Why 3 strips of security tape?
 

Why do dvd boxes have 3 strips of security tape? Wouldn't one plus the plastic wrapping be enough? You'd think they were protecting gold in the dvd case or something....especially XXX that had the red plastic you had to actually cut. What gives?

It takes longer for theives with razor blades to cut three strips and steal the disc. Therefore, there is a greater likelihood that a store owner will be able to catch a thief.

They should do that with CD's...maybe then they'd lower the prices on them a lot more!

Thieves.

I don't mind too much, it kinda nice to know that no one has opened the case or touched the disk.

seems like overkill though...i'd rather have the XXX case where you have to cut the 2 peices....maybe not..i dont know.

How does it deter thieves? You'd still have to cut through the shrink wrap. still the same amount of cuts with or without the 2 extra sides taped. It's kind of upsetting to me that I have to go get a ravor when I open my movies now.

Because four strips is jus plain stoopid. ;)

It doesn't bother me all that much. I understand the reasoning behind it, so I don't complain. If having an extra bit of security tape on the case will deter thieves and keep costs down for the stores then I'm all for it.

i hate it cuz sumtimes if u git a dVd and the peece of paper in there is sticking out under the plestic then wen u take of the stiker it rips of part of the cuver art paper this heppend to ME :mad: with me copy of a man apart staring vindeesel.

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And Saint Attila raised the DVD up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this Thy DVD that, with it, Thou mayest watch Thine movies at home in Thy mercy.'

And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu--


And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take off the Holy Wrapper. Then, shalt thou find three stickers. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number of stickers, and the number of the stickers shall be three. Four shalt thou not be, nor either find thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the three stickers, being the third number, are found, then, carefully tearest thou thy security stickers of of the DVD, and place them in thine trach bin, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'

English majors :rolleyes:

I think I got it. :hscratch: No, it went right over me.

OT...to drive ME crazy.

Actually, we've been market testing a new type of decorative security slipcase that you can cheaply add really cool holographics and holofoil effects to. The trick is that the end user has to really destroy the slipcase to get at the keepcase underneath. We perceive that this could lead to many people making double purchases to keep one DVD in their collection in unopened state to display the security slipcase only holo art.

We would like to test market this on the new 720p T2 Double DVD-18 release Fall 04. There is already a hologram design in mind that shows 360 deg view of the two terminators battling.

We are just waiting for Mr. Haney to return with the promised Holographic DVD Slipcase making gizmo that he sold us for $400 two weeks ago when he visited Lisa and I.

Where would they put the 4th security tape? maybe right over the disc?

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Brother Maynard, doth thou suggest using the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch on this thread?

Why 3 strips of security tape?

Movie studio paranoia.

studies have found that America produces a higher per capita percentage of lying, cheating, thieving whores and punks than is found in R2 & R4.

which may explain why i never see one security sticker on my imports (let alone three), apart from the shrinkwrap.

That, and the fact that there is nothing worth stealing in R2 (Forget about R4!!!)

You need to enroll in the DVD Awareness 101 class: Who makes the best DVD's. France for one, constantly puts out DVD releases that are vastly superior to their R1 counterparts. I believe these are now referred to as Freedom DVD's. :)

Oh, and I forgot, 3 security strips is stoopid. :)

I agree. Some -smile- may disagree; however, I agree.-smile-

i don't mind the tapes, but it irks me when i try to pick them off carefully and i end up getting a little dent or stretch on the plastic covering on the case. :(

They're now putting a fourth security sticker on some discs, right on the bottom of the disc so that even if thieves can open the case and steal the discs out of them they still can't play them.

If you like PAL scrunched movies you'll love all 13 French DVDs. :)

I heard they are now putting this coating on DVDs that makes the disc useless by the time the thieves get the stolen discs home.

They are not theives, they deserve having the DVD.

1. They saw the ads on TV and on the Internet
2. They paid for the movie once at the theater
3. It is not a movie they would have bought anyways
4. They are only going to watch it once
5. The studios are making to much money on the movie anyways
6. They are not hurting anyone
7. It will be on TV some time in the future, so it is ok to get it now
8. What is one disk...they studio builds in the cost of people stealing DVDs

At my local BestBuy, there were several accused shoplifters nailed to wooden posts outside the door with razor sharp DVD-shaped blades sticking out of their heads. The fourth security sticker is a tripwire for a deadly trap straight out of HELLRAISER XII.

throw the sticker haters in with the no-insert, double-dip, snapper and big, floating head cover crowd. just another thing that I can deal with.... without much frustration.

At my best buy there is lethal sarin gas inside the dvd case and the only way to open it without dying a horrible painful death is by takeing it to the counter to pay for it where they have a special machine to suck out all the gas.

Talk about over kill you have those three security tapes places around the outside of the keepcase and then on the inside is the security device and it's sometimes attached to the dvd itself making it a pain to remove I wish they would come up with something better than this.

Who cares... The only thing that bugs me is when you take the tape off and the darn glue is left behind on the plastic...

Pisses me off ;)

I use my finger nails and it is a pain.

all you have to do:

get a pocket knife/blade. slice down the middle on all 2 or 3 and pull the case apart. then grip the thief-tape and pull back gently. it comes right off 99% of the time. you guys are workin' too hard on this stuff. also, use a little lighter fluid and a cottonball to rub off residue. ezee, peezee....japaneasy.

gut, I gotta say... sometimes your posts keep me in stitches... rotfl

I always thought it was the store who put in the side and bottom security stickers. Oh well.

I guess that would also mean each store would have their own shrink wrap machine too. Not too plausible .. oh well.

It could be worse. They could put them in the plastic cases that they use with portable elctronics like cd players. Sometimes I swear I need a blowtorch to open the bloody things. I'll settle for a few stickers to pull off