Digipaks

[Yippee38]

Does everybody else loath them as much as I do?

IMO, they don't last as long, and they certainly don't protect the cover art and inserts (which is part of the advantage on not downloading music). They have to be cheaper, yet the CDs in digipaks cost the same. Why would anybody knowingly buy one?

I just got the new Rush CD in the mail from an online place and it's a digipak. I am gonna return it.

 

[BlackRoseMetalHeart]

I see what you are saying and can understand why some folks don't like them, but digi-packs have never really bothered me one way or another (unless when I get one it is already falling apart or has been glued/put together wrong, which I've only had happen on 2 or 3 occasions out of the dozens of digi-packs I've bought).

Most of the digi-packs that I've bought have come off of e-Bay and were significantly cheaper than buying the album in a jewel case. (I think they are usually the overstocks of the S. American releases because many of them have Spanish stickers on the packaging.) So if I opt for a digi-pack that's generally why, unless when I'm buying I notice there is some sort of added material on the digi-pack CD or included in the packaging that I can't get on the standard release. In that case I'll get the CD package with the most bonuses, digi or not.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

I don't care for digipacks either, but I do have quite a few, only for the bonus stuff...

 

[Braxil]

I don't like them either, but digi-books rock.

 

[edgeofthorns]

I hate em'! The only time I opt to buy one is when bonus songs are included, otherwise they're useless to me. Symphony X's "Paradise Lost" digipak sucks! I've shelved it and stuck the actual disc in a jewel case.

~Brian~

 

[Dark One]

Yeah, I can't stand them either - over time they simply wear out, they don't fit nicely into cd storage racks most of the time and are just generally cumbersome.

Digi-book style releases are extremely cool, but again, if you don't have an easy place to display them, then you're stuck trying to figure out a place to keep them that's away from your cd racks.

Jewel Cases FTW (though Neil would say mp3's FTW).

Jason

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

Digipaks suck donkey dick! Case closed.

 

[woosta]

Um, can't we just store the digipak/digi-book and place the cd in a slimline case? That way, we have any bonus material and our digi stays intact? Additionally, you'd be able to carry more cds that way because the slimlines are, of course, slimmer. What's the problem?

 

[Dark One]

Bah - we're too lazy to do that for every digipack. We want to keep our cd's and digipacks together and then also complain about it dammit!

Jason

 

[Nightmare1z]

Agreed, I wouldn't buy digipacks except for the bonus tracks/material.

 

[Heavenly Call]

The WORST kind are the ones where they squeeze the booklet between the two cardboard pieces on the front. I dont mind them if they put that little space on the inside of the cover for the book. Some of them are ridiculous though. Like the digipak for the new Blind Guardian...WTF???? Mine ripped almost instantly.

 

[WarriorOfMetal]

i generally don't mind single-disc digipacks, but digibooks usually annoy me...especially when they're thicker or wider than a standard jewel case (Primal Fear -- Jaws of Death anyone?), because they don't fit in my cd towers. Masterplan -- Aeronautics is fine, and so is Gamma Ray -- Blast from the Past, but some of them really annoy me. that said, when they're made well, they usually look great, very professional and classy.

 

[Iced Dog]

Wow, I guess I'm in the severe minority here, but I LOVE digpaks...jewel cases are so boring. I can see the practicality issue, but I don't use my originals, just CD-Rs. Digibooks are always very cool, but my favorite digi is still the Demons & Wizards self-titled with the pop-up reaper

 

[spag]

I don't like them. In the past, I've cut a few apart, and stuff the cover into a jewel case along with the CD.

These days, once I rip it to the computer (lossless format and then transcode to mp3), I never touch digipaks or jewel cases. They go into a box, never to be seen again until the next time I move.

 

[Magius]

i generally don't mind single-disc digipacks, but digibooks usually annoy me...especially when they're thicker or wider than a standard jewel case (Primal Fear -- Jaws of Death anyone?), because they don't fit in my cd towers. Masterplan -- Aeronautics is fine, and so is Gamma Ray -- Blast from the Past, but some of them really annoy me. that said, when they're made well, they usually look great, very professional and classy.

Jaws of Death... That one drives me nuts. It's 1/8th inch too tall to go into any CD rack. I finally scanned the cover and made new jewelcase inserts. The only other one that I have that doesn't fit into my racks is Brainstorm's Liquid Monster. Liquid or otherwise, that digi is a monster.

Overall I'd rather have jewel cases for the durabilty vs. flimsy digipacks.

 

[mtndewqueen88]

Wow.. I think that digipacks look a hell of a lot nicer, and I have a MUCH harder time keeping my jewel cases intact. They constantly crack or break where they don't open without falling apart, and it drives me nuts. If I see a digipack, I grab that instead, simply to avoid jewel cases.

 

[Iced Dog]

I have a similar type of CD rack as this one, and any digipak fits fine

 

[TheLongshot]

I don't mind digipacks. Personally, I think jewel cases suck. I seem to break all of mine eventually.

Jason

 

[Bear]

I can go either way it doesn't bother me. The new Sym X digipack is pretty cool.

Bear

 

[Yippee38]

I can go either way

I never would have guessed. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The other thing I hate about digi-packs is that they have those clear plastic CD holders. Those things ALWAYS break. I replace them with the opaque ones in jewel boxes. In digi-packs, you can't replace them unless you rip them apart.