DthRdrX

Ok, who has seen them? I've seen a few titles with the new slipcover, a thin piece of cardboard glued to the front of the shrinkwrap, or taped depending on the store.

If you havn't seen them check out Sons of Anarchy. Generally, I know some love/hate slipcovers but this sucker just makes the package look cheap.

RocShemp

Isn't it just Fox releases that have these?

Drav3n

is this gonna be happening to more titles??? When I saw it on Sons of Anarchy it made me laugh and thought that it looked kinda bootleg haha

Gizmo

Its only Fox so far (DVD and BD).

DthRdrX

I looked at them at two stores. The ones at Target were glued on, yet Best Buy had some stuck on with masking tape.

PhantomStranger

Another disastrous packaging decision for home video on media. The studios, having fired most of the capable decision makers since the recession hit, now have trained monkeys making decisions.

Drav3n

i can understand the companies wanting to cut costs and go "green"... but dont tease us w/ just a piece of a slipcover on the front of the case... thats just mean haha

aeron

Yeah, Dollhouse Season 1 had that...or at least the version I ordered from Amazon.ca...I don't see the point of the design.

DeanoBKN

Horrible idea. Normally I would like any discardable slipcover so your case isn't damaged by the store's price/sale stickers, but when you peal off the cardboard, the glue ruins your case. My Prison Break Blu-Ray case needed to be replaced because of this.

TheMovieman

The one's I've had for Dollhouse and Prison Break both left the front case disfigured because of the glue yet Lie to Me was different and peeled right off with no problem.

Gizmo

Slip covers are made to distinguish the title on shelves - grab a consumers eyes. By adding these little cardboard 'postcard' its essentially doing the same thing, just using less cardboard. It stands out just as well but it now used 60% less cardboard. Personally I just take them off and stick them inside the plastic (over the coverart). They fit nicely.

DthRdrX

First they started with the recycle cases, now the cheapo slipcovers, next we'll have no inserts and discs with holes in them!

Kory

"Taken" 2-disc DVD had this crap on it.

dizzlle01

anyone have any pictures of it?

b2net

Lie to Me Season1 had this as well... yuck.... I ordered one and it came without it... I don't think I missed anything...

Artman

If they really were serious they'd forget slipcovers, inserts and digital disc copies all together. Tired of that crap.

deto

i'm not, i like all 3 of those things.

freshticles

Burn Notice Season 2 had one of those.

NiCK Crush

what could possibly be the point of that?

Drav3n

what inserts?? lol u mean the advertisements for other movies?? i miss the old days when dvds came w/ booklets that had info about the movie and cast and had the chapters listed.

davidh777

^ or info about an upcoming version of the movie you just bought

Drav3n

those would piss me off! haha

DthRdrX

Or maybe the paper inserts will have holes in them!

asianxcore

Had this on my SD copy of Dollhouse: Season 1

Only annoyed me because it made the packaging look all funky afterward.

Bleddyn Williams

I saw a few of these the other day, and could not think of any good reason for them. Glad to see others sharing my confusion. This has to be one of the stupidest ideas yet.