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| Registered: March 18, 2007 |  Posts: 426 |
| | Posted: | | | | Since there is some heated discussion on the Casetype of parent profiles, I am holding a few polls because I am just interested to know what the consensus is. Let's assume the contents are either multiple movies or a TV series (in other words: the profile can have child profiles).
For each case, I want you to say what the parent profile would have as casetype.
Case 1:
A single keepcase containing 4 disks.
Case 2:
The same keepcase as in 1, but it has an extra slip case (open at the righthand side) around it. I.e. you first slide the keepcase out of the cover, then open it as usual to find 4 disks inside. | | | | Last edited: by hevanw |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Good grief.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Case Type and Profile Type are not the same thing...so this poll is irrelevant.
Steve |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 426 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting snarbo: Quote:
Case Type and Profile Type are not the same thing...so this poll is irrelevant.
*bummer* The poll CLEARLY asks what you would use as the CASE TYPE ! |
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 | Dan W | | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 980 |
| | Posted: | | | | The thing some of you are overlooking is that we are profiling the case as you find it on the shelf at the store. Quote:
Case Type
Specify the type of packaging in which the DVD is released. There is further information about case types, images showing each type, and the opportunity to ask questions if unsure, in the Case Types thread in the forum – click here | | | | Dan | | | | Last edited: by Dan W |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 426 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dan W: Quote:
The thing some of you are overlooking is that we are profiling the case as you find it on the shelf at the store.
That is a VERY important point. If that's the case, why isn't it in the rules?? Because this means that you should only look at the outer packaging. In that case, I can see that you would never use Digipak for a parent profile because you only can see it once you open it. But I then think that it is very hard to see if the item on the shelf has a Slipcase vs a Slipcover. |
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| Dan W | | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 980 |
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| Dan W | | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 980 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ken decided that he wanted to call the "Slip Case" type covers "Box Set". Until he is convinced to do otherwise, the above is what we use for contributions. | | | | Dan |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 426 |
| | Posted: | | | | There's no need copying that thread.
Your images still don't tell me what casetype I should use for a Keepcase inside a Slipcase. Or do you want us to use Boxset as well ?! |
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| Dan W | | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 980 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Repter: Quote:
There's no need copying that thread.
Your images still don't tell me what casetype I should use for a Keepcase inside a Slipcase. Or do you want us to use Boxset as well ?! Please read the directions above the image. | | | | Dan |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 426 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dan W: Quote:
Please read the directions above the image. Why is it so difficult to actually clarify that "Yes, even a single keepcase inside a box is Boxset casetype" or that "Yes, even a Digipak inside a box is Boxset casetype" ?? The whole reason for the confusion is that your image only shows the typical Boxset case where the Slipcase contains multiple keepcases. I think no one would argue that that would indeed be a Boxset. With the current images-post, I can tell you that a few months from now, we will again have people asking the same question regarding Boxset casetype and be using the wrong ones in their profiles. | | | | Last edited: by hevanw |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 951 |
| | Posted: | | | | Until you can convince Ken to change the case type in the program from "Box Set" to "Slip Case" we have to just enter it this way. | | | Are you local?
This is a local shop the strangers you would bring would not understand us, our customs, our local ways. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 426 |
| | Posted: | | | | *sigh* come on. I am now not argumenting why it has to be a Boxset casetype. I am now asking to please further clarify it in that images post! Why is it so hard for some people to agree that it HELPS to make some stuff more clear by adding extra info (even when it is redundant). |
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 | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dan W: Quote:
Ken decided that he wanted to call the "Slip Case" type covers "Box Set". Until he is convinced to do otherwise, the above is what we use for contributions. Not according to what I see in the database, and not according to the results of these polls. The users seem very capable of determining what is a "box set" and what is a "digipack" despite these ridiculous and contradictory instructions. Can't you see how silly it is to let the choice of case type be determined by whether the contents slide out of the box horizontally or vertically? That doesn't make sense to anyone in the real world - and, seeing the voting results, not even here in the DVD Profiler forums. The fact that this strange theory would cause literally hundreds of single movies in single keepcases which just happen to have a "slip case" around it to be considered as "box sets", should give you a fair clue that this really isn't the way to go. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,005 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Tracer: Quote:
Until you can convince Ken to change the case type in the program from "Box Set" to "Slip Case" we have to just enter it this way. Ken is already convinced. | | | 
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 951 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thank GOD!  Well I guess I spoke to soon, it didn't take long for someone to try and bend the intent of Dan's images. Now the Warner Two-Disc Special editions are all slip cases. | | | Are you local?
This is a local shop the strangers you would bring would not understand us, our customs, our local ways. | | | | Last edited: by Tracer |
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