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It is interesting to note that the vote was neutral and not yes.

That's completely within his rights, Hal. I've voted neutral plenty times when I don't agree with a change but know it follows the rules.

I don't think I said it wasn't within his rights.  I simply said it was interesting.

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It is interesting to note that the vote was neutral and not yes.

That's completely within his rights, Hal. I've voted neutral plenty times when I don't agree with a change but know it follows the rules.

Ditto.

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Instead of acquiescing to the rule, you should be standing up and demanding that the rules be fixed.

Nice concept...however, this forum is not the place for that.  Whenever a new idea is suggested to amend the rules there is always someone to shout "It's the rules so just do it".

On topic....until today I've been confused about the whole case issue (partly because I haven't been reading these threads...even this one bored me stupid after 7 pages of useless ranting).

However, I CAN SEE where Skip and Rifter are coming from (never thought I'd say that again  ) that a Slip Case and Slip Cover should just be the same thing and that how many 'units' inside shouldn't make a difference.
BUT - that's not what Ken said and therefore we don't do it.

Now I've read what Ken said I understand the rule and will abide by it.

P.S. Despite some people feeling picked on in this thread I have to say that I thought the general tone was quite mild in comparison to how things were a few months ago.

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Am I confused or is that the exact opposite of what Skip and Rifter are saying, aren't they saying that slipcase and slipcover are two different things? And the contents should not dictate what the case type is.  I am not trying to answer for either of you, just trying to get it straight in my head 

I think he didn't mean "Slip Case = Slip Cover" but he meant a) Slip Case = Slip Case = Slip Case.... and b) Slip Cover = Slip Cover = Slip Cover.... independent of what is inside of the Slip C.

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we are using more than one definition for the same object based on an arbitrary assumption that a TV boxset is somehow different than a movie boxset.

No, we don't. We have the same definition regardless of if it's a TV boxset or movie boxset. We look at the actual container. If there are more than one unit (case) inside a cardboard box, the cover type is slip case. If it's one unit (case) inside a some coardboard (regardless of where the opening is) it's the inner case type with the slip cover checked. It's a very simple consept and has nothing to do with what is on the discs.

And to me, the rules makes perfect sense

The other day, someone submitted a modified profile of Hellboy, the Directors Cut (NL version, the one inside the giftset). It is a cardboard cover with 3 individual THINpaks inside. According to your definition (the correct one) it should be a SLIP CASE. This person changed that to THINPAK and slipcover BECAUSE it in one movie with on the other discs bonusfeatures. The contribution got numerous YES votes and not one NO vote. AND this person is very high on my rating for accuracy. If even he misinterprets the rules, I fear for our database..

There are some images of HD cases in this topic, it seems that normal HD cases are almost as thick as standard keep cases, HD Slim (otherwise known as Elite I believe) are just over half as thick.

case type related question, so figured i'd post it here instead of starting a new thread



what would be the proper case type for this set. Its a 'box set' and there are seperate profiles for episode 3 and the bonus dvd. It is currently listed as keep case, but there really is no case on the set as it was just held together by a sticker that was half on both cases and shrink wrap around the two.

-Agrare