Digipak research: Digipak vs. CD case

Digipak:

Digipak

Digipaks tend to be far more informative than a CD case as they usually consist of 6 panels, meaning much more content can be held than the 4 panels of a CD case. They hold either one or two CD's and usually include band/artists information as well as a lyrics booklet.
They are usually made of card, making the artwork they use on the case a far better quality, and also allowing for the picture to be easily transferable and continuing throughout the other sides of the digipak, unlike a CD case as the pictures tend to be printed sheets stuck onto the plastic material of the CD case.

CD Case:

CD Case

Cd cases consist of 4 panels and usually contain just the one CD (with exceptions). They are generally more basic than a digipak and usually consist of the CD, song listings, and do not hold much else. They are often made of plastic material and are usually less designed than a digipak due to the smaller space available.







The main difference between digipak and CD case is really the size of the two and the amount of panels each consists of. Digipaks are usually more descriptive and hold more content about the artist and the album itself, and so because of this reason they are becoming increasingly favourable. Although, with this does come the expenses, as the CD case is much cheaper to construct and are also cheaper to buy than a digipak, perhaps the reason why people would buy the CD case in favour of the more expensive, yet more informative, digipak.