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Reggie W · 04-10-2008, 11:41 AM

You guys that like the packaging, I'd be interested to know what you like about it. I think the art work on the collector's edition is sharp but overall I find nothing else to like. If you pick up a cold drink and then touch this slip cover or case you will likely leave marks from the moisture on your hand. I don't see how sliding the discs in and out is better than securing them in an amaray. I think this will end up scratching up the discs. Spill a little of something on this cover and it's finished. What's to like about that? I let family and friends borrow my discs and in a case like this the original package will soon be trashed.

I have no issue with paying more for better packaging or even to buy from a store I prefer (like Newbury Comics) but I see no upside to this packaging and just stuck the discs in new amarays. I'll scan the covers to create my own art work for the sleeve and I'm done, problem solved. Basically though they just created more paper for me to throw away...not real green, if that was even their idea.

I'm not a package freak, the most important thing to me is the film and storage of the discs. It's a bonus when the package is good but I don't care much about it. This package to me is just like the plastic it was wrapped in, junk to be thrown away. I'd rather they just sold the disc in a lined paper sleeve with no art work if this is how they want to put it out. To me it just seems like poor planning.

04-10-2008, 11:41 AM	#38 of 41
Reggie W Member Join Date: May 2004 Local Time: 03:34 AM Local Date: 10-11-2008 Posts: 150	Re: HTF DVD REVIEW: There Will Be Blood: 2-Disc Collector's Edition You guys that like the packaging, I'd be interested to know what you like about it. I think the art work on the collector's edition is sharp but overall I find nothing else to like. If you pick up a cold drink and then touch this slip cover or case you will likely leave marks from the moisture on your hand. I don't see how sliding the discs in and out is better than securing them in an amaray. I think this will end up scratching up the discs. Spill a little of something on this cover and it's finished. What's to like about that? I let family and friends borrow my discs and in a case like this the original package will soon be trashed. I have no issue with paying more for better packaging or even to buy from a store I prefer (like Newbury Comics) but I see no upside to this packaging and just stuck the discs in new amarays. I'll scan the covers to create my own art work for the sleeve and I'm done, problem solved. Basically though they just created more paper for me to throw away...not real green, if that was even their idea. I'm not a package freak, the most important thing to me is the film and storage of the discs. It's a bonus when the package is good but I don't care much about it. This package to me is just like the plastic it was wrapped in, junk to be thrown away. I'd rather they just sold the disc in a lined paper sleeve with no art work if this is how they want to put it out. To me it just seems like poor planning.