Who Buys DVDs Due To Early Release?
Tricky Dicky
VCDs and it has been commented that DVD sales fall
off the moment a VHS version comes out.
DVD is a superior format and the threads in this
group are more akin to the discussions you get
among hi-fi nuts than people just buying films.
What I am saying is: surely the driving force for
purchasing DVD is the striving for best picture
and sound rather than just getting films as soon
as possible. Or am I wrong?
TheThing
First, and foremost, is the enhanced quality. A nice anamorphic picture on
my widescreen TV just does it for me. Secondly, are the extras. Personally a
couple of trailers, a commentary and maybe a documentary or two are enough
to satisfy me but anymore is more than welcome e.g. Tarzan Collectors
Edition is my fav at the mo. Thirdly would be the fact that there are many
films that I get see on DVD before my friends get to see them at the cinema.
You can't deny that when your friends invite you to the cinema to the film
and you can tell them you have already seen it is one hell of a thrill.
Of course there are other reasons like size, durability, dolby digital.
But really the above three are the main reasons. But of course that's just
in my opinion, and hey, what do I know?
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Chris Vila
bought buy both those film elitists who always bout widescreen and
laserdisc's etc, but also buy the people who where compleatly ingnorant and
now own a proline dvd player - connected to their 'huge' 25" beko mono tv -
who are currently pissed off at the black bars and are saving for the
grundig widescreen tv they have seen at curry. -They will be moning 1 hour
after buying it when they find Titanic - their favorite disc and film of all
time doesn't fill the screen.
*sigh*
Chris Cox
because of the comparably poor quality.
I think the sales will be because most people who want a film buy it in the
first couple of weeks of release anyway - so when the VHS one comes out,
those whi want it on DVD have already got it.
Those who are left may buy the video because it is cheaper.
Andy Wilson
Video Tapes and The Big Lebowski wasn't available on video.
The only videos I've bought since then have been the 2 Bob & Margaret tapes.
I was very tempted by the Planet of the Apes re-issue but held out ...
... saying that, easy access to the US catalogue, both new releases and
unvailable in the UK back catalogue, is my main reason for buying DVD. I
used to import Videos but they don't fit through my letterbox!
On the other hand, my impoverished Brother In Law normally buys Videos
rather than DVDs for the simple fact that they're cheaper, and with a 14"
TV, he don't notice the difference too much. He will however rent DVD rather
than VHS 'cos they're the same price. Basic Economics ...
Andy
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> I bought a DVD player back in '98 'cos DVDs were less costly to import
than
> Video Tapes and The Big Lebowski wasn't available on video.
I bought Lebowski on VHS a month or so before I got my DVD player, and only
got round to replacing it with the miserable featureless R2 disc because it
was only a tenner last week...
> The only videos I've bought since then have been the 2 Bob & Margaret
tapes.
> I was very tempted by the Planet of the Apes re-issue but held out ...
I'd have to say that I buy VHS as much as I ever have - but only in clearout
sales :) HMV and Virgin and Woolworths get me every time when they reduce
large piles of tapes to £3 or £4 each - I walk in with the cash for a single
R2 DVD and walk out with 4 or 5 tapes.
> ... saying that, easy access to the US catalogue, both new releases and
> unvailable in the UK back catalogue, is my main reason for buying DVD. I
> used to import Videos but they don't fit through my letterbox!
I'd have to agree. Region 1 is the main benefit of DVD, but somehow I still
end up making impulse R2 buys :( I've got around 25-30 R1 discs and about a
dozen R2 now.
> On the other hand, my impoverished Brother In Law normally buys Videos
> rather than DVDs for the simple fact that they're cheaper, and with a 14"
> TV, he don't notice the difference too much. He will however rent DVD
rather
> than VHS 'cos they're the same price. Basic Economics ...
Renting DVD is great, so long as you use somewhere cheap & independent. I
think I'm one of about 5 people who rent DVD from my local independent, and
I've yet to encounter a disc with greasy fingerprints on - unlike a bad
experience I had with Blockbuster.
-Vin
Chris Bailey
But yes I think we all strive for picture and sound, and I will
only buy a disc if I know it excels in these departments.
"Tricky Dicky" <tri...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I've just been reading the thread on Thai pirate
>VCDs and it has been commented that DVD sales fall
>off the moment a VHS version comes out.
>
>DVD is a superior format and the threads in this
>group are more akin to the discussions you get
>among hi-fi nuts than people just buying films.
>
>What I am saying is: surely the driving force for
>purchasing DVD is the striving for best picture
>and sound rather than just getting films as soon
>as possible. Or am I wrong?
>
>
>
>
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Rob Hayward
<TheT...@tinyworld.co.uk> writes
>Well, for me, there are many factors that come into play when buying DVDs.
>First, and foremost, is the enhanced quality.
Definitely
>Secondly, are the extras.
Originally these were nice but so many of them are the same format with
little interesting to say that I really couldn't care much anymore.
About the only thing worth having I think is a directors commentary
>Thirdly would be the fact that there are many
>films that I get see on DVD before my friends get to see them at the cinema.
Couldn't care less, everybody gets to see something for the first time
once and I'd rather see it on a really big screen than even a big tv.
>You can't deny that when your friends invite you to the cinema to the film
>and you can tell them you have already seen it is one hell of a thrill.
No - that's just showing off
> Of course there are other reasons like size, durability, dolby digital.
Agreed
>"Tricky Dicky" <tri...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:962534417.2582.0...@news.demon.co.uk...
>> I've just been reading the thread on Thai pirate
>> VCDs and it has been commented that DVD sales fall
>> off the moment a VHS version comes out.
>>
>> DVD is a superior format and the threads in this
>> group are more akin to the discussions you get
>> among hi-fi nuts than people just buying films.
>>
>> What I am saying is: surely the driving force for
>> purchasing DVD is the striving for best picture
>> and sound rather than just getting films as soon
>> as possible. Or am I wrong?
I would agree here.
--
Rob
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