Thick or Thin - It's a matter of 'Case'!

[pandys-box]

Being a die-hard Blu-Ray collector and fan here in the UK I decided that I would only purchase the U.S. releases as they are better quality and I prefere the thinner cases. I also can't stand how some of the UK tv-show blu-rays have been packaged: Prison Break and Smallville for instance being released as 2 thick cases housed inside a flimsy cardboard outerbox. I prefere all future tv shows on blu to be released similar to Lost season 4 and Damages in the 'multi-flip' single cases. The whole season of Firefly was released in a thin U.S. style case so why can't we be treated as such. It would be interesting to see what others collectors think of the packaging?

[MacLover]

Originally Posted by pandys-box

I decided that I would only purchase the U.S. releases as they are better quality

What there are some that are not quite so good.

[graf1k]

I've got probably 10 UK imports and another 5 or so on the way and while I prefer the thinner US Blu-ray cases, the UK ones don't bother me too much. They seem to be about the thickness of a PS3 case.

[DCSholtis]

Originally Posted by MacLover

What there are some that are not quite so good.

+1 I agree there are quite a few US releases that are not as good as they're import cousins.

[Sky_Captain]

I hate US cases, they're cheaply made rubbish. The covers are cheap crap as well 99% of the time and not even bloody cut straight.

[Zyclone]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

I hate US cases, they're cheaply made rubbish. The covers are cheap crap as well 99% of the time and not even bloody cut straight.

i im going to agree with Sky Cap here , iv'e had a alot of trouble with the cases that sony uses in the US they are thin cases with a very weak lock in item for the disc that is easy to break , im much more happy with the thicker cases used for most region b releases .

[Blu_Ray_UK2007]

How can you say American releases are better?

[Adster81]

the U'S cases are thin therefore can have a lot more storage so they come in handy for that, being in Aust I mostly get the thick ones or UK ones because it's cheaper with the dollar right now.

Also those thin ones I can't stand the funny shaped thing on the left hand side patten they have inside the case. you can still fit a US thing sleeve in a thick one just means more space on the sides provided the spine is all one colour