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Remember The Days When DVD's Came In Jewl Cases
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantJericko1
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I was working at Suncoast at the time, and DVD's were brand new.  I only have one movie in a Jewl case Wolf.
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Do you mean those oversized Jewel Cases or the CD-sized Jewel Cases?

I have quite a few that came in those oversized Jewel Cases (mostly Platinum Disc releases), but only a few that came in CD-sized Jewel Cases (mostly Simitar releases)...and those had larger DVD-sized Slip Covers over them.
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I meant the CD sized Jewl cases.  I didn ot knoe that anything came in an over size jewl case.  I think I vaguel recall something coming in a DVD case that was made out of the same material as a jewl case.
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I recall (and have a few of) of the Platinum oversize jewel cases.

I saw a few of the Simitar cd-size jewels back when I first got into dvd, but never ended up with any.

I also remember and miss Suncoast. Way overpriced, but had everything and was the place to get those rare and OOP discs (and some decent sales). I even have them with an "R.I.P." attached to their name in my local list of stores.
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I have A Boy and his Dog from LumiVision in a regular sized jewel case as well as Evil Dead from Anchor Bay and Made for Each Other from Platinum in oversized jewel cases.
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My worst case was the 'Drawer' , a  hard plastic case that opened like a sideways Clam and the disc would slip through and scratch the surface while inserting the disc into the hub area or place..
The only title I had like this was Elite's  THX  - Night of The Living Dead .. It has since been swapped out to a regular keep case  and that drawer Case hit the garbage can real fast ..
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No, the worst case, and one I think Warner has done away with (though they're still in stores), is the snapper cases. I'm so glad Warner is releasing some Clint Eastwood movies like Absolute Power and The Rookie onto Blu-ray, then I get get rid of those snappers. Pieces of crap they are.
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Not exactly crap (they look better than keep cases) but just not practical.
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Not exactly crap (they look better than keep cases) but just not practical.


Agree - and not so robust as keep cases IMHO!
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(they look better than keep cases)


Err, if you say so... but I would be wary of any other aesthetic advice you offered if you think so 
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After a few years, the movie industry ditched the jewel cases. And some time after that, the totally oblivious music industry started using them. Great move there.... 
Many of these cases crack when they were shipped to stores/customers and replacements are not as available as the generic amarays. And you can't repack them into an amaray, because the sleeve doesn't fit. Again, grrreat move there.
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I hated those snapper cases. As soon as I could I put them all in keep-cases. And now I don't even use those anymore.
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