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Now what is a Slip Case?
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the top right is a slip case

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the top right is a slip case

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Using the picture as a reference, the slip cover is on the upper left, the slip case is on the upper right, and the keepcase is on the bottom center.
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Using the picture as a reference, the slip cover is on the upper left, the slip case is on the upper right, and the keepcase is on the bottom center.

Yes, that used to be the definition...slip cover open top and bottom, slip case open on one side...but that has changed.  Now, to be a slip case, it must contain two or more individual cases.
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Using the picture as a reference, the slip cover is on the upper left, the slip case is on the upper right, and the keepcase is on the bottom center.

Yes, that used to be the definition...slip cover open top and bottom, slip case open on one side...but that has changed.  Now, to be a slip case, it must contain two or more individual cases.


Really, when did that change?  Whether it holds one or more cases it still looks and performs the same function albeit it might be a little thinner for a single case though not always.

EDIT: So what do we call a slip cover that's open on the top and bottom that slips over two or more cases; is this called a slip case now.
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Using the picture as a reference, the slip cover is on the upper left, the slip case is on the upper right, and the keepcase is on the bottom center.

Yes, that used to be the definition...slip cover open top and bottom, slip case open on one side...but that has changed.  Now, to be a slip case, it must contain two or more individual cases.


Really, when did that change?  Whether it holds one or more cases it still looks and performs the same function albeit it might be a little thinner for a single case though not always.

EDIT: So what do we call a slip cover that's open on the top and bottom that slips over two or more cases; is this called a slip case now.


That changed some time ago.
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Really, when did that change?  Whether it holds one or more cases it still looks and performs the same function albeit it might be a little thinner for a single case though not always.

EDIT: So what do we call a slip cover that's open on the top and bottom that slips over two or more cases; is this called a slip case now.

It changed with Ken's statement here.
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Really, when did that change?  Whether it holds one or more cases it still looks and performs the same function albeit it might be a little thinner for a single case though not always.

EDIT: So what do we call a slip cover that's open on the top and bottom that slips over two or more cases; is this called a slip case now.

It changed with Ken's statement here.


I see that post is from almost 5 years ago.  Not sure how I missed that so long ago.  So that leads me to my original question.  How do we treat a slip cover with more than one keepcase?  Is it still a slip cover or a slip case ... or boxset if it has two or more titles?  I won't even bring up the HD cases for the moment.
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I see that post is from almost 5 years ago.  Not sure how I missed that so long ago.  So that leads me to my original question.  How do we treat a slip cover with more than one keepcase?  Is it still a slip cover or a slip case ... or boxset if it has two or more titles?  I won't even bring up the HD cases for the moment.

As it never made it into the rules, something I didn't notice, it was easy to miss.  As for your question, at first blush, it sounds like it would be a slip case...because it contains more than one keepcase.  If you had a set in mind, one that I could look at, I might be able to give you a better answer.
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There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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I see that post is from almost 5 years ago.  Not sure how I missed that so long ago.  So that leads me to my original question.  How do we treat a slip cover with more than one keepcase?  Is it still a slip cover or a slip case ... or boxset if it has two or more titles?  I won't even bring up the HD cases for the moment.


It should probably be profiled like a box set, but that's not a case type we use anymore as it lead to confusion. Slip case was the replacement and I believe your example would still be a slip case. There is no requirement for a slip case to only have one opening, although that is by far the more common type.
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So what do we call a slip cover that's open on the top and bottom that slips over two or more cases

The most idiotic way to package DVDs?
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I see that post is from almost 5 years ago.  Not sure how I missed that so long ago.  So that leads me to my original question.  How do we treat a slip cover with more than one keepcase?  Is it still a slip cover or a slip case ... or boxset if it has two or more titles?  I won't even bring up the HD cases for the moment.

As it never made it into the rules, something I didn't notice, it was easy to miss.  As for your question, at first blush, it sounds like it would be a slip case...because it contains more than one keepcase.  If you had a set in mind, one that I could look at, I might be able to give you a better answer.


So, here's one that comes to mind although this is a two movie set; there are many more just like this.  This has an O-sleeve, which is the terminology used by the studios, that fits over two separate cases.  We use to refer to this as a slip cover.



So, should this be profiled as a slip case?  We would then add the two individual releases (or child profiles) as box set contents for the parent profile.  The individual, or child, releases will have a case type of HD Slim only and we would leave the slip cover checkbox unticked?
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So, should this be profiled as a slip case?  We would then add the two individual releases (or child profiles) as box set contents for the parent profile.  The individual, or child, releases will have a case type of HD Slim only and we would leave the slip cover checkbox unticked?

While I don't agree...to me that is a slip cover...you have it correct.  Slip Case for parent and HD Slim for the children with slip cover unticked.
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So, should this be profiled as a slip case?  We would then add the two individual releases (or child profiles) as box set contents for the parent profile.  The individual, or child, releases will have a case type of HD Slim only and we would leave the slip cover checkbox unticked?

While I don't agree...to me that is a slip cover...you have it correct.  Slip Case for parent and HD Slim for the children with slip cover unticked.


Thanks.  I also tend to see that as a slip cover too regardless if it has multiple cases.  For me I still use the term slip cover to mean an o-sleeve, with openings on top and bottom, that slides over a case(s).  I tend to use slip case as a case with one opening where the case(s) slide into.  Just trying to better understand the terminology used for DVDProfiler.
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I've got one more.  What about releases which have a cardboard faceplate affixed to the front of the case such as The Killing: Season One or Sons of Anarchy: S3.  Do we just ignore that?

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the card attached is neither a slip cover or a slip case.
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Rackenfrackensmackensnacken.

Guess it's time for all of us to re-visit and re-study the rules.
I was also thinking O-cards are slip covers, one side open are slip cases, no matter what is under them.

There's a thread somewhere close about the glued-on cardboard front covers some studios are now using on some new releases like Mirror Mirror and Wrong Turn 3. I think it was more of a "should we scan these" than "what do call these" thread though.

I offer the term "Face Plate" or "Cover Plate" for your consideration, and to be a new packaging click option.
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