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Posted by tabernacle2002 on 10/05/46 11:39
Dick Sidbury wrote:
> In article <1139424253.803302.205140@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Catalog titles : $18
> > New releases : $24
> >
>
> When a bookstore buys a book from a distributor (middle man) it
> typically pays 60% of list price plus shipping. If these (wholesale)
> prices are distributor selling prices then the retail would be about 30
> and 40 respectively.
>
> I figure add 50% and subtract 25%, so a 24 dollar new release would be
> about 36 dollars sticker minus 9 dollars at bb, cc, etc. So you get it
> on opening week for 27 bucks.
>
> dick
> -- if that's the case, with the possibility of mandatory network
> connections, I'll just be stuck with the 14.99 to 17.99 first week
> prices for the regular DVDs.
$27.00 plus two, maybe three dollars for sales tax for each title
(depending on your state)???
Man BR had better be one hell of a leap in quality over the current
generation DVD (which btw has already given me the best picture/sound
quality I have ever experienced on the small screen) before I will even
begin to consider switching over my library of titles!
Especially so when you factor in things like (for example) that around
90% of the current crop of titles out are taken from predigital master
prints to begin with, which means that using BR to squeeze out that
last ounce in quality is simply not needed, also factor in that you can
use an Upconverting DVD player (which are going for under $150.00 off
the shelf price any day of the week at say CC) which can give you near
HD quality with the current generation dvd...well you do the math?
New equipment (Players/Recorder) and new disc costs to replace all my
crop of titles, from Alien to Star Trek TOS to Zulu Versus $150.00
(maybe less if I catch a sale) for a new DVD player or two?
Not Even Close!!!
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