Posted by Black Locust on 09/27/05 06:53

In article <1127722844.506784.294370@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
jordanlund@gmail.com wrote:

> I suspect you're right. The reason people bought massive quantities of
> DVDs was because they weren't happy with the quality of VHS or the cost
> of Laserdisc.

Also another very important factor: Most people rented VHS instead of
purchasing. I mean hell, most new release VHS titles were priced for
rental anyway($100 smackers for a tape!). I know some people who never
bought a single pre-recorded VHS tape during the entire formats run. I
think it's safe to say a good 70% or more of general consumers didn't
start buying movies until the 'collectable' and priced-to-own DVD format
hit the scene... Now that all these people have already purchased all of
these movies on a format they were led to believe would last them a
lifetime and never need replacing will simply have no desire to buy the
same movies on another variation of the DVD format simply so they can
have a higher-resolution version of the same film...

> We'll reach a point where it will be possible to put an entire season
> of a TV show on a single disc, but will people be willing to pay $100
> for a single disc?

More like $50, which is the average price of a 6 disc season. I doubt
most people would be willing to pay even that for a single disc that
costs all of 80 cents to manufacture.
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They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush

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