Are Slipcovers Important for Physical Media? Blu-ray, DVD, 4K

[@robertsaul234]

I used to throw them out when the retailers put stickers all over them. I appreciate it when they print the reversable covers with the original posters.

[@romelovesdan]

Yes, those alternate covers are nice.

[@lylahale5284]

agreed, i dont mind slip covers but what dissapoints me sometime is when the slip cover picture, has the same picture as the actual cover once its removed, would be good if they used a different artwork for both

[@vinylvictim4424]

I used to throw them away, too. Until I discovered alternate artwork sleeves, linticular sleeves, embossed or debossed sleeves, reservible sleeves, glossy sleeves, etc. But after all that, the primary reason I keep them now is the protection they provide from wear on the movie boxes due to sliding them in and out of the shelving units where they reside. So important for keeping the outside of your film boxes in tip top shape!

[@DocDoccus]

I used to toss them, but I think I was stupid for doing it. I keep my slipcovers now.

[@frederickbartel2837]

The only movies I've bought with slipcovers on them are 3-in-1 movies (three movies in one package, usually on two discs) or horror movies from the '60s or '70s. I've always kept the slipcovers because I keep all artwork that comes with a product, but I am certainly tempted to dump them when the artwork is the same.

[@MrCineMayo]

@@frederickbartel2837 I also generally keep everything that comes with a product.

[@robinburke3323]

I keep them because it feels wrong to throw them away. They have a strange hold over me.

[@ktdb7834]

I have a sickness when it comes to slips. If a movie I am debating about purchasing doesn’t have a slip but one exists or did exist in the past, I have a hard time wanting/buying it. Movies with slips all by the same label look so nice on the shelf. Unless I know I’m getting the slip, more than likely I’ll pass. It’s ridiculous but like I said, it’s a collector’s mindset that I can’t shake off!

[@MrCineMayo]

It definitely happens with us collectors

[@mikee1985]

I can relate to this! Glad it’s not just me then! I also agree, it’s bonkers and I know it.

[@kippkippington]

I will gladly sell my slipcovers, they mean nothing to me.

[@CanadianBacon6ix]

They make great coasters for my beer. That's all i use or need them for.

[@haroldingebretsen2135]

Great video Joe I wouldn't let em slip through your hands ❤.

[@sharonevans6864]

I do keep slip covers for the few I have that came with them, but ( this will be unpopular) I keep my movies in plastic sleeves for space saving reasons . Enjoyed your video Joe, take care !

[@MrCineMayo]

@@sharonevans6864 I certainly get the need to save space, but I like my physical media boxes too much.

[@josephmantineo1376]

Hey Joe!! Excellent video!!!! You have some great points. I look at the slip covers the same way I look at the long boxes of cds from 1980’s Back in the day I tossed them out BUT TODaY I look at the long boxes as art. Some of the slip cases really have a fancy look to them and some don’t but it is part of the packaging of the cd/blurey. So Yes keep it it sucks that they get damaged and catch every time the blurey or dvd goes and gets slid into the outside case but it is part of the package.

[@SaintMartins]

The fact that i've seen people on YT during shopping trips refusing to buy a movie b/c it doesn't have a slipcase, is all you need to know about them. They're not fans of films, they're just collecting to eventually resale it. Also Criterion collectors are worse, they buy to collect, not to watch. Often they admit, they've never unsealed them.

[@RickHonks1]

I refer to them as 'bubblegum card collectors". They are definitely not fans of movies, although they will claim they are. I couldn't care less about slipcovers. It's just excess cardboard packaging and I throw them all away. I buy physical media because I collect MOVIES, not cardboard.

[@MrCineMayo]

I think you're right.

[@EricSchultz-zs8hz]

I suppose that slip covers help to protect the real cover inside. A good example would be that slip cover you have that arrived damaged. Maybe without it the plastic may have been cracked. I like that Abbott + Costello slip cover that opens to show some more pictures. Sure, some slip covers are too tight, and are a pain in the neck (or somewhere else, at the other end of the spinal column!) to get back on.

[@anthonydiggle2926]

I am personally ambivalent towards slipcovers; If I don't get one with a new blu ray or 4K I have purchased, it doesn't worry me. And what I find bizarre is that on sights like Etsy, some sellers are selling custom made slipcovers for around $12. Seems an insane waste of money to me. But, if overall they are beneficial and helpful to the blu ray and 4K industry and help sales, I am very glad of their existence, even though I am not a big fan.

[@thepirategamerboy12]

I keep them, to me they're part of the packaging if they came included originally and it'd feel wrong for me to throw them away because of that. It is annoying though when you get a Blu-Ray with a slipcover and it arrives all battered up in shipping, I had to return one movie like three times before I got a decent one.

[@TrevUk]

Keep Slippin

[@joshua2814]

I still have the attitude that it’s fine to throw out if it’s the same or it’s damaged. But I keep them when it’s different. I figure by getting rid of them I’m decreasing the annoyance you talk about and saving a tiny bit of space (maybe it equals a movie every 50 covers or something.

[@ryantalksphysicalmedia]

I for one do like a slip cover! New sub from a fellow collector!

[@MrCineMayo]

Thanks

[@wowster-so8sx]

I Have trown away slipcovers, including the whole plastic case the movies came in. Heck sometimes I just get rid of the whole movie.. But I do keep movies that have cool covers or that catch my interest.

[@ronaldmcdonands]

That House Of Wax cover is really cool! Very nice!

[@jasonpp1973]

You forgot about steelbooks, lol! Is that the new Target Meet The Beatles vinyl in the background?

[@MrCineMayo]

I like steelbooks but I don't go crazy with them, and have very few. Yes, the vinyl is the Target MTB.

[@grey1951]

I'm completely neutral on the subject of slipcovers. They add something extra and nice to the packaging. But I don't seek out something just for the slipcover. I agree that it's cool when there's different art, but it's not a big factor for me. The only time I throw them out is if they're damaged. Thrift stores like Big Lots and Dollar Tree have a bad habit of adding price stickers in such a way that you can't help tearing the slipcovers to get to the film, so those I do dispose of. I like that A&C Meet Frank cover!

[@MrCineMayo]

Hey Mike, I read your Eggers Nosferatu review -- I could have written it! I agree. Really well thought out review.

[@grey1951]

@@MrCineMayo Thank you! I hope you don't think I plagiarized you. I watched your video when I was starting to write my commentary, and we both shared many of the same ideas. Brilliant minds think alike, apparently. But I appreciate you visiting my blog. I'm going to concentrate more on writing than making videos, at least for a while. Writing doesn't come easy; it takes a lot of time for me to be OK with what I've written.

[@MrCineMayo]

@@grey1951 I feel exactly the same. I used to write reviews online, and I would constantly be tweaking and doing various drafts before being comfortable. I find that words of all kinds, various adjectives and descriptors, come to me far easy when writing for me than just speaking off the cuff.

[@SpaceCattttt]

I'm not a fan of them but they are part of the package. Anything that's part of the package (apart from plastic wrapping) stays where it is. Yes, that goes for useless lobby cards and other crappy swag as well. I don't throw away things I've paid for.