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Has anyone seen an HD DVD or Blu-ray "cover" without the top banner anywhere on the internet or in print advertising? Anywhere?

With all due respect, this is not the "internet" and it is not "print advertising".  It is DVD Profiler.

The banner is part of the case, it is not part of the cover art.  The cover art is what I personally am interested in.  If we wanted a picture of the case, then we'd have to take a picture of the full keep case, or snapper case including the hinges.

I want the cover art.  If distinguishing between SDVD and HDDVD in the on-line or Mobile is the issue, then a Feature Request should be generated to address that specific problem, instead of using the image feature to solve it.

We could just as easily say that we no longer need "Widescreen" in the Edition field because it is already in the front cover image!

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I want the cover art.  If distinguishing between SDVD and HDDVD in the on-line or Mobile is the issue, then a Feature Request should be generated to address that specific problem, instead of using the image feature to solve it.

Now there's an idea.....if the HD DVD box is checked, the banner is automatically generated above the cover scan.  Ken, hop to it!

But I think they look lousy without the banner.

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Quoting m.cellophane:

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Has anyone seen an HD DVD or Blu-ray "cover" without the top banner anywhere on the internet or in print advertising? Anywhere?

With all due respect, this is not the "internet" and it is not "print advertising".  It is DVD Profiler.

The banner is part of the case, it is not part of the cover art.  The cover art is what I personally am interested in.  If we wanted a picture of the case, then we'd have to take a picture of the full keep case, or snapper case including the hinges.

I want the cover art.  If distinguishing between SDVD and HDDVD in the on-line or Mobile is the issue, then a Feature Request should be generated to address that specific problem, instead of using the image feature to solve it.

We could just as easily say that we no longer need "Widescreen" in the Edition field because it is already in the front cover image!

Thank you for making my point, Hal at what point does this foolishness end. If you even think about , while I still disagree, the amount of wasted work is staggering not just for me. I would be forced to send the keyboard zapper to you. Don't EVEN think about it.


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Quoting Paul Hillenbrand:

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The icons do not show up in the on-line contribution profiles. Paul

Complitely different matter which should be discussed at Feature reguests.

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Quoting m.cellophane:

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Has anyone seen an HD DVD or Blu-ray "cover" without the top banner anywhere on the internet or in print advertising? Anywhere?

With all due respect, this is not the "internet" and it is not "print advertising".  It is DVD Profiler.

The banner is part of the case, it is not part of the cover art.  The cover art is what I personally am interested in.  If we wanted a picture of the case, then we'd have to take a picture of the full keep case, or snapper case including the hinges.

I want the cover art.  If distinguishing between SDVD and HDDVD in the on-line or Mobile is the issue, then a Feature Request should be generated to address that specific problem, instead of using the image feature to solve it.

We could just as easily say that we no longer need "Widescreen" in the Edition field because it is already in the front cover image!

Thank you for making my point, Hal at what point does this foolishness end. If you even think about , while I still disagree, the amount of wasted work is staggering not just for me. I would be forced to send the keyboard zapper to you. Don't EVEN think about it.


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Perhaps you missed my point.

We do not rely on the cover image for the "Widescreen" information.  We still put it in the Edition field (even though I hate it).

Similarly, we should not rely on the cover image for the Blu-ray or HD DVD information.  We should be submitting a Feature Request to address this requirement.

No I haven't.  Some would say differentiating DVDP from everyone else is a good thing (like changing rolenames so they don't match IMDb)..

I stick by my belief that the banner is not part of the "cover art" it is part of the case and nothing more than a marketing gimmick that I don't believe adds a a thing to the database.

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No I haven't.  Some would say differentiating DVDP from everyone else is a good thing (like changing rolenames so they don't match IMDb)..

I don't buy that argument either. As if changing "Dr. Smith" to "Doctor Smith" is going to throw off the IMDb legal eagles.

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I stick by my belief that the banner is not part of the "cover art" it is part of the case and nothing more than a marketing gimmick that I don't believe adds a a thing to the database.

It's what I see when I hold them in my hand. Isn't that the argument we've alwasy used for why we scan slip covers? There's a reason why HD DVDs are in red cases and Blu-rays are in blue cases. It makes for ease of use in differentiation at a glance. Put some in your db...especially in your PDA...and I think the banner will prove helpful. 

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No I haven't.  Some would say differentiating DVDP from everyone else is a good thing (like changing rolenames so they don't match IMDb)..

Or slavishly using "as credited" without a proper linking system so the database is completely worthless.  Yep, good differentiation there, you bet.