Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format
by sliverstorm on Monday March 10, 2014 @11:46AM
(#7373572)
I was mildly exaggerating, but I mean stuff like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CTSDDVO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00867GHS8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl...
I don't mind the 2-disc BR/DVD bundles, I just wish I had the option to buy a 1-disc BR instead. It gets even harder when you want a 1-disc 3D BR.
Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format
by hga on Monday March 10, 2014 @12:08PM
(#7373707)
What these bundles are telling us---and they're fairly common in US market anime---is that the price of pressing a DVD is so cheap it's better to make one SKU with both. Probably also encourages people to buy a Blu-Ray player as well if they still haven't.
Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format
by sliverstorm on Monday March 10, 2014 @12:19PM
(#7373794)
And that's fine, but the bundle seems to be used to justify higher prices. "Oh, well it would be $10, but you get both a Blu-ray and a DVD, so we have to charge you $20"
Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format
by hga on Monday March 10, 2014 @12:30PM
(#7373884)
Bleah. I haven't noticed that in the US anime market, but prices are all over the map as companies seek better/sustainable business models. Anime suffered from the general decline in DVD sales, and the decrease in retail outlets, like The Musicland Group (Musicland, Sam Goody, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, On Cue, and Media Play superstores) going poof after Best Buy bought them.
Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format
by grkvlt on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @04:17PM
(#7381841)
> I hate missing a "must have" and then waiting until the price is reasonable again.
This tells you the item was not a "must have" then, or you would have bought it already, rather than waiting...
I'll pay a couple extra dollars for the BR + DVD bundles (Although, all my stuff plays BR these days)... I think it's fairly standard to get Widescreen these days as well. I don't remember any recent 4:3 releases for newer titles.
The main issue I have is "release day" discounts of $~10-15... followed by months of $~20-25. I hate missing a "must have" and then waiting until the price is reasonable again.