# Economical storage of CD/DVDs

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economical-storage-of-cd-dvds/553919 "2010-09-16T01:34:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economical-storage-of-cd-dvds/553919/1 "2010-09-16T01:34:34Z")

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I’ve got a bunch of media that I want to store. For various reasons I don’t want paper sleeves or plastic cases that come individually to store in a box. Binders are the best options I can find from an aesthetic and practical standpoint. I’ve been using binders which hold 320 or so discs, but this ends up getting expensive every time I have to spend $30 on a new one.

I think you can buy individual pages and put them in a 3-ring binder. In this case, the pages seem to stick out. Also, the ones I see on newegg and amazon aren’t much cheaper. Anyone have any good options or alternates?

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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economical-storage-of-cd-dvds/553919/2 "2010-09-16T01:40:17Z")

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I ditched all of my cases and went to binders and got a bulk deal on them from MicroCenter for $10 for a binder that holds 256. [They have 'em now for $15 though.](http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0281729) I talked with the manager since I was buying a carton and got a discount.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economical-storage-of-cd-dvds/553919/3 "2010-09-16T01:41:35Z")

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CD binders come in sizes that carry 520 CDs, they also run about $25

[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb\_sb\_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=cd+520&x=0&y=0](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=cd+520&x=0&y=0)

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economical-storage-of-cd-dvds/553919/4 "2010-09-16T01:48:30Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> CD binders come in sizes that carry 520 CDs, they also run about $25
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> [Amazon.com : cd 520](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=cd+520&x=0&y=0)

Thanks to both of you, I will look at those and the reviews. Any particular models to recommend? I have a Targus 320 which I like, and a Teknmotion 400 which I don’t, although they’re cheap at newegg. I worry that cheapest large-capacities are lower quality unless I hear otherwise.