
Mark's Rare Comics DVD Collector is a Microsoft Access 2000 (you probably have Microsoft Access on your computer as part of Microsoft Office 2000) program that offers great flexibility and is provided free to collectors that want a complete and easy method of maintaining and accessing information about their collection. In addition to the standard DVD collection parameters you may input as many pictures and sound clips as you desire for each DVD. You can print complete collection reports and lists of DVDs as well as picture galleries.
No installation is necessary. Run DVDcollector.exe to uncompress files to My Documents. Start DVD Collector by clicking on the Windows 95/98/2000/XP Start button and on "Open Office Documents" in the Start menu. Double click on DVDcollector. Microsoft Access will open DVD Collector.
Alternatively, you can run Microsoft Access and open DVDcollector.mdb.
For convenience place a shortcut on your desktop by opening Windows Explorer, right click on DVDcollector.mdb and drag to desktop. Click on "Create Shortcut(s) Here". The default desktop icon is the Microsoft Access icon. To use rarecomics.ico right click on the desktop icon and "Properties" in the descending menu. Click on the Shortcut Tab. Click on the Change Icon button. Browse to find rarecomics.ico, e.g., C:\My Documents\rarecomics.ico. Click OK.

You can enter data for each field as shown in the above picture. This data includes each DVD in your collection, title, year, runtime, MPAA rating, director, lead actor, genre, country, language, alternate languages (dubbed and/or subtitled), DVD and theatrical release dates, sound mix, DVD format, color or black and white, widescreen and aspect ratio, pan and scan, memorable line, plot summary and a cover picture. Tabs allow entry of studio and production company; cast and crew lists; reviews; your comments; sound clips and photos; certifications (ratings) around the world; the price you paid, original price, used price, the date you acquired the DVD, sell date; Easter eggs (hidden features); special features; DVD Collector help and information about Mark's Rare Comics.


You can display and/or print your collection data in a variety of forms and content. Most reports can be filtered to display just the DVDs that you want, e.g., filter by "Pirates of the Caribbean" to display only Pirates of the Caribbean reports. You can also sort or order the reports by many parameters such as title.


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