I have been using Profiler for awhile, but never got into using the "Count As" feature.

I understand what it does, the question I have is how do some of you use it

How do you treat movie box set, as opposed to combination sets?  How do you treat TV series? etc...

I know there isn't a right or wrong way, just looking for ideas that maybe would get me to use it to my benefit.

Charlie

Quoting CharlieM:

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How do you treat movie box set, as opposed to combination sets?  How do you treat TV series? etc...

Just like I assign Collection-Numbers:
Movie box-sets get neither, because they are just the "container" for the movies added as child-profiles
For TV-Series the Season gets the Count and the Collection-Number, Disc-Level-Children and possible parents go empty.

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I know there isn't a right or wrong way, just looking for ideas that maybe would get me to use it to my benefit.

I think quite some people do it this way, so it is the right one! 
Kiddin', but I really think this puts the emphasis on the right place, the movies.

cya, Mithi

I'm a little different. Individual movies get 1. TV sets get 1 (1 per season so if a show is 7 seasons long, it counts as 7). Box sets and double features get 1. All my child profiles are set at 0.

For me, a box set is one item that has multiple parts to it; I bought the box set at one price/one time. For me, when I'm looking at the shelf, I see one item, not many items so it counts as one. I do use child profiles to track when I watched what, but I don't consider something fully watched or gone over until I've watched the whole thing. For me, it's like a book. Has many chapters, but you don't count the chapters as individual books; it's just one book.

Double Dips, which I rarely do, but I do have a few, are counted as unique items, so if I have 2 copies of a movie, it counts as 2.

I number and count as what I bought.... Single disc is 1... season set or boxset is 1... multi-season complete series set is 1. I don't number or have a count for any of the child or grandchild profiles.

I use the collection number system to tell me how many "units" I have. A unit may contain more than one disc. I use the "Count As" to count the discs (not bonus CDs or digital copy discs but only DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray discs):

Movie Box Set parent profiles do not get a collection number and counts as 0.
Individual film profiles do get a collection number and counts as however many discs there are.
For TV Series, the complete season gets a collection number and counts as however many discs there are.
I do not use disc-profiles for TV series.

Using this method, my highest collection number tells me how many films or series I have and my disc count tells me how many physical discs there are.

Quoting Kulju:

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^This, and Blu-ray-DVD combos Blu-ray collection number and count as 1 and DVD child, no collection number and count as 0.

I forgot about those, but treat them exactly the same as you.

Quoting hal9g:

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Knowing the number of profiles is not really all that important, but it is an interesting number to track.

I already know the total number of profiles I have, though not broken down by custom category, as it is listed on my User Profile page.  To each his own I guess.

I count 1 per movie and TV season. Movies get count-as 1, unless thee are several movies on one disc. TV seasons count as 1. Box sets & TV children count as 0. Multi-season sets count as however many seasons they are.