Somewhere on these fora somebody posted a link to a source for slimline storage cases which allowed for two dvds facing each other. I've been looking all evening, but can't find it. Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

PatH

Wal-Mart, for one.

Thanks, I'll check Wal-Mart. but the link I saw was to an etailer.

PatH

www.rima.com

They have these in poly cases. I prefer the CD sized ones with the wrap-around clear plastic sleeve. Actually, I prefer the regular thickness ones that hold two discs, since I like a readable edge label, but I think they have them in slim cases too.

That may have been a post from me. Not too long ago I said somewhere that if space was a real premium, you could use these (http://www.supermediastore.com/slim-clear-double-cd-jewel-case.html), which I have used, and am using. They are very durable and I like them a lot. They aren't that great for movies because you have to turn them over to read the title on the second disk, but for television series they cannot be beat. They are 5.2mm, the same as slim gem-type cases, but they hold two disks and are clear on both sides so, as I said, you can read the disk labels/titles easily.

That may have been a post from me. Not too long ago I said somewhere that if space was a real premium, you could use these (http://www.supermediastore.com/slim-clear-double-cd-jewel-case.html), which I have used, and am using. They are very durable and I like them a lot. They aren't that great for movies because you have to turn them over to read the title on the second disk, but for television series they cannot be beat. They are 5.2mm, the same as slim gem-type cases, but they hold two disks and are clear on both sides so, as I said, you can read the disk labels/titles easily.

I have seen literally hundreds, if not thousands, of different hard plastic jewel cases, both standard and thin. I have never seen ONE that I would call durable, much less "very durable," which is why I much prefer the poly cases. You could step on one, and it wouldn't break. But the DVD inside might... ;)

Well, to explain. I had previously been using the thin gem-type cases that I got at Sam's Club, and other sources, and I was seeing the hinges break fairly easily. The disks were not held very securely, so if I opened the case vertically, rather than horizontally, the disk could slip out and onto the floor if I failed to catch it. With these cases, I have never experienced either of these issues, so I call them an improvement on the other cases. I haven't stepped on one, but that falls outside of what I would call the intended application. The poly case wouldn't survive a pass through a wood chipper, but that's outside the intended application too. I have seen many of the thin gem-type cases fail in standard use, just on opening, and I have not seen these fail under those conditions, so I called them durable rather than fragile.

Well, to explain. I had previously been using the thin gem-type cases that I got at Sam's Club, and other sources, and I was seeing the hinges break fairly easily. The disks were not held very securely, so if I opened the case vertically, rather than horizontally, the disk could slip out and onto the floor if I failed to catch it. With these cases, I have never experienced either of these issues, so I call them an improvement on the other cases. I haven't stepped on one, but that falls outside of what I would call the intended application. The poly case wouldn't survive a pass through a wood chipper, but that's outside the intended application too. I have seen many of the thin gem-type cases fail in standard use, just on opening, and I have not seen these fail under those conditions, so I called them durable rather than fragile.

I checked your link above, and I think these are the same poly cases I was talking about! I don't know why they call them "jewel cases," I think they aren't. They are a different design, and made from polypropylene, which is NOT considered a "hard plastic," such as true jewel cases are made of.

True jewel cases are made of a stiff, brittle, (usually)glass-clear plastic, and consist of three pieces, front, back, and insert. The poly cases are all one piece of a flexible plastic, clear for those you and I linked, but often black or white, when used on commercial DVDs. True jewel cases have a hinge that consists of two pivots. Standard poly cases don't really have a hinge, they just flex to let you open them. The ones I linked have a clear plastic outer sleeve, which lets you slip a label under it, and holds it there. I can't see the case in your link well enough to tell. Are these some sort of hybrid? do they have the pivot hinges, but are still made of poly propylene? If so, maybe it is a sort of non-standard jewel case. I haven't seen any like that.