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"Handle Case" case type
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantMichael73
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G'day all,

Here in Australia a lot of Children's DVDs come in a case often referred to as a "Handle Case". It's structurally similar in some ways to a "Keep Case" but a handle is cut out in the top section, and the paper insert therefore reduced and only "CD sized". Here's an example image:



What should I enter such DVDs as? It's not exactly a "Custom" type, since these are a "standard" case used by several distributors.

Apologies if this has been answered before, but I couldn't find any reference doing a forum search.

Cheers,


Michael
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Given the current list of choices Profiler provides that would be a "Custom" case.  Nothing else fits.

More importantly...does that come with a thermos? 
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Custom is the obvious answer. What else could it possibly be?

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Quoting skipnet50:
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Custom is the obvious answer. What else could it possibly be?


The problem is just that "Custom" is so often used to mean "Uniquely Custom", like the Alien Head release of the Alien Quadrilogy, or the "Character Head" editions of The Simpsons.

In this case, it's a "standard" case used for many DVD releases. I'm guessing that with enough effort I could even buy replacement cases from a distributor somewhere. (They come in lots of different colours, usually to match the colour scheme of the cover artwork.)

While there's no other choice, it certainly appears that "Custom" is the best fit. But I guess I'm saying I'd like to have another entry added to this list at some point! 


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These handle cases, as stated by the OP are very common here in Australia, and really do deserve their own listing.  Obviously for now the only suitable option is "Other", but it should be something considered for future updates of the program.
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There getting quite common in Britain to
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Listen guys, its a custom case pure and simple within the realm of profiler. I hera you about adding to the list of cases BUT do we really want to wind up with a case list that could look like the list of countries or languages, wit a name given to EVEY conceivable case style, nort to mention of course once they come up with a new case, we can't call it custom, we have to give it a name so it too can be added to the list.

Egads, man.

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Billy Video
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I should point out too, that when I've been submitting profiles of this case type I have just been scanning the "paper" part of the cover. This is because I feel I get better scans by removing the paper from the plastic case and scanning it directly.

But I guess it'd be useful to have an "official" statement about whether this is the correct approach or not!


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Michael:

First off I love that everybody wants an official opinion on EVERYTHING. Ken would NEVER be able to get any programming done. Persoally, I want him programming.  Hmmm picture of whole case of just the artwork. On the basis of procedures for other Custom type covers, we do try to get the whole case, sometimes this will require a camera, as I suspect it might with these, to get the best possible image. I wish i had one to play with from an imaging viewpoint.

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I agree that it has to be custom since custom covers everything not in the standard list.

Sure, ask for the case type to be added as a standard in a future version of Profiler, then we can update them if/when that happens but for now there is no option, excatly like before we had steelbook and all those went in as custom until it was added.
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You could post it in the "feature request"-section so that Ken *maybe* adds an option for this type of case, but for now "custom" is the only correct way to enter it in the database.
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Agree with comments above...Custom until otherwise included.

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Quoting skipnet50:
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Listen guys, its a custom case pure and simple within the realm of profiler. I hera you about adding to the list of cases BUT do we really want to wind up with a case list that could look like the list of countries or languages, wit a name given to EVEY conceivable case style, nort to mention of course once they come up with a new case, we can't call it custom, we have to give it a name so it too can be added to the list.

Egads, man.

Skip


I have to disagree, Skip.

While I DO agree that custom is the only option that currently fits I also agree that this type of case needs its own option.

To me, custom implies that the case is a 'one-off' (such as the mentioned Predator/Alien/Planet of the Apes heads).

However, with these 'handle' cases they are NOT a one-off. They are a mass-produced item that is regularly occuring - which, to me at least, does NOT make them custom at all.

My local HMV has an entire section devoted to these children's dvds; in these very cases.

So, I have to agree that in this case 'handle case' needs to be added to the pull-down list.
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I see a lot of these around too, HiT Entertainment puts a lot of their children's shows in them. Let's replace HD Keep with these!
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First off I love that everybody wants an official opinion on EVERYTHING. Ken would NEVER be able to get any programming done. Persoally, I want him programming. 

Personally, I'd gladly wait a full year for the next beta if Ken stated his "official opinion" (through a rules update, preferably) on, say, ten of the most-debated issues right now (not so much about this case type, obviously, but rather on dealing with suffixes, parsing, theme writers, various "supervising" crew credits, CLT-titles-vs.-profiles, and so on).

As for the case type, I agree that it has to be custom for now, but seeing as it's becoming more and more regular, I'd support adding it as a new entry to the list of selectable case types.
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Quoting T!M:
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Quoting skipnet50:
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First off I love that everybody wants an official opinion on EVERYTHING. Ken would NEVER be able to get any programming done. Persoally, I want him programming. 

Personally, I'd gladly wait a full year for the next beta if Ken stated his "official opinion" (through a rules update, preferably) on, say, ten of the most-debated issues right now (not so much about this case type, obviously, but rather on dealing with suffixes, parsing, theme writers, various "supervising" crew credits, CLT-titles-vs.-profiles, and so on).

Agree.
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