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Review scores - 'zero' and 'a half'
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorhayley taylor
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Not sure if everyone else uses this feature, but I always 'mark' my titles after viewing them using the review feature. My kids find this amusing, always wanting to know (with a p%*@ taking smile) after the film whether it's a 3 or a 3 1/2

I have never understood why it starts as 1 bar?, what happened to the half point?
You can choose 1 1/2, or 2 1/2? so the half is possible 

It's a bit like asking someone to score a film out of 10, but saying it must have a minimum of 2.

Going further, there are some films and dvds I would mark zero if I had a choice. Unfortunately if you do not choose a bar, then it does not show as being marked zero in your graphs.

Feature request....

1/2 a bar option
+
A choice to choose zero bars, perhaps if chosen a zero or a cross would show in the box?


PS strangely, if you run your mouse over an unmarked title review box, it will show a 'score' of 0.5 but not a half bar 
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorSquirrelecto
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I've just recently started rating movies as I watch them and I've also started using the Watch history. Figured I've been doing it on IMDb for a long time now, so may as well be doing it in my Profiler too.

So in theory, I would support a complete rating system that includes all options from 0 to 5 inclusive in 0.5 increments.

However, in practice, any film that I watched which I thought was a 0-1.5, wouldn't actually get rated in my Profiler anyway because I'd remove it right away from my collection and stick it in my 'for sale' box! 2-2.5 films wouldn't last that long either - I tend to just hold on to some of them in case they improve on a second viewing or because they contain certain cool scenes.

So for me it's really a moot point. 
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorhydr0x
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if he adds 0,5 there would be 11 options in total instead of 10 which means he'd have to switch from 1-bit numbers to 2-bit, probably reason enough
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Quoting Squirrel.God:
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I've just recently started rating movies as I watch them and I've also started using the Watch history. Figured I've been doing it on IMDb for a long time now, so may as well be doing it in my Profiler too.

So in theory, I would support a complete rating system that includes all options from 0 to 5 inclusive in 0.5 increments.

However, in practice, any film that I watched which I thought was a 0-1.5, wouldn't actually get rated in my Profiler anyway because I'd remove it right away from my collection and stick it in my 'for sale' box! 2-2.5 films wouldn't last that long either - I tend to just hold on to some of them in case they improve on a second viewing or because they contain certain cool scenes.

So for me it's really a moot point. 


I understand what you are saying if you want to give the movie a rating of a .5... but I think it would be very useful in my opinion. What if you have an excellent movie... a movie you want to give a 4.5 or maybe even a (gasp) Perfect 5 rating to... but then the only extra is something like filmography for the main star(s).... something that in someone's opinion could be barely more then nothing at all...

So maybe I would want to give
Movie: 4.5
Audio: 4
Video: 4
Extras .5

or maybe I pick up one of those $1.00 DVDs at Dollar Tree or something... again I love the movie.. but the quality purely sucks... but yet this could be the only option to have the movie... so I want to keep the movie... but want to give the movie a 4 to 5 rating but the audio and video I want to give a .5 to.

So as you can see there is justified reasoning to have a .5 rating... so if it is at all possible I am 100% behind it!
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorhayley taylor
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if he adds 0,5 there would be 11 options in total instead of 10 which means he'd have to switch from 1-bit numbers to 2-bit, probably reason enough


You have gone beyond my understanding now Hydrox - perhaps Ken will answer whether it is progamming-wise possible?
Whether it is actually wanted is of course another question - but I hope so <fingers crossed>
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorSquirrelecto
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I understand what you are saying if you want to give the movie a rating of a .5... but I think it would be very useful in my opinion. What if you have an excellent movie... a movie you want to give a 4.5 or maybe even a (gasp) Perfect 5 rating to... but then the only extra is something like filmography for the main star(s).... something that in someone's opinion could be barely more then nothing at all...

So maybe I would want to give
Movie: 4.5
Audio: 4
Video: 4
Extras .5

or maybe I pick up one of those $1.00 DVDs at Dollar Tree or something... again I love the movie.. but the quality purely sucks... but yet this could be the only option to have the movie... so I want to keep the movie... but want to give the movie a 4 to 5 rating but the audio and video I want to give a .5 to.

So as you can see there is justified reasoning to have a .5 rating... so if it is at all possible I am 100% behind it!



Yeah, I see what you mean. I don't bother rating the DVD at all
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Because there are so few I would mark that low, a single 'one' is bad enough! It's a bit like the "yeah, but this has eleven" conversation from Spinal Tap. I never bother using half marks anyway.

In regards to extras I use the 1 or 2 score to denote how many extras there are, because that normally relates to exactly how worthy they are! One trailer? Cool, you just scored 'one' you cheap gits... 
Jon
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorhayley taylor
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Rekindling this.....

And after watching one of the worst DVDS in my life, would welcome the ability to add minus 5 to possible 'scores'

Do not blindbuy Alien Invasion Arizona - the effects look like they have been done by a wedding video producer, the acting is worse than a primary school nativity play, and the costumes are worse than the first doctor who!!
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