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In Reply to: RE: Found My Old CD Longboxes posted by Luminator on August 16, 2015 at 17:44:00
...God knows it's a daily occurrence. But the reason, I think, that CD manufacturers introduced the long boxes was to help thwart folks from walking out from music stores with CDs tucked here and there.
And as you said, having something a little more hefty in your hand with typically larger than CD graphics was eye-catching, as well. One of the reasons that some folks like vinyl.
The elimination of the physical medium itself, be it an album, a CD, a tape, as we've discussed, has its own attractions, too. Granted, a PC, an iMac, an external hard drive or thumb drive are all physical media, too. But for a growing number, a more elegant and space saving solution.
Just my 2¢, naturally.
Joe
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In addition to their anti-theft value, longboxes were also used because retailers could display them in their old LP racks, two across. They didn't need to buy new CD sized display racks right away.
BTW, longboxes were a North America only thing - in Europe and Asia, CDs were sold in shrinkwrap from the beginning.
FWIW, back in the day I threw away longboxes as soon as I removed the CD inside. I didn't see any value in hanging onto them.
I'd forgotten the two across factor, point well taken. I'd ditch them, too, as soon as I got them home. CDs are annoying enough to get open without their extra wrapping.
Joe
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