The two Pirates movies are special, they have cardboard slipcovers. And very purty they are too!

Quoting lyonsden5:

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how bout next time you want to create a poll leave the editorial comments out of it 

It could have just as correctly said
Yes - Continue with the current method of handling this
instead of the negative way you put it:
Yes - Even though it's a violation of the current rules, add the banners. We can rewrite the rules later.

Or even better
Use the banner:
Yes
No
Neutral

Talk about trying to taint the voters

*groan*

Dan... they're not "custom made" - read the previous thread at the very least.  And you never answered my question, a big surprise.

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"And Dan -- what exactly looks "weird" about the scans in, say, Ken's recent HD DVD purchase list?"

http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=78184&messageID=252734#M252734

I think I have around 30 HD DVDs. I voted Yes to continue with they way we're doing it.

Quoting Dan W:

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Did I misrepresent anything? The rules are pretty clear on this.

Yes, you did. The rules are actually silent on including parts of the case in the image.

Regardless, for HD formats, the top of the case is part of the cover. You will see the top of the case represented in the images of any e-tailer. It's a change from the way DVDs were marketed and DVD Profiler needs to change with it. I've not seen any reviewer or other collection software that removes the top banner. It's the industry standard to include it.

Also, there is currently no data in DVD Profiler Mobile to indicate format type other than the cover.

Quoting 8ballMax:

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I voted No.  Although I have yet to invest in a HD format...

Why did you vote?

Quoting ajm:

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Quoting tarantino:

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Sound to me like a good reason to include a blu-ray banner.
From your sig, I only see Pirates as blu-ray editions. 

But why do I care if they are dvd or blu-ray? dvdprofiler tells me what they are, so I don't need the cover.

Deja vu!

"If you notice in 3.0.1, Blu-ray and/or HD DVD is no longer "prominently" marked in the profile, now that there is a "Media Type" choice.  The "Media Type" choice doesn't carry over to the online "My Profiler" data base - unless you continue to put the Blu-ray or HD DVD  name in the "Edition" section (previously called "Desc." in 2.4 DVD Profiler), which most people are no longer doing.

Without it being designated in the on-line "My Profiler" data base, only the picture with the Blu-ray/HD DVD logo on it will let people know that it is an HD disc.

Paul"

My Vote is yes.

I have contributed well over 100 HD disc covers - HD DVD, Combos and Blu-ray.

My opinion here is that this thread was started with a BIASED negative slant if you would vote yes, which should invalidate the purpose here.

Quoting Mark Harrison:

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That is simply putting a larger workload on those who are doing the work to scan the images in to begin with.  Not all of us are good with image manipulation to begin with and this will only scare people away. 

My assumption was that DVD Profiler should have the best scans that can be made.  If having good scans will "scare people", then MHO would be that they don't have to contribute.  I don't think the main database is intended for people to learn or take their turn for fun.

Personally, I want my collection to look as professional as it can and I believe Ken would agree.  People should go LOCAL, if they want to have fun, like in a hobby.

Paul

The current rules are not written to allow the addition of the "banners". The poll states that clearly.

There is a lot of discussion about this lately and whether we add banners or not, we need to get something in the rules to cover this.

If you want them the vote yes, if not, vote no.

After this we get to go write two different rules (or more if need be) and see which way folks want to go on the written rule. After that, we give it to Ken and he makes the final decision.

We need to write something that covers this issue specifically because it is a continuing debate. One thing I wonder about is, what happens when the manufacturers change the cases? Are we expected to add banners from now on regardless of the new case types which come along?


Personally, I think using the description field is a better choice for this information.

Dan, all thsis willl do is give people a rule that allows them to crop the slip covers of  Disney's BR releases. Sonce they have the banner, they will be removed. Just wait.