There was a discussion on a separate thread about digi-paks. I'm just not keen on them. I've started my "digi-pak" graveyard. I transfered my Stryper Murder By Pride and my new Rob Halford's Winter Songs to jewel cases. Fortunately, each digipak came with a booklet that fits perfectly into a jewel case window--which seems to reveal that they were intended to be "digipak-transferable" when designed. Such albums are "jewels" to me...they should be treated as such.

And when I said "Graveyard"...I meant...I am keeping the digipaks. Probably just going to have to store them in a shoe box or somthing.

Did you put them in slim-line cases? With no rear artwork, it would look funny to me to put these in standard jewel cases.

I gave up long ago. I just but the albums off iTunes now.

Yeah, I don't see why digipaks are so popular. They're so fragile and the only artwork you can salvage is the booklet.

Your first two posts.....that's what I do. I--seldom--bother filing away a digi in the vault. I take it out of the digi and put it in a slimline, storing away the digi.


They are not "Digi--Paks."

They are Digi--Sucks.

Indeed. $20 for Murder by Pride and you give me crappy cardboard!? What is this world coming to?

I think the original intention of them were to be more like old vinyl lp packaging--but the packaging is still not the same as the card stock used for vinyl sleeves. Plus MOST vinyl didn't have a spine to bend constantly to get out the record. So heck, even vinyl packaging has held up better...due to it's material and size.

My Stryper Murder by Pride already has enough wear on it just after being transported to and from work...to make it look as if it were a vinyl LP from the 1970's that was not taken care of.

And I do put these in Regular jewel cases--not slim. I can just make a color copy of the back art and put it in the back window to see the song list.

Digi's suck.

In the minority here, I like them, but hate the Bombworks digihubs. They are awful.

I was kinda bothered about the packaging for Sonic Boom. I mean, you get a ton of tunes for the $12 at Wallyworld, but the only disc that actually has a tray in the digipack is the studio album itself. The re-recorded songs disc and the dvd are in little slots on each panel of the digipack. It's IMPOSSIBLE not to scratch them when pulling them out. So......slim-line cases always come in handy for just that situation. Digipacks are the children of the Infernal One.

Statement and question by Lifemetal: Indeed. $20 for Murder by Pride and you give me crappy cardboard!? What is this world coming to?




Answer: Crappy cardboard.