DVDs have generally been priced cheaper than VHS.
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Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2004 9:22:37 am PST #6485 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2004 9:28:05 am PST #6486 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does that mean more of them are stocked? Is DVD actually making a larger proportion of movies available to me?
I honestly have no idea of the shifting home movie market -- I'm not trying to attack or disprove a point.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2004 9:30:34 am PST #6487 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
So far as I can tell, that just means stores can stock 500 of the latest Tim Allen "comedy" instead of 100.
Scrappy - Dec 01, 2004 9:31:20 am PST #6488 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have examined this statement in depth and the market as a whole and I can only come to one conclusion:
Oliver Stone is a dick.
Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2004 9:31:45 am PST #6489 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I don't have the exact figures, but movie studios are selling orders of magnitude more DVDs than they ever sold video tapes.
Video tapes were priced to be sold to rental stores, and DVDs are priced to be sold directly to consumers.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2004 9:32:21 am PST #6490 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oliver Stone is a dick.
dies from shock
Jessica - Dec 01, 2004 9:34:19 am PST #6491 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's making movies into supermarket-shelf items, which is probably the best you can get at Wal-Mart. ... It's hopeless.
I wonder why he thinks that people with a deep love for the cinematic arts do their primary DVD-buying at Wal-Mart.
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2004 9:36:34 am PST #6492 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder why he thinks that people with a deep love for the cinematic arts do their primary DVD-buying at Wal-Mart.
I think it's that if we, the connoisseurs, discover DVDs can be bought at Wal-Mart ... nope, got nothing.
Video tapes were priced to be sold to rental stores, and DVDs are priced to be sold directly to consumers.
Hmm. I now realise I have no idea how much a movie on VHS costs. Will have to look.
Jessica - Dec 01, 2004 9:42:19 am PST #6493 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I now realise I have no idea how much a movie on VHS costs.
VHS tapes are generally released for rental (priced around $100 per tape) before they're released for sale (priced closer to $15-20). DVDs (I believe) are generally released for both rental and sale at the same time, and priced accordingly. (And I'm not sure if Blockbuster pays more for a DVD than an individual. I don't think so, but I have no actual information to back that up.)
Calli - Dec 01, 2004 9:49:58 am PST #6494 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's also a lot easier to collect DVDs, just on storage grounds. This might encourage more people to shop for them, even at (act-ptui!) Wal-Mart. And I think that Netflix wouldn't have been possible with VHS due to mailing issues. So people have access to a lot more movies nowadays.