User:Nikki/Packaging

Jewel cases

standard jewel case

the most common packaging for a cd. three pieces - back, tray and front. the spine is part of the back cover which goes between the back and tray

slim case

common for singles. two pieces, back and front. the spine is part of the front cover (which is L-shaped, like a normal cassette case).

alt slim case

similar to a normal slim case, except hinged like a normal jewel case. since it's still only two pieces, there's no back cover and hence no spine. really annoying and thankfully not too common.

super jewel box

improved type of jewel case. rounded corners. can have spines on all four edges. more common for recent releases

• sizes: standard (cd-size), plus (between cd and dvd), king (dvd-size)

double jewel case

twice the width of a normal jewel case and opens on both sides. a lot of playstation games used similar cases.

Cardboard sleeves

single cardboard sleeve

square piece of card into which the cd is put directly

• sizes: standard, 8cm

double cardboard sleeve

a single cardboard sleeve inside another cardboard sleeve. not sure how common it is, seems to be more common for commercial stuff, maybe because it offers more protection than a single cardboard sleeve.

mini-lp

a pouch (for want of a better word) with a piece of card which folds over the front. the cd itself is in a papery/plasticky dust shield thing

• sizes: jewel case sized, square jewel case height (narrower than jewel case), square jewel case width (taller than jewel case)

plastic sleeve

like a cardboard sleeve but made of plastic

paper sleeve

like a cardboard sleeve but made of paper, often with a plastic window

Digipaks

digipak

folding card with plastic trays

• sizes: cd-size, dvd-size (dvdigipak)

jp 8cm

as wide as an 8cm cd and twice as high. it's a piece of card with a piece of plastic stuck to one side. very common. i don't have that many, but this was the standard packaging for a japanese single before they switched to normal 12cm cds in 2000 or so

digibook

similar to a digipak, except made of hard card shaped like a book

• sizes: cd-size, dvd-size

Others

keep case

soft plastic thing. ridiculously common for dvds

jcard

standard cassette packaging, plastic case with a liner which folds into a J shape. very common.

Weird stuff

• things similar to digipaks but with card hinges at the top and bottom to hold the cd instead of a tray
• things similar to digipaks but with foam blobs instead of a tray
• tins. i have several in round tins with bubble wrap inside