This is the heart of the matter, the bit the kiddies playing fanboy refuse (or are simply not equipped) to face (......they call it 'politics'; ie they can't wait to push the instant 'turn off & go to sleep sheeple' button themselves; self-administered stupidity.....the industry has them well trained in asking no questions and avoiding any independent critical thought)
The studios are pulling the same stunt the music industry pulled when they switched to CD.
Re-release a vast stack of content (which had all it's production costs paid off long long ago) and charge the very top $ for it.
.....and they wonder why people share.
The biggest 'pirates' any of us (including the artists) will ever face are the talent-free accountants and marketing leaches, incapable of doing anything but give us a bad deal & try to rob us blind.
Still, beads for the natives, right, anything shiny eh?
@Nfinity: "The sweetest money for them is when they re-release the same movie on Blu-Ray.. replace DD+ 1.5 audio with TrueHD and then sell it for $30 again.. what easy money eh? But that's what brainwashed fanboys do"
Yeah, says the guy that confessed to owning over 100 Blu-Ray movies... how many of those BD movies you own are catalog titles you re-bought? Silly boy.
* quote DrXym Truth Teller a month ago: "The Matrix, Casino, Goodfellas, Planet Earth and a stack more in my collection are never going to be "stale"."
So it's alright for you to purchase a catalogue title in HD / double dip, but woe betide anyone who wants to do it themselves? =====================================================
No you moron.
Where did I ever mention I was double-dipping those titles - and how come you chose to leave the (major) point about cost out of it, huh?
As per you have managed to completely miss the point.
The movie industry are doing what music industry did. They are charging the absolute top dollar on content they already recovered their costs/investment in.
I have bought myself a nice little high def collection for peanuts. I did not pay top dollar, that's the kind of thing you PS3 fools are up to.
Are you professionally stupid or is it just a hobby you happen to be very good at?
Baby, you agreed with Nfinity and added "Re-release a vast stack of content (which had all it's production costs paid off long long ago) and charge the very top $ for it.". When you have previously boasted about owning number of catalogue titles yourself. And if you bothered to read what I wrote you would know I didn't say you double dipped.
So how come you choose to whinge about Band of Brothers on Blu Ray? Why is it alright for you to own catalogue titles such as Casino and Goodfellas, but not alright for somebody else to? Why did you choose to piss and moan that others do something you do yourself?
Because you are a hypocritical cry baby who still can't get over your precious format losing. Grow up little girl.
* quote DrXym you agreed with Nfinity and added "Re-release a vast stack of content (which had all it's production costs paid off long long ago) and charge the very top $ for it.". When you have previously boasted about owning number of catalogue titles yourself. And if you bothered to read what I wrote you would know I didn't say you double dipped. =====================================================
Yes, well it's obvious that your comprehension 'skills' are about as impressive as your debating 'skills'.
If you really can't/don't understand it's probably best if you just keep quiet.
* quote DrXym So how come you choose to whinge about Band of Brothers on Blu Ray? =====================================================
Er, I made a general point about the strategy of top dollar catalogue releases and have commented later on $100+ releases as well as multiple disc releases.
Just because you are too dim to do anything but try your usual shoe-horning it all into a 'defense' of your beloved format.
Why is it alright for you to own catalogue titles such as Casino and Goodfellas, but not alright for somebody else to? =====================================================
Er, I never said it wasn't ok. What I said was especially stupid was people (like you) buying into the whole idea that you pay top dollar for catalogue releases.
Something I have never done, actually.
I paid buttons for my HD DVD movies, the majority of which were bought after the Toshiba statement in Feb for about £4 - £5 ($8 - $10) each.
Why did you choose to piss and moan that others do something you do yourself? =====================================================
Is English your 2nd language?
I was actually laughing at people like you and I am not doing what you are doing at all. fool.
************************************************************************************ * quote DrXym Because you are a hypocritical cry baby who still can't get over your precious format losing. Grow up little girl. =====================================================
Jayzuss wept, I thought it couldn't get any more ludicrous, but no. Your feeble little swipe gets just that little bit funnier.
You really are a sad little gormless twit.
I take it the answer to my original question is that your are just a highly gifted amatuer then, eh?
"... have bought myself a nice little high def collection for peanuts."
And you always conveniently omit the reason why you were able to obtain those movies for "peanuts".
wait for it...
...because the format you purchased those movies in died. You just took advantage of the demise of your format of choice (not that theres anything wrong with that) but that is by no means a base for comparing against BD movie prices. I can guarantee HD DVD movies would have been priced the same had it won the format war.
I can also say I would have supported it to the same degree I support BD now. But carry on. I really hope Toshiba is paying you to write all the non-sense you post here.
And you always conveniently omit the reason why you were able to obtain those movies for "peanuts". =====================================================
It's true that HD DVDs were not always as inexpensive as they are now, I'm not denyiong it and I've never said different.
But nevertheless it is also a fact that I was always able to get my HD DVDs for a lot less than the going rate for Blu-ray discs.
......and at the end of the day what do I care how it worked out? I still ended up with a very tidy collection of over 100 classic movies in high def for peanuts (along with a ridiculously cheap 2nd player in case of accidents or breakdown).
You guys seem to have deluded uyourselves into 'thinking' that I would be doing anything but laughing all the way to the bank over that.
Hey, you never know, when Blu-ray inevitably goes t!ts up I might even buy into that too and scoop a load of cheapy high def movies when the time comes.
Poor baby clearly can't understand the hypocrisy of moaning about an HD catalogue title (even dismissing anyone who might DARE want it) while proudly boasting elsewhere of owning HD catalogue titles. Fortunately everyone else can. Perhaps that's why you and Nfinity are consistently the lowest ranked users in every single thread you stink up with your crybaby whining. Grow up your precious format lost.
* quote DrXym Poor baby clearly can't understand the hypocrisy of moaning about an HD catalogue title (even dismissing anyone who might DARE want it) while proudly boasting elsewhere of owning HD catalogue titles. ====================================================
Wow, there's that laughable comprehension at work, again.
Do you have to work hard at being so dumb, put in extra hours and such-like?
Perhaps that's why you and Nfinity are consistently the lowest ranked users in every single thread =====================================================
Now you take refuge in the ranking system!?
LMAO
You just get ever-more pathetic. ************************************************************************************ * quote DrXym
Grow up your precious format lost. =====================================================
LMAO
Everytime you make a fool of yourself repeating this stunningly feeble juvenile cat-call I laugh out loud at you.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mitchell @ Jul 7th 2008 3:48PM
honestly who buys these? I have a hard enough time buying a $20 movie yet alone a $100+ TV Show.
Mitchell
bobthehdbuilder @ Jul 7th 2008 4:19PM
Nfinity - OR, people actually want the series in HD....until now it was only available in HD-DVD, and only in Japanese.
Truth Teller @ Jul 7th 2008 5:12PM
Nfinity, you're right.
This is the heart of the matter, the bit the kiddies playing fanboy refuse (or are simply not equipped) to face
(......they call it 'politics'; ie they can't wait to push the instant 'turn off & go to sleep sheeple' button themselves; self-administered stupidity.....the industry has them well trained in asking no questions and avoiding any independent critical thought)
The studios are pulling the same stunt the music industry pulled when they switched to CD.
Re-release a vast stack of content (which had all it's production costs paid off long long ago) and charge the very top $ for it.
.....and they wonder why people share.
The biggest 'pirates' any of us (including the artists) will ever face are the talent-free accountants and marketing leaches, incapable of doing anything but give us a bad deal & try to rob us blind.
Still, beads for the natives, right, anything shiny eh?
JimC @ Jul 7th 2008 6:14PM
I will be buying these...
DEEZNUTZ @ Jul 7th 2008 9:38PM
@Nfinity:
"The sweetest money for them is when they re-release the same movie on Blu-Ray.. replace DD+ 1.5 audio with TrueHD and then sell it for $30 again.. what easy money eh? But that's what brainwashed fanboys do"
Yeah, says the guy that confessed to owning over 100 Blu-Ray movies... how many of those BD movies you own are catalog titles you re-bought? Silly boy.
DrXym @ Jul 8th 2008 5:05AM
Nfinity a few months back: "Can't wait for the new Clint Eastwood "Dirty Harry" ultimate collection from Warner on HD DVD"
Truth Teller a month ago: "The Matrix, Casino, Goodfellas, Planet Earth and a stack more in my collection are never going to be "stale"."
So it's alright for you to purchase a catalogue title in HD / double dip, but woe betide anyone who wants to do it themselves?
Morons. Hypocrites.
Truth Teller @ Jul 8th 2008 8:07AM
* quote
DrXym
Truth Teller a month ago: "The Matrix, Casino, Goodfellas, Planet Earth and a stack more in my collection are never going to be "stale"."
So it's alright for you to purchase a catalogue title in HD / double dip, but woe betide anyone who wants to do it themselves?
=====================================================
No you moron.
Where did I ever mention I was double-dipping those titles - and how come you chose to leave the (major) point about cost out of it, huh?
As per you have managed to completely miss the point.
The movie industry are doing what music industry did.
They are charging the absolute top dollar on content they already recovered their costs/investment in.
I have bought myself a nice little high def collection for peanuts.
I did not pay top dollar, that's the kind of thing you PS3 fools are up to.
Are you professionally stupid or is it just a hobby you happen to be very good at?
DrXym @ Jul 8th 2008 8:58AM
Baby, you agreed with Nfinity and added "Re-release a vast stack of content (which had all it's production costs paid off long long ago) and charge the very top $ for it.". When you have previously boasted about owning number of catalogue titles yourself. And if you bothered to read what I wrote you would know I didn't say you double dipped.
So how come you choose to whinge about Band of Brothers on Blu Ray? Why is it alright for you to own catalogue titles such as Casino and Goodfellas, but not alright for somebody else to? Why did you choose to piss and moan that others do something you do yourself?
Because you are a hypocritical cry baby who still can't get over your precious format losing. Grow up little girl.
Truth Teller @ Jul 8th 2008 10:45AM
* quote
DrXym
you agreed with Nfinity and added "Re-release a vast stack of content (which had all it's production costs paid off long long ago) and charge the very top $ for it.". When you have previously boasted about owning number of catalogue titles yourself. And if you bothered to read what I wrote you would know I didn't say you double dipped.
=====================================================
Yes, well it's obvious that your comprehension 'skills' are about as impressive as your debating 'skills'.
If you really can't/don't understand it's probably best if you just keep quiet.
Pathetic.
************************************************************************************
* quote
DrXym
So how come you choose to whinge about Band of Brothers on Blu Ray?
=====================================================
Er, I made a general point about the strategy of top dollar catalogue releases and have commented later on $100+ releases as well as multiple disc releases.
Just because you are too dim to do anything but try your usual shoe-horning it all into a 'defense' of your beloved format.
************************************************************************************
* quote
DrXym
Why is it alright for you to own catalogue titles such as Casino and Goodfellas, but not alright for somebody else to?
=====================================================
Er, I never said it wasn't ok.
What I said was especially stupid was people (like you) buying into the whole idea that you pay top dollar for catalogue releases.
Something I have never done, actually.
I paid buttons for my HD DVD movies, the majority of which were bought after the Toshiba statement in Feb for about £4 - £5 ($8 - $10) each.
************************************************************************************
* quote
DrXym
Why did you choose to piss and moan that others do something you do yourself?
=====================================================
Is English your 2nd language?
I was actually laughing at people like you and I am not doing what you are doing at all. fool.
************************************************************************************
* quote
DrXym
Because you are a hypocritical cry baby who still can't get over your precious format losing. Grow up little girl.
=====================================================
Jayzuss wept, I thought it couldn't get any more ludicrous, but no.
Your feeble little swipe gets just that little bit funnier.
You really are a sad little gormless twit.
I take it the answer to my original question is that your are just a highly gifted amatuer then, eh?
DEEZNUTZ @ Jul 8th 2008 10:37AM
@ Truth Teller:
"... have bought myself a nice little high def collection for peanuts."
And you always conveniently omit the reason why you were able to obtain those movies for "peanuts".
wait for it...
...because the format you purchased those movies in died. You just took advantage of the demise of your format of choice (not that theres anything wrong with that) but that is by no means a base for comparing against BD movie prices. I can guarantee HD DVD movies would have been priced the same had it won the format war.
I can also say I would have supported it to the same degree I support BD now. But carry on. I really hope Toshiba is paying you to write all the non-sense you post here.
obuck347 @ Jul 8th 2008 10:47AM
I have been waiting to upgrade from dvd to hi-def for this box set. Not only will I buy this set, I will buy a Blu-Ray player as well.
Truth Teller @ Jul 8th 2008 10:53AM
* quote
DEEZNUTZ
And you always conveniently omit the reason why you were able to obtain those movies for "peanuts".
=====================================================
It's true that HD DVDs were not always as inexpensive as they are now, I'm not denyiong it and I've never said different.
But nevertheless it is also a fact that I was always able to get my HD DVDs for a lot less than the going rate for Blu-ray discs.
......and at the end of the day what do I care how it worked out?
I still ended up with a very tidy collection of over 100 classic movies in high def for peanuts
(along with a ridiculously cheap 2nd player in case of accidents or breakdown).
You guys seem to have deluded uyourselves into 'thinking' that I would be doing anything but laughing all the way to the bank over that.
Hey, you never know, when Blu-ray inevitably goes t!ts up I might even buy into that too and scoop a load of cheapy high def movies when the time comes.
DrXym @ Jul 8th 2008 11:58AM
Poor baby clearly can't understand the hypocrisy of moaning about an HD catalogue title (even dismissing anyone who might DARE want it) while proudly boasting elsewhere of owning HD catalogue titles. Fortunately everyone else can. Perhaps that's why you and Nfinity are consistently the lowest ranked users in every single thread you stink up with your crybaby whining. Grow up your precious format lost.
Truth Teller @ Jul 8th 2008 12:17PM
* quote
DrXym
Poor baby clearly can't understand the hypocrisy of moaning about an HD catalogue title (even dismissing anyone who might DARE want it) while proudly boasting elsewhere of owning HD catalogue titles.
====================================================
Wow, there's that laughable comprehension at work, again.
Do you have to work hard at being so dumb, put in extra hours and such-like?
************************************************************************************
* quote
DrXym
Fortunately everyone else can.
=====================================================
LMAO
Ludicrous delusions of grandeur to go with it too.
You think you can talk for everyone now?
Quell surprise.
************************************************************************************
* quote
DrXym
Perhaps that's why you and Nfinity are consistently the lowest ranked users in every single thread
=====================================================
Now you take refuge in the ranking system!?
LMAO
You just get ever-more pathetic.
************************************************************************************
* quote
DrXym
Grow up your precious format lost.
=====================================================
LMAO
Everytime you make a fool of yourself repeating this stunningly feeble juvenile cat-call I laugh out loud at you.