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punking
09-11-2003, 15:02
I know why companies like to do spines on DVDs that when you have bought them all they form a nice picture. They do it because of idiots like me who like to complete collections. However why do they never ever match. How hard can it be? Red Dwarf and The Professionals are my latest culprits? The third disc in the red Dwarf set doesn't line up with the other two, and in the Professionals because of a huge gap Doyles' head is huge.

The artists on DVDcoverart.com seem to be able to do it so why can't these companies?

Rant over.

Col.
mikeh1982
09-11-2003, 15:39
mass printing means it would be nearly impossible to get them all lined up perfectly surely??
jedirobbie
09-11-2003, 16:09
The 007 set isn't too bad, but what I don't get is WHY oh why, don't they line up the BBFC Certificates! :brickwall

Picture looks fine, but they are all up & down!
Bish
09-11-2003, 16:24
Originally posted by jedirobbie
Picture looks fine, but they are all up & down! That really annoys me as well :dork:
punking
09-11-2003, 17:17
Originally posted by mikeh1982
mass printing means it would be nearly impossible to get them all lined up perfectly surely??

That's possible. But if I give a computer certain dimensions and tell it to print one or a thousand copies. It's still exactly the same dimensions. Magazine covers are mass produced but if you took issue 125 (example) of Empire and compared it with another copy of issue 125, the cover would have exactly the same dimensions and everything would be in the same place.

Col.
dazzM
09-11-2003, 18:22
Originally posted by mikeh1982
mass printing means it would be nearly impossible to get them all lined up perfectly surely?? When these are printed because the requirement for high quality they are run on large format presses so there should be no movement in register. If there is, then its down to either: badly set up press by the printer, poorly trimmed by the guilloteen operator or (most probably) bad design work!
ryonhilluk
09-11-2003, 20:01
The Bond films are ok but the Red Dwarf DVD's might look a bit funny when finished.
DeadKenny
09-11-2003, 20:07
Originally posted by jedirobbie
The 007 set isn't too bad, but what I don't get is WHY oh why, don't they line up the BBFC Certificates! :brickwall

Picture looks fine, but they are all up & down!

Not only that but those French spines look out of place with the french titles and no BBFC logos :p
cm-9
09-11-2003, 23:32
Real French DVDs put the writing on the spine upside down (like French books). Really annoys me. Like how they drive on the wrong side of the road. All done by Napoleon to try to make them different from the Brits, I reckon.

Back on topic, there seems to be a few mm variation in the overall position of the cover label, in cases of slightly differing designs.
gjkendall
10-11-2003, 06:45
I was very impressed with the way the Nightmare on Elm Street box set titles all match up!:dork:
spu98ajc
10-11-2003, 09:39
Thats funny, my red dwarf spines line up perfectly.


spu98ajc
TimK
10-11-2003, 10:48
Originally posted by spu98ajc
Thats funny, my red dwarf spines line up perfectly.


spu98ajc As does mine :confused:
babylon
10-11-2003, 12:48
And mine (well within a mm or so anyway).