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Posted by Jay G. on 05/20/07 19:12
On Sun, 20 May 2007 14:38:33 -0400, Kimba W. Lion wrote:
> Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> If you
>>have a price significantly lower than that, I'll bet it's a pirate
>>copy, either a rip of the DVD set or an off-the-air recording of the
>>TV shows.
>
> I see that the brainwashing of the public has been overdone.
> No, a cheap price on a DVD does not automatically mean it's a pirate disc.
> And I don't think SendIt.com would be caught dead selling pirate discs.
> In this case "Try Me TV" is a series of one-disc samplers from a TV series,
> not a full season set. The aim is to hook people who don't know a show and
> so wouldn't shell out the cost for a full season set.
Here is a link to the DVD in question:
http://www.sendit.com/video/item/7001000135537
Looking up "Try Me TV" on Amazon UK yields results for Boston Legal and
several other Fox shows like My Name Is Earl, 24, and X-Files.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000PI3VHG/
Fox did something similar in the US with what they called "TV Starter
Sets." A DVD containing the first 1-2 episodes of the first season was
available separately for shows like Buffy and 24. The DVD came with a $10
rebate you could redeem if you bought the full first season set afterward.
WB also tried this out with their "TV premiere DVDs" which offered similar
content and a lower price, but no refund.
Some info on those US "Trial" DVDs are available at these links:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/22/073500.php
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/07/072827.php
-Jay
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