Posted by Derek Janssen on 08/04/07 00:27

Doug Jacobs wrote:

> Aaron J. Bossig <linkvb06@spammerswillbeexecuted.ptd.net> wrote:
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>>Not sure where the confusion is coming from.
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>
> No confusion, just outrage over the price.
>
> Yes, I understand this has been totally remastered for HD, and all that.
> Yes, I do see that other HD titles cost more than the same title on DVD.
> However, the price difference there, vs. what Paramount is charging seem a
> little out of line.
>
> Despite the HD remastering, it's still the same show, same episodes, just
> shinier and prettier.

And with whole new shots that never existed in the original 1967
version, because Paramount just spent several months of very expensive
CGI time making them out of thin air.

And who's going to *pay* for those spiffy new Enterprise-esque shots of
computer-generated models designed to look like 1967 plastic ones? Read on.

> The red/blue/yellow boxes have a MSRP of $71. The HD version of the
> material is $220 - that's 3x the price. If that was the norm, then why
> aren't movies on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray selling for $45-60 ea? But they
> aren't. They're selling for about $30-40 MSRP, compared to $20-30 MSRP
> for the same title on DVD. So then, why isn't this version of Star Trek
> in HD selling for $90-100? Even $150 would be understandable. But $220?

Yep. Maybe when we get the more common Blu-Rays that AREN'T Combos,
they'll be cheaper, but you wanna jump the gun, here's your track shoes.

Derek Janssen (who tapes the new eps. at 5 am every Sunday anyway)
ejanss@comcast.net

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