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8th Jan 2015, 8:56 PM		#1 REPORT
	camshaft SUBS Aalreet, Like? Member since Oct 2011 26853 Points	Jewel case, digipak, card case, doubles, trebles, boxed sets, there seems to be a number of different types of CD cases! Is there any way of knowing the names of the different cases? or is there a web site that names them? It would be useful for some of us, when we upload our images onto 45 worlds for all to see!

9th Jan 2015, 4:47 PM		#2 REPORT
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3774 Points Moderator	Hello Camshaft, I have come to think that any hard plastic case into which an inlay and disc are placed (double Fatbox or single CD) are regarded as jewel cases, but any CD housed in non-standard packaging jewel cases (as I've offered the definition): cardboard with plastic tray insert, card sleeve, or mini-album replica card sleeve is generally regarded as being a "digipack" (DigipaCk... the "C" being important here as defining a general form)... That is, a pack or packet of digital media (CD), but that a DIGIPAK (No "C") is a copyrighted name for a specific product type made by a particular company (Like Hoover and the vacuum cleaner). These Digipaks are the two or more panel card sleeves with a plastic tray glued into them to house the CD, so Digipaks are digipacks, but not all digipacks are digipaks... unless they are digipak. Edited by moderator on 9th Jan 2015, 6:39 PM

10th Jan 2015, 10:12 AM		#3 REPORT
	Neil Forbes Rock, Country or R. & B. - Classic Hits for me! Member since Dec 2014 252 Points	After that explanation, I'll just pack my digi and go, shall I?

10th Jan 2015, 3:05 PM		#4 REPORT
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3774 Points Moderator	Sorry about that Neil.... but I was trying to understand the situation just like Cam last year, and found it just as confusing and convoluted. basically, from what I can glean, The Company in question (I can't remember who now) initially made the DIGIPAK design to appeal to those still used to vinyl and other media format packaging, and found the standard jewel case a little cold and non-descript so made these, which others copied and expanded on. (Lately I've found this to be the case for myself... they look better on the shelf, and easier to read, rather than the mind boggling anonymity the jewel cases present when found in quantity in racks in charity shops etc. (They give me "CD Blindness"... I look, but my brain switches off and cannot see them) especially as I am having a whale of a time hoovering them up while the getting's good!)) But the dizzying array of designs can leave you flummoxed... So if it's not specifically a Digipak, and not a jewel case, I try to be simply descriptive about the digi-container when putting them up here. See: Radiohead - In Rainbows I pondered a while what to call this thing before arriving at digi-packet. Others may include the hardback book design like sigur ros' Takk, or Boards of Canada's Geogaddi (Digi-booklet (?)), or larger ones like the 12" x 12" hardback book version of In Rainbows or Chris Rea' s Blue Guitars, where I simply describe them as books. I think there's potential growth of value in the collectors market for non jewel case editions (digipacks of any description), as they are limited (I think I've said this elsewhere), the card sleeves are prone to a much greater rate of deterioration over time, and like any other CDs, people treat them like crap, because they think of them as disposable items or indestructible (Which they apparently test to the limit). Case in point: Coldplay's Viva la Vida. This gatefold mini LP style card sleeve has booklet insert (Unattached or secured parts), and while popular and ubiquitous, and therefore currently cheap (£1 in charity shops), a good 90% of those I've come across are in great distress, either missing booklet, worn and torn sleeves, discs which have been apparently used as sandpaper, or replaced with copied discs. Although I'm no fan of Coldplay, their fan base will have grown to an age of affluence in a couple to a few years time and want copies of this, which I have four of. (Cynical or smart?)

25th Jan 2015, 9:25 PM		#5 REPORT
	Pridesale 🍰 Member since Mar 2013 805 Points	And the annoyance on the shelf of 90% of inserts read from Top to Bottom with 10% going from Bottom to Top (its as bad with books as well on my shelves). And the to catch you out , the cassette cases where I seem to have mismatched 'tops' and 'bottoms' as the have broken - often the hinge parts (the CD cases too , where locating pips can vary , inserts which sometimes have other mouldings - like WB for warner rather than the standard Compact Disc Logo), and the cassette cases with the grippers for the spools, which should neatly pass through the cut outs in the paper inlays , except that the one I have picked up didnt have cutouts (it does now).

29th Aug 2015, 2:34 PM		#6 REPORT
	Trainman Trainman Member since Jun 2014 2559 Points Moderator	Magic Marmalade wrote: Hello Camshaft, That is, a pack or packet of digital media (CD), but that a DIGIPAK (No "C") is a copyrighted name for a specific product type made by a particular company (Like Hoover and the vacuum cleaner). These Digipaks are the two or more panel card sleeves with a plastic tray glued into them to house the CD, so Digipaks are digipacks, but not all digipacks are digipaks... unless they are digipak. 'FWIW, The ones I have have molded into the plastic tray "DIGIPAK(r) Manufactured by J Upton England ... licenced by AGI USA"

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