2. • A digipak is limited edition packaging for an
album/DVD release. It typically consists of a book-style
paperboard, with one or more plastic trays
capable of holding CD or DVD attached to the
inside. Digipak-style cases grew in popularity among
record labels and recording artists in the early 2000’s.
• Digipaks can either flip open like a book, or it can
have three parts, so that one portion of the packaging
opens to the right and one of the left, with the CD in
the centre position.
What is a Digipak?
3. • More expensive than traditional liner notes and jewel
cases.
• They are more environmentally friendly than jewel
cases because they can be made of recycled paper.
• Digipak’s don’t crack like jewel cases, although they do rip
and eventually the paper begins to peel apart and separate.
• They look visual as there is more room for artistic
design.
• When the teeth of the tray eventually breaks in a
digipak, the CD/DVD falls out of the bottom because
there is nothing to hold it in, unlike jewel cases.
Digipak Pro’s and Con’s
