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You buy your favorite TV shows on DVD or Blu-ray, and some of them, especially the bargain-priced complete box sets, have awkward packaging that you don't want to deal with every time you watch the show.
Here's one type of example:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bewitched-The-Complete-Series/18836
It's a kick-ass box set, but the 33 discs are just stacked bare on two spindles, and you have to pull them all out to get at them. This is not only cumbersome, handling so many discs to get at one, but you also worry about them getting scratched.
And there are some other box-set designs that are almost as awkward.
So I'm thinking I'll buy some generic alternate packaging. What is your preferred solution? Individual disc envelopes? Hinged cases? Binders? I'm going to be dealing with enough discs that I'll need an economical way out of this.
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Aug 14, 2016 - 10:09 AM
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RoryR
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I don't just repackage DVD box sets, I also repackage movies on DVD and Blu-ray. I do it mostly to save on storage space or because I don't like the cover art on the original disc packaging. It's nothing elaborate, but unless there's something special about a DVD or BD's packaging, such as a nice booklet, a "barebones" disc will be put into a slimcase.
I started using slimcases when I first got a DVD recorder back in 2003 and started recording movies and TV shows on DVD-Rs. Because a recorded disc with just the title written on it is kind of ugly, I then provide that slimcase with a cover insert which I make on my printer from original poster images that can be found on websites such as this: http://www.moviepostershop.com/
If you hunt long enough on the web, you can usually find original poster images from just about any movie ever made, and if you have photoshop there's not much effort involved cleaning them up and sizing them for printing out as video covers. I've redone many a video cover for actual DVD and Blu-ray cases, too. It's almost a hobby in itself!
I have a 4X5 foot shelving unit that's nothing but slimcases full of not just DVD-Rs, but actual DVDs and Blu-rays of movies, and of course, they're all in alphabetical order otherwise I couldn't find a title quickly. And I still have three other shelving units full of original DVD and BD packaging, and several box sets that I like and have no desire to repackage.
Having said all that, my favorite Blu-ray packaging is the Digibook. I've seldom bought a Digibook I didn't like (even if it didn't use the original poster art on the cover, but had it inside) and actually wish all movies on Blu-ray (and DVD) were in Digibooks. Unfortunately, I fear the Digibook may become extinct.
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Thanks, guys. I think I'm going to use the individual disc envelopes with window fronts, that cost about $5 for a hundred. You can flip thru them like a deck of cards without putting your fingers on the data surface.
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