| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 646 |
| | Posted: | | | | If Disc Id is something Ken has come up then forget all my posts here. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
I am bringing this up again today because I just had to vote on such a case where literally neither side is in the wrong. But since there is no way to do it... it has to be one way or the other.
The set I am talking about here is The Big Bang Theory: Season 6...
This set was released two ways that I know of... a Blu-ray/DVD Combo and a DVD release... both released on the same day... so there is no "which release came out first?" for us to go by... so the best we can do? Go with the first one in the database wins. A very unfortunate situation.... One that I have been on both sides of... where what I have was the first in so my info matches the online and where the first info in was for the release that I didn't have. While it won't solve the larger issue, a simple rule clarification can solve this issue. When a title is released as a Blu-ray/DVD combo as well as a stand alone DVD, the DVD should take precedence. It doesn't make any sense to force the Blu-ray cover onto the DVD owners. In my opinion, the people who are doing that are on the wrong side. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | While I don't disagree with you. I can see both sides of it. As it is now some who owns the discs is going to end up with the wrong cover for their online. As well as the wrong case type (which isn't as bad since your online will match your local for locked info other then covers). | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree with the Martian.
The complication Pete points out is no different than the same disc (and hence Disc ID) being part of different box sets. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | It is no different because it is what I am talking about. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kathy: Quote:
All I know is that this had better be made simple and easy to use - I have no idea what anyone is talking about in most of this thread!  Good point. It's one thing to have our own disc, enter it in to the database, and yay, now it's there. You can rest easy knowing the database is now more complete than before. But after that point, you are, for the most part, no longer dealing the profile in the database. You are dealing with it locally, but it's also there online in case you need to download it again. For everyone else, though, that's where the story begins. Release dates aren't printed on the DVD covers, so there is no quick-and-easy way for the random DVD owner to know which version of the same UPC that he has unless the covers are significantly different. So we go from "I have the re-release but the database only stores one copy for this UPC: the original." (if you even know that much as a non-forum member) to "I have no idea when my copy was released. I can download one at random and not care or download them all and search for the one that matches what I have." Is this really better for the end user? | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
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