well i agree with everyone altough i was a "freeloader" for about 18months - but that was to make sure the program worked fine and updates were regular, i purchased the full key before version 3.XX came about and was stiill 2.xx, well as for Version 3.xx What can i say that nobody else has its just amazing.

And the updates rely on us the paying members to contribute profiles we sometimes spend a long time colating all the info and inputing it into the system before its uploaded for approval And I respect everyones effort in this endeavor, Also Ken "The Creator God" also has to live now if he decides to charge for upgrades i'm sure that all paying members upto that point who have shown loyalty to him and his program will be rewarded with continued free upgrades those who purchase the program after that well "tuff" and if thats not the case i'm sure everyone else will pay as will I, Ken has to live and well the programs worth every penny and then some, Kens a genius and should be suporrted not rideculed,  why say its crippled you have over 250 DVDs thats as many as some paid members and afterall its there profiles your downloading all the time so pull your finger out your tight ar....wallet and pay up like the rest of us, if youve been using it for over 2 yrs then you know the programs worth every penny and compared to the other alternatives out there well theres no contest - DVD PROFILER 3.xx IS THE BEST and KEN IS GOD OF DVD PROFILER

Quoting pdf256:

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I don't know which version you are running, but I am running 3.0.3 beta. There have been two updated releases (3.0.1 and 3.0.2) and currently 3.0.3 is in beta.

Also Invelos has released a new plugin for posting DVDs for sale. Two other plugins are not yet on this site but can be installed from the web.

So all in all I would say it is even more alive than you did!

pdf

3.0.3? News to me! Cool!

I have the plugin for posting DVDs on the Trading Post.

It's all good (and anyone who doesn't see $30 worth of value immediate doesn't have either a real love of DVDs or a large enough collection (which means the first criterion is not true).



Quoting antolod:

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I was a freeloader for about 3 hours. The (then V2.3?) program was so amazing I paid for it after entering only about 20 titles.  It never ceases to amaze me when people gripe and moan about having to pay such a pittance for such a great product.

I can only imagine that anyone with a large collectiion not willing to part with $30 bucks to use and support this program probably has bootlegs and illiegal downloads making up their library.

I put up the $30 just to rid myself of the ad (either late 2.3 or early 2.4) the second time I opened the program.

Quoting rorymatt:

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I originally bought 2.xx after trying it for about a day, ai bought 3.xx sight unseen. Best move I ever made. I would continue to use the program even if Ken charged for any further upgrades. $30 is cheap dirt cheap for a program this good.
ROry

I agree.  This program is worth a lot more than what we pay for it.

I hope none of you who are singing the great song of commercial software is using anything like "Thunderbird", "Firefox", "Open Office" or "Spybot S'n'D" because there we have some Freeware which in most cases is better than the commercial products.
So get happy with your Microsoftware.

Not that anyone gets me wrong, Ken delivered a fine piece of software and it's worth paying for. ...BUT the community of freeloaders helped to make this database what it is today by contributing profiles and helping other users in the forums, or at least so did I. If we are now cut out of your community at least allow us to mourn a bit and give me this "Boo Hoo" Badge, I'll wear it with pride.

Quoting goblinsdoitall:

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I hope none of you who are singing the great song of commercial software is using anything like "Thunderbird", "Firefox", "Open Office" or "Spybot S'n'D" because there we have some Freeware which in most cases is better than the commercial products.
So get happy with your Microsoftware.

Not that anyone gets me wrong, Ken delivered a fine piece of software and it's worth paying for. ...BUT the community of freeloaders helped to make this database what it is today by contributing profiles and helping other users in the forums, or at least so did I. If we are now cut out of your community at least allow us to mourn a bit and give me this "Boo Hoo" Badge, I'll wear it with pride.

And the difference between Firefox etc... and Profiler is that they are open source projects or have  not been created by a commercial company with intention of providing income. DVD Profiler has never been open source and has always been clearly set out as something to provide an income (albeit not the sole income until now). I'm still waiting to see a free O/S that gives me all the functionality I require from Windows.

Do I like that fact? Not really. Do I understand that if I want it I have to pay for it? Yes.

I would also disagree with your points about freeloaders and the database but that probably depends on your definition of what makes a useful profile in the database.

Quoting Lithurge:

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And the difference between Firefox etc... and Profiler is that they are open source projects or have  not been created by a commercial company with intention of providing income. DVD Profiler has never been open source and has always been clearly set out as something to provide an income (albeit not the sole income until now). I'm still waiting to see a free O/S that gives me all the functionality I require from Windows.

Do I like that fact? Not really. Do I understand that if I want it I have to pay for it? Yes.

I would also disagree with your points about freeloaders and the database but that probably depends on your definition of what makes a useful profile in the database.

Wrong again, "Open Office" is the open source project of SUN which is commercially released as "Star Office" (Yes, I know, with an added database) and Mr. Kolla would be really surprised to hear that he doesn't wnt to earn any money with his "Spybot", at least he is asking for donations, which is, I admit, not quite as commercialized as it could be, but DVD-Profiler once upon a time started up in a similar way, so what was wrong with the advertisements on top of the window?
I suspect Ken didn't get enough $$ to make his living, so if he then decides to quit the freeware project it's OK for me, but do not expect me to be happy about it.

By the way, as I already wrote, the program is worth paying for and I did.
A question to you "Lithurge", now that I'm not a freeloader anymore, does that make my contributions better?
And a question to you "Skipnet", do you really want to bet on your thesis, that the freeloaders did nothing for this database?
Does anyone really know how many of the active profiles have been contributed by "freeloaders"?
I would be happy to get an answer on this one.

Gob

Moot point, and you know it... He's obviously referring to the IVS days, as - applying logic - Skip did, too

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