DVD's cost how much!!!

[Hardcoreruss]

After reading up on that Salo movie... why would you want to watch that? Yuck.

Read my first post, I will NEVER watch it, sounds dreadful.

[offline]

I'm sorry to have to say this...but

Collectors drive me nuts. They turn otherwise
undeserving rather ordinary films into "classics"
such as Salo etc and hike prices up for the
rest of us.

I can understand the desire for limited release, missing, damaged or uncut films, but otherwise
readily available stuff??

Excuse me if I don't buy
the Titanium Metal Boxed Extra Ordinary Super
Dooper Directors Cut version of Dumb & Dumber.

[Hardcoreruss]

Yet again Mr Offline we disagree. I was only thinking today that we have not for a long time.

Collectors of anything inspire companies to aspire to better themselves be it dvd's, cars, fashion anything.

[BJ_M]

barbies ?

[offline]

Yet again Mr Offline we disagree. I was only thinking today that we have not for a long time.

Collectors of anything inspire companies to aspire to better themselves be it dvd's, cars, fashion anything.

I'm talking films here, DVD's in particular.

Take a film like the Terminator -
a good all round Sci Fi classic. We have had in Australia about eight different DVD releases so far. The standard release, The Special Edition, The Ultimate Boxed version, The Flipper (4:3 & 16:9), The Collectors Edition, The Titanium Collection.

These extras kept the cost of the standard release at full rec retail price for over a year - which otherwise would have dropped in line with other releases.

-edit-

[flaninacupboard]

offline has a point.

You've bought it with no interest in the film, where somewhere who really wants to the view it has lost out.

Plenty of times i see picture disc LPs go for stupid amounts of money on ebay, and you KNOW they are being bought for display rather than to be listened to! makes me sad...

[Hardcoreruss]

Offline. I agree how films like T2 have gone way OT, also Aliens is another franchise that springs to mind.

In regards to your "edit" I buy the films because yes I do want the best and if for the sake of spending a few pounds more I can have this I will.

Bragging rights maybe a bit, but I do really see buying these expensive dvd's as a real investment. I bought Jurassic Park Superbit for £40 and now whenever a copy comes up it goes for well over £100. Salo was £25 when it was originally released and now it goes for nearly 15 times that. The pink box only went OOP a few months a go, it was $75 when it came out and I have just bought it for almost quadruple the price.

In the past year I have spent a huge amount on rare, hard to find films and I honestly believe that if I wanted to sell them I would easily be able to make a very large profit. If I had gone out and bought the bog standard £9.99 release I would be lucky to get a 50% return. Buying them this way ensures that I not only get the highest quality edition with the best sound and picture but also a profit if and when I decide to sell them.

I choose to collects dvd's I am not really into anything else apart from pc's and this is where I choose to focus my cash. If I were into motors you could expect to see a suped up Porsche on here.

Flan there is a clear difference between someone who wants to see a film and someone who collects films. If anyone wants to see Salo or any other limited edition film there is always a cheaper option. I do not know of any film that exists only in LE format. Someone who just wants to see a film is not going to fork out £200 plus on a whim.

[offline]

I made the edit as I seemed to be attacking you, which
was not my want or intent. I'm sorry.

Back to my point.

Any sort of collector activity hikes prices overall.
You are a consultant in the financial industry so you
know this better than I.

The film industry is a market and as such is effected by supply
and demand just like any other.

[Hardcoreruss]

When did you start apologising for atacking me?

I agree with what you are saying but there is a split market for things like this. The LE's are avaliable but on the other hand there are a million other copies of the film.

[offline]

When did you start apologising for atacking me?

The other night near the pub when you gave me
50p but I was asking for a fiver.

a split market for things like this

Come on. Demand goes up, supply is reduced to a
new equilibrium at a higher price point, more resources are diverted and demand for substitutes
increases, inturn increasing their prices.

[HatchetMan]

From IMDB

The August 1998 Criterion was removed from the market due to copyright problems. So, this version of the DVD with the "white ring around the hub" can be easily sold for 600 or more US dollars in good condition. This makes it one of, if not the most, valuable DVD in the world. Bootlegs are extremely common due to its value. Research should be done before purchasing.

After reading up on that Salo movie... why would you want to watch that? Yuck.

After seeing your avatar... why would you want to watch two squirells screw? Yuck.
J/K
from Criterion

A loose adaptation of the Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò is perhaps the most disturbing and disgusting film ever made. It is also one of the most important, offering a blistering critique of fascism and idealism that suggests moral redemption may be nothing but a myth.

[shelbyGT]

After reading up on that Salo movie... why would you want to watch that? Yuck.

After seeing your avatar... why would you want to watch two squirells screw? Yuck.
J/K

Because I know good quality humour when I see it