[Cees Alons]

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1. ? Keepcases have the shiny round thingies in them as well.

Allright. But not with the same content on 'em.
And you're wrong about the hub. The snapper hubs are better.
(Artwork: I like the artwork less under a shiny plastic sleeve. Looks cheaper.)

BTW: Most of my books have different sizes too. Still the library looks beautiful.

Cees

[MarkHastings]

The other issue with Snappers is they have to use a completely different packaging system to issue 2 discs (at least they look completely different on the outside). I like sets (i.e. Gladiator & Star Wars) that just add the extension into the Keepcase.

As far as WB DVD's, I prefer the packaging of the 2 disc sets (i.e. Harry Potter & Citizen Kane) over the single snappers.

Everything else aside, it's that damn plastic thing that makes it difficult to remove and put DVD's back on the shelf. This is the biggest turn off for me. All the other minor flaws wouldn't seem so bad if it weren't for that plastic thing getting in the way.

Before I got my DVD holder, I had my DVD's stacked on top of each other (i.e. Laying down on it's back). It was MUCH easier to slide a Keepcase out of the pack and put it back in. If I pulled a Snapper out, I practically had to lift all of the DVD's up with one hand and put the DVD back with the other. It was virtually IMPOSSIBLE to slide it back in without having that plastic thing catch on the one above it.

[Mark_TS]

-last time I posted on the subject, a long while back, it was alluded to as my being some kind 'Nazi' wanting to round up Snapper lovers to send to Reducation Camps or some such nonsense.(i didnt fully get it myself) So much for sophistication....

[Bill J]

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The other issue with Snappers is they have to use a completely different packaging system to issue 2 discs

Don't forget the JFK 2-disc SE.

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And you're wrong about the hub. The snapper hubs are better.

I think the new hubs used by Buena Vista are as good (if not better) than snapper hubs. They do a much better job of keeping the disc in place.

The best case for DVD is the jewel case - period. Everything else is less protective, as well as a waste of space.

[Paul.S]

Peter Kline wrote in post #18:

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The Cinram deal is for CD manufacturing and distribution only.

It's for DVD manufacturing, packaging and distribution as well.

Here's the press release regarding the acquisition at Cinram's site.

Given that the deal includes Snapper manufacturer Ivy Hill Corporation (this is explicitly mentioned in the above-linked press release), I suspect you are right on target, Bryant, in your post #19 when you said:

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My guess is the new six-year contract with Warner Home Video includes printing and packaging by Ivy Hill — thus ensuring a continued cash flow for this part of the business — but I'm not sure.

I have not seen reference to this six-year contract in my reading on this. But unless this contract stipulates use of the Snapper and that contract was an unlikely explicit component of the deal, senior management at Cinram could decide to do something differently in the future (just as New Line senior management obviously decided to break with the Snapper despite their corporate parentage). It's all speculative at this point.

But at this juncture, that Reloaded Keepcase should probably best be looked at as exactly that: a fluke, not an oracle . IMO, there's nothing inherent to this deal that ipso facto spells the demise of the Snapper.

Paul

[Dan Rudolph]

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The best case for DVD is the jewel case - period. Everything else is less protective, as well as a waste of space.

What? Jewel cases break from minor drops or being stepped on. I've rarely had a keepcase break. And when it does, it's only the hub.

[MarkHastings]

I've got to agree with Bill A. Jewel cases would make it SO much easier to store hundreds of DVD's.

As far as Jewel cases breaking, it would be the best of both worlds if the could make a DVD Keepcase the size of a CD Jewel case. This way, I'd have PLENTY more room on my DVD rack.

[BrettB]

I just got my monthly AOL disc in the mail the other day and it was in a black plastic case with a curved spine the size of a jewel case.

[Aaron Cohen]

I just purchased a newly released Warner dvd (New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions dvd, which really pleasantly surprised me being excellent quality, dual-layered, and in ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN??) and it is in a keepcase.

[Jeff_HR]

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Fans hoping for a sea change at the studio may be disappointed, however. "We evaluate each product and its packaging configurations," a Warner spokesperson told Video Store Magazine. "For Reloaded, we felt the Amaray was the right packaging. There is no overall change in our packaging strategy. Future titles may be packaged in a digipak. We'll evaluate on a title-by-title basis."

BS.