Basic Digipak Reasearch

What is a digipak?

Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD packaging. It has become popular by holding CD and DVD’s from the same artist, combining the release of a new CD with a DVD.

Digipaks typically consist of a book-style paper board or card outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside.

What is the purpose of a digipak?

Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak  is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets.

The History

Since Digipaks were among the first alternatives to CD casing to be used by major record companies, and because there is no other common name for Digipak-style packaging made by other companies, the term digipak or Digi-Paks often used generically. Giving record companies no other choices whether to choose between CD casing or Digipaks. Digipak-style cases grew in popularity among record labels and recording artists in the early 2000s.