whenever I get a blu-ray of a movie I have on dvd, if i can, I put the dvd disc inside the blu ray case and throw out the dvd paper and keep the plastic case. I really want that simpsons movie bluray with a yellow case.
@80sMadeConsumer if you have any marvel movies you could put them in red or colors that match the poster or character like spider-man you could keep blue or red x men movies gray or sliver avengers infinity could be yellow gold or orange endgame purple
I do the same with my collection! I started by replacing the cases that were damaged but then started to combine my owned blurays with my 4k’s that never included the bluray in the first place… makes the releases feel more complete!!
That’s even better so many times the special features don’t make it to the next release. The Hellboy dvd had special features that are only on the DVDand really should have been included in later releases.
I’ve been creating my own custom covers for a while now. Mostly to get my dvds into blu ray cases so everything looks uniform on the shelf. I don’t mind the eco cases. I usually grab blu rays from dollar tree to reuse the cases. Been wanting to get the clear cases for my custom criterion covers. Also branching out into custom artwork for slipcovers.
@@chadhagar3726 That’s awesome! Took me a while to dive into customization but at the end of the day it’s my collection and we all do things and collect differently, I think it should reflect that. Plus I hated when they stopped using painted movie poster art and started photoshopping everything.
Oh man it’s a project I’ve been wanting to do for a long while, and I still ran out of cases. After that flood I’ve been hyper focused on making my standard releases a little more unique. One of the things that always stuck in my head was on some of those playboy mansion documentaries Hef would show off his movie collection, and he threw away all the VHS covers and used these tan colored clamshell cases. Something you’d see at a rental store. While I would never throw away the VHS covers always thought it looked sharp!
It’s a good idea to customize when you have damaged Blu-Ray cases, it’s important to upkeep your collection I might consider replacing my Blu-Ray cases in the future 😊
Best way to save money is to upgrade as you go. I forgot to mention in the video, for me it was easy to replace new stuff coming in and ones I was rewatching.
been case switching for yearssss now. put a red case on my cherry falls release along with a few other valentines horror movies. lol also clear cases go on all my scream factory releases that don't have slips! glad i'm not the only one! lol
Great to hear man, red cases are harder to come by I wish we could get those in bulk. Clear cases on Scream Factory top notch! Which one really stands out now with a clear case?
@@HomeCinemaEnthusiast Ive always thought so, hopping more people start getting into it maybe more colors one day! Wishful thinking I know, but DVD cases came in tons of colors.
I love this idea!! I have been replacing the cases of all my barbie movies with pink ones over the years but other than that I haven't utilized cases to customize my collection yet. I really like the idea of putting all your disney films in white cases. (Though the disney DVDs I grew uo with actually all came in dark blue) I have disney movies across different mediums so i feel like having them all be the same color would be so satisfying. I also low key just hate the fact that blurays come in the standard blue case and every few months I have a moment where I am thinking about throwing out all my blue cases and replacing them with a less offensive color (I only have about 50 blurays), though so far I haven't actually committed to that project...
It really is overall satisfying to make your collection something that not only looks nice but highlights some unique pieces. As far as making all the Disney ones white, they really look sharp. 50 is a a manageable number especially if you plan ahead as you add new titles. I’ve been collecting for a very long time so I’ve been replacing the eco cases as I rewatch the films or when new ones come in. Doing a few a week was easier on the wallet.
So with the Sony movies Columbia Tri-Star, they have the see-through inner art, that’s what I did with my clear cases, also glad to see someone liked red riding hood, such an epic ending for me
@@jjthekollector the clear cases really are better for interior art. Always loved Red Riding Hood, it has a level of macabre and Amanda wasn’t bad to look at either
@@jjthekollector I’ve seen those and I get it but I couldn’t bring myself to do it, plus it’s not just me the whole family is in and out of the movie closet daily. That’s why all my boutiques and premium sets are in the movie room.
THIS VIDEO MADE ME SUBSCRIBE OMG I FOUND MY NICHE I literally said during the part where you switched the case for tom and huck "he better keep that extra paper" and you did THIS IS WHAT I LOVE DUDE YOU ARE LIVING MY DREAM WITH ALL THESE BLU RAYS
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed, I’ve been into movies my whole life and collecting for over 25 years. It starts small and before you know it you’re finding creative ways to store them all. Since you’re new here, what is your favorite movie or genre?
My favourite movie (which I always say is not what I think is the BEST movie of all time, just my favourite) is the Hangover, to me it's the perfect blend of funny and mystery and all around dumb fun. I love the comedy genre. Also unrelated but I love HBO and I've got HBO's Watchmen on blu-ray, season 1 of Westworld, and Season 1 of togetherness.
Great case talk. I don't come across many videos that comes up with interesting alternatives, other than just plain solid, to eco cases. I don't know why but the yellow cover art work reminds me of National Geographic.
I’ve always felt like our collections should reflect us and colored cases are just a missed opportunity for studios. I get it’s a bottom line issue but DVDs used to come in all kinds of interesting packaging. Honestly it’s probably where they got it we see constant idea swiping from Disney.
I'm 57 I remember cd audio cases were ECO cases of the day I probably replaced 100to150 covers that would always break or crack when dropping them or even stacking the cds These cheap items were originally to cut costs then Covid-19 happened and even made it worse . Nobody realized 🤔 that Slip covers would be so popular then the Pandemic created cheap easily damaged items. Like always a $$$$money issue
I’m an 80s kid and I still buy CDs I’m all too familiar with the pain of a broken case. For me it was always a bad day being a CD to the car case alway fell between the seats and at best just cracked.
I can understand why you don't like the ECO cases, I prefer other cases as well. But I've never really cared enough to go through my collection to replace them all, they just sit on a shelf and I don't abuse them so I haven't had any major issues ECO cases. I do replace it with a better case if it breaks though. Also if you're watching the Santa Clause on anything other than VHS, you're doing it wrong. LOL
The colors don't really bother me but i have bought some 12 disc blu ray cases and put a bunch of multi disc dvd/blu-ray tv show sets in them and printed a custom cover to condense them down and save space on my shelves
I've noticed recently that some of the trays used in certain cases are incredibly shallow and have sharp edges. Have to be extra careful placing discs in without scratching them :/
I’ve noticed that too, haven’t had any issues with scratches. The problem I have is the shallow trays no matter how carful I am the discs fall or pop out! A must replace.
@@wowster-so8sx I always thought so too. I was all in on Blu-ray when it was new because I had the ps3, but preferred the red cases that HD DVD had. But in all honesty the best looking package design was always the VHS tape the whole front was filled with art.
Yeah way more colors and cheaper for DVD. I don’t use facebook but I’m on twitter and instagram. You can contact me better on those, links are in the description on every video.
These look great, but I’m one of the space-saving heathens who use flat plastic slip sleeves and drawers. It makes me feel like I’m thumbing through albums or comic books
Thanks, and I say be a heathen we each collect differently its all about what best suits us. I see some joy out of that method especially since I spent my youth thumbing through media that way. What would be cool I think is if there was a an apothecary style cabinet that they could all fit in. Reminds me of looking for books at the school library using the Dewey Decimal system, butt those cabinets were ugly haha.
What I hate most about the eco cases, is the extreme gaslighting, and the greenwashing done by the companies. The punched out holes in the ♻️ shape is the most offensive and condescending thing I've ever seen. They aren't doing that to save the environment. They're doing that to save money. And gaslighting people while they're doing it. There are ways to use less plastic, that actually makes sense. Such as on packaging that you throw away. Or water bottles, or whatever else that gets thrown out. But not on something that people actually keep.
Exactly I've always said if they truly cared we'd go back to the older packaging or glass bottles. In my life time I remember purchasing said products. We still had waste in the 80s and 90s, but it didn't feel as much as now. The very first Blu-ray I bought with an eco case waas A Nightmare On Elm Street, and those were my thoughts not fooling anyone.
Someing seen alotbin my collecting bluray from over seas that it is a mix bag 1 have 2 Hong know movies 1 cam in a clear cast and other was in clear case from what I was told asisn maklrket perfers the white or clear case for there blurays and any that may get imported to the us get the blue case. Yes very odd I also find arrow loves using clear case for there blurays also.
Cool that you got into Hong Kong cinema, have you checked out Nova Media? Great label out of South Korea. Only picked up there American titles but they have plenty of Asian cinema too.
Shame it’s eco not echo ( sound waves ) cases ! And if you have a larger collection it would cost more than collation is worth to colour code the cases !
The best case is the first generation dvd because big and thick, the new case of dvd and blu ray is very bad, the reason is the people is on streaming and today the physical is very cheap.
What are you people doing with your collections to require more protection than an eco case provides? The way that Holes DVD sounds, you put em through the ringer! Mine just stay on shelves.
At least half the collection is covering in slip covers.I feel no need to replace those You can't see the plastic case on the shelf anyway You only ever see the spine ps you're really adding to the plastic problem on planet earth by doubling all your plastic purchases for a single movie 🌏 Less plastic not more wr are killing the ocean
I hate slip covers and so it’s looks great on my shelf! How could my plastic end up in the ocean if I even said in the video I keep the bad cases to switch out else where. And isn’t that why there is a giant recycling symbol cut into it? To make sure people recycle.
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How do you customize your collection?
whenever I get a blu-ray of a movie I have on dvd, if i can, I put the dvd disc inside the blu ray case and throw out the dvd paper and keep the plastic case. I really want that simpsons movie bluray with a yellow case.
You're not alone. Been replacing these ECO cases for years. They're terrible for the artwork.
That is the other thing that sucks if there is reverse art covered in Smurf blue plastic what is the point?
@80sMadeConsumer if you have any marvel movies you could put them in red or colors that match the poster or character like spider-man you could keep blue or red x men movies gray or sliver avengers infinity could be yellow gold or orange endgame purple
Glad to see i'm not the only one swapping out my cases.
That’s cool you do too. I just picked up a box of Red DVD cases. All my DVDs that never received a Blu-ray just got red cases. They look sharp.
I do the same with my collection! I started by replacing the cases that were damaged but then started to combine my owned blurays with my 4k’s that never included the bluray in the first place… makes the releases feel more complete!!
That’s even better so many times the special features don’t make it to the next release. The Hellboy dvd had special features that are only on the DVDand really should have been included in later releases.
I’m highly offended! The Convenient is not a girly movie 😂 I love that move!! Lol
@@thelastmoviestandingI love it, but my girls watch it for the main characters so I can’t unsee that it probably wasn’t made for me 😂
Lmaooo😊
I just started doing the same thing a few months ago putting my horror movies in clear cases.
That’s cool! Never really cared for the blue cases. Was there any of yours that stood out more because of the clear cases?
@@80sMadeConsumerRight now I only have Wrong Turn 1, 2, and 3 in the clear cases. I think they look amazing. Makes the artwork stand out more.
I’ve been creating my own custom covers for a while now. Mostly to get my dvds into blu ray cases so everything looks uniform on the shelf. I don’t mind the eco cases. I usually grab blu rays from dollar tree to reuse the cases. Been wanting to get the clear cases for my custom criterion covers. Also branching out into custom artwork for slipcovers.
@@chadhagar3726 That’s awesome! Took me a while to dive into customization but at the end of the day it’s my collection and we all do things and collect differently, I think it should reflect that. Plus I hated when they stopped using painted movie poster art and started photoshopping everything.
I love this idea. Especially the Disney white cases. It 100% brings back the clamshell vibe, and I love that.
Oh man it’s a project I’ve been wanting to do for a long while, and I still ran out of cases. After that flood I’ve been hyper focused on making my standard releases a little more unique.
One of the things that always stuck in my head was on some of those playboy mansion documentaries Hef would show off his movie collection, and he threw away all the VHS covers and used these tan colored clamshell cases. Something you’d see at a rental store. While I would never throw away the VHS covers always thought it looked sharp!
Dude this is awesome!
I'm glad you like it, you should try it!
It’s a good idea to customize when you have damaged Blu-Ray cases, it’s important to upkeep your collection I might consider replacing my Blu-Ray cases in the future 😊
Best way to save money is to upgrade as you go. I forgot to mention in the video, for me it was easy to replace new stuff coming in and ones I was rewatching.
Dude I REALLY dig the idea of customizing the cases. I think i may do a bit of it myself.
@@JOHNDOEJUGGALO Yeah go ahead man have fun, I hope more people do. Maybe we will get more colored cases like DVD has.
been case switching for yearssss now. put a red case on my cherry falls release along with a few other valentines horror movies. lol also clear cases go on all my scream factory releases that don't have slips! glad i'm not the only one! lol
Great to hear man, red cases are harder to come by I wish we could get those in bulk. Clear cases on Scream Factory top notch! Which one really stands out now with a clear case?
The custom cases are cool
@@HomeCinemaEnthusiast Ive always thought so, hopping more people start getting into it maybe more colors one day! Wishful thinking I know, but DVD cases came in tons of colors.
@ still have a lot of my Disney DVDs that came in white cases .
@ I think that’s what started the quest. I spent my childhood with all these Disney magic commercials and bam boring blue cases.
I love this idea!!
I have been replacing the cases of all my barbie movies with pink ones over the years but other than that I haven't utilized cases to customize my collection yet. I really like the idea of putting all your disney films in white cases. (Though the disney DVDs I grew uo with actually all came in dark blue) I have disney movies across different mediums so i feel like having them all be the same color would be so satisfying.
I also low key just hate the fact that blurays come in the standard blue case and every few months I have a moment where I am thinking about throwing out all my blue cases and replacing them with a less offensive color (I only have about 50 blurays), though so far I haven't actually committed to that project...
It really is overall satisfying to make your collection something that not only looks nice but highlights some unique pieces. As far as making all the Disney ones white, they really look sharp. 50 is a a manageable number especially if you plan ahead as you add new titles. I’ve been collecting for a very long time so I’ve been replacing the eco cases as I rewatch the films or when new ones come in. Doing a few a week was easier on the wallet.
weird that you grew up with dark blue disney dvds, I grew up with vhs clamshells in white (from my mothers generation) and dvds with black cases
@@unripped92 yeah, I grew up in Germany maybe it varies between countries
I have the same issue , I’ve changed a few of these echo cases.
@@HomeCinemaEnthusiast have you tried the colored cases? It never was my thing until I saw the Hulk had that green case. I was hooked!
So with the Sony movies Columbia Tri-Star, they have the see-through inner art, that’s what I did with my clear cases, also glad to see someone liked red riding hood, such an epic ending for me
@@jjthekollector the clear cases really are better for interior art. Always loved Red Riding Hood, it has a level of macabre and Amanda wasn’t bad to look at either
I always put in a new case and use plastic sleeve from Amazon to protect case from that ugly rubbing marking over the years that occurs
@@jjthekollector I’ve seen those and I get it but I couldn’t bring myself to do it, plus it’s not just me the whole family is in and out of the movie closet daily. That’s why all my boutiques and premium sets are in the movie room.
Those Disney Blurays look good
They did come out sharp.
THIS VIDEO MADE ME SUBSCRIBE OMG I FOUND MY NICHE
I literally said during the part where you switched the case for tom and huck "he better keep that extra paper" and you did
THIS IS WHAT I LOVE DUDE YOU ARE LIVING MY DREAM WITH ALL THESE BLU RAYS
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed, I’ve been into movies my whole life and collecting for over 25 years. It starts small and before you know it you’re finding creative ways to store them all. Since you’re new here, what is your favorite movie or genre?
My favourite movie (which I always say is not what I think is the BEST movie of all time, just my favourite) is the Hangover, to me it's the perfect blend of funny and mystery and all around dumb fun. I love the comedy genre. Also unrelated but I love HBO and I've got HBO's Watchmen on blu-ray, season 1 of Westworld, and Season 1 of togetherness.
Great case talk. I don't come across many videos that comes up with interesting alternatives, other than just plain solid, to eco cases. I don't know why but the yellow cover art work reminds me of National Geographic.
I’ve always felt like our collections should reflect us and colored cases are just a missed opportunity for studios. I get it’s a bottom line issue but DVDs used to come in all kinds of interesting packaging. Honestly it’s probably where they got it we see constant idea swiping from Disney.
I'm 57 I remember cd audio cases were ECO cases of the day I probably replaced 100to150 covers that would always break or crack when dropping them or even stacking the cds
These cheap items were originally to cut costs then Covid-19 happened and even made it worse . Nobody realized 🤔 that Slip covers would be so popular then the Pandemic created cheap easily damaged items. Like always a $$$$money issue
I’m an 80s kid and I still buy CDs I’m all too familiar with the pain of a broken case. For me it was always a bad day being a CD to the car case alway fell between the seats and at best just cracked.
I can understand why you don't like the ECO cases, I prefer other cases as well. But I've never really cared enough to go through my collection to replace them all, they just sit on a shelf and I don't abuse them so I haven't had any major issues ECO cases. I do replace it with a better case if it breaks though. Also if you're watching the Santa Clause on anything other than VHS, you're doing it wrong. LOL
We do have the Santa Clause on VHS too 😂 to save time and money I replace eco cases that come brand new and on the rewatch.
The colors don't really bother me but i have bought some 12 disc blu ray cases and put a bunch of multi disc dvd/blu-ray tv show sets in them and printed a custom cover to condense them down and save space on my shelves
I get the space saving I’ve thought about it many times.
I've noticed recently that some of the trays used in certain cases are incredibly shallow and have sharp edges. Have to be extra careful placing discs in without scratching them :/
I’ve noticed that too, haven’t had any issues with scratches. The problem I have is the shallow trays no matter how carful I am the discs fall or pop out! A must replace.
Blurays have always looked ugly cuz of the standard BLUE case
@@wowster-so8sx I always thought so too. I was all in on Blu-ray when it was new because I had the ps3, but preferred the red cases that HD DVD had. But in all honesty the best looking package design was always the VHS tape the whole front was filled with art.
I also started doing this to some of my DVD collection. ( Much easier ) More colors available in DVD. Do you have a facebook page 80s?
Yeah way more colors and cheaper for DVD. I don’t use facebook but I’m on twitter and instagram. You can contact me better on those, links are in the description on every video.
These look great, but I’m one of the space-saving heathens who use flat plastic slip sleeves and drawers. It makes me feel like I’m thumbing through albums or comic books
Thanks, and I say be a heathen we each collect differently its all about what best suits us. I see some joy out of that method especially since I spent my youth thumbing through media that way. What would be cool I think is if there was a an apothecary style cabinet that they could all fit in. Reminds me of looking for books at the school library using the Dewey Decimal system, butt those cabinets were ugly haha.
What I hate most about the eco cases, is the extreme gaslighting, and the greenwashing done by the companies. The punched out holes in the ♻️ shape is the most offensive and condescending thing I've ever seen. They aren't doing that to save the environment. They're doing that to save money. And gaslighting people while they're doing it.
There are ways to use less plastic, that actually makes sense. Such as on packaging that you throw away. Or water bottles, or whatever else that gets thrown out. But not on something that people actually keep.
Exactly I've always said if they truly cared we'd go back to the older packaging or glass bottles. In my life time I remember purchasing said products. We still had waste in the 80s and 90s, but it didn't feel as much as now. The very first Blu-ray I bought with an eco case waas A Nightmare On Elm Street, and those were my thoughts not fooling anyone.
I tossed all those cases and upgraded to sleeves.
That’s a space saver for sure. We tried those binder sleeves for the kids movies on long trips.
I tried micromanaging my videogame cases too but I was too lazy to keep it up.
Haha makes sense always hard to keep up with something that sits on a shelf, if I didn’t purposefully make these videos it would be hard for me too!
Thanks for the mention 80s! Lol😂
You bet! Had to acknowledge plus it was fresh in my mind. If it was a year ago there’s no way I would’ve remembered 🤣
Someing seen alotbin my collecting bluray from over seas that it is a mix bag 1 have 2 Hong know movies 1 cam in a clear cast and other was in clear case from what I was told asisn maklrket perfers the white or clear case for there blurays and any that may get imported to the us get the blue case. Yes very odd I also find arrow loves using clear case for there blurays also.
Cool that you got into Hong Kong cinema, have you checked out Nova Media? Great label out of South Korea. Only picked up there American titles but they have plenty of Asian cinema too.
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It angers me as well,the cost we pay for them we should have a proper case
@@BrianSmith-lj6ug it never feels like you get your moneys worth.
Shame it’s eco not echo ( sound waves ) cases ! And if you have a larger collection it would cost more than collation is worth to colour code the cases !
😂 I’ve had to do it little by little or it would be cost prohibitive. In general as I rewatch films and anything new.
It's ECO like Ecology, the claim is that they are using less plastic to "save the environment. But that's an excuse to cheap out on cases.
The best case is the first generation dvd because big and thick, the new case of dvd and blu ray is very bad, the reason is the people is on streaming and today the physical is very cheap.
Those are great if I ever find any on movies I’m donating or trading in I switch them out before I do.
I don't like digi packs cause of the same reason their junk
I have very few digipacks because they were the only option. easily damaged
What are you people doing with your collections to require more protection than an eco case provides? The way that Holes DVD sounds, you put em through the ringer! Mine just stay on shelves.
I have gotten plenty shipped and damaged as if crushed by other packages. Also have kids and they have never been gentle with anything.
@ ah, yea the kids. Forgot about that threat.
At least half the collection is covering in slip covers.I feel no need to replace those You can't see the plastic case on the shelf anyway You only ever see the spine ps you're really adding to the plastic problem on planet earth by doubling all your plastic purchases for a single movie 🌏 Less plastic not more wr are killing the ocean
I hate slip covers and so it’s looks great on my shelf! How could my plastic end up in the ocean if I even said in the video I keep the bad cases to switch out else where. And isn’t that why there is a giant recycling symbol cut into it? To make sure people recycle.
Eco case is very bad
Agreed
I seriously detest those cases that it seems every regular Blu-ray I have bought seems to always come in these days.
Yet we are getting more of these crap weak cases even though prices have increased
They are the worst! I’ve been replacing them over the past few years not all at once, but when I rewatch them. Better on the wallet.
@@80sMadeConsumer same here , that’s what I’ve been doing over time
Yeah it sucked when they came out! Now price gouging it just feels like a gut punch like the bully keeps taking my lunch money!