CNET Editors' review
Movie lovers usually end up with big video collections, not to mention big trivia collections. Coollector Movie Database can help you manage both your collection and your obsession. Its Movie Encyclopedia is an ever-growing database of tens of thousands of films and hundreds of TV shows, including credits. There's also a personal Owned Videos database, as well as an Existing Videos feature that automatically scans various merchants and displays video titles in print in various formats; it even computes and displays the best price for each. It's free, too.
Coollector's interface is split into side-by-side panels, with the program's three databases displayed in tabs on the left side with individual entries and search results on the right. Drop-down menus for Movies and Persons let us filter search results by various criteria. The Tools and Help entries were fairly typical; most options involved choosing which video formats to display and where best prices should appear. We were surprised not to see a search box but quickly learned that search strings appear automatically with rotated results when you start typing, which is great when you're not quite sure of a title or name. However, you must still be in either the Movies or Persons section to search either category, and there seems to be no global search. The database itself is pretty comprehensive and easy to use. Nearly every film has a cover shot, and many actors have head shots. The credits we checked were fairly complete, with the most notable absence being TV show credits for performers. Adding videos to our Owned Video database was as easy as clicking on the right title and format; pop-ups made editing the data easy, too. One thing sets Coollector Movie Database above all others, in our opinion: When you click on an actor's page, it displays either his or her birth date and current age; or birth and death dates, age at death, and number of years since they died. Call it Morbid Movie Mania; we just love that stuff.
While its film database offers a lot of easily accessible information, Coollector Movie Database probably won't supplant the Internet Movie Database as the database of record for the motion picture arts, but it doesn't try to be comprehensive, just useful, especially to collectors. That's a part it plays well.
Publisher's Description
From Coollector:
Coollector Movie Database is the program with, its huge encyclopedia of movies and series, which you can search in all possible ways, and personalize by rating all the movies you've seen.
You can also manage your video collection. Your DVD, your Blu-ray, your VHS.Even the video files on your computer disk, which you can conveniently scan and play. And finally, the database of existing videos will simplify the input of your owned videos. And thanks to the up-to-date shop information, you can grow your collection at the best price.What's new in this version: Version 3.20.4 has added 650 movies and series and fixed an alphabetical order bug.
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"$12.99 Price??"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.19.9
Pros
A great program, and was free.
Cons
Now, CNet says "Free to try, $12.99 to buy"?
A mistake by CNet, perhaps?Summary
I guess I need to stop and think if this is worth $12.99 to me - I realize it may very well be worth it for some.
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"A fun way to keep track of DVD inventory"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.19.3
Pros
Easy to use.
Cons
Not all DVDs in my collection are listed in yours.
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"COOLLECTOR - THE FINAL SOLUTION"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.18
Pros
More than 80.000 movies in the database, create private database, great support, prizes, IMDB, wishlist, loanlist, rate your movies, barcode scanning, clear interface, many search options, super fast scanning of all devices, very high "hit" rate, scalable images, adjust view to your wishes and view info of all actors/actrices.
Not one other program on the market gives you what Coollector gives you !!!Cons
Fontsize not resizable, no user definable inputfields
Summary
Just the best program i ever used
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"Best I've seen - keep up the great work!"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.17
Pros
Many movies I have came in sets - this program gives me the sets as well as, the indivual movies - I have over 7000 disks in my collection and it has proven very hard to try and keep up - with your program I am getting there-thank you
Cons
I have covers for movies & I haven't found a way to scan & upload - hard to help when I don't know what to do - sry - Great Program!!
Summary
Great Great Great - & Thank you
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"TOP, fast scanning and great support"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.16
Pros
Super fast scanning, Rating system, mark as wished - ordered, lots of information, great support, add movies automaticly or by hand, FREEWARE, clear interface, add private collections, more than 80.000 movies already in the database
Cons
No user input/link-fields, fontsize a bit small
Summary
The fastest program on the market for free !!
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"this program is really useful and user friendly"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.15
Pros
this program is really useful and user friendly
Cons
this program is really useful and user friendly
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"works better then the other ones."
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.13
Pros
way way way way faster then any other movie database apps at adding movies from harddrive.
Cons
not a lot of import options. though this could be a plus because its simpler.
Summary
if you have a **** load of movies on your drive and want to browse them with out all the crap other database programs put you through look no farther.
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"TROJAN!!!! Suspicous.cloud.2"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.03
Pros
Was a great program until the Trojan infested itself...
Cons
TROJAN!!!! Suspicous.cloud.2
Summary
Do not use until the problem is solved!!
They fixed the problem 7/31/11, it is now safe to use.
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"HIDDEN VIRUS"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.03
Pros
ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!!!
Cons
TROJAN!!!! Suspicous.cloud.2
Summary
Opened the program once. After that Norton identified the virus and labeled it high risk and refused to allow it to run. Should have realized it when it was Freeware!!!!!
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"3.01 is incredible !"
Version: Coollector Movie Database 3.01
Pros
Coollector Movie Database was great before this recent update. Version 3.01 gives you the option to use a bar code scanner, and it works great.
Cons
I'm not aware of any.
Summary
Whether you're a film history buff, or you collect dvd's and/or vhs tapes, this is an excellent program. Very versatile, fun, and easy to use.
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