Here's my take on 5 of the titles from the Masterpiece Collection. All the covers are inspired by the original poster art, but I tried a minimalist approach similar to the Hairy Lime covers. This is to conserve ink on my printer (covers with dark backgrounds come out soggy on my inkjet) and also...
When I got my box I popped all the discs one by one into my DVD player and checked them out on my 32" TV. I was quite pleased with what I saw, but I didn't really appreciate the improvement until I watched Vertigo on my LCD projector with a 100" screen. Jaw-dropping is a good way to describe it...
... and I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Universal to release them individually and even if they do, I wouldn't expect the Psycho DVD to contain the excellent Making of Psycho documentary because the boxset has this documentary moved to the extras disc.
Back in early 2001 when Universal...
Thanks Steve for doing this review in an incremental fashion instead of waiting until you have all the write-ups done. The packaging shots are the most detailed ones I have seen. I have this box on the way, but I am still looking forward to seeing your reviews for all the discs fleshed out.
-D
Warehouse stores like Sam's Club and Costco sell DVDs in these larger boxes. I have no idea why they do that. I have never bought one of these but I am assuming it is just a flimsy outer box containing the proper smaller box inside and that the outer box is meant to be discarded right away...