Getting rid of DVD's and CD's? - Don't Do It! - How To Store Thousands of Discs In Tiny Space CHEAP

[@bobcobb3654]

I’ve got about 6 binders that I bought as a space saver about 10 years ago. Haven’t had any problems yet. Just keep them in a warm dry place and be gentle taking them in and out of the sleeves.

[@SoundofFree]

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[@extendedp1]

I used one of those binders on my cd’s years ago, now I sort of regret it, I wish I had the cd case with the art, and the discs seem to get scratched.

[@johnzenon2181]

Yes the disc can get damaged

[@eloratings]

Yeah, the discs can get scratched. I had that experience.

[@theroamingsavage8813]

I had a case like this (a bit smaller, maybe held 100) and i took it everywhere in my car. Then my car got broken into 😂 Anyway I had to rebuild my collection and i do prefer cases and album art.

[@carolcoleman7107]

Me2

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

That’s why SoulSeek exists to save money

[@DD-sr7no]

I always listen to my CDs in my bluetooth speaker. I found a Pyle gadget and it made my dream come true. My CDs are always there, I love the art, the information about the artist, etc And with my bluetooth speaker I can go from one room to another enjoying my music 💕

[@awesomelife3710]

I’ve been using sleeves with zippers until today. I found your video as I’m researching a good way to store my collection. It sounds like storing them in anything other than their original BluRay disc sleeves could cause issues such as accelerated degrading. I’m ordering stacks of the original BluRay sleeves from Amazon as soon as I go through my entire collection and decide what I really want to keep. The rest, I’ll dispose of. Then I’ll place the sleeves inside my IKEA Besta drawers in a large horizontal console under my flatscreen. This way, they’re all hidden inside the console with the spine facing up. When I open the drawers, I can quickly see each title. I’m also organizing them by genre, alphabetically.

[@SoundofFree]

If I had the space I'd keep them in the original cases. Though after having used now three years these wallet types, I've had zero issues.

[@cbfwebs]

It is true if you use zipper cases the material is not good for the discs. Learned this years ago when my cds were scratched by the rough paper. Blu rays have different backs more resistant, but you have to be careful with dvd backs and especially cds. Also storing the packaging in boxes does not protect from water damage or smash damage. It is best to use snap-lid plastic totes.

[@Waspmark81]

I start a similar thing back in 2013 with cd wallets for my cds, dvds, blu rays & video games for Playstation 1 to 4. But with doing it that way I haven't arranged them correctly or made a note of where everything is. But I do aim to do something like that in the future.

[@josephcontreras8930]

I always use the extra large 400 cap cd dvd case and always on lookout for more at yard garage sales and gw salvation army they're great space savers.i also archive my download mp3 files and use them for storing them. Also you can use those zippered school notebook folders get some plastic report dividers find some plastic cd sleeves and duct tape and make your own storage cases.

[@Jazzbuff1970]

I have nearly 2500 CDs (mostly jazz and art music) in my collection. As my shelf started to burst at its seams I had to fix upon whether to purchase a new rack or to replace the bulky jewel cases with plastic sleeves. Fortunately I ended up choosing the latter. I delved into a myriad of plastic CD sleeves and, based on my comparative evaluation, settled upon the Slim Disc CD storage system. The (outer) sleeve is made of sturdy (150 μm) and environmentally friendly polypropylene (PP). It is fairly compact in size (height 130 mm; width 142 mm); the tray card spines must be folded when tucked in the sleeve. I have been very pleased with my choice, although have noticed a few difficulties. One headache is that I cannot anymore browse the spines. To overcome this, I made a digital list of my stuff, and ordered plastic dividers in order to classify the CDs by genre and artist’s name. Another drawback is that the cardboard cases, which cannot be taken to pieces like plastic ”jewel” cases, must be cut up to fit into the sleeves. I have carefully ripped the plastic trays off the cardboard cases, and cropped the cardboard enough to fit the sleeves. I have left some cardboard cases untouched in the shelf, which serve as a reference when flicking through my collection. Apart from the cropped cardboard cases, I think the retail value of the CDs has remained unchanged after storing them into sleeves. No regrets.

[@AshleyLovesWes]

I am going to order some of those because I am.as of this night throwing away all.of my dvd cases. I live in a small place. No storage. This is perfect.

[@maryprince6011]

New subscriber here. You rock! You're channel will explode in no tme.

[@anarchisttutor7423]

Even when leaving spaces, you inevitably have to move a bunch when you need to add a disc that has no space available.

[@Katherine-zp4bq]

I think its good if you want to still listen to your CD's or watch your Dvds as you can access them easier now & it looks neat anywhere. Looking to sort mine out but i know i want to keep them in the cases but just store them in something which looks neater than piles on my TV stand. I don't have as many as you, but im not ready to part with them yet, just want a neater space. This has given me some ideas so Thanks.

[@dewboy910]

Never again! One of those big cases ruined my DVD's. The lining was abrasive and it scratched all of my DVD's in very little time.

[@SoundofFree]

That's bad. I haven't had any issues yet. Been using these now 3 years.

[@TMINE100]

@@SoundofFree I ruined a 500 CD collection with the binder. All unplayable all had to be tossed. Keep it in original case.

[@TMINE100]

@@justheretocommentokdontwan685 The problem is including them with the album art. 500 CD's plus art rubbing against each other over time and yes use if it's for a personal collection. I think if you get a high quality case and don't put it in with the album art discs should be OK but for a personal collection I would say just don't go there because you're also completely destroying what little resale value you might have had.

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

@@TMINE100that’s why SoulSeek and the Pirate Bay exists to save all that money from buying CDs.

[@unies176]

Swear down I've got well over 600 dvds from movies dating back to 2001 from music documentarys😅 and there all sentimental.. they where taking up so much space I was looking on marketplace for shelving then I decided after watching this helpful video and decided to order 2 x 400 dvd storage case from ebay best decision ever perfect solution 😊

[@Deehiggins4799]

Yes I do this with my normal films a-z and I'm getting another one for my disney films x

[@sir.reelcinema]

Many years ago I did exactly what you did and then I found that my disks were starting to get scratched just from the case being moved around or shuffling through pages so then I decided to switch over to CD jewel cases I did that for over three years with great success however when I bought my house and I have plenty of room to put them on shelves to display them I decided to put them back into their original cases that was almost 1200 titles now I am almost 6000 titles things are going to have to change again I have decided to move over to the slim DVD case take a little off of each artwork on both sides I’ve been debating this for quite some time but I think it is now time to do that since I’m running out of shelf space.

[@PlayitagainVHS]

I collect dvds and I toss all the boxes out !! Why? I just want the movie.People say what about the artwork? I tell people, if I want to see the artwork , I will buy the poster if it's that inportant to me.I store all my dvds in white cd paper slips.This way I have space and there's not all them dvd boxes taking up so much space.I only buy movies I love to watch over and over.I put my dvds in categories, comedy ,horror , action ,concerts...etc.

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

Or you can use the pirate bay to save money

[@bigmeany1184]

I totally understand you. I do like the art, in my case I bought a huge binder and put all the art inside paper slips with punch holes in the binder. I couldn’t be happier. My collection is over 1k movies and tv shows and this way I can keep it going.

[@jackofalltradesmercury207]

Keep your Dvd and Cds in there Original cases.... i've tried all of that..... And it scratched the Hell out of my Cds and Dvds.... Went back to Cd and Dvd cases.... 👍👍👍👍

[@SoundofFree]

Why would it scratch them? I've used these now for 5 years with no issues.

[@viktorderka6348]

Where do you put the printed cover art that comes with the original disc? What about steelbooks or collectors editions?

[@03coi]

To reduce the space I have discs in a cd jewel slim case, 4 disc case, 6 disc case. I have binder also

[@KIP_KnowledgeIsPower]

Oh no sweetheart!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I can see how much work & time you’ve put into that folder... I did exactly the same thing years ago, in fact, I think I had the exact same folder as you, I had 2 of them ...But literally within months the zipper fell apart & the sleeves were ripping clean out all over the place & I take super good care of my stuff too, it’s not that I was careless or anything. 🥺🥺 The sleeves are just not strong enough to hold the weight of 8 discs (4 on each side). I was absolutely gutted cause I put so much time & effort into it, even alphabetised them all just for it to be falling apart after only months, both folders too 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ ...I also later got a slightly smaller folder that had those metal ring binders instead cause I thought maybe it was the way the sleeves were somewhat made into the spine or something but it actually happened even faster with the ring kind, the weight just ripped the sleeves through the holes 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ It’d almost always happen at the top corner first with the ring style ones & that made it difficult to align the sleeves to close each time even in the meantime while I was slowly putting them all back in their cases again. I’ve since met other people who’ve said the exact same thing happened to their folders too!! 😫😫 ...My heart has literally sunk seeing how much work you’ve put into it cause I know it looks incredible & seems like it’ll work great but I know only a few months down the line, all your hard work & the money you spent on the folders is gonna end up down the drain 😣😣 ...☝🏼Unless they’re now making the sleeves & spines much stronger now which is possible considering this all happened to me about 10yrs ago now. Gosh I hope so 😣🙏🏼 I’ll never personally risk it again though after my nightmare with it ... Perhaps though, maybe only putting 4 discs per sleeve instead of 8 (keeping each sleeve one-sided) might help? It was very obvious when looking at mine that it was the weight doing it so maybe keeping each sleeve 1 sided might be enough to stop it? You’d get a lot less in per folder, however, I absolutely could not fill mine using all the sleeves anyway cause it got too thick to zip up. If using one with binder rings you could always take any extra sleeves out & start another binder folder with them or photo album ect or you could cut them into individual double-sided sleeves to use in other ways so any unused sleeves don’t have to go to waste ☺️☺️ Excellent video by the way!! I’ve liked!! ☺️☺️ So sorry to be a downer in the comments but I just wanted to say something so hopefully no one else has to go through the nightmare I did... I’m gutted you’ve probably already experienced it by now though 😣😣 Such a fantastic solution in theory, I jumped right into it myself, but they clearly weren’t filled & tested for a while before they put them on the market 🥺🥺

[@SoundofFree]

Oh no, that's really horrible. Mine have worked well, I've now used these for almost 2 years. The "handle" of the first "wallet" took a beating from the weight of the thing, but otherwise all is still in very good shape, no issues what not.

[@SillyOmega]

Depends on the quality though as well.

[@chriswilliams8299]

I love when dvd came out dvd a movie on disc size of a cd see it hear feel it the sound is so clear you can hear a pin drop dvd shell case is good ass well plastic

[@cringirl]

I just discovered these cool wallets recently, they are great! For me, though, a big part of the fun is having the paper sleeves. Just like with album covers, I really dig the art and the info. So, mine don't end up holding as many, but it still greatly reduces the bulk of those clear cases, which by the way can be diyed into cute frames for your own art work, or even repurposed as shelves, I use the old wooden case and a few of the clear cases on it's side as a sort of display for perfumes, jewelry, pictures and knick knacks. Anyway, thanks for the reminder, I only bought one, to see if I'd like it and I still have to do the rest of my collections, Still hanging onto some of those precious VHSs and boxes too though, I know, they take up space and all, but, I dunno, it makes me feel safe to have my ultra analog back up. :)

[@Sidicas]

Where to buy a good solution for DVD + DVD Cover / paper sleeve?

[@lesliefields2811]

Thanks for the idea!

[@solarjinx]

Don't lay it flat. Store it vertically.

[@lightning3605]

Im defidently gonna try this

[@SoundofFree]

I love it.

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

Do the sleeves scratch the discs?

[@w.536]

I wonder if any company out there has made a non scratch material surface for CD sleeves

[@Sidicas]

Anybody have any recommendation for the discs + DVD case cover art sheet? I want them to be stored together. Was thinking about just getting plastic 8.5"x11" sleeves for a 3 ring binder from walmart and put the DVD and cover in the same sleeve. Or something similar.

[@charlesfuentes3695]

What if you had 50,000 discarded discs. Music, Movies, Games...etc?

[@netanelOnline]

Not to mention Pon collection.

[@FabiolousBarker]

stupidity is neverending in this world and is recorded

[@Dragon2OOOO]

Where I can buy CD holder like yours?

[@miguela.padronyanez4544]

Thanks for they idea, nice video

[@mxmorningstarr]

Do the DVDs get scratched when you slide them in and out of the pockets? I have got a similar binder from Amazon basics but i noticed that it was scratching the discs.

[@SoundofFree]

I haven't had any problems. The pages are soft.

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

Great question, as I just purchased cd logic sleeves to be place in a binder which only the cd can be stored not the art work. The cds do slide in but very very snug and I was actually worried about scratches, which I still am. Do I need to worry????

[@w.536]

What there is no material out there to protect the CDs?

[@kirbybradbury-mills6781]

I store my dvds in non Standard 7mm cases, it means twice as many fit. Also if you are going for sleeves you can fold in half then fold a corner of the the paper to keep as well.only tried with CDs, dvd ones are bigger so perhaps every second

[@JTW3159]

disks need to breathe. thats why there are air holes in the jewel cases .storing cds this way will cause disk rot .just a mater of time ,DONT DO THIS

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

That’s why downloading is better to save money

[@lesliefields2811]

Don't think I'm going to keep the cases.

[@MarkFerntube123]

I still have cd's and dvd's I don't need altered streaming content because it's not pc.

[@natethornton5646]

But does it scratch your dvds?

[@SoundofFree]

No, the sleeves are very soft.

[@stevedamien638]

Actually dvds always an issue. How many times i buy cd mint from big names at a buck each and keep them or for resale online at 10$ a piece. But dvds never! I don't know even at 2$ each i never sold one but thrift stores sell at 1-2$ each,value village at 2,99$ And there is always people looking at them when im in

[@JulsMWK1995]

Do you actually listen to all of those? Why not just let go of them and keep a few favorites. Seems like a lot of work. I wonder in the last year how many you actually listened to.

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

Or just sell them if you’re not gonna play them all

[@JoseGONZALEZ-f1t]

You want the dvds and/or cds anymore I will have it

[@AniketSingh-hr8mi]

video at 4:40

[@CODEBlACKBIRD]

I've never heard of cd/dvd cases before....

[@Ty3516]

dont have a collection nearly as massive but have picked up several disc totes. looking to store a number of discs for data backup and worry about pressure on the discs with a binder drive.google.com/file/d/19k3l14hczJP7E44oViZ1W3gQ_MVegXQZ/view?usp=drivesdk

[@thebossman60]

Solution 1: Learn to purge.

[@mediacenterman8583]

I had about 4000 cds. 1,500 Cd singles went straight into the trash and their cases went to recycling to be made into children's toys and coat hangers. Next up most of the albums are going to charity. I do not intend on buying a case to store something away that exists digitally either.

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

That’s why downloading is better to save all that money from CDs!

[@robertpc100]

good idea but u must not have many kids or X wives who trash them and take them all.lol.good job,ur patient for sure.i need do this myself.where u buy the big cd sleeve container?

[@SoundofFree]

I found them from some German online store.

[@xrrrismickey]

Zonrahs.

[@Broco1L]

There are no small DJ cases. Just small DJ’s haha

[@MarcusFerg21]

Nope, not without the art and inserts. Try space saving sleeves.

[@BxrHavik]

Dude you need a script lol. Every big channel out there has a script that they read from just like any news anchor. Read from a projector in front of you or something, it will help you sound professional and get you way more subscribers :p Good video though, and great idea (:

[@SoundofFree]

This is just a hobby for me. I was expecting maybe 50 views for this video...

[@cesarcalderonjr.9364]

Voice like memes ai

[@ziggyplay]

Pff...you're missing out on the whole point and all the fun of collecting CDs and vinyl: the physical aspect, the art, the booklet, etc. People who really collect music build up a real library, and not just throw them in a folder like they used to do with recordable CDs. For that just stick with Spotify.

[@SoundofFree]

I do collect vinyl and have them in my living room. DVD's take too much space, I should have a 5 room apartment to have my film collection on shelfs.

[@chrisrees7054]

It's too late! I put all my cds and dvds in the trash!

[@stequality]

Why not donate them to charity ?

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

@@stequalitywhy donate broken CDs?

[@stequality]

@@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln lol I wrote that 2 years ago, he didn't say they were broken

[@ericvest7279]

Illtakesu

[@malonecapone2]

Let's get realistic, eventually the DVDs will end up in recycle bins. They are not 1080P or higher resolution. I'm not sure who watch DVD these days.

[@Sidicas]

Some DVDs will never be made into bluray because they're not popular enough and become valuable very rare collector items.

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

That’s why the Pirate Bay is better

[@netanelOnline]

Don't wanna be a party pooper but , game over . just throw it, I got exactly the same giant s case with 400 well organized discs . all are going to the trash

[@SoundofFree]

Why?

[@Nike_mobin12]

@@SoundofFree he is knob to talks! Ignore him.