Anyone else's Nemesis case look like this?
06-13-03, 04:10 AM
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Anyone else's Nemesis case look like this?
I got this dvd at wal-mart and was wondering if anyone else's dvd case was this type. I've got over 400 dvd's and not one of them has these little "security flaps". I couldn't tell from any other cases at the B&M's cuz they've got the security sticker over that side.
Hmm, it this just adding more protection besides the already 3 security stickers and the alarm sticker on the inside? Pics below.
Flaps closed.
Flaps open.
Another view.
Hmm, it this just adding more protection besides the already 3 security stickers and the alarm sticker on the inside? Pics below.
Flaps closed.
Flaps open.
Another view.
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06-13-03, 06:55 AM
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06-13-03, 06:59 AM
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My About A Boy and Far From Heaven cases had these. I posed the question over at the HTF back when I got those and the general concensus was that this is in fact more security and apparently only on random ones. Many dvd thiefs have in the past simply used a pocket knife to slice the three security sticks and then quickly popped the case open and stolen the disc. This would force them to spend a few more seconds taking the entire sticker off after realizing the case won't open and then muttering "what the" while popping the things open. In, the meantime, the thief's actions would apparently be more noticeable...
Personally, I hate the little tabs. For the two DVD's I got them on, I just opened up the flaps and then broke them both off. They really broke off very cleanly leaving only a very tiny white mark where they were. And since that side is not noticeable from where the dvd is on my shelf I'm set! I suggest you break them off as well if they're bothering you. I really didn't want to have to worry about popping flaps open that I wouldn't expect when grabbing a dvd off my shelf that I forgot had flaps.
Just make sure you throw them away or your dog will swallow them and might throw up which isn't very fun at all.
Personally, I hate the little tabs. For the two DVD's I got them on, I just opened up the flaps and then broke them both off. They really broke off very cleanly leaving only a very tiny white mark where they were. And since that side is not noticeable from where the dvd is on my shelf I'm set! I suggest you break them off as well if they're bothering you. I really didn't want to have to worry about popping flaps open that I wouldn't expect when grabbing a dvd off my shelf that I forgot had flaps.
Just make sure you throw them away or your dog will swallow them and might throw up which isn't very fun at all.
06-13-03, 09:32 AM
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Originally posted by folgersnyourcup
Just make sure you throw them away or your dog will swallow them and might throw up which isn't very fun at all.
Just make sure you throw them away or your dog will swallow them and might throw up which isn't very fun at all.
06-13-03, 10:59 AM
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I'm not sure what that white thing is in that first picture.
But anyway, my Blue Crush case has tabs like that and I bought it at Wal-Mart. I sometimes forget about the tabs and I try to open it like normal.
But anyway, my Blue Crush case has tabs like that and I bought it at Wal-Mart. I sometimes forget about the tabs and I try to open it like normal.
06-13-03, 11:48 AM
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Originally posted by jarofclay73
I'm not sure what that white thing is in that first picture.
I'm not sure what that white thing is in that first picture.
I've heard of these (the case, not the counter) but never run into one myself. But if they help keep theft down, that will help keep prices down. So it's certainly something I could live with if I got one.
06-13-03, 02:37 PM
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Whew! I thought I had stepped into some bizarro world where the REAL Nemesis movie (from 1990s god of directors, Albert Pyun) was popular enough to generate 16 replies in a couple of hours.
Anyway, that's a pretty nice idea. If it stops theft then why not? It's not like we're going to need to open up DVD cases constantly.
Anyway, that's a pretty nice idea. If it stops theft then why not? It's not like we're going to need to open up DVD cases constantly.
06-13-03, 02:43 PM
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Originally posted by jarofclay73
I'm not sure what that white thing is in that first picture.
I'm not sure what that white thing is in that first picture.
06-13-03, 06:08 PM
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luckily i dont have any of these cases.
if i did though i would probably replace these cases with regular ones, and use these cases to protect adult dvds from innocent kids who won't know how to open them.
just kidding i dont have any kids. or adult dvds. and probably any kid who knows how to operate a dvd player can open these cases.
if i did though i would probably replace these cases with regular ones, and use these cases to protect adult dvds from innocent kids who won't know how to open them.
just kidding i dont have any kids. or adult dvds. and probably any kid who knows how to operate a dvd player can open these cases.
06-14-03, 12:41 AM
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Originally posted by Morf
It's going to take me exactly 2 seconds longer to open my DVDs! The horror!!
It's going to take me exactly 2 seconds longer to open my DVDs! The horror!!
Oh, by the way Jarofclay, that white thing in my first picture is, in fact, my counter.
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