My cheaper homemade Discsox alternative

[AmusedToDeath]

I know some of you will recoil in horror at the very notion of doing this, but for those of you who have hit a wall in terms of collection display/storage space I thought you might be interested in my solution for slimming down my discs.

Cases are unnecessarily bulky and since I store all of my discs in a Can-Am steel disc cabinet I saw no need to keep my Blus and DVDs in cases any longer. I had long been eyeing Discsox or the Atlantic dvd sleeves as a potential option, but the Discsox are prohibitively expensive at almost a $1 per disc, and the Atlantic sleeves apparently force you to fold the covers in such a way that it destroys their potential resale value later. So I set about coming up with a solution that would preserve the disc artwork without creasing it unnaturally, would adequately protect the disc and wouldn't look too janky. This is the solution I came up with:



It's a combination of 4mil Silver Age/Dell size Comic Book bags (which happen to be a perfect fit for DVDs - I'm going to try the smaller modern comic bags for Blus next), some cardstock cut to fit as for added heft and support, double-sided mounting tape and tyvek disc sleeves. The cardstock backer isn't totally necessary but I found that some disc inserts (especially on newer discs) were on thin flimsy paper and weren't sturdy enough. I've calculated the cost to be about $.30 per disc. I bought the bags and tyvek sleeves from Bags Unlimited.

Here's some pics of me putting one together:


All the materials I used.


A piece of cardstock cut, scored and folded.


Inserting the cardstock and DVD sleeve.


Folding over the end flap which is secured with regular scotch tape.



Attaching the disc sleeve with double sided tape. I attach mine horizontally because that's how they are stored in my cabinet, but you could just as easily do it vertically. You can also attach more sleeves on top in a staggered fashion if the movie has multiple/bonus discs or if it is a TV season.



The fold is made where there is already a crease, so the insert is not damaged and can be returned to a regular DVD case later.


Now about 3 discs can be stored in the space of one in a case.

Obviously box sets, digibooks and snap cases present a special problem. I plan to print a custom cover from one of the websites that do those and put the original in storage in those situations.

Hopefully this helps someone that is in my situation.