Dave Scarpa
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This is regards primarily to TV on Blu Ray.
Just recently announced to Blu from Paramount is the fanastic show Dexter and it's great first season. I bought the first season when it came out so I was primarily waiting for the second season on blu ray and passing on the DVD Set recently released. That set not even 2 weeks after release saw sales on it at $19.99. Still I stood pat. Now Paramount has announced the title for the retail of $69.95 ! For 13 episodes. Discounted will bring it to your house for around $55 bucks or so.
Still an amazing $35 over the cost of the DVD Set.
Now as an aside to this I own an apple TV. Apple has started selling HD versions of their shows on Itunes at $2.99 an episode. For Dexter that works out to $35.88 for the season. Now Itunes version is 720p. I downloaded an episode to check it out. And to be honest it looked pretty darn comparable to what I've seen on Showtime in Hi def. I've gone ahead and bought to episode 5 and will probably add the rest to my collection this way. I'd love to own the Blu ray but the days of me blindly paying Huge prices for releases are gone. Why can I buy a Season of Sarah Conner or Chuck for under $30 on Blu but Dexter is Double the price.
I was waiting On Life on Blu but it looks like Itunes my get my money there as well.
I can understand Dexter is on a premium Network, but for the difference between the Hi Def and SD versions of it I can't justify it.
Just recently announced to Blu from Paramount is the fanastic show Dexter and it's great first season. I bought the first season when it came out so I was primarily waiting for the second season on blu ray and passing on the DVD Set recently released. That set not even 2 weeks after release saw sales on it at $19.99. Still I stood pat. Now Paramount has announced the title for the retail of $69.95 ! For 13 episodes. Discounted will bring it to your house for around $55 bucks or so.
Still an amazing $35 over the cost of the DVD Set.
Now as an aside to this I own an apple TV. Apple has started selling HD versions of their shows on Itunes at $2.99 an episode. For Dexter that works out to $35.88 for the season. Now Itunes version is 720p. I downloaded an episode to check it out. And to be honest it looked pretty darn comparable to what I've seen on Showtime in Hi def. I've gone ahead and bought to episode 5 and will probably add the rest to my collection this way. I'd love to own the Blu ray but the days of me blindly paying Huge prices for releases are gone. Why can I buy a Season of Sarah Conner or Chuck for under $30 on Blu but Dexter is Double the price.
I was waiting On Life on Blu but it looks like Itunes my get my money there as well.
I can understand Dexter is on a premium Network, but for the difference between the Hi Def and SD versions of it I can't justify it.