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9th Jul 2014, 10:34 AM
	BiggieTembo Member since Mar 2014 101 Points	Great discussions guys - I both agree and disagree with a lot of the points raised here, but accept what comes into the site as a record - and an historical record at that - of what products were available out there in the ether all those years ago. Different tastes and styles of display are evident, yes, but this is linked to User's time and energy as well as their scanner and printer model's ability to do fancy things. Then of course you have to go to a graphics program and tailer the image to the site. In many cases the patience of Buddha is required, but as you get used to it, it comes quickly... Personally, I would say that the inlay front panel should always come as the main image, and the rest to be shown big enough and clear enough so that information can be read easily. However, as much information as possible is always best - screws on cassettes are not important to some, but to others they relate which tape duplicating plant produced the cassette for which record company at which date (much like vinyl dead-wax stamps and lettering). This can be cross-referenced with inlay styles, company logo styles, inlay printer identification codes, whether the labels are paper or printed directly onto the shell... etc. ...all these things can help put the jigsaw puzzle together in a chronological/historical context. Let's just get the stuff uploaded, and if anyone feels the need to replace with improved images, then all the merrier. If anything is lacking, or of particular interest, why not also ask them that uploaded for the information required, if need be? People are always happy to oblige, even if they are not so IT savvy as earlier suggested. It's worked for me on Vinyl Albums with the odd dead-wax info here and there ;-) Edited by BiggieTembo on 9th Jul 2014, 10:42 AM