Posted by Steve Antony Williams on 10/25/05 09:08

> Too many reasons - lack of perceived demand, access to a master copy,
> copyright, processing capacity, who knows? It is very disappointing to
> find this sort of situation though. I have a number of UK film releases
> that I've had to obtain on inferior R1 NTSC prints simply because they
> weren't available in the UK. Actually, this whole topic really irritates
> me. It's not only the lack of titles sometimes, but the fact that in a
> lot of cases (mainly older stuff), we seem to end-up with a 4:3 crop,
> whilst in the US they get widescreen - the Ipcress File is a case in
> point. Then there are audio issues - Bombon El Perro (an Argentinian
> film) released here in the UK gets DD2.0, whilst in Spain it gets DD5.1.
> Next, we have films that have been partially funded here - the UK
> Lottery for instance, but we can't actually buy a copy of a film -
> Aberdeen is a good example here. Finally (for now) we have the issue of
> extras and so forth, which matters to many people.
>
> I really can't understand why distributors and manufacturers do this.
> Perhaps it's to deliberately stimulate a demand for non-UK DVDs whilst
> still feigning adherence to the region coding. Whatever it is, it p*sses
> me right off!

No it's simply about perceived ROI, they may or may not release a title
depending on how well they think it will sell, and if they do release it
then it may just be a basic version because the ROI won't be high enough.
It's all just about business at the end of the day.

As for "demand" half a dozen on a newsgroup doesn't necessarily indicate a
mass demand for a title. Having said that we have a direct trading
relationship with many studies and many recommendations we have put forward
have been adopted (wheteher this is down to just us or down to several
people requesting is another point), a good example was "Life And Loves Of A
She Devil". We live in hope for Mysterious Cities Of Gold which has been
suggested to a number of labels, and the Legend Of Zelda cartoons, but who
knows how many people really want these ?? :)

DrSteveW

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