Angelo Colombus
Senior HTF Member
In our library system there is one that still has the VHS tape set of Kevin Brownlow's Hollywood, A Celebration of the Silent Film and I do check it out once awhile. Glad I have one VCR that still works.
I recall a story a few years about truckloads of thousands of WB DVDs, mostly old TV shows, that remained unsold. Dukes of Hazard, Magnum PI and such. WB paid some vendor to destroy them all, and then I think there was a lawsuit when they all started showing up on eBay. But presumably a lot of these DVD sets were still profitable for the companies that cranked them out by the droves, even if there was a landfill of unsold stocks of worthless plastic laying around somewhere.
I think what you're talking about is the infamous incident where WB paid someone to destroy a bunch of DVDs (and some blu-rays, too) and instead of doing that, this vendor sold the stock to Big Lots (who didn't know they were on the receiving end of a shady deal).
I think in most cases, though, supply is going to far exceed demand.
About the only discs worth anything these days are ones that are rare or have gone OOP. Occasionally I'll find such a disc in a pawn shop, buy it and flip it, but otherwise, anything else should simply be bought for your (or someone else's) entertainment only, not because you think it'll increase in (or maintain) monetary value.
Not good for sure, but I'm sure most folks didn't or don't believe these discs of plastic and glue were meant to last a lifetime.
Why not? I have almost 40 year old CDs that play just fine. Why wouldn't I expect the same from a DVD?Not good for sure, but I'm sure most folks didn't or don't believe these discs of plastic and glue were meant to last a lifetime.
Why not? I have almost 40 year old CDs that play just fine. Why wouldn't I expect the same from a DVD?
Why not? I have almost 40 year old CDs that play just fine. Why wouldn't I expect the same from a DVD?
Where did any studio or movie disc maker state in writing that discs would last "X" amount of years? I know of NONE. So how can you feel "cheated"? It was and is a gamble to own these.
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Kindly note the wording in my post. Where did I state that studios or 'movie disc makers' [your wording, not mine] stated that dvds would last so many years? I did not state that so don't argue a straw man with me. But there were many comments, from multiple online sites, that these discs could be expected to last anywhere from 50 to 100 years. It's axiomatic so I'm not going to argue it with you.