First of all - this is not a suggestion to change anything, or an attempt to criticize anyone's preferences. I know that we all have different ways of using Profiler. I would just like to understand why some features are important to you.

I use Profiler primarily to keep track of what DVDs (and BDs) I own, and which ones I haven't watched yet. So that makes me curious to know why certain things matter so much to others. There has, for example, been a lot of talk lately about Steelbooks vs Metal Case. So I'm thinking for myself, why does case type matter? Would you select what to view based on case type? Well, obviously not. So why does case type matter to you (in Profiler, that is)?

Or (forgive me for dragging you into this, Pete) the request for a checkbox in Features for "Play all". Why would it matter? Would you actually base your selection of what to view based on if it has "play all" or not? Or is there some other reason why this is important to you?

There are several other aspects of the data in profiles that I could question, but what I really want to know is how you use the data in Profiler, apart from knowing what you own and deciding what to watch? Do you use it for purchase decisions? Do you use it for statistical purposes? Do you use it as a movie information database (instead of looking things up in IMDb)? Or something else entirely?

1) Tracking DVDs/BDs and watching and loaning thereof.
Don't care about e.g. cases, and very little about Cast&Crew.
I do care about having nice covers, which means rating-logos have to go, and Childprofiles (I use those a lot) have to have nice cover not just a repetition of the parent. (see Alternate Covers Site)
Also Audio-Track and Subtitles are important, because the few people I loan to are not comfortable watching english.

2) Since last year I use it to track titles I've seen on Netflix or plan to see. I simply load a profile by title (prefer US-locality, because no rating-logo, BD)

Everything before the Netflix-placeholder is Wish-List (sorted alphabetically), everything after Watched (sorted newest last)

Quoting GSyren:

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Or (forgive me for dragging you into this, Pete) the request for a checkbox in Features for "Play all". Why would it matter? Would you actually base your selection of what to view based on if it has "play all" or not? Or is there some other reason why this is important to you?

Forgiven.. but since you "dragged me into this" ...

I have answered this before... but Yes there has been times (many times actually) I actually based what I viewed on whether or not it has a play all. I like to do a lot of marathon viewing. And it is much easier on me if what I am watching has a play all feature or not. There has been many times I don't want to deal with going back to the menu after every episode of a TV series or what have you. And it gets especially aggravating if I misplace the remote (which I do quite often) and have to go hunting for it in between episodes (could be mixed in the blankets of my bed... could have fell down and under something or what have you.

There has actually been times I was in the mood for marathon watching of a certain show and ended up stop watching the show because I got tired of dealing with the menu/remote between episodes/shorts/whatever.

So yes a "Play All" option in filters would be a huge help to me.

Depending on length of show... when I am in marathon mode I can usually knock out a season in a day.

In terms of cases, there are a lot of movie enthusiasts that are also collectors.  It's not uncommon for any particular movie to be released multiple times, in the same market, but with different covers, content, and/or packaging.  Such as US store "variant" exclusives we've become accustomed to or international releases receiving a different packaging compared to the US, etc.  You'll find that case collectors like to watch the films but when they have a choice in case type they'll pickup the version with the case type that they prefer.

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In terms of cases, there are a lot of movie enthusiasts that are also collectors.  It's not uncommon for any particular movie to be released multiple times, in the same market, but with different covers, content, and/or packaging.  Such as US store "variant" exclusives we've become accustomed to or international releases receiving a different packaging compared to the US, etc.  You'll find that case collectors like to watch the films but when they have a choice in case type they'll pickup the version with the case type that they prefer.

Yeah, I get that, but do collectors use Profiler to find out what movies are available in certain cases before purchase? Because once they're in your owned collection it's too late. I would think that there must be easier way to get the info, but I may be wrong.

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And I don't collect typos and wrong overviews and titles like "Tfourxi".

I'm not sure that many users want to have those inept data in their collection. Unfortunately rules oblige us to contribute them. This is the main reason why I stopped contributing.

Quoting GSyren:

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Yeah, I get that, but do collectors use Profiler to find out what movies are available in certain cases before purchase? Because once they're in your owned collection it's too late. I would think that there must be easier way to get the info, but I may be wrong.

Some of them do and as time has gone on there are more options for gathering that info (i.e. Blu-ray.com).  But not every source always has info for every release or more importantly confirmed info.  I wouldn't call myself a case collector but I know I've used DVD Profiler to find this info before purchasing.  I've also used the software, prior to making a purchase, to see if a specific release used a single or dual layer disc.