"Even the cases are poorly designed, why put a 5" disc in a 10" case?"
That's and interesting question. I think it's marketing (unless there is some historical reason that I'm unaware of, and it continue in that format by inertia and "brand recognition"). "Look, this new product is better, it even comes in a bigger box"... even if the disk looks identical to the eye. Waste of material indeed.
Brand recognition... I always get confused by those special big CD boxes, I think they are DVDs until I read the thing in the back.
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5" disk in 10" case?
"Even the cases are poorly designed, why put a 5" disc in a 10" case?"
That's and interesting question. I think it's marketing (unless there is some historical reason that I'm unaware of, and it continue in that format by inertia and "brand recognition"). "Look, this new product is better, it even comes in a bigger box"... even if the disk looks identical to the eye. Waste of material indeed.
Brand recognition... I always get confused by those special big CD boxes, I think they are DVDs until I read the thing in the back.