Product Information
1 case holds 1 discs
"Snap-Case" Style DVD keep case, (Also known as a "paperback case", "Ivy Hill Snapper" "snapper case", or FLP case.) holds cardboard artwork with 8 notches in top and bottom by "snapping" it in place with bottom and top holding strips (some DVD snap-cases may have 7, or 9 notches, i am not sure though) The DVD case was mainly used by Time Warner's Warner Home Video from 1994 to 2003. You can use this for an original style replacement , and keep the original artwork, as many DVD cases from this era have aged, and the hub holding the disc has failed.
Dimensions
Standard
7 1/2" (H) x 5 1/28" (W) x almost 1/2" (D)
Metric
189mm (H) x 140mm (W) x 13mm (D)
From a master case of brand new media items, (Mostly "Eight Legged Freaks" or "Fear.com" Full Screen DVDs) with the artwork and discs removed. Message us if you are interested in large quantities, at a lower price, and you remove the unwanted artwork and disks yourself.
Weather you choose Economy, or Priority Mail, each additional item is only $.50 (50 cents) in S&H charges, if you choose Economy shipping, there is a max of $9.00 charged for shipping any amount, paid for in ONE PAYMENT, for all my media listings.
If you choose Priority Mail, you will get package sent via Priority Mail, but if you choose economy shipping, i may use First Class Mail, Parcel Select, Priority Mail, or even Media Mail (If i use Media Mail, there will be a DVD, or CD in one, or more of the cases), depending on how many are ordered, how far away you live, and/or the total weight of the package.
History/info/trivia on "Snap-Cases"
It consists of a paperboard flap (where the cover art is printed) which is held closed by a narrow plastic strip which has a "snap" closure. The strip is part of a single piece of plastic which forms the disc tray, and protective edges at the top and bottom. The "hinge" is simply created by the thinness of the plastic along the back right corner. The closure forms the right edge of the package and wraps as a single rigid piece around to the front in an L shape (as viewed from either end). Bumps on the inside of the top and bottom edges of the tray fit into notches on the end of the closure in order to create the snap.
It was patented in 1992 by Ivy Hill Packaging, a Time-Warner subsidiary that made cardboard LP sleeves and CD longboxes. It allowed them to have an eco-friendly case option which used little plastic and allowed the printing of graphics on the inside cover. It also made good financial sense as it repurposed cardboard-manufacturing machinery still onsite. It was originally used as a prestige format in a square case for CD-Singles from 1993 to 1997, but was later used in a rectangular case for DVDs from 1994 to 2003. The DVD case was mainly used by Time Warner's Warner Home Video unit, including releases from Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema and their associated labels. Time-Warner gradually switched to DVD keep-cases in 2003 when they sold Ivy Hill to Cinram, who later dropped the format in 2005 due to a lack of interest.