I recently purchased this set and I'm very happy with it... love the movies, and there are featurettes and more  NOT on the regular DVD set to boot! Even with a book,  and it is a particularly nice one much better than I expected, this takes up less space than this many traditionally packaged DVDs would so that complaint doesn't seem fair. The worry that many have about scratched DVDs due to their placement in sleeves is also a non-issue for me. NONE of the DVDs were scratched and I'm not clumsy enough to damage them removing them .  I also don't watch the same movie day after day after day so these things are  not going to be taken in and out over and over...but you'd really have to try and damage them.