Ejector CD cases with trigger
I can't stand those brittle plastic CD/DVD cases. They always break, especially in the slippery, clumsy hands of kids. I always thought there ought to be a better way to protect and store discs. And the Ejector is the best solution I've come across. It's a flexible plastic sleeve with a trigger that pushes the disc out. How convenient, not to mention fun! Right now, Go-disc.com is selling them for $0.29 each in lots of 200. Link
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Sounds like a neat-o solution to many dumb designs over the years.
Perhaps you can tell me: Why are DVDs packaged as they are?
My guess:
Until about ten years ago, CDs were sold in cardboard boxes about the size of DVD cases.
In addition to allowing more room for "copy," the larger size made them harder to steal.
Folks pointed out that the box was tossed out immediately after purchase . . . a palpable waste.
With DVDs, they *started out* with a plastic box of substantial size. Booklets and insert cards were sized for the box. It was less obvious that the larger size package was a "waste" because it wasn't thrown away.
I come across these often at my job and I'm always concerned/wondering if the design of these sleeves contribute to disc scratching since the trigger pushes the disc through the narrow plastic slit. The plastic is semi flexible and could be warped from pressure, or wear and tear and possibly catch the disc, scratching the surface. I could be wrong, but that's the first thing I think of whenever I see these things.
Honestly, when CDs and DVDs were designed, what genius decided that a permanent hard shell, like a 3.5 disc wasn't necessary?
Permanent hard shell would have been a bad idea, it's too much packaging, it would have taken thousands of valuable cubic meters of space.
The right solution i think is better coating. And it's already there, you just need to buy top-quality CDs.
Take a look at this:
"To protect the coatings lacquer is applied and high quality manufacturers make it nice and thick or will even apply a separate protective coating. Poor quality CD-R’s have very little protection on the coatings and will scratch easily, or worse, delaminate. By writing with a non-water base felt pen, the ink could make its way to the data layer and damage a poorly sealed CD-R. But be aware, even the best coated CD-R’s can be damaged over time by non-water based felt makers."
link: http://www.warehousephoto.com/How_Permanent_is_your_CD-R.htm
At the beggining there were only expensive empty CDd to buy. Then there were lesser quality CDs on the market and we started buying them, although we knew they were of lesser quality. We bought them anyway. I guess we think less of information we want to have stores on CDs.