Posted by TDK-R on 12/27/05 13:36

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:20:09 -0000, "Mike_C" <fallom8@ntlworld.coom>
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>"Owen" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message news:Ho-dnR5LAPrlVDLeRVny3g@pipex.net...
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>> Just been looking for Battlestar Galactica Season 2. No sign of it appearing on R2 yet, but found the following on
>> playusa.com:
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>> http://www.playusa.com/DVD/Region_1/5-/Search.html?searchstring=battlestar+galactica&searchtype=r1title
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>> First 10 episodes of season two: £27.99
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>> ...compared to *entire* season one = £29.99
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>> WTF???
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>> Does this mean the entire season two will be something like £60?
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>> Are they deliberately releasing tv series (generally) in seperate "mini" boxsets nowadays, just to squeeze more cash
>> out of us? ie. deliberately holding back the entire series?
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>> Owen
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>It won't appear on R2 until it's been shown on SKY1.
>Yeah splitting the R1 is all about making more money but
>remember that the second season is 20eps compared to the
>first seasons 12. The second half of season 2 doesn't air
>on the US scifi channel until next month.
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>Many R1 boxsets are dirt cheap compared to R2 but some
>are not such as the Trek boxsets and Deadwood are not and
>alas it looks like BSG either a two boxset or single set will be
>expensive compared to others.
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>Mike C
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The Sci-Fi Channel loves to break stuff up just to reissue it again,
have you guys seen what they did with Farscape? Talk about trying to
bleed consumers dry! Anime gets that kinda shit too. BTW how much are
Star Trek boxsets over there? Personally I'm willing to pay over $100
USD per season simply because of the wonderful job they did with them
and the fact they are doing them in 5.1, but I really only liked Deep
Spade Nine enought to buy them.

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