Blu Ray cases

[Antirock]

Does anyone remember when DVD first came out they had those crappy cardboard cases and then switched the plastic cases. Well, I was always anal about the way my cardboard cases looked in my vast collection of plastic cases. Do you think that the way that blu rays are packaged now will change significantly in the future?

[H0opman31]

whats anal?

[Antirock]

like that fact that you have cardboard cases and plastic cases mixed up in your collection means the collection itself doesnt look as nice, and makes you mad.

Thats anal.

[NoQuestion]

put the plastics together and the rest at the end. That is what i do now with my bluray collection. All my plastic cases are together in alphabetical order and my digibook or other big cases(band of brothers, and the Criterion titles)

[AP2009]

I doubt there will be any design changes to cases for a long while. Perhaps when mini-blu-rays will be the norm, casing and packaging could be slightly different.

[Sloan78]

Originally Posted by AP2009

I doubt there will be any design changes to cases for a long while. Perhaps when mini-blu-rays will be the norm, casing and packaging could be slightly different.

+1 Yeah I also agree with you, I think they learned a lesson from distributing multiple cases with DVD's. Blu's in their current incarnation are just about right imo, compact and really sick looking!

[jlaavenger]

Originally Posted by AP2009

I doubt there will be any design changes to cases for a long while. Perhaps when mini-blu-rays will be the norm, casing and packaging could be slightly different.

No, now we'll get Digi Books. Sucks that the Matrix won't come in a regular Blu Ray case.

[brettallica]

Originally Posted by Antirock

like that fact that you have cardboard cases and plastic cases mixed up in your collection means the collection itself doesnt look as nice, and makes you mad.

Thats anal.

I think it's safe to say that anyone who doesn't know the meaning of "anal" probably isn't anal about their cases. I'm right there with you, though.

[nmycon]

i never remember DVDs being released in cardboard

part of a set or series yes, but not an individual DVD

what do you mean like a cardboard sleeve or something?

[Sloan78]

Originally Posted by nmycon

i never remember DVDs being released in cardboard

part of a set or series yes, but not an individual DVD

what do you mean like a cardboard sleeve or something?

See Matrix or Batman....etc

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by nmycon

i never remember DVDs being released in cardboard

part of a set or series yes, but not an individual DVD

what do you mean like a cardboard sleeve or something?

A lot of the initial DVD releases back in 1997 were released in what was coined as "Snapper" cases. These cases had a cardboard wraparound enclosure with a plastic holder. Warner Bros. had helped to design the Snapper packaging hence they were the last ones to finally switch over to the plastic cases. However, it was nearly impossible to find replacements for the plastic Snapper trays.

You can find pictures of them here:

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...ab=5#topoftabs

and here (better pictures):

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?t...c&topicID=2419

[kobeeightjp]

I am going to have to break up the unity look of my set when that damn digibook of the matrix comes out.

[MrFilmFanatic]

I could never separate my collection by the style of cases. It may not look nice but remembering what type of case a movie came in would be hard enough to find in a big collection. Only alphabetical would ever work for me.

[Galley]

I've been using lighter fluid on CDs for 20 years. It'll even remove stickers from cardboard without damage.

[Blu Jacket]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

and here (better pictures):

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?t...c&topicID=2419

I've never seen the drawer style case before. I rather like it!

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by Antirock

Does anyone remember when DVD first came out they had those crappy cardboard cases and then switched the plastic cases. Well, I was always anal about the way my cardboard cases looked in my vast collection of plastic cases. Do you think that the way that blu rays are packaged now will change significantly in the future?

geez, i remember. some of my dvds are like that. my first release of the terminator was cardboard. i hope blu rays dont change much. some of my animation and star trek ds9 sets either fold out or flip like a page. i would prefer the plastic blu ray case for multiple discs.

[RiseDarthVader]

I like the current Blu-ray packaging it lloks really nice with the blue plastic. and the shape of it looks just right not too rectanguler and not too round. Also a nice small compact size.

[ajgoodfella7]

Stupid question, but does anyone know if different blu-ray cases have different model numbers? I am thinking of ordering some empty blu-ray cases from ebay, but I would greatly prefer the cases that Disney uses over the cases used by other studios? If anyone is unsure the differences, the disney cases are indented at the top and there is a plastic piece that clicks into place on the opening edge. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

[liam1972]

I love the style of the Blu-ray cases just as they are now. With one exception...I wish they wouldn't bother with putting the cardboard sleeve on some of the titles. I'm the kind of person that doesn't like to throw any part of my casing away, so I keep the plastic case inside the cardboard sleeve, even though most of the time it has the exact same image ad the plastic case. But being anal like I am, I refuse to toss it out. So the uniformity isn't there when I have a bunch of cool blue colored cases on a shelf, then a cardboard case, then back to cool blue. I know it's trivial, but I don't see the point in putting the plastic inside another case.

[Mike Z]

Thanks for all the advice guys, I'll try some of the suggestions.

Originally Posted by liam1972

I love the style of the Blu-ray cases just as they are now. With one exception...I wish they wouldn't bother with putting the cardboard sleeve on some of the titles. I'm the kind of person that doesn't like to throw any part of my casing away, so I keep the plastic case inside the cardboard sleeve, even though most of the time it has the exact same image ad the plastic case. But being anal like I am, I refuse to toss it out. So the uniformity isn't there when I have a bunch of cool blue colored cases on a shelf, then a cardboard case, then back to cool blue. I know it's trivial, but I don't see the point in putting the plastic inside another case.

I know exactly what you mean. I just take them out and save the cardboard sleeves. I have a big collection in my closet of cardboard sleeves, box set holders, the Star Wars metal tin from the 2006 DVD release and other such DVD/Blu accessories.

If I want to watch a DVD or Blu I don't want to have to either take the case out of a cardboard sleeve or try to pull one particular case from a box set that's sometimes packed tight. But like you, I don't want to throw them away. So I just keep them in my closet. The Iron Man packaging was lame because the cardboard sleeve had Iron Man on it but when you take it off it's just a picture of Tony Stark on the Blu case.

TV box sets are a little different. I just keep the 3-4 slim cases in their cardboard holder. I have shows like Seinfeld and King of Queens which had numerous seasons so if I didn't keep the individual cases together in their cardboard holder for each season it would be like 30-40 slim cases in a row and that wouldn't look good on my movie rack.