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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,526 |
| | Posted: | | | | From an old post by Addicted2DVD: Quote:
When it comes to Slip cover and Slip case it all depends on how many inner cases there are. If it is one case inside a slip ... say like a single digipak. Then it is the case type (digipak) with slip cover checked. But if it contains 2 or more cases then it is a slip case and the child profiles gets the individual case types. The recently released ShawScope boxset contains a digibook and a booklet in a cover. Does that make it a slipcase or a slip cover? | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,204 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
From an old post by Addicted2DVD:
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When it comes to Slip cover and Slip case it all depends on how many inner cases there are. If it is one case inside a slip ... say like a single digipak. Then it is the case type (digipak) with slip cover checked. But if it contains 2 or more cases then it is a slip case and the child profiles gets the individual case types.
The recently released ShawScope boxset contains a digibook and a booklet in a cover. Does that make it a slipcase or a slip cover? Going from that information and without a photo, I would enter the case type as a Digibook and check the Slip Cover box. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,526 |
| | Posted: | | | | The reason I ask is because it contains two items, although not two cases. I thought that holding two items together inside the case might make it a slipcase.   | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,204 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd go with the description of a Digipak with a slipcover.
It's similar to the releases from Arrow Video with a keep case and booklet which are normally HD Keep Case/Digibook/drawer with slipcover, only this is clearly much bigger. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,601 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
The reason I ask is because it contains two items, although not two cases. I thought that holding two items together inside the case might make it a slipcase. The standard definition for this site was one case treated it as a slip cover (even if it had only one opening), two or more cases was treated as a clip case. Not that I agree, but that's what had been used by the majority. | | | | Last edited: by rdodolak |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,526 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting rdodolak: Quote:
The standard definition for this site was one case treated it as a slip cover (even if it had only one opening), two or more cases was treated as a clip case. Not that I agree, but that's what had been used by the majority. Yeah, I realize that definitions in DVD Profiler and in "real life" can sometimes differ, so I have to accept that. Personally I have a quite different definition of slipcase. One opening - slipcase, two openings - slip cover. It's a definition I don't use here, though. But I must say that I find it odd, to say the least, that a case can be defined by its contents rather than by its physical properties.  | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,601 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
Yeah, I realize that definitions in DVD Profiler and in "real life" can sometimes differ, so I have to accept that.
Personally I have a quite different definition of slipcase. One opening - slipcase, two openings - slip cover. It's a definition I don't use here, though. But I must say that I find it odd, to say the least, that a case can be defined by its contents rather than by its physical properties. I actually have the same definition as you and never understood this site's definition. |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,847 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was under the impression that a Slip Case was only applicable to a box set, and not as a cover over an individual case, so this would be slip cover.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,188 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's a slip case since it holds more than one item together.
If you enter it as a digibook with slip cover checked, I would expect the digibook to have an individual slip cover. Going by the picture, it doesn't. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,204 |
| | Posted: | | | | I had a similar query some time ago about HD keep cases with booklets in outer packaging. The answers all said they were HD keep cases with slipcovers Quoting Nosferatu: Quote:
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Here are some examples using the new case types of slip case and slip cover. Please note that I mention the profile types for information only, they have no bearing on the case type chosen.
DIRTY HARRY
This is also a keep case with the slip cover checkbox ticked.
Are these slipcases or HD keep cases with slipcovers?
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,847 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Nexus the Sixth: Quote:
It's a slip case since it holds more than one item together.
If you enter it as a digibook with slip cover checked, I would expect the digibook to have an individual slip cover. Going by the picture, it doesn't. But the disc is obviously in a digibook style case, which you can't track if you contribute it as a slip case. So digibook has to be the case type, unless you chose to go with "custom", which would be hard to argue against given the odd dimensions. --------------- |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,188 |
| | Posted: | | | | American Werewolf in the picture above I would say definitely qualifies as a slipcase. For a keep case + slip cover I would not expect anything else than exactly that, a standard keep case with an individual slip cover attached. Just think about it, these Arrow Limited Editions are often re-released in standard keep case edtions after a while. Are you seriously suggesting that both releases should be entered with the same case type in the database? Then what purpose does the field serve that makes it meaningful to track at all? | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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