Doctorossi

Most slipcovers replicate the very same artwork that's immediately underneath them, except for an ugly cut-out to allow scanning of the barcode.

They slow me down when I'm taking the disc in and out of the package and they make the whole thing take up more space on my shelf.

If throwing that away is crazy talk, I don't want to speak sanely.

GoldenJCJ

Slow you down? Are you in a race to play the movie that comes down to nanoseconds?

Take up space on your shelf? How hard up for shelf space are you when fractions of an inch come into play?

Doctorossi

No, but why make it take any longer than it needs to and have one more unnecessary item to have to fiddle with and find a place to put?

2mm x 200 discs is an extra foot or so of shelf. Again, not the biggest deal in the world, but why add it to the mix when it contributes nothing to the experience?

bunkaroo

I'm starting to think I should sell all my slipcases off on that forum. I tend to buy my movies on release day so I'm sure I have more than a few that aren't made anymore, like BS Dracula.

Mr. Cinema

You could probably get someone's kidney for Dracula and Casino Royale slipcovers.

nando820

The other day I was at Amoeba and I saw a used copy of "Couple's Retreat" for $5.99 and it had a Slipcover and it looked so pretty and I had it in my hand but the movie is crap. But you try to rationalize these things and I told myself "oh but there is a scene with the girls in underwear, that was kinda nice" and my girlfriend had to hold my hands look at me and say "you have to let it go".

bunkaroo

I just looked one up on Ebay and it went for $50! WTF?! I gotta see what condition mine is in - it's going on the block.

JimRochester

I throw them out but will admit to liking and keeping the one for Planes, trains and Autos

Spottedfeather

I like slipcovers. Except the horrible Disney ones. They're what I call Rainbow Flash. Which is when you look at them closely under a light and move them and can see a sort of rainbow, oil slick colouring to them, if you know what I mean. The cover sort of flakes off makes an otherwise perfect slipcover look all beat up. If a dvd or blu-ray comes with a cover, I'll get it. But if it doesn't, it doesn't really bug me that much. Though, if it's a favourite movie of mine, I'll go out of my way to get it with the slipcover or certain kind of case. For instance, I searched for the version of Masters Of The Universe in the cardboard slipcover. And I got Dragonslayer with the original theatrical poster artwork.

philly1981

Slip Covers are so purdy

DVD Polizei

FWIW, I threw away my 24 S8 slipcover. For $50, I'll go through my trash and sell it to anyone who's interested. Might have a slight odor of Indian Food, however.

slop101

I love slipcovers! What I do is throw a bunch of them on my bed, like around a 100, and writhe around on them naked. It has it's drawbacks as they sometimes stick together afterwards... but I just can't help myself!

whotony

You could hAve just taken off the slip cover and returned the disc back to the store for a refund unless you got more in the selling then you would on a return.


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Artman

Disney's are some of the best! But there are some very nice non-glossy ones as well.

anomynous

My favorite part about blu-ray.com is if you say something negative about slipcovers, your post is deleted.

Mike86

They seem wasteful to me as well. The only way I ever keep them is if the art on the slip cover is different than what's on the actual case. I was keeping them in box for a while but decided I was never going to do anything with them. Should've kept them and sold them off .

JimRochester

I've equated them along with the other special packaging to beenie babies and NASCAR plates. Kind of a forced collectable. I see people buy these things and keep them wrapped like they are some sort of rare coin. PT Barnum was right.

Oliver Clothesoff

it might be the worst forum on the internet.

I'm certain the majority of posters over there are only interested in filling their shelves and don't even like film.

I mean their Slipcover Discussion thread is 1300 pages.

The Lizard King

That's stealing.

HTH.

TLK

Brooklyn

So true.

Kevin M. Dean

But isn't throwing them out really the wasteful part. At least if you keep them they continue to serve their function as part of the special packaging. Throwing them out serves no purpose at all.

Larry C.

I've never understood the love of these dumbass slipcovers. I want to try to find some really sought after ones and make a youtube video of me just tearing each one by one.

I normally throw them away because I find it such a pain to have to slide it off and on everytime I want to open a case.

soop

LOL!!! I guess you're not a math major...

2mm x 200 = 4cm

4cm = 1.57 inches

philly1981

I almost fell of my chair laughing when i read this lmao ha ha ha so many excuses when it comes to some bluray collectors but this one tops them all.

philly1981

omg im blind lmao ha ha ha ha