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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Nov 29, 2007 15:48:02 GMT -5
With all due respect to the artists (and I'm looking at RAD and MJ when I say that), if the price is in the $15 range for the download, I may pirate the first episode. If it really is the Second Coming of Joel (and friends), then I may purchase, but I'm going to need a test run before I invest anything more than $10 in this. And I really, really dislike digital-only media. I really want DVDs.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Nov 29, 2007 16:27:39 GMT -5
With all due respect to the artists (and I'm looking at RAD and MJ when I say that), if the price is in the $15 range for the download, I may pirate the first episode. Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the internet with your hands up. I know how you feel, but I could never condone pirating it. It would just open the way to doing that for every film or album I want. While I'd be richer, I couldn't respect myself for it.
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Post by BEERxTaco on Nov 29, 2007 16:46:54 GMT -5
It's only "digital-only" until you burn a DVD.
$15 bucks man. That's nothing these days.
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Post by Squeeze Pimmel on Nov 29, 2007 17:18:24 GMT -5
I intend to buy the DVD.
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Nov 29, 2007 18:16:51 GMT -5
They really need to hurry up and send out the email poll if they still intend to and settle this once and for all. The continued silence is just making us turn on each other.
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Post by fishbulb33 on Nov 29, 2007 19:26:23 GMT -5
It could be cheaper, but I still think it's not that expensive. I say this as somebody currently unemployed with little spending money. I got a pizza for $15 last night, and a movie's a little longer lasting than that. The internet's spoiled us, I think. And yeah, you can get something for $9.99 on iTunes, but that's just a little video you put on your video iPod. Not exactly something you can use elsewhere.
Fifteen bucks, burn it onto a 99-cent DVD-R/DVD-RW. Still cheaper than other DVDs and things.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Nov 30, 2007 3:22:19 GMT -5
With all due respect to the artists (and I'm looking at RAD and MJ when I say that), if the price is in the $15 range for the download, I may pirate the first episode. Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the internet with your hands up. I know how you feel, but I could never condone pirating it. It would just open the way to doing that for every film or album I want. While I'd be richer, I couldn't respect myself for it. Keep in mind, it would only be temporary, the equivalent of borrowing it from a friend. (Where digital media is concerned, there's virtually no difference.) If it's going to be pricey, I need to "rent" it before I sink money into it. If it was worth keeping, I'd buy it. That said, if it's reasonably priced, I'll buy them without needing to rent them.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Nov 30, 2007 11:02:59 GMT -5
If these new TC releases were shown in movie theaters, it would be like $9.00 to get in and another 9.00 for a large popcorn and sodee. And you could only see it once.
Or for the equivalent amount we'll be able to get our own copy...
And I could watch it at home, where my floor is not quite as sticky.
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Post by BEERxTaco on Nov 30, 2007 11:03:56 GMT -5
where my floor is not quite as sticky. ewww
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Nov 30, 2007 11:19:23 GMT -5
I'm cheaper than all you folks I guess. I don't get pizzas for $15, unless it is the rare ultra-famous local specialty, where I go with friends for the experience. I don't buy most movies for $15 and won't have a way to burn my own DVDs for the foreseeable future. I rarely go to the theater, but when I do it's only $6 or less, and who really needs $9 worth of soda and popcorn? I go to theaters for the visual and audio experience, so it is worth a bit more than watching something on TV. In any case, the internet hasn't spoiled me - I just feel that $15 is too much to download some film unless it truly is an all-time classic. If a CT looks completely awesome, I would pay that much, but not without knowing anything more about it.
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Post by mrtorso on Nov 30, 2007 14:29:14 GMT -5
$10-$15 to me is perfectly acceptable. This is a niche product all the way. If there was a real market for these they would have done direct to video/DVD releases of MST3K back in the day.
You really can't compare the pricing to DVD prices from places like Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal*Mart etc as those are loss leaders and they don't make money on them. Seeing as how CT is not selling electronics and appliances to make up the difference I think anything in that price range is fair and justified.
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Nov 30, 2007 15:39:41 GMT -5
Suppose that a year or so ago we were told we could have Joel, Josh Elvis, Trace, Frank, and Mary Jo all together riffing on a bad movie again if we each paid $10 or $15? Wouldn't a lot of us have said, "Sign me up!"? That's how I feel about it, I guess.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Dec 1, 2007 1:08:46 GMT -5
In my opinion, this changes nothing. Digital media should not be priced on the same level as physical media, whether it's CDs or DVDs. There is a drop in cost when there is nothing physical to manufacture, and that should be reflected in the final cost. $10 is a good price for in-demand, high-quality (really high quality) movies and the like. $15 is borderline extortion, whether it feels like it or not and whether the people selling it realize it or not. Trust me on this. Would you pay $15 for a digital album, with no CD or cover art or packaging? Same thing.
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Post by fishbulb33 on Dec 1, 2007 1:11:48 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by mrtorso on Dec 1, 2007 5:27:13 GMT -5
Would you pay $15 for a digital album, with no CD or cover art or packaging? Yup.
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