What's up with slip covers?

[Wegga]

I've been collecting Blu-rays for two years now and just recently saw this fascination with Slip Covers. I see just as many people selling these things as the movies themselves. What am I missing? It's a piece of cardboard to me that I find completely useless. Why does everyone want these?

[DJ Manyak]

to be honest i don't know why i like them or prefer my movies to have them i just do for some reason

[MaCruz]

I like them because of the art work.

[Nielsb90]

Originally Posted by MaCruz

I like them because of the art work.

+1

Slipcovers for Iron Man, Hellboy 2 and Incredible Hulk look amazing IMO

[pokefan]

I don't understand it either, I've got a huge stack of them shoved in a drawer somewhere. I like all my movies to look the same on the shelf and since they don't all have slips they usually get pulled first thing.

[GGX]

I love the look of them. If I buy a movie that was released with one and I don't get the slipcover for it it doesn't seem complete.

Besides, I'm used to my collection not being uniform. To many great unique packaging out there for various releases.

[krazeyeyez]

I leave them on but i don't understand the fascination with cover or disc art either... my cases stay on the shelf. Custom covers i understand. When i buy a movie though i don't care if the slip is bent or not as some do. Hope those guys didn't peal off the coupon on Inglorious Basterds as it ripped my slip cover.... makes it look punk rock

[Steve]

If a movie comes with one......who cares?

If it doesn't come with one......who cares?

[GGX]

Originally Posted by fireman325

If a movie comes with one......who cares?

If it doesn't come with one......who cares?

I care about the total package. The movie's transfer, disk and cover art, menu design, etc are all important to me.

[Clark Kent]

In all honesty they are pretty useless. And they get damaged so easily.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

In all honesty they are pretty useless. And they get damaged so easily.

As a collector, I don't find it hard to keep them in good condition. You just have to handle them carefully.

[Canada]

There a waste of paper to me. Be kind to Mother Nature, I say do away with slip covers.

[sfmarine]

Because they are cheaper than collection Steelbooks lol.


I have no answer to why I am fascinated by them...I just like them..

[thelastz28]

I could care less about them.

[Unbreakable]

I don't really care for them, they look strange in my collection when i have a few with slip-covers and others with no slip-covers.

[Icedburden]

I like slipcovers, they are not a true deal breaker for me. But, they do look damn cool sometimes.

[U4K61]

Originally Posted by Wegga

I've been collecting Blu-rays for two years now and just recently saw this fascination with Slip Covers. I see just as many people selling these things as the movies themselves. What am I missing? It's a piece of cardboard to me that I find completely useless. Why does everyone want these?

Originally Posted by fireman325

If a movie comes with one......who cares?
If it doesn't come with one......who cares?

I say cut the consumption and bury the slip cover.

[KingBing]

I prefer a slipcase but its not a must and it will not change or make my decision on buying the movie or not

[Vicon]

See this thread -

https://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-mo...-releases.html

[Nocturnaloner]

All of my BD's so far have slipcovers, and they're kind of a pain, to tell you the truth. For the most part, they don't have art that's not on the insert.