Customer Reviews

Bellagio Italia Brown Cd/dvd/blu-ray Storage Binder (3 Pack)

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Bought these after reading about doing this in a magazine to organize DVDs.

What once took up 4 shelves in my office and looked tacky, now stores neatly organized in my entertainment center. They're well built and I even found that each "sleeve" can even hold 2 DVDs (for those double-disc sets). Easy to make slip-in cards to identify binders. Very classy and helpful product.

I bought these books to store our children's large collection of DVD's almost 3 years ago. To this day, they look like new, despite being dragged along on extended vacations and throughout the house. I am so amazed at the durability of these storage binders. One of my best buys ever!

These are really beautiful binders. They really do look like leather bound books, and are well made. If you are looking for a way to classy up your living/family room, getting rid of all those jewel cases and replacing them with these are a great way to go. We were able to replace our 5' tall by 4' wide dvd bookcase (over 500 DVDs) with 9 binders!

The title card on the spine of each book makes organizing easy. We use alphabetical categories for our general movie collection, and then have separate binders for video game collections (sorted by platform), children's movies and exercise videos. It makes finding what you want a snap. We used plain paper and our home printer to make the labels look sharp and professional.

I rated them 4 stars out of 5 because even though there is a slot for them to fit on the page, you can't really keep the booklets from your DVDs in them. Doing so makes the page top heavy and then the binder is harder to shelf. On the up-side, it means you can fit 4 CD/DVDs to a page, and use a lot less binders.

I read claims you could fit double the number of inserts (24) in the binder. Unfortunately, this is only true if they are empty. You CAN squeeze a few more pages in, but any more than 15 pages is really pushing the binder and it starts to bow out.

One unexpected benefit I really like about these is it gives you a new outlook on "special edition" releases and box sets. Once you start putting your DVDs in binders you really start to see that you don't need all the extra marketing materials that come with them. It's kind of liberating cutting apart the DVD label with each new purchase. I also find I'm willing to buy more used DVDs; the lack of booklets, etc. lowers the price, and I don't need them, anyway!

So if you are looking for an attractive way to organize and simplify your CD/DVD collection, I highly recommend these.