"tom dunne" <dunnetg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:3F0F3E16.10004@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> WickeddollŽ wrote:
> > Hey guys! Saw an ad for the Nikita DVDs at Best Buy for $69. Still
too
high
> > in my opinion, but better than the original $99!
> >
> > I'll wait for it to come to the Air Force base where I live, as they
usually
> > sell TV series DVDs for a significantly lower amount than any civilian
> > facility.
> >
> > I know I'm a cheapskate. I don't believe in paying a ridiculous price
for
> > anything, just because you can.
>
> A new DVD release of a single two-hour film costs (conservatively), $16.
> That's $8/hour of media. The LFN S1 DVD set contains (again,
> conservatively) 16 hours of media, and you quoted it at $70. That's
> about $4.35/ hour of media. Per unit of entertainment, the LFN set is
> about half the price of any new movie you'd want to buy.
>
> So, as DVDs go, how much below their present dollar/hour price do you
> feel it needs to go before it's cheap enough for you? Or do you just
> not buy DVDs, as they're even twice as expensive for what you get?
>
The series I've purchased are Buffy 1-4, Hercules & Xena, both season one,
The Young Ones, a British cult show, the complete Mr. Bean series and The
Blackadder series.
Buffy generally runs about $50 per season, as do most of the others. I
think
they're charging so much more for these because they underestimate how
many
folks would buy them.
The different Star Trek series run about $100 per season, which I think is
ALSO ridiculous - and I'm as much of a Star Trek fan as you can get. I
just
refuse to be ripped off, simply because I can afford it.
I think $50-60 bucks TOPS is the most any series should cost per season.
Natalie
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