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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?
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Well take away ALL the packaging and what do you have? Downloads that's what. Cunning Hollywood, cunning.
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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?
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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
I thought I was going to wet myself when I read that.
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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?
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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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