Hey Studios, No More Cardboard Box Sets!

[Rich1983]

After the Universal Classic Monsters: Essential Collection, I am not buying any more Blu-ray box sets where the discs come in cardboard sleeves. First of all, the discs do get scratched, and though Blu-rays might be able to take more damage then DVDs, they ARE NOT indestructible contrary to popular belief. Also, glue has melted and leaked all over my Dracula and Phantom of the Opera discs. After paying $100 for that box set, I am not happy about that. The set looks beautiful, but does not care for the discs well.

In the future, NO MORE CARDBOARD SLEEVE box sets. If you, studios, keep releasing them, I will not buy them. Go back to box sets with each disc getting its own keep case, even if they are the thin ones. That is much safer for the discs and for the price being charged for some of these box sets, I want my discs safe.

[Moe Szyslak]

EDIT: double post, my bad

[Moe Szyslak]

Is the Monsters set similar to Alien and Star Wars?

[MifuneFan]

The Universal Monsters and Hitchcock sets look much flimsier than other cardboard sets so I wouldn't use them as a measuring stick for anything. I have a few boxsets with that packaging, and the discs are flawless

[MifuneFan]

Cardboard sleeves are much more practical with large disc sets compared to having a massive box filed with individual amarays. Given the choice, I definitely prefer the cardboard sleeves.

I don't understand why people make a huge deal about scratches anyway. The movies are more than likely to play just fine even with a few small scratches. If there are playback issues then that's another thing and the studio should replace them for you.

[Carpe Omni]

I agree, but the cardboard sleeve is what put me off buying The Omen collection recently.

[PuppyJonathan]

What about digipacks?

[nmycon]

Why did they ever do away with the plastic trays?

I never had a problem with those, and they still allowed for printed artwork across the entire digipak.

The earliest blu-ray sets I can think of would be the James Bond boxes, and they had those crappy foam hubs, then it just got progressively worse with the cardboard slots.

I don't recall there ever being a big outcry about the plastic trays, certainly not to the extent of the backlash about the cardboard slots. Why did they ever do away with them?

[Rich1983]

I just spent a lot of time cleaning glue off of my discs and putting them in slim clear jewel cases, for safe protection.

Then, there is Paramount's Ultimate Friday the 13th Collection, which each disc is scratched to where it looks like a road map.

[Leterface]

Originally Posted by Rich1983

After the Universal Classic Monsters: Essential Collection, I am not buying any more Blu-ray box sets where the discs come in cardboard sleeves. First of all, the discs do get scratched, and though Blu-rays might be able to take more damage then DVDs, they ARE NOT indestructible contrary to popular belief. Also, glue has melted and leaked all over my Dracula and Phantom of the Opera discs. After paying $100 for that box set, I am not happy about that. The set looks beautiful, but does not care for the discs well.

In the future, NO MORE CARDBOARD SLEEVE box sets. If you, studios, keep releasing them, I will not buy them. Go back to box sets with each disc getting its own keep case, even if they are the thin ones. That is much safer for the discs and for the price being charged for some of these box sets, I want my discs safe.

I agree and will try my best to not buy a single one. So far I have none of these cardboard boxes on Blu-ray. I had a few digipack boxes on HD DVD but didn't like them either as for them the boxes themselves are very easy to get damage if you order alot online as I do.

[Clark Kent]

It won't be changing anytime soon, studios will continue to use the cheaper cardboard stock on certain box sets they don't think will sell enough units to justify the added cost. The real cost savings from using cardboard is in reduced storage and shipping expenses. If you pay attention, they rarely use the cheaper cardboard on the best-selling sets. It is most often used on less-popular sets that will eventually get a price reduction.

[Livelong420]

I have to say I hate this also!

[Canuck21]

Add me to the list of cardboard sleeve haters. I actually don't own any thank goodness. For Indiana Jones, I had to import from the UK and fortunately the UK has very cheap prices and they're not as much into these awful cardboard sleeves as in North America. I don't know what I would do without the UK sets.

[Mr. Movie Fan]

I hate the scratches, the person who invented these cardboard sleeve sets should be shot.

[Monterey Jack]

A-freaking-men to this. NO ONE LIKE THESE CASES, STOP USING THEM!

[MifuneFan]

I like them

[hedliniv]

I hate those cases as well! That is the reason I imported the universal monsters set from the UK. My us aliens box set scratched my disks as well. It is also the reason I went with the original trilogy set for Starwars instead of the full box set.

[bigshot]

I really like the packaging of the Uni Monsters US set. I hate jewel cases, DVD cases bluray cases, etc. all that plastic and wasted space. And I despise those spindles that either break or grab on too hard. Sleeves or card jackets like little LPs are the best. But books are a close second.

[I KEEL YOU]

Blu rays are not indestructible, but they can withstand cardboard.

If a blu ray becomes scratched, it becomes unplayable. So if these cases were as bad as you say there would be way more outrage around this issue.

The most annoying part of these cardboard boxes is how annoying it is to take out the discs, and the damage the packaging takes after a while. But I found out with my Deadwood set that if you use a thin piece of cardboard with rounded edges and get it in between the disc and the cardboard sleeve, they are much easier to take out.

If they use glue of poor quality that melts after a while, then that is unacceptable.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I like them