Those unattached cardboard informational pieces suck.

[akguy]

I don't know if I am in the minority or not, but this bugs me. A lot of blu-rays I have bought lately have these glossy cardboard back covers that detail all the extras included with the, and sometimes descriptions of the film. They are not attached or part of the blu-ray. They are held on with that little glue piece. When you take them off, the information they contain is not on the back cover. The back cover is just a picture of something.

What kills me is the information generally is not repeated inside the blu-ray anywhere else and they are slightly larger than the slipcover so if you want to keep them, they don't fit inside too well.

Indiana Jones is one example. I just picked it up and it details the extras included. Nowhere inside does it have this information, so I have to slide the cardboard inside with a fold at the top and it make it tight to get the films out. Titanic 3d did the same thing.

Am i being silly or does anyone else have an issue with this.

[nmycon]

I just have a drawer that I keep all these cardboard backings in...

[fiveseven4combat]

Originally Posted by nmycon

I just have a drawer that I keep all these cardboard backings in...

Same here, but in a plastic tote. But only from ones I have got in the last 9 months or so

[Al_The_Strange]

After typing in the UPC barcode into DVD Profiler, I just toss them.

[DetroitSquirreL]

I keep them on my steelbooks...I put my steelbooks in DVD plastic sleeves so they just stay on

[HyperRealist]

I shred them with slipcovers.

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by nmycon

I just have a drawer that I keep all these cardboard backings in...

I attache my blue Criterion Collection stickers to them....

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by akguy

I don't know if I am in the minority or not, but this bugs me. A lot of blu-rays I have bought lately have these glossy cardboard back covers that detail all the extras included with the, and sometimes descriptions of the film. They are not attached or part of the blu-ray. They are held on with that little glue piece. When you take them off, the information they contain is not on the back cover. The back cover is just a picture of something.

Well, (ahem), why not THROW THEM AWAY, then?
I believe the idea is to have the pretty picture on your shelf, once you've already read the info and bought the disk. Would you really want the sales advertising-blurb afterwards?

(Don't tell me...You keep the slipcovers too, right?)

[Petra_Kalbrain]

I recycle them all (slipcovers too). I have no need for any of that information. It's all in the menu system anyways.

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Well, (ahem), why not THROW THEM AWAY, then?
I believe the idea is to have the pretty picture on your shelf, once you've already read the info and bought the disk. Would you really want the sales advertising-blurb afterwards?

(Don't tell me...You keep the slipcovers too, right?)

Nothing wrong with slipcovers! They offer a bigger picture of the artwork/cover many times and provide larger spine space for titles!

Some "cardboard" pieces are worth hanging onto, like the stuff you get on empty Best Buy cases or limited edition sets that include artsy packaging with little to no information about the contents.

Like books, having nearly everything intact keeps the resale/collectable value high.

[Il Cattivo]

i just throw those away.

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by Il Cattivo

i just throw those away.

Good luck trying to figure out whats in most Steelbooks or DigiBooks!

[akguy]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Well, (ahem), why not THROW THEM AWAY, then?
I believe the idea is to have the pretty picture on your shelf, once you've already read the info and bought the disk. Would you really want the sales advertising-blurb afterwards?

(Don't tell me...You keep the slipcovers too, right?)

I do keep slipcovers. I wouldn't keep these if they were just "advertising". In most cases they list the extras and other information about format and techical information that is not located anywhere else on the packaging. The pretty pictures you talk about are not visible on the shelf, just the binder edge.

[JOHN MFN D.]

I keep them and may try to sell them to some suckers here, who think that they're collectible!

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by JOHN MFN D.

I keep them and may try to sell them to some suckers here, who think that they're collectible!

Only the short lived art cards from Universal have any real value. I got a full Blu-Ray out of just two!

[Kaiju]

I usually just toss those...

[Aquel]

Alot of Steelbooks have this.. annoying, since I find the running time pretty important information and then it is often not repeated somewhere else. Especially when they have those cardboard pieces which you over the Steelbook which are just perfect.

But if the cardboard isn't useable, I just throw it away and search for the running time on Blu-ray.com beforehand. Odd that I have to use a site for such mundane information but the hassle of a cardboard piece which constantly slides off isn't worth it for me.

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by Aquel

Alot of Steelbooks have this.. annoying, since I find the running time pretty important information and then it is often not repeated somewhere else. Especially when they have those cardboard pieces which you over the Steelbook which are just perfect.

But if the cardboard isn't useable, I just throw it away and search for the running time on Blu-ray.com beforehand. Odd that I have to use a site for such mundane information but the hassle of a cardboard piece which constantly slides off isn't worth it for me.

You have to look through the whole review on here usually and have the edition that people bothered to write info for. Looking up a piece of paper near a movie collection seems less troublesome for me.

[Villiam Hayes]

I throw them out but I would prefer if the info was on the back like the best buy Jaws digibook.
The few other digi's I have,the slip has been binned but the Jaws release was a welcome bonus.

[Aquel]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

You have to look through the whole review on here usually and have the edition that people bothered to write info for. Looking up a piece of paper near a movie collection seems less troublesome for me.

It is, but if that paper constantly shifts when I pick the blu-ray or another blu-ray and I have to constantly place it back on the Steel, I get annoyed by it and the flimsy way it looks. Why they don't just op for those carboards which you can slide over the steel like with the Taken Play, Drive HMV one etc. is beyond me.