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terryl 
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 01:43 |
Hi, i don't know if it's just me or if anyone else here would feel the same. I usually frown when I learn that any cd i order would come in other formats than the common jewel case. Reason? the thickness is different when i shelvf a digipak cd with those in jewel cases. And it seems the more bands are using digipak! So, just want to check with if you guys have any preferrence for this or not. cheers
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And who are we to justify the right in all we do
Until we seek, until we find Ammonia Avenue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrmJ39j58W0
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b_olariu
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 02:00 |
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If is to choose Digipak/ Digibook for sure but also Anything will do if the music is good.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 02:08 |
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If I have a choice, DIGIPAK, but jewel cases are fine if I can't choose.
Has anybody gotten the Porcupine Tree re-released DIGIPAKS/DIGIBOOKS? They're seriously beatiful!
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 02:19 |
 progkidjoel wrote:
If I have a choice, DIGIPAK, but jewel cases are fine if I can't choose.
Has anybody gotten the Porcupine Tree re-released DIGIPAKS/DIGIBOOKS? They're seriously beatiful! |
Yep, that is a truism my friend.
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 02:22 |
Digipack/Digibook. 
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Vompatti
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 02:33 |
Usually digipak, but if I buy online I prefer jewel case so that I can replace it after the guys at the post office have broken it. 
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someone_else
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 02:35 |
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The jewel case. Although it's all about the music and the thickness may become an important issue when the shelves are getting full, I'd rather stick to the old, trusted format.
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terryl
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 03:08 |
Vompatti wrote:
Usually digipak, but if I buy online I prefer jewel case so that I can replace it after the guys at the post office have broken it.
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Agreed! I only buy music online and they break the damn thing every time.
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And who are we to justify the right in all we do
Until we seek, until we find Ammonia Avenue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrmJ39j58W0
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 03:21 |
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Shiny plastic, not awful cardboard.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 03:31 |
Digipack / digibook. Yesterday I listened to Repertoire's issue of Procol Harum's Grand Hotel, and the way the cd was packaged, is much more beautiful than if they would have used a jewel case. It has to be a nice, shiny quality package, of course. Something that won't be eaten by termites or paper worms. 
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Kotro
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 03:46 |
Anything BUT jewel case, for me. Other than that, don't care if it's digipack, mini-LP or a nicely decorated plastic bag.
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Bigger on the inside.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 03:59 |
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Yorkie X
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 04:19 |
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In the short term digipak , in the long term jewel case I have put it to the test, jewel cases win every time when it comes to longevity and preservation of the CD itself.
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Silverbeard McStarr
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 05:44 |
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Digipack/book. I like the smell when you open it for the first time, it smells different form the jewel case. And I always break jewel cases.
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chopper
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 06:46 |
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I prefer digipaks on the whole, as long as you can get the CD out without having to plaster your fingers all over it (e.g. Pendragon's last one and the new Beatles remasters).
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progmatic
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 07:20 |
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When digipaks first came out, I didn't like them because they stood out like a sore thumb among my collection of discs housed in jewel boxes. But I have enough of them now that I don't mind and they seem to be much more interesting from an artistic standpoint.
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PROGMATIC
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TheCaptain
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 08:36 |
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I prefer jewel cases because while the case may get scratched/broken, the artistic goodness underneath is preserved.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 09:17 |
Moogtron III wrote:
Digipack / digibook.
Yesterday I listened to Repertoire's issue of Procol Harum's Grand Hotel, and the way the cd was packaged, is much more beautiful than if they would have used a jewel case. It has to be a nice, shiny quality package, of course. Something that won't be eaten by termites or paper worms.
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Yeah, but most likely what you have there is a Mini Lp sleeve (all cardboard)
If I can still appreciate the digibook, i bloody hate the digipaks
I prefer jewel cases to digipaks anyday of the week.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Abstrakt
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 09:19 |
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Jewelcase
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Finnforest
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Posted: October 06 2009 at 09:39 |
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Jewels baby, jewels. I get so bummed when a CD I want comes in a digi. When a jewel breaks you can replace it. When a digi gets old your artwork is mucked up, when the spokes break it's a pain to fix or impossible, and worst, they have those awful little slots where the booklet goes. Sometimes that slot tears out too. Jewels rock.
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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