I suppose that as collectors you would keep them, but I tend to discard them as it looks odd when all the Blu-rays/DVDs
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Maserati7777 — 13 years ago(June 18, 2012 11:17 PM)
I do this with cd's. Especially at Wal-mart, 9 times out of 10 a cd case sold at wal-mart will be cracked or chipped. This is because the people who work at wal-mart don't give two sh!ts about stocking their cd's safely.
They seem to drop the cd's most of the time.
I always prefer the dvd cases to have the slipcover, I hated that the regular version of Toy Story 3 didn't have a slip cover like all Pixar dvd's and had to get the Buzz Lightyear special edition.
It doesn't fit on my shelf but the only dvd's I've bought in the last 3 years are Toy Story 3, Cars 2 and Inception. I use to buy dvd's a lot more but have been saving my money more recently.
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psdhart — 11 years ago(April 02, 2015 01:00 AM)
I thought I was the only one in the world who does this!!
I feel really self-conscious about it, but I check for the most perfectly undamaged copy of anything I buy of this sort Blu-rays, DVDs, books, clothing. I can't just pick the first one of the shelf and buy it, I have to check that there are no nicks, tears, bashes, bends, or other anomalies. I too like to treat my stuff well, and like to get a good start by buying one that's perfectly unmarred.
Same for me and I keep the covers too
I bought a Blu ray once (Astro boy) and it wouldn't play correctly, only the extras
I finally took a look at the disc and discovered someone had scratched it near the centre
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Prelude-In-C-Mj — 14 years ago(March 29, 2012 09:04 AM)
I keep them on some titles that I'm not really going to access a whole lot. For others I take them off but store them somewhere, which is something I also do with dustjackets on books equally annoying but I don't discard them, just remove them and stash them while reading the book, put 'em back on for long term shelving.
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Just_Alberto — 13 years ago(April 19, 2012 04:54 PM)
I agree it can look odd when all lined up, but that doesn't really bother me, to be honest I prefer the look of them with the cover as it hides the big blu-ray banner.
Plus if you ever wish to sell a blu-ray on, many collectors will pay a little bit more for a disc that includes the slip-cover. -
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javajuly — 13 years ago(July 31, 2012 03:33 PM)
I had no idea there was an IMDb board for this topic! Guess I haven't checked the new boards/Main Boards page in some time.
I would keep the covers but I keep way too much stuff anyway.
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mitcherz — 13 years ago(August 01, 2012 01:58 AM)
Yes! I've always been a big fan of the slipcovers, especially the ones that Disney puts out. They look nicer and I think they make the special editions even more "special." A lot more movies have them now, but they still stand out with certain releases.
Oh, and I thought I was the only person that checked for scratches and other marks! I like going to Target for mine. Whenever I do get them there, I kinda walk around the aisle and inspect every inch of the slipcover. I try to do it in a way that makes it less obvious to others what I'm doing.
I even used to keep all of my Disney special editions in bubble wrap. haha
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Simba63 — 9 years ago(April 06, 2016 11:54 AM)
I think they look odd too. I've tossed all of minebut then again I don't display my movies in the factory boxes. I combine mine into sets/spanning spines created on custom DVD/BR sites that are far superior.
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