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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCalebAndCo
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Registered: October 6, 2008
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The photo I posted was not of the DVD I'm asking about, but is to show the case type.  It is not self-burned.  It is an instructional video packaged with a baseball batting trainer.



(I'll look for the receipt if you want. )

Would anyone care to answer my questions? 
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributornorthbloke
Registered: March 15, 2007
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I think you can still use clamshell, even though the one displayed is radically different as the case you show is definitely called a clamshell case.
Problem is, I wasn't around when these descriptions were decided upon, so I don't know anything about the history of the clamshell case displayed on the first page. I know that when a similar type were used in the old VHS days, they were called clamshell cases - maybe that's where it came from.

Edit: it's possible that both case types are right, maybe it originally developed as an adaptation of the VHS original, but then developed into the shape we know now, fitting the medium in a much different way.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCalebAndCo
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Thank you, northbloke. I have a clamshell like the one on page 1; it's awful. The design worked fine for VHS, but for DVD...not so much. 

Any other opinions?
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorArdos
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I would agree with everything that north said. The case type you have actually kind of resembles a clam.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCalebAndCo
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Thanks to you too, FTR.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantDan W
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Quoting Unicus69:
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Quoting hal9g:
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Dan,

Don't you think it's time to add HD cases to the OP?

What is the difference between an HD slim and an HD Keepcase?

What case type is Smallville Season 7 (Blu ray)?


Dan will not be adding any new case types.  As I recall, he disagreed with a decision Ken made and decided to let us fend for ourselves.  At the bottom of page 3, he says:

Quoting Dan W:
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Unless Ken posts new images himself, there will be no updates to the original post.

You recall incorrectly.  I had no disagreement with Ken. He never even answered my messages.
Dan
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantDasa
Registered: May 17, 2007
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Hi!

Hope you don't mind a quick question about cases... 
If I'm submitting a profile and the DVD come in a sort of a seethrough case (see picture/link) that still looks like a normal keepcase should it be entered as a keep case or a jewel case which is more correct?
(personally I'm leaning towards normal keepcase)




(here's the link if that didn't work: http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/Dasa_2006/Case/Clearcase2.jpg )
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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It's a keep case, just because it is semi-transparent does not make it a jewel case.<scratches head>

Skip
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorSpaceFreakMicha
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I personally have never seen an official release come in one of those style cases & the actual disc showing in the picture looks like a self burned one. If that's the case then it shouldn't be contributed (although you can store it locally).


Just for the records:
Here are pics of an official CD release in such a clamshell...



DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantcadwal
Registered: August 7, 2008
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Could some kind soul give an example of the difference between HD Keep Case and HD Slim (for Blu-ray)?

Is the former the case type that is the same thickness as a "regular" dvd case? (Like a PS3 game or the Play-TV software) And the latter the thinner case type normally used for Blu-ray movies?

/Ulf
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorArdos
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Could some kind soul give an example of the difference between HD Keep Case and HD Slim (for Blu-ray)?

Is the former the case type that is the same thickness as a "regular" dvd case? (Like a PS3 game or the Play-TV software) And the latter the thinner case type normally used for Blu-ray movies?

/Ulf


The thickness part sounds right. I'd say the HD Slim are around half the thickness of a HD Keep.
Speaking from experience, in the UK the vast majority of our Blu-ray releases are in HD Keep Cases. I've only got a handful in HD Slim, and most of those were early purchases. Inversely, it seems that the US mostly uses HD Slim cases, using the thicker variant only for multiple disc releases.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMallrat
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That's the way I understand it too. HD Keep is the same thickness as a regular DVD. I've got quite a few of those because I import a lot from the UK.
In the Netherlands we use the thinner type, there's a very noticable difference in thickness.
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantcadwal
Registered: August 7, 2008
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Ok, thanks.

Sweden matches the Netherlands in that then. Movie cases are 2/3 the thickness of regular Keep Cases and ususally made of transparent blue plastic.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorninehours
Registered: April 3, 2007
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Just wondering if we can get "Box" added to case type, i have a few of these now they are basically box's that contain multiple Keep Cases/THINpaks or Digipaks at the moment i use "Custom" for case type but have seen them contributed as "Slip Case" and "Inner Case type, Slip Cover"




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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantDan W
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Nick,

Each of those belong under "Custom".
Dan
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributordee1959jay
Registered: March 19, 2007
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Are you quite sure, Dan? Some of those I would personally class as Slip Case for the parent profile (i.e. those holding several keep cases).
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