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"Eco-Friendly" Packaging Here To Stay

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Re: "Eco-Friendly" Packaging Here To Stay

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Originally Posted by Josh Steinberg
My honest opinion about these is that they're just an in-between measure until they come up with something better long-term, but who knows what packaging will be like 5 years from now?

Well take away ALL the packaging and what do you have? Downloads that's what. Cunning Hollywood, cunning.

Respect and preserve the film-makers' intentions:

1. Original aspect ratio
2. Natural film grain
3. Original theatrical captions/subtitles

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Re: "Eco-Friendly" Packaging Here To Stay

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Originally Posted by Josh Steinberg
but who knows what packaging will be like 5 years from now?

You'll lick the USB-to-LSD cable and see the cover floating in front of you, big as life.

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#63
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I thought I was going to wet myself when I read that.

\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert

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Originally Posted by MatS
as posted in Cameron Yee's SOTL review

Is this for a Blu Ray or a White Castle?
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Originally Posted by Will_B
You'll lick the USB-to-LSD cable and see the cover floating in front of you, big as life.

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Re: "Eco-Friendly" Packaging Here To Stay

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Originally Posted by troy evans
I'd really like to find out how more is spent on these cases then? Aside from the paper and potato made case expense you discribed, you never touched on what makes these new plastic cases more expensive. If they can use the same production lines and such. These cases are made from molds which plastic is poured into. Now the've re-designed the case and with it the molds so less plastic has to be poured in to fill the molds. How does that equal more cost?

As with anything manufactured, a new design is always going to cost more initially, even if it uses fewer materials. Amaray likely had to create a new mold, these cases probably have to be run on a seperate line, and the cases are not yet widely used (so the demand is not as high as the normal Amaray case). They are simply passing these costs on to the studios. As this new case becomes more accepted and used more often, Amaray will likely lower their per unit price on these eco-friendly cases to the studios.

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I received Silence of the Lambs and got my first experience with the eco case. I think the design needs to go back to the drawing board. The front is too weak and I think the number of damaged discs that will ensue will have the studios coming up with a new design. This is going a bit too far IMO.
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OMG, that case looks like a nightmare! I have my problems with the Green movement but I don't think that's the reason why they did this. I think they used the Green Movement as an excuse to make a shoddier, flimsier case and not catch as much flack for it. I can't believe the disc is not fully protected by a plastic barrier. That is wrong. If there was any plastic cut outs they should be in the corners away from the disc. They are using a hip, trendy movement as an excuse to reduce the quality and effectiveness of their packaging.
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