04-30-2008, 03:20 PM
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Joe Corey
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Local Date: 09-08-2008
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Re: CBS Video old packaging vs new packaging
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Originally Posted by Mark Talmadge
You know what it is? It saves the studio on production costs for the DVD sets but without passing those savings onto the consumer.
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Why should a studio ever pass the savings on to the consumer? Go down to the movie theater. Whether a film's budget was $100 million or $10 million, you have to pay the same 10 bucks. You pay $10 to see a 3 hour film or an 80 minute film. If you watch a movie that's being projected from a video source, you're not saving any cash from the studio not paying $3,000 to strike and ship a 35mm print. Nobody is giving you a cut rate at the Cineplex. Why do you expect the studios to turn on the charity when it comes to DVDs?
With this Cheers set, you're getting 5 DVDs for $30 - $6 a DVD. How cheap do you want it? If you want it cheaper, just watch it on TV. You want to "profit" from these DVDs, buy stock in the company.
Reasons I've heard for Paramount embracing the single box with the pages is that they can be stocked easier at WalMart. Plus consumers somehow don't feel hesitant about investing in a boxset when it's "normal" size.
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