Pirate515
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said by Sean  :I don't personally agree with downloading movies that are still in theatres. DVDs are fine... but not movies still in theatres. But whatever. I actually do the opposite. If I liked a movie in theater, I would download a screener so that I can watch it at home instead of visiting the theater multiple times until it is officially released on DVD. Once the DVD comes out, I buy it and trash the screener.
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If I liked a movie in theater, I would download a screener so that I can watch it at home instead of visiting the theater multiple times
I might utilize your philosophy if I actually liked anything Hollywood was putting out. I'll be going to see Star Wars next weekend (first time back in a theater in over two years), but that's based more on fondness for the original trilogy than anything else.
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That's fine as well. What I meant though, was that I don't agree with downloading a movie without watching it in theatres first.
Though, I don't buy DVDs, simply because I refuse to pay $24 for a movie + 234820482 hours of footage I'll never watch. I want the movie, and maybe an hour or two of behind the scenes stuff. Not 92357 hours. I'm confident the price would go down to $15 if they just put the movie on there. |
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Pirate515
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said by djrobx :I might utilize your philosophy if I actually liked anything Hollywood was putting out. Well that's another reason why people out there are downloading. They see a screener, realize that the movie sucks, and never see it on a big screen. By taking downloading out of the equation, MPAA hopes to bring the curious ones to the theaters. Think about it, they go to see some unknown movie, find out that it sucks, but by then it is too late, they've already spent the money on tickets.
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ArchAngel21x
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$24? You must be shopping at the wrong places. There are plenty of stores that sell DVDs for less than that. Also, waiting a while for the price to drop helps. I wish the same could be said for CDs.
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| said by ArchAngel21x :$24? You must be shopping at the wrong places. There are plenty of stores that sell DVDs for less than that. Also, waiting a while for the price to drop helps. I wish the same could be said for CDs. This is the same though I had. As for the extra stuff to me this is what gives such DVD's the value. The movies are interesting for sure but the extras make for a complete document. An example is The Attack of the Clones. One of the playback options includes the director, editor, and Geo' Lucas in a voice track where they discuss each of the scenes, how they where made, when they where made etc.
This is fascinating to me while the Movie is great entertainment I also enjoy learning how these movies are fashioned.
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BIGMIKE
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The Star Wars III screener sucks there not going to get my money on that peace of junk. |
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Pirate515
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said by ArchAngel21x :$24? You must be shopping at the wrong places. There are plenty of stores that sell DVDs for less than that. Also, waiting a while for the price to drop helps. I agree. $24 for a DVD is way too much. Actually, my local Blockbuster tries to charge that much for new releases, but this is one of the reasons why I don't do business with Blockbuster any more. Thanks to »www.dvdpricesearch.com, I buy most of my DVDs for half of that if not less.
Yes, sometimes they release special edition DVDs of some big hit movies that have tons of extras, special packaging, collectible items, etc. included in the package, and these sets usually cost more than ordinary plain versions of the same movie. But if you are looking at a regular edition of the movie with extras cut down to bare minimum, you shouldn't be spending more than $15 on it.
said by ArchAngel21x :I wish the same could be said for CDs. I believe that a while ago someone made a post on this site saying that they literally saw a Harry Potter DVD with a price tag of $15, and right next to it in the same store a CD with soundtrack from the same Harry Potter movie for $20.
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| said by Pirate515 :I believe that a while ago someone made a post on this site saying that they literally saw a Harry Potter DVD with a price tag of $15, and right next to it in the same store a CD with soundtrack from the same Harry Potter movie for $20. That is another reason for falling CD sales that the RIAA doesn't want to talk about. The entertainment value of a CD compared to other entertainment just isn't there anymore.
I was walking through target and they have DVDs for $7-$10 by the checkout - making them an impulse buy. You can get new release movies (ie: Harry Potter, Robots) for $16-$18 dollars from Circuit City or Best Buy the week they come out. I couple this with the lack of music that I like being produced today and for me the choice is simple - I am sure others are making the same choices.
One of the great promises for CDs when they first came out was that they were so much cheaper to produce, but where did the savings go? Straight to profits. The RIAA did what many industries have done - priced themselves out of relevance.
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| said by TheGhost :DVDs for $7-$10 by the checkout Those cheap DVDs are one reason I have over 100 DVDs. The thing I don't like about DVDs is how 6 - 12 months later a special edition will come out. Then I wish I had just waited.
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