I just bought 2 DVDs at Walmart today, both older titles:
When I opened them up at home I found out both were re-packaged in the "less plastic" cases. When did Walmart start repackaging movies?
I honestly thought these would be in a solid case, and not have recycle sign cutouts on the covers, thus not protecting the discs. If they want to save on plastic, why don't they go back to the original cardboard and plastic covers that DVDs originally came in.
I don't think Walmart is repacking them. I've bought a few older movies at Best Buy and noticed the same thing. When the studios send more stock to a store the eco friendly cases are sent. I'm not a fan of them either.
Most studios have adopted the eco cases now. I've had discs from Fox, Sony, Warners and other companies over the last few months increasingly re-packaging their older titles in the new boxes.
Same here. It's the studios that are repackaging older titles in the new eco-friendly scratch-friendlier packaging. I bought Lost Horizon at Barnes & Noble a couple months ago, and it was the new DVD case, though it still had the same disc that was first made in 1999.
Barbossa wrote:I honestly thought these would be in a solid case, and not have recycle sign cutouts on the covers, thus not protecting the discs. If they want to save on plastic, why don't they go back to the original cardboard and plastic covers that DVDs originally came in.
If you mean the snapper cases that Warner used...no.
albert
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Warners started to re-release their old snapper case titles into the sturdier keep cases but they still issue lots of the back-catalogue DVDs in snappers ("Auntie Mame", "Tom Thumb", "National Velvet", "Seven Faces of Dr. Lao", "Butterfield 8", and "Where the Boys Are", etc.). I don't mind them so much anymore, actually.
I also recently bought a few older DVD releases that have clearly been repackaged in the eco-friendly cases. To be honest, it sort of annoys me. If the DVD's been through a lot (lots of handling, restocking, etc.), the paper insert starts to crease right where the holes in the plastic is and sometimes it even rips. Even I couldn't believe the conditions some of these DVDs were in just by looking at them in store! Plus, now there's very little that comes between the bottom of the disc and the consumer - just the paper insert and the outer plastic, which I don't think is a very effective way to keep the DVDs safe.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for being eco-friendly, I just don't think eco-friendly and DVD/Blu-Ray cases mix well together. At all. What I've done more recently is, if I buy a DVD and it comes in an eco-friendly case, I swap it out for the case of another DVD that I either don't watch as much, or a DVD that I know I'll be trading in soon. The only eco-friendly case I have not swapped out is the case for Paul Blart: Mall Cop. That's because the back cover advertises the eco-friendly packaging, and it's actually sturdier than the other eco-friendly cases.
I have to be honest. I am getting really sick of these stupid eco-friendly cases. They are extremely pointless and will not really help the environment. They can also be hazardous to the discs and scratch them more easier. Plus, they just look terrible compared with non-eco-friendly cases.
A far better solution, in my opinion, would be a widespread adoption of slim-line cases. I appreciate them because they take up less shelf-space (space is really important in my large collection) and I imagine they'd use up less plastic. A win/win situation in my book.
Warners and Fox use slim-line cases in most of their box sets; I normally break the titles up because my collection's in alphabetical order.
Cordy_Biddle wrote:A far better solution, in my opinion, would be a widespread adoption of slim-line cases. I appreciate them because they take up less shelf-space (space is really important in my large collection) and I imagine they'd use up less plastic. A win/win situation in my book.
Warners and Fox use slim-line cases in most of their box sets; I normally break the titles up because my collection's in alphabetical order.
I highly agree! I'm re-packaging all my DVD's into mostly slimline cases.
For anyone who wants to follw me or just wants to replace these crappy "Eco Friendly" cases, here are some places you can do so:
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When did Walmart start repackaging movies?
