Answered

Thanks to EW.com for answering my burning question (even though it's not me who actually asked):

What is the best way to organize DVDs in a way that shows how awesome your collection is while remaining understated? And how should they be arranged (alphabetically, chronologically, autobiographically)? —Brandon Otte

Brandon, I love a question like this, because I recognize a kindred spirit: You're intensely interested in how your object-of-obsession — in this case, a DVD collection — appears to others, because you and I know that people judge us not merely by what we watch but how we choose to present those choices. I'll confess: I tend to let DVDs pile up in stacks on my desk and the floor until I have trouble finding the titles I want, but once I DO organize 'em, I do as I do my book collection: I group them by genre (thrillers, documentaries, TV shows, classic dramas, screwball comedies, cartoons, etc.). I don't bother with alphabetical, because that way lies madness (Alphabetical by title? By studio? By lead actor? By director? Gaaaaaa!!!...).
Then I just shelve them neatly, spine facing front — I NEVER put the DVD cover face-out on my shelf, the way they sometimes do with books in bookstores; to me, items facing out means you don't own enough of the things to cram them into a delightfully, brilliantly chosen shelf of material that proves to even the most casual pursuer that you are, indeed, an awesome dude or dudette. This system also has the added benefit of making you look like you know where everything is (which you do) without any system so mundane as alphabetical organization. ''Billy Wilder's The Apartment? Right here, Jim! Season One of Deadwood? Lower shelf, to your right, Jane!'' You're not a library — you're a connoisseur!

All i have to do now is find space to display them. I must say i do buy lots of DVDs. I actually lost track of what i own. I can't even remember who borrowed what from me, and whether or not they have returned them. Sometimes my dvds hilang gitu jer. I need a system to track where my dvds are. Haven't thought about it yet.