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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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Comcast is taking action to close the gap between film release dates and the date those films are shown on television. They are talking with Hollywood studios about being able to release films on television on the day they are released in the theater. These films would be a little like pay-per-view is now, but they would cost somewhere in the range of $30-$50 to watch in your home.
There has been no decision on whether or not the proposal will be accepted, but there has been much talk lately on trying to close the window between when films are released in theaters and when they are available for home viewing.
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
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Why the fuck would you pay $30 to watch a movie on a TV that's small compared to the movie screen, which you pay $8 to $10 dollars for.
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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That, and theaters are threatening not to show movies that are released for TV on the same day.
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S. McCracken
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Title: Enforcer
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: Massachusetts
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Offical verdict: RETARDED. 
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Cattivo
Joined: Apr 14 2006
Location: Lake Michigan
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I'd pay ten bucks to do that, but there's no way I'd pay that much. Ridiculous.
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Tebor
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So the movie industry had a hard time last year. With "Disturbia" being #1 for three weeks and the record breaking "Spider-Man 3", it just shows that people will go see movies when they have time.
Maybe giving them the option to stay home would help studios recoup losses, but with DVD every movie seems to be making back its money dollar by dollar. Even Pluto Nash.
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Knyte
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Wow, people are getting spoiled.
I remember.. (old man rant ahead!) in the earlier days of VHS, that you could buy videos of films when they were first released on tape for about $100.00 a film. Some people paid it. Mostly Video Rental Stores, but a few consumers would pay these prices to have the movies they loved before everyone else. Usually have a month or so later, the prices would drop to the usual $15-$20 range.
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Tebor
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| Knyte wrote: |
| I remember.. (old man rant ahead!) in the earlier days of VHS, that you could buy videos of films when they were first released on tape for about $100.00 a film. Some people paid it. Mostly Video Rental Stores, but a few consumers would pay these prices to have the movies they loved before everyone else. Usually have a month or so later, the prices would drop to the usual $15-$20 range. |
I remember when "The Usual Suspects" came out on VHS it sold for $30, which I thought was way too much. However, in a day where I can buy a new release DVD for $20 and get another DVD for free, I realize the times are good.
I love being spoiled. 
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Syd Lexia
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| Knyte wrote: |
| I remember.. (old man rant ahead!) in the earlier days of VHS, that you could buy videos of films when they were first released on tape for about $100.00 a film. Some people paid it. Mostly Video Rental Stores, but a few consumers would pay these prices to have the movies they loved before everyone else. Usually have a month or so later, the prices would drop to the usual $15-$20 range. |
My mom was the manager at a Blockbuster for awhile and she explained to me how it worked. When movies would come out on VHS, some movies were priced to own and others were priced to rent. Basically, the studio would do whichever one it thought would benefit it. That's why you'd see 15 copies of certain movies on the new release wall at your video store and only 1 or 2 of others. Coincidentally, it was usually the less successful films that were priced to rent.
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