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- Robert Harris
There are several ways to view the lack of additional programming on the Carrie Blu-ray.
As Mr. George has correctly noted, dual layer may not have been an option for the release due to time/production constraints. One of the major selling points for Blu-ray since day one has been capacity, and the all-immersive experience of the film plus the promised cornucopia of appealing extras.
Remove that cornucopia of extras, especially on a catalog title, and the price point is best lowered to meet expectations. As Robert Crawford has stated, staff members have made their views known regarding pricing, and Fox, as is their right, has stood firm at the $40 list.
If, with the knowledge that:
A. They were dealing with a catalog title - not their own, but that of a licensor, and;
B. They were publishing a single layer disc...
They might have gone with a $30 list, yielding a street price of around $20.
Had that occurred, only part of the problem would have been solved, as while the release might have been priced at a more consumer friendly level, the charges of "future double dipping" would have been heard.
At that point, what does a publisher do?
Not publish a highly requested title for Halloween?
Come out in the future with a BD-50 inclusive of everything at the standard Fox price and offer a rebate to previous purchasers toward an upgrade?
For discussion, I submit three questions:
1. How many members would feel comfortable purchasing Carrie on Blu-ray without the extras, and if so, at what street price?
2. If Carrie were to be re-issued with extras, how may would wait for that to occur and at what street level do you feel it should be released?
3. How many of you are comfortable with a high quality disc, as published, without any extras, and most likely available at the $20 mark via Amazon during their next mega-sale?
RAH
As Mr. George has correctly noted, dual layer may not have been an option for the release due to time/production constraints. One of the major selling points for Blu-ray since day one has been capacity, and the all-immersive experience of the film plus the promised cornucopia of appealing extras.
Remove that cornucopia of extras, especially on a catalog title, and the price point is best lowered to meet expectations. As Robert Crawford has stated, staff members have made their views known regarding pricing, and Fox, as is their right, has stood firm at the $40 list.
If, with the knowledge that:
A. They were dealing with a catalog title - not their own, but that of a licensor, and;
B. They were publishing a single layer disc...
They might have gone with a $30 list, yielding a street price of around $20.
Had that occurred, only part of the problem would have been solved, as while the release might have been priced at a more consumer friendly level, the charges of "future double dipping" would have been heard.
At that point, what does a publisher do?
Not publish a highly requested title for Halloween?
Come out in the future with a BD-50 inclusive of everything at the standard Fox price and offer a rebate to previous purchasers toward an upgrade?
For discussion, I submit three questions:
1. How many members would feel comfortable purchasing Carrie on Blu-ray without the extras, and if so, at what street price?
2. If Carrie were to be re-issued with extras, how may would wait for that to occur and at what street level do you feel it should be released?
3. How many of you are comfortable with a high quality disc, as published, without any extras, and most likely available at the $20 mark via Amazon during their next mega-sale?
RAH
