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Saturday, July 14, 2007

DVDSpot

Looking for a great way to track your DVD's? Look no further than DVDSpot. This is an online solution with a user-maintained database of movies. I've used it a few years now (since the demise of Guzzlefish) and have been most pleased. The submission process is easy, fast and thorough.

The best part about DVDSpot is the community. There is a strong sense of building a great database (thanks to the tireless work of the editors) as well as having fun. The forums cover all ground for DVD's, movies and general fun.

If you are looking for a client side solution, I recommend the following Movie Collector or Movie Library. Both are maintained and provide a great experience. I have drifted away from these in favor of DVDSpot but there are new versions that seem to have some really great features. Movie Library uses an access database that allows direct export of the data. I built a small system that uses Microsoft SQL Server to make the data available via IIS on my home network. That was actually a fun little project. It still runs today - though all my recent movie purchases are no longer in the system.

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