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twesterm on 08 May 2008
akuma587 said:
twesterm said:
Ugh, those DVD's are nice but they are so expensive. With how expensive a normal BluRay movie I can only imagine how expensive those will.

Criterion has also promised to market these Blu-ray titles at a price equivalent to that of their standard definition counterparts.

Albeit we won't know exactly what that means until these things get some MSRP's behind them, but I think Criterion understands that not price-gouging their fans is a good way to get them to rebuy some of these titles in Blu-Ray.


 See, the way I read this is that they'll scale up the price proportionally to the DVD price.  Aren't Criterion DVD's something like$34.99 (it has been a while since I looked at them)?  

So if your average DVD is $19.99 and your Criterion DVD is $34.99 then your average BD movie is $29.99 then your Criterion BD could be up to $50.  I hope I'm just misunderstanding that quote but I am willing to get they are going to be more expensive then your normal BD movies.

 



 

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Garcian Smith on 08 May 2008

Keep in mind that Criterion also supported LaserDisc, so this isn't too surprising.

Still, I also shudder to think how expensive these will be...



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rocketpig on 08 May 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Oh shit, The Man Who Fell to Earth on Blu-Ray?

I... whoa... what the...

Fuck.

This is the closest I've ever been to buying a PS3.

Good thing I can't afford one. I'm broke as a hell.

Gotta love Bowie in a role so entirely creepy that I don't think anyone else could have played it. Weird fuckin' movie.

As for the rest of those movies... Not so much. We really need some more premiere titles on Blu-ray. 




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