I am happy to be getting more and more keep cases from warner, but than mgm goes and does digi pack for the up comming raging bull se. This is friggin stupid, you can't win with these studios. Why they all just can't get on the same page with a standard package across the board.

Because making DVD's stand out attracts buyers and adds to the "collector's" tilt of them. I think they look nice :)

Death to digipaks, long live keepcases!

Strongly agreed.

Wonder what kind of case will come with Harry Potter?

Keep case.

I don't want to say "I Told You So". So I won't. :D

Damn that's going to look funky next to the other two. Looks like I'll need to print up some inserts.

My vote is for keepcase.

Is "the snapper" the shitty cardboard cases with the big snapping flap, or is it those keepcases with the two locking snaps on the side (my girlfriend bitches up a storm everytime she gets a dvd with those things on it, luckily my movies are free of that nuiscance)?

"snapper" is the cardboard cases

We dont really have a name for the keepcases with the hinges on them... cookie for whichever DVDTalk member creates one and sees it used on a regular basis :)

What's the difference between the Shawshank Redemption 2-disc Special Edition and the 2-disc Deluxe Limited Edition?

The Limited Edition comes with the soundtrack. So its actually 3 discs if you count the CD.

Plus some sort of "collectible book" or somethin' or other.

God, I hate Digipaks almost as much as snappers. The trays are so fragile and brittle, and once the hub breaks, you have no recourse but to put the disc in a keepcase and toss the crappy packaging.

Of course, THX-1138 is in a digipak.

So there goes the theory that they're not using digis anymore.

I was a bit weary about Slacker being the first criterion release to be distributed in a digipak. Though I would have preferred a double alpha case like Videodrome, the packaging is extremely sturdy, and I like the job they did with it. Comes with one the thickest inserts/books I've seen.

You should be especially weary, since it's the fourth Criterion release in a digipak (more than that if you count the multiple films in the Antoine Doinel boxed set).

I did like the packaging for the Rules of the Game, but I would have much prefered it to be in a double alpha keepcase.

I vote for fuckingannoyingcase. That's the only term I've ever heard used for them.

Keepcases with the hinges on them?

Do you mean the Universal "tabber" cases with the two locking tabs on the side?

I kind of like digipacks, none of mine of broken, and they are all in almost like new condition. The only thing that annoys me about them is that they are not all the same height.