BD cases

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 24 Apr 2009, 14:21

Does anyone know why the UK cases are fatter than the American ones? I haven't bought any UK BDs yet but I'm thinking they'll sit unevenly on my shelf alongside the slimmer US imports. Why couldn't they standardise the size? Also what do other countries use?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 24 Apr 2009, 15:43

I don't know why Mark but they sit perfectly fine next to US cases, as beyond the width of their spine they are the same proportions.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 24 Apr 2009, 15:51

You can buy the slimmer cases from Ebay and some online stores.don't know if the uk covers fit in them ok though.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Apr 2009, 16:01

It's actually America slim, elsewhere fat. They're the same in Australia. No big deal IMO. It's probably down to where they source the cases. I prefer the slim ones but no big deal.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 24 Apr 2009, 17:06

The slim ones feel cheaper to me, but meh.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Apr 2009, 17:33

How come? It's the same type of plastic.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 24 Apr 2009, 17:43

There's less of it.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 24 Apr 2009, 18:26

I prefer the slim cases simply because I can fit more on my limited shelf space!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 24 Apr 2009, 18:43

IronMonkey wrote:I prefer the slim cases simply because I can fit more on my limited shelf space!

Lol... that was my logic too.

There just doesn't seem to be any reason for the UK cases to be thicker.

I saw a music BD in-store that had a thin case. I think it was a German import. Sometimes you get German music imports for some reason. Never anywhere else... lol

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 25 Apr 2009, 09:13

The UK version of The Shawshank Redemption has a slim case. I was quite pleasantly surprised when I opened my snail-mail.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 25 Apr 2009, 10:33

I think the single-disc release of Casino Royale was a slim case as well, not sure if it was as slim as US cases mind but the one Sony sent me in their free blu-ray deal was definitely slimmer than an ordinary UK case.

I also much prefer the slim cases, I could understand the point in the thicker ones if Blu-rays actually had info booklets/leaflets inside them like many DVDs do, but they almost always have nothing!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 Apr 2009, 14:13

They do use them sometimes. Eureka and Artificial Eye use the slim ones, as did Tartan. As Shing says Casino Royale UK is also slim.

gasteropod wrote:There's less of it.

By that token VHS cases are even better?

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romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 26 Apr 2009, 18:08

Americans are fat, they need more room for food, so they downsized the size of the boxes so they can get more grub in their homes.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Apr 2009, 18:54

I'd guess Brits comparatively are as fat as Americans nowadays.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 27 Apr 2009, 16:30

the news says different, but then the news is bullshit

we will all be dead by the end of next month from Pig flu, so hey.