I still like to buy movies & TV shows on physical media. I still have all of my music CDs as well. These days I tend to rip it all and keep it on my media server, as well as keeping copies of my music on my phone & a USB drive for my car, etc..

I have most of my CDs still packed in boxes, but for my movies (blu-rays and DVDs), I currently have them in a few plastic drawers. Lately I've thought about buying some movie storage containers that I can store them in, as well as containers that would make it easy to move them when I move to a different apartment/house. I'm curious if anyone might have some recommendations?

I've looked on Amazon and have seen these, which look interesting: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZJJMZGX/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HG36Y1P/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08V97KF7F/

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Re: Media storage for general storage and moving
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Aug 06 2024 01:44 pm

I still like to buy movies & TV shows on physical media. I still have all of my music CDs as well. These days I tend to rip it all and keep it on my media server, as well as keeping copies of my music on my phone & a USB drive for my car, etc..

I have most of my CDs still packed in boxes, but for my movies (blu-rays and DVDs), I currently have them in a few plastic drawers. Lately I've thought about buying some movie storage containers that I can store them in, as well as containers that would make it easy to move them when I move to a different apartment/house. I'm curious if anyone might have some recommendations?

I just put my DVDs in their cases, and the cases on shelves. I no longer have many visits, but when I do I can impress them with my DVD and book collection sitting on the shelving.

For moving them from a plac to another I would go with regular cardboard boxes, but then I am the cardboard box King since I have so many for my store :-P

For the record, my father keeps his optical media on special carriers. They are like folders loaded up with sleeves into which you can insert your CDs and DVDs. Think of them like books in which each page is a CD carrier with capacity for 4 or more disks. They are for the media only and do nothing for keeping the original cases, though.


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Re: Media storage for general storage and moving
By: Arelor to Nightfox on Sun Aug 11 2024 04:27 pm

I just put my DVDs in their cases, and the cases on shelves. I no longer have many visits, but when I do I can impress them with my DVD and book collection sitting on the shelving.

Several years ago, I listed my house for sale, and I had a shelf in my living room near the TV with my DVDs and blu-ray discs on it, and there was a real estate agent who looked at it and said the DVD shelf was an eyesore.. To each their own - I didn't really think of that being an eyesore, as I thought it was fairly normal to have your movies near the TV for when you want to watch them.

For the record, my father keeps his optical media on special carriers. They are like folders loaded up with sleeves into which you can insert your CDs and DVDs. Think of them like books in which each page is a CD carrier with capacity for 4 or more disks. They are for the media only and do nothing for keeping the original cases, though.

Yeah, I've seen those disc booklets, and I'm not a big fan of them. I like to keep the cases for them, along with any booklets or anything else that comes with them, so usually I just keep the discs in their original cases.

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