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Looking for single-width 6-disc DVD-cases

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I'm not really sure where to place this topic, but since this probably concerns a lot of DVD-creators (or at least -collectors) I'll put it here:

I'm looking for DVD-cases that hold 6 discs but are as width as a single DVD (14 mm). The only shop I found some is HERE:

http://www.genesysdtp.com/images/5dvdbox_large.gif

Although these do look a little fragile (and some of the discs are overlapping, which isn't the best solution) I'd be happy do get some of these. Unfortunately I'm located in Germany, and shipping alone would add up to $ 80, which is "a little" too much for my taste.

Nevertheless, there are other single-width-6-disc-cases (what a word), like with the RC2/RC4-release of "Magnum P.I. - Season 2", which uses a system similar to this:

http://www.genesysdtp.com/images/6dvdbox_large.gif

... but at single width (and with white flaps instead of black ones). The image above shows the standard 6-disc case with a width of 24 mm - 27 mm (depending on the brand), which I'm using for my 6-disc needs (like replacing TV-show digipacks and stuff). But having those at single width would be just fantastic.

Does anybody know where to get the "Magnum"-type cases? And is anybody willing to help me defy those ridiculous shipping costs by ordering some, and forwarding them to me (which might still come out cheaper than $ 80)?
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Forget the 6 disc cases, get one of the fancy 50 disc cases.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008OTDJ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



Actually, I had a good place for them, but I can't find it anymore. Let me look around a bit...
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There are even 100-spindles... yet, only the second-best way to mass storage DVDs

Anyway, I'm kind of a consistency-buff... I just HATE the packaging of TV-series looking different every season. Furthermore I'm also a design-buff and a space-saver-buff, which results in stuff like this:

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6417/frprevnew1bh2.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/603/prev1ha2.jpg http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2319/prev2hr9.jpg http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9255/scrubsprev1lr6.jpg http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9501/24prev1mp9.jpg http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8607/24prev2ll5.jpg

The 22-minute shows fit on 4 DVDs per season, and those cases aren't that hard to get hold of... but the longer shows, like "24", "Dawson's Creek" or "Lost" need bigger cases (or hopefully NOT).
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Laserschwert seeing those preview pics makes me realise that more than your 24 set need to be converted to English. You've got some great cover sets.

I also wanted to say that I was quite happy when I found many TV shows are now being repackaged here in Australia in the single-width-6-disc cases. I've got 24: Season 1 in such a case along with Smallville: Season 3 and hopefully soon Supernatural: Season 1. In any case, I managed to talk one of the staff at the store where I bought 24 to give me 3 of the 6-disc cases (empty of course). They had a couple on the stands behind the seasons of 24 to stock the display. I've yet to find somewhere that you can buy them (or at least, buy just a handful as opposed to 100 or 1000).

To contact me outside the forum, for trades and such my email address is my OT.com username @gmail.com

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Originally posted by: klokwerk
I also wanted to say that I was quite happy when I found many TV shows are now being repackaged here in Australia in the single-width-6-disc cases. I've got 24: Season 1 in such a case along with Smallville: Season 3 and hopefully soon Supernatural: Season 1. In any case, I managed to talk one of the staff at the store where I bought 24 to give me 3 of the 6-disc cases (empty of course). They had a couple on the stands behind the seasons of 24 to stock the display. I've yet to find somewhere that you can buy them (or at least, buy just a handful as opposed to 100 or 1000).


Interesting that more and more of those cases appear... maybe it's the same as with the single-width 4-disc-cases, which weren't that common 2 or 3 years ago, and now you can get them about everywhere.

There was a thread at Ric's forum, but all of the shops linked to in there don't have those cases anymore.
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Also, since minimum ordering quantity is always an issue, I'd look around for a friend to split the order with. I do this often.