You know another type of DVD case that had no business existing? Those cardboard clipper cases that Warner Bros. used from 1997 to 2004. Their cheap, and are a pain to store on anything but a tower rack. Mainly cause the case sitting next to it will get pulled with it and fall off the shelf and its annoying as hell.
Yeah they are also known as "Snapper" cases. Good luck finding those second hand these days without major damages. Is still have all of mine and kept them in proper condition. However the ones i got later on flea markets were often badly damaged and dented. However the actual disc holder for the disc in there, was pretty good. And the internal extended artworks and chapterlist is something they sadly omitted for the later re-releases in standard keep-cases. Which is a shame since the original Snapper release of "The Matrix" even had a foldout insert. Which wasn't common for most Warner Releases.
@@kevinrosario2729 Yeah i have one too :D still keeping it since the day i got it in the store. It's a dated singlelayer DVD release but still nice to have. And at least it has an anamorphic encoded videomaster. Yeah getting warner snappers in good condition as second hand version is really tough and getting harder and harder as time moves on. I sometimes feel like people are playing football with those... They are just as fragile as the cardboard boxes of Nintendo games.
Glad to hear/see someone else mentioning these abominations. When I used to collect/buy a ton of DVDs, and physical media, in general, I hated getting these d**n things. I would always get scratched up discs, even when I was the original owner, and opening it up, for the first time, and then they always ran the risk of getting even more scratched up over time, or getting scratched up in the first place, due to being stacked on top of one another. A very stupid way they chose to sell anything, especially something new.
The only DVD stacking case I have is for the Critters Collection and I hate it. If I can find a good case with a 4 disc capacity that is non stacking, that stacking case is going in the trash.
the stacked discs gets worse, in my complete series sets of Rod Serling's original Twilight Zone and 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, they do normal disc holders but are so stiff ya have to be very fucking careful otherwise you can easily snap the disk, I have to press on the clamps with all my might and there's a second disc underneath but even worse they overlapped the stacks so in order to get to disc 4 for example, I have to carefully remove discs 1, 2, and 3 super fucking carefully and then carefully remove disc 4, my Godzilla millenium era collection does the tall stack though with multi movies per disc and it's super annoying to get to each movie in correct order as they didn't even order the fucking movies, it's super annoying, this is why I prefer things in order, easier to find and to get to, so the complete collections are risky but a good shelf space saver
"You know what's BULLLLLLSHIIIIITTTT?" Stackable DVD cases 😂 I agree, I hate them. I also hate those cases like the From Dusk 'Till Dawn case (2:45) where you have to unsnap those two things before opening it. It's not a freakin' treasure chest. It's just a DVD case.
Those Fullscreen flipper discs are only really a thing on the North American market. Here in Europe & Germany this only happened a few times (like for the german first DVD release of "Sleepers") but usually movies were ONLY available as Widescreen releases. MGM and Columbia Pictures often released movies with 4:3 versions. Sometimes pan & scan and sometimes actually open matte. Like "The Abyss" or "Terminator 3 - rise of the Machines" which were both shot in Super35 and then released as open matte versions in the USA, as individual releases. MGM however usually used flipper Discs (DVD10 format). Warner Brothers mostly used them to simply house longer movies on such a flipper. Like "The Pelican Brief". This was mostly because the duallayer DVD-9 Format was not ready yet. This is why most early DVDs are either single sided (DVD-5 format) or dual sided singlelayer discs (DVD-10 format). The Numbers are a reference to the roughly maximum amount of Gigabyte per side. DVD-5: 4,7GB / DVD-10: 2x 4,7GB / DVD-9: 8,7GB. There was also a rarely used DVD-18 format which consisted of 2 duallayer DVDs glued together.
As an Australian DVD collector for the past 21 years and making them for 18 & a half years, I actually went to the trouble to import a copy of the Terminator 3 full screen version as you get a better shot at seeing T-X's adjustable boobs in their glory.
I didn't think any company was still using the stackable DVD cases past 2010 or 2011. As an anime collector, one of the most prevalent examples of a company that used them was AD Vision. When they were going bankrupt in 2007-2008, they were still releasing series onto the market. For the few new titles released and the titles they decided to release at that point, the dvds were crammed into stackable cases and these sets were marketed as "Economy" editions. Some of these anime series were up to 8-10 discs so it can definitely be annoying to deal with constantly handling these discs. When ADV became Sentai and was re-releasing some of ADV's former catalogue, they continued using these cases (in fact, Sentai continued to use ADV's logo on their releases and discs for several years).
I have a worse one: "The Omen Collection [Blu-ray]" (black box) Four discs, each held on a foam rubber holder in the center. The foam rubber is held on by weak glue. The first time I had it shipped, the discs were loose and bounced all over with their foam rubber dots. Ruined en route. Returned and had another set shipped, which arrived intact. But I still hate the rubber dots.
Gonna agree about the stacked ones. I've seen some tv sets like that Robocop and I don't mind those too much. Some cases that I really don't like are the ones with the left side of the case cut out like your Pulp Fiction one, with either that six piece pie cut or the ones with the recycle symbol cut. It makes the cases so flimsy. Guessing a lot of them now have gone to that maybe to save on plastic, and that the early years of dvd cases had the solid sturdy cases. Someday I will swap all my fave movies into the best cases I have
The Worst DVD cases in my opinion are the discontinued Simpsons seasons 11 to 20 box sets the cardboard cases are cheap as hell and wear out quickly the sleeves are annoying to get the Discs out usually they end up scratching the discs inside the cardboard case sleeves. honestly as a DVD collector this is a nightmare I really wish Fox would re release the DVDs and fix the packaging and also give us more seasons on DVDs but thanks to Disney and streaming services as a whole that's probably Never going to happen great way to treat loyal fans punishing them for not bothering with streaming services lol. Also Another bad DVD box set is the entire Married with Children box set the Discs are hard to get out and are a pain in the ass to put back in the case but the worse is trying to get the Discs out as they hurt my thumbs with the hard sharp plastic surrounding the Discs honestly any dvd case what hurts your thumbs is a huge negative for me. Great video by the way very informative.
I remember those cases too. When I first purchased The Simpsons season 11 on dvd which was in that case, the discs were covered in glue (I assume from the cheap case).
I also really hate when they do those cutouts in the plastic to reduce the amount of material they need to manufacture the cases. They are so cheap. I miss the cases from the early 2000s that were built like a tank.
You'll hate me. I live in a small flat and take all my CD, DVD, PC, playstation and Xbox games out of there cases and put them in clear plastic sleeves with the inserts. It's really tight on space and this allows me to continue buying them.
How about the DVD cases where you CAN'T GET THE DISKS TO COME OUT of that center part no matter what you do?? I wish I had the money to sue the manufacturers, but I don't.
Offhand, I can't think of any DVD sets I have with stacked discs (but I have a lot of shows and movies on DVD and it's been quite awhile since I've watched any of them so I might just be forgetting and I still have some I haven't even opened) but I do have some blu-ray sets that came like that and I despise the stacking, also the sets that have discs 'half-stacked' like in the Robocop one you showed. UGH! One thing I hated in DVD TV show sets were the cardboard fold out cases. They might hold 4 or 6 discs and you had to unfold the whole thing to access some of the discs. So unwieldy and awkward! Carnivale is one that comes to mind. Haven't had any of those (so far) with blu-rays but several shows I have on blu-ray come in mock books with cardboard sleeves to hold the discs and while the packaging is attractive I'm always afraid that, even though I try to be very careful, sliding them in and out of the sleeves might scratch the discs. Other packaging I dislike includes those megacases with one big case holding a whole series, often with two 'half-stacked staggered discs on each side of a page, and usually the whole disc holder thing is loose and not attached to the outer case. On some the center disc holder button is hard to remove the discs from too and you have to be very careful not to break the disc. My preferred packaging for multi-disc sets is a standard case with individual plastic pages that each hold one disc, whether it's a multi-movie set (although separate cases for each movie is good too) or a single TV season. If it's a box set, I like a plain cardboard outer box holding the cases for the movies or individual seasons. Just simple packages with easy access and good protection. I might add that some of the Region Free sets I've ordered meet that basic criteria but they're made from a harder, more brittle plastic than the US sets and I've had several that came with the plastic pages broken off and some with cases that have one side that fits over the other and I've pinched my fingers with those a few times. Another thing to add, I really prefer the thick solid hard cases (and full-size over slim cases) much more the ones with thin plastic with cutouts on the front under the paper cover and plastic keep cases in general over the plastic framed cardboard snap-cases. With the latter, if something breaks on the case you're stuck unlike the keep-cases where you can remove the paper cover and slip it into a new case.
And worse, there are those huge keepcase complete-series releases with 2 or 3 discs stacked on top of each other- - I have a few of those, for The Untouchables, The Streets of San Francisco and Emergency! (you have to manipulate quite a few discs to keep them in order, and it's hard to manage the discs as you proceed through the series); I eventually learned how to manage them, and I'm glad to have the series to enjoy, but when I first got one in 2018, for The Streets of San Francisco, I wasn't sure if I would ever learn how to use it (albeit I eventually did, and finished the series).
The worst DVD covers are the “super digipaks” as I like to call them, they’re the same size as slimline DVD cases, but instead of plastic the casing is made of cardboard with a self tearing gatefold and the disc is held on a thin plastic platter that’s so brittle it practically breaks itself and you can’t repair or replace them at all. These cases are a crime against humanity and as of currently the only DVD I have that comes in one is Tegan and Sara’s It’s Not Fun. Don’t Do It!, I got replacement cases for all of my other “super digipak” DVDs but this one doesn’t seem to have any replacement art and it sucks because I watch it regularly and just using the case regularly is wearing the shitty cardboard down and putting pressure on the brittle plastic teeth. Fuck these cases, I hate Digipaks for CDs but the DVD variant is EVEN FUCKING WORSE.
The first time I saw one of those stackable disc cases was the special edition of Halo 2, and Halo 2 was the biggest moment in the entertainment industry (not just video game industry) at the time. When I first saw it had this kind of case, leading up to launch, I had put notes on every preordered copy to handle it CAREFULLY because I did not want to have my loyal customers of the GameStop I was running at the time to get a scratched disc on launch day. MERCIFULLY, no one had that problem at my location (store 2489 crew, where you at?)
I'd Rather the Jewel CD Cases be Banned. They CRACK, if not Properly used + this can also be Hazardous, once Cracked & leaves SHARP Points. (Especially, when Shredded to pieces!)
The worst DVD case for me would be the Simpsons ones. I just hate how the discs are in the middle of a sleeve. They are really hard to get out and if you buy them used, 90% of the time the box set is all ruined.
@@TomIannucci22 I also have the annoying ones from the first seasons. I remember one being in 3D as well, of Homer's head. Can't remember exactly which season it was but it sure is a pain to fit those into my shelf.
Most centre releases are a pain. Either the little tines break off or the mechanism won't allow a quick release meaning you need to dig into the raised edge to release them.
Dvd's will go bad sitting on a shelf. My 2006 14 disc box set of Superman, all the disc stopped plying, even one cracked (layers came apart), I am someone who takes really good care of his disc and games. No scratches on my stuff. What happens is temperature changes can cause the disc to expand and contract, causing layers to separate, so then the laser does not read correctly. 3 of my smallville seasons went bad. Warner Brothers did replace them after I contacted them about the problem.
I've had a particular issue with double sided disks. Lots of long running TV shows (Dallas & ER in my case) were released in this format, and although I have treated them well many episodes will not play after only 15yrs. In some cases the entire b-side won't play - essentially rendering the entire collection useless. I am gradually upgrading to Blu-ray wherever possible - which claims to have a better lifespan.
There are some cases out there that have a very strong center piece that firmly holds the disc in. You run the risk of damaging or even breaking your disc if you arent careful. I really hate those types of cases! Cant they just make it easy to pull the disc out?
It's a commenter from the distant future of the end of the year 2023 and I just bought "Pretty Woman" on dvd and the case looked and felt like a bootleg it was so shabby. It looked like the bargain bin $1 dvds you get from dollar tree.
Only stacked one I've got so far is Strange New Worlds 4K Steelbook, which only has 3 discs and two of them are stacked. I don't understand this decision as 3 discs can easily fit in a steelbook without stacking.
I remember the original DVD release of Goodfellas containing the movie on a double-sided disc (first half on Side 1, second half on Side 2 - the first half ended just after Joe Pesci's character, Tommy DeVito, shoots Michael Imperioli's character, Spider, dead, and now has to bury his body). Heat, the Michael Mann movie which I loved as a teenager but have grown to slightly dislike as an adult, came on a single dual-layered disc (seems to be more commonplace in Europe than in the US, it seems).
Dude, I I know what you are saying about Heat! I loved it when I saw it in the theatre in college and bought the dvd and bluray but after getting the bluray I realized it has more in common with “The Room” then it does “The Godfather” 😂 The acting is pretty atrocious and cops are totally to blame for so much death at the end because the idiots decide to engage the armed bank robbers in the middle of a crowded city instead of simply following them to a safer spot.
The stacked cases are fine for DVDs but they'll destroy CDs. The CDs only have a thin coating of lacquer on the label side that is subject to damage from stacking. DVDs have a plastic layer on both sides so are not as easily damaged.
not just those ones. You have to include the tv show ones that have multiple discs and they have those crappy clamps that hold it so firm that it can damage the disks. I hate them to no tomorrow and wish they were banned forever!
Got many a broken blu ray boxset, got the Alien set with a number of disks along with a case in about a million pieces. Way too thin and weak to be posted. Of course, could go on about buying secondhand and getting shop assistant take the disks out and then hold them with their fingers and then move the disk up and down the case until it eventually finds the spindle ... perhaps I should just buy new. I agree, cases with the disks piled on top of each other are a nightmare as well.
I hate those cases too. And the paper sleeve ones like at 5:31. I also despise DVD (and video game) cases that have those "environmentally friendly" cutout slots in them. Because they cause the case to be weak and flimsy, and the cover art gets damaged if you press in on the cover too hard. I've had several covers to movies and videos get damaged because of these cases. Even 3DS cases started having stupid holes in them. WHAT'S THE POINT? For the DVD cases like this, I started replacing them with NORMAL cases when it's a movie I like and want to keep. And even my WII game cases as well. I also despise DVD cases like that Adventure Time case at 5:35. Where the discs slide into the side sleeves. That's totally a scratching hazard. Several seasons of The Simpsons came like that, and I hated them. I started keeping the discs in separate CD jewel cases just to protect them.
Stacking disc cases are the second worst, after the bane of my DVD collecting existence: those slipcases with a disc you 'slip out' of a precarious hole in the cardboard. Rife to scratching. Annoying as heck.
Personal Opinion the Worst Offender is the Card Board Cases especially the ones that also have the Card Board Sleeves, Yes even DVD’s have those. As they each feel so cheap and definitely not your money’s worth. Even in these days where DVD’s seems to only exist in only through Serious……to me at least as it is the only DVD Format that I see these days.
@@sebastianortizramirez4430 The Original Release of the Matrix on DVD or the 1999 A Christmas Carol Starring Sir Patrick Steward and finally the Demolition Man DVD that I have own was also like that. As they all have Plastic Top Bottom And the Side where you Open the Case the Rest is Card Board. I hope that is Clear to you? And Answers your Question And Curiosity?
@@windsonma8209Oh! You mean those cardboard cases! The one they also released Scooby-Doo 2002 in. (Look at a picture or unboxing of the DVD in here and let me know if I'm right. It's a green (or black, since mine is black) cardboard case. I'd send a link through here, but RU-vid doesn't let me) Yeah, I think I get ya now! (After seeing pictures of the cases of the films that you said, those are the ones that are not like normal DVD cases.)
Nope. I absolutely refuse to get those too. Those are more meant for CDs. You can't see any cool visual while the DVDs are all cooped up in that thing.
Nothing compares to Sony's DVD collection cases. I have their "Studio Classics Collection -- 70s" and that packaging is about as cheap as it gets. It's a stiff paper box with a flimsy slide-out deep-dish tray big enough to hold 12 discs. The nine discs in the 70s collection all stack on top of each other. It's topped off by a cardboard insert that keeps the discs pressed against each other. Your four-disc "Cobra Kai" case is a masterpiece of engineering compared to Sony's collection cases.
Personally I hate anything other than the Jewel Case and Super Jewel Box, because everything else is made out of printed-on cardboard that tears and fades with regular use, and unlike the aforementioned jewel packaging it’s not replaceable in the event it does get ruined, Digipaks and the little mini-vinyl sleeves are definitely the worst offenders, the thing that pisses me off the most is some monster thought DIGIPAK DVDs WERE A GOOD IDEA. yeah, same as a single disc digipak, just as tall as a DVD case. You can imagine how well they hold up (they don’t) and they’re even less replaceable than regular digipaks because they were only really used for some concert movies and a few oddball releases in the early-mid 00s. And no, they’re not like the WB “snapper” cases, they’re worse somehow!
I was given a Superman Box set and the little snaps along the spine on one of the dvd's were disconnected so I needed to fiddle around to get them snapped back into place.
I started buying 4K ultra hd Blu-ray (because my PS5 reads them and amazon had some for $10 each) and they have stacked cases but the disc underneath is just bonus content just kinda weird
I love this attention paid to your dvd library...and that's what our dvd collections are; no different from private libraries and for collectors it's a big deal. I even go as far as getting colored dvd cases that go with the color scheme of the artwork! It just looks really great on the shelf. The title of this video had me thinking it was gonna be about these certain cases where the "press button" in the center holds the disc too tightly, making it really difficult to get the disc out. I have had a couple dvd's CRACK while trying to get them out of these cheap cases! That really sucks if the dvd is some rare, obscure out of print title that goes for 80 bucks on ebay..(I have a lot of those due to my weird, obscure taste in movies), so whenever I get one of those cases I throw it in the trash...We gotta protect our dvd's!
The only time I've seen a stacker case is with the 4K edition of Black Hawk Down. There's 3 discs, but only 2 slots, so they put 2 discs in one slot. I had no idea stacker cases were used for other titles.
Always hated the stacked disc cases. No longer buy DVDs because they are standard definition and look like crap on my 4k tv. Now stick to buying 4K UHD, 3d (if available) and blu-ray. The cases rarely if ever have stacked discs.
I remember I bought The 3 Stoohes Complete dvd set. The dvds were in a flimsy cardboard case, stacked on top of eachother and everu disc was scratched. Had a hard time exchanging it, but it was done.
The 3 Stooges? Mine came in their own cases. But when I bought Bewitched every single disc was stacked on each other, in a flimsy plastic holder. I hate it when they come stacked, or put in a cardboard sleeve.
I have a couple of PC games that use this kind of 1 spindle multiple disks case to store multiple disks which is even more stupid than using these cases for movies. Another good example of a case that should be banned is the snap case used by Warner Bros for anything they were responsible for manufacturing and distributing. (thankfully that case type is long dead)
Ah yes my first fps on pc was BF1942 complete collection disk box. Unlike a dvd though once installed on your pc you really never touched the disks again.
There was a time that I liked these. ONLY because sometimes when you get the combo disks that flip like pages in a book sometimes they will break. Then I needed the bottom disk from the "all-in-one pile" and from that point on I totally agree. This style is also trash.
Yeah I hate those too but there's one that's worse the kind where it doesn't have any knockouts for your fingers to get under the disks to take them out. The kind where there is a nicely molded knockout where they put a wall in place. I've never actually seen one where it was half-and-half like at 5:50
It's kinda funny that I am finding this video. And the problem has only gotten worse as physical media has been on the decline for a while sadly. Meaning that crappier and crappier cases have become more tolerated due to how niche the hobby is becoming.
They should definitely NOT be used for c.d.s! Wouldn't that/doesn't that ruin c.d.s as well?! I know this was a and or the case with vinyl records fifty years ago.
I agree with you. Those cases are atrocious. I have quite a collection and I have too much money invested in these things. Two have them get scratched up just so I can take them out to view them each individual Sleeve works for me As each disk is protected.
I bought the complete collection of rugrats. I ended up throwing out the case bc it was terrible. They had so many discs stacked and staggered. I bought a special orange cd wallet to put them in.
the RoboCop one and adventure time one are worse than the spindles. for old PC games the spindles were not as bad, cos after installation you would only need to use one of the discs (unless you needed to install again)
i saw the thumbail and thought of cases like 2:15 i ate cookies that were more robust than these shit cases! and especially in literal bargain bins - cover is most likely damaged 😬
I hate double-sided discs I prefer discs with a label and playable side. Also those large Hub low-cost disc cases suck, it just shows a lack of caring and disrespect for the media. Each title needs to have its own case or area to keep it safe from damage
Mill Creek is known for those cases that have the discs in paper sleeves if they have multiple discs and also some discs that the cases replicate the original VHS packaging
The cases that really need to be banned are the ones that hold the disk in place in such a way they can actually crack the inner hole! It's this 3 pronged holder made of very stiff plastic and even when pushing the holder down all the way it still requires quite a bit of force to get the disk in or out with an audible creaking sound. I've run into it more with PS2 games then movies, and even then rarely, but after I lost my copy of Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge to cracks, I've been careful to check all of my cases and switch out any of the bad kind.
@@lucasnn2008 That whole generation was awesome, best gen ever for gaming IMO. My PS2 collection alone is larger then all my others combined except PC, and even then, most my PC disks are from that same era.
Thankfully, the only DVDs I have like this are Liberty's Kids: The Complete Series and Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego: The Complete Series. Stupid idea that I thought was unique to DiC.
These never bothered me too much, but something that always did were those stupid eco cases like at 0:59. They bend and damage so easily to the point where I buy replacement cases in bulk just to replace them. Ironically, I'm having to waste more plastic doing that.
I've had more issues with really thick plastic cases, the thickness sometimes extends to the disk holder which requires so much force to remove the disk I'm afraid of breaking it! Actually did crack the center hole in a couple of PS2 games with cases like that, now any case I get of that type I immediately switch out.
I have a stacked DVD of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy and Spider-Man 2 kept skipping during the end of the train scene, im buying a new set because that scene is too important Also i have that exact same Indiana Jones boxset you showed, although i rearranged it and had Temple Of Doom first since its a prequel
Even though I only collect blu rays i really enjoyed this rant and seeing these dvds just made me look back on how i used to collect dvds myself. But yeah the whole stacking discs on blu ray isnt something that happens anymore but stuff like that robocop set still happens. One example i have is rhe back to the future 4k set. All rhe movies are stacked on each side and because they are hard ro get out youll have a fight just to get them out.
I Have Crate's And Box's Of DVD's And I Have Box's Of VIDEO GAME'S And It's Making Me Look like A Hoarder And It Can Be A NIGHTMARE When I Have To Drag It Around With Me Everytime I Move From House To House. Maybe A DIGITAL DVD HARD DRIVE Where You Can Buy And Download FILM'S/MOVIE'S And TV Shows And Other HARD DRIVE's With VIDEO GAME'S Stored On Them For The Console's, Then All You Have To Do Is Select And Play.
Those double sided disks stink. In my experience they have a short lifespan, regardless of how well you handle and store them. I have had to throw out many that refuse to play after only 10-15 years.
It's mostly "budget" labels like "Mill Creek" that still use those stack cases...Like if you buy a "Sonny Chiba Collection" box set, you get the discs stacked like that. Also the quality of the dvd's vary greatly, depending on what source they used..Lately I have started collecting "Boutique Label" blurays. from labels like Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome, Code Red etc...the packaging of these high end releases are really beautiful...they spare no expense. You won't see any "Stacked discs" in THOSE editions!
I bought the SG1 complete blu-ray, £180ish imported from America and all the disc's are in stupid plastic slip covers. the most expensive cheap boxset I have bought.
I HATE the stacker type cases. Some 3 or more DVD sets will have nice plastic spots for each disc. Then some have a circle imprint and they put them right on top of each other. Then you hear loose discs all the time in stores. Too me it is not difficult to secure a disc in a case. I understand transportation and all rattles things but I've moved and not had one come loose. As for discs themselves I dislike dual sided discs you have to flip. Some players have trouble with them and they get scratched in seconds. Id rather pay a few more dollars for a 2nd disc in a set
