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Posted by Justin on 10/05/45 11:36
NYC XYZ wrote on [4 Jan 2006 08:55:40 -0800]:
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> Invid Fan wrote:
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>> But it also doesn't make them any money, relatively speaking. The
>> per-disk cost of burning 50 copies is a lot more then bulk runs of
>> 500,000, so why bother?
>
> If burning DVDs is anything like printing up business cards and
> envelopes, I can tell you that if you order a print run of 200
> different cards at 10 M ("M" for "mille," or a thousand) each, it's not
> much more, if anything at all, to have an extra six or so cards at only
> 1M each.
You don't burn DVDs, you produce them. Burning is what you do at home,
they are pressed in large numbers
>> However, if you think there is money to be made
>> then this would be a good idea for a startup business. Have studios
>> forward their orders for out of print titles to you, along with a copy
>> of the master, and custom make new disks.
>
> Which is why I have to agree with the other poster that it's probably a
> matter of legal rights -- of which situation I'm reminded by your
> suggestion, because the studios surely would not license such rights
> (infringement issues, for one thing).
>
> Besides, it's still cheaper for them to keep fifty or so discs around
> than for any one else to start up a whole business, even without a
> storefront and a staff of just one.
if those 50 sell, what do they do, press 10 more?
> Damn, why are the dreck still available for purchase by the
> unsuspecting!
Different companies produce different product under different business
models. The Wings of Honneamise (I know I have spelt that incorrectly)
is produced by Manga, I believe, not a company known for producing
quality work on DVD.
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