most insurance policies that I'm aware of the true value is the cost to replace, not the cost you paid... there are plenty of mis-prices, bargains that will never be repeated and foreign titles bought when the exchange rate was much better that I have and would never be able to reproduce if I had to replace on a "new for old" policy.
I'm pretty sure that in practice you would (at least here) state what the SRP total was and then the insurance company would counter-offer what they felt was reasonable value to replace given the present market... I certainly wouldn't be starting off on the basis of what I paid, given that to repeat that price, if possible at all, I'd probably have to wait 6 month - a year for each of 1500 titles to hit a suitable sale! Quite correct, Voltaire. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | For me, the least interesting are:
1) genres (subjective, should be local only);
2) the art crew added in 3.5 (and, arguably, some of the sound section);
3) rating descriptions;
4) SRP (impossible to establish reliably in quite a few localities).
Since I can't be bothered to go and look for Easter Eggs myself, I like the fact that some profiles will tell me there are some (and how to find them). |
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