why r they so expensive

[dirtymb]

i dont understand why dvd's are kept artificially at high proces.
it doesnt cost 21 quid to reproduce a dvd, it costs about 4, they are total rip offs
sorry had to say it.
and why have they re released every film ever, even though most of them are rubbish i just cant stand it anymore

[WildWayz]

Just life I guess.

I ain't fussed - most new films have more features than any video will have.

WildWayz

[Beaver_Fever]

It all comes down to percieved value.

They are new and shiny, so they must costs lots !

If the market will bear it, the market will have to pay it.

Good time though to buy videos, as they are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cheap at the mo.

[Bapapapa]

21 quid!! :eek: You are shopping in the wrong place my friend.

There are plenty of bargains online & the high street now, so there is no need to pay full retail. I buy most of mine from the US and rarely pay over 12 quid for any disc.

If you think that is still too much then you stick to your VHS tapes with their dirty grainy pictures and crackly analogue sound. Not to mention the lack of features & the necessity to REWIND or FAST FORWARD. Most importantly DVDs are now shown in their original WS format none of this shoddy pan & scan crap. :dead:

They may only cost four pound to make, probably less actually but you forget the process of cleaning up, enhancing and transfering the film stock onto the digital format. You ain't just paying for the plastic disc, you're paying for all the work that went into creating it as well.

DVD is the nearest I'm gonna get to a cinema experience anytime soon and I personally love it.

[travis bickle]

dvds are great

at first i only liked them for the features but it occured to me how good the picture and sound quality was when i rewatched my star wars vids- OMG grainy or what!

nice cheap vids are cool though- 5 for £20!!!!!

[WeaselFierce]

True the RRP is kept artificially high but you'll never have to pay that. Shopping around local stores will often reveal 3 for 2 offers or some such competitive pricing which offers you a good deal. Added to this, mail order sites like Play247 generally offer you a basic £5.00 off RRP anyway.

DVD's are cheaper than widescreen videos ever were plus you get a much better picture, extras galore and and a format that doesn't degrade and get chewed up in your player.

[dirtymb]

i dont like widescreen, i dont wanna see an extra bit of the scene but have the down side of having a tv whih looks squashed, i think its the worst format, i love vhs, as for paying for the film to be transferred, thats normally done anyway for storage reasons and is paid for by the box office revenue normally, unless its rubbish.
its total price inflation, im gonna write to the eu and complain anbout price inflation, that'll show em

[Clipper]

Ah well lets see what we have here

"i dont like widescreen, i dont wanna see an extra bit of the scene but have the down side of having a tv whih looks squashed"

Sorry... let me get this right. You DON'T want to watch the film as director shot it and intended for it to be seen. Most non-widescreen film versions are quite honestly crap and nothing like the way the director intended the film to be seen. THere a few notable exceptions, Kubrick liked VHS and DVD releases to be open matte therefore widescreen owners zoom as necassary to correct ratio. And how does the TV look squashed? You aren't trying to watch an anamorphic disc on a 4:3 TV without switching to mode with black bars are you :E If you are then set your DVD player to 4:3 widescreen mode FFS :E

"i think its the worst format, i love vhs"
Well go watch your grainy analogue vhs then. With your worn down tapes and dodgy quality tapes. Its quite obvious you don't deserve to watch films in the correct manner. In fact I don't think you could call yourself a film lover at all

"as for paying for the film to be transferred, thats normally done anyway for storage reasons and is paid for by the box office revenue normally, unless its rubbish. "
Now this is really ill-informed. Done for storage reasons? Rubbish... films are not encoded to MPEG2 to archive them... they would never archive a film in a lossy format. They take the original negative(hopefully) and encode that to MPEG2 specifically for the DVD release. In addition menus have to be programmed and extras organised as well as paying for directors commentary (in alot of cases). Just so you know the Mission Impossible 2 disc cost $500,000 to put together the master so its hardly peanuts is it? And this is not an isolated example.

"its total price inflation, im gonna write to the eu and complain anbout price inflation, that'll show em"
RRP prices are a little high, but anyone who pays £20 for a DVD needs their head seeing to. COunting all my DVD's I've paid an average of £14 per disc I think. THat is the same price (almost) as a new VHS release in the high street. You can pick up R1 releases for about £12-£13 (absound v good btw :)) and R2 discs are a maximum of £15 from play247 or DVDpopcorn.

I am beginning to wonder why you even own a DVD... you obviously don't appreciate the advantages of the format. As such you have wasted your money and should have stuck to VHS...

Just out of interest why did you buy a DVD player?

[Bapapapa]

dirtymb is just troll-posting here.

Ignore the luddite please people.

/me cuddles my WS DVD collection and DD/DTS suround system. :D