DVDs deliver extended cut of profit to studios
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sebimeyer on 2004/02/25:
„Now that DVD player sales outnumber VHS recorder sales and most stores or rental shops offer DVDs nearly exclusively, the medium has obviously made it into the mainstream. This, of course, means that even more movies are released on DVD and doors are opened for marketing practices that put the consumer at a disadvantage.“
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„As far as I can tell, DVD has no special virtues for network video delivery, and networked delivery eliminates some of DVD's special virtues. Now it's on to a quick review of DVD basics, notes on DVD and the marketplace, DVD and libraries, DVD and other video media, and so on. DVD Basics A DVD is a "fancy CD"--a laser-read stamped disc, 12cm in“http://home.att.net/~wcc.libmedx/dvdspch.htm - Cached - Similar Pages
„This new system means that DVDs can be released at the per-rental price minus whatever margin the distributors want to give to the rental services, and there is no additional risk of the content going on wide release. It effectively shifts power upwards towards the studios and away from the retailers like Blockbuster, because the upstream providers can now acquire a per-view margin rather than charge a single price for a DVD that can be rented several times. By imposing the right conditions on the downstream shops, distributors can acquire per-view revenues but leave the risk with rental outfits: They would do this by forcing rental shops to buy "per-view" discs in bulk quantities and then not accepting returns of unused DVDs.“http://www.salocin.com/weblog/archives/ 2003_05.html#000197 - Cached - Similar Pages
Found at a page of nlvp, posted on 2003/05/20
„MPAA answer: Much like the difference between audio cassettes and CDs or between VHS tapes and DVDs, digital television broadcasts in conjunction with new digital television sets will provide a much higher quality of picture and sound to consumers. Q: What is the BPDG? MPAA answer: The Broadcast Protection Discussion Group is a working group comprised of a large number of content providers, television broadcasters, consumer electronics manufacturers, Information Technology companies, interested individuals and consumer activists.“http://bpdg.blogs.eff.org/archives/000148.html - Cached - Similar Pages
„It'll also be interesting to see how they work out deals with studios to deliver movies. Right now they simply buy millions of DVDs. I assume Hollywood will be wanting a percentage of any and all online video sales when they move away from physical DVDs “http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2004/01/ netflix_profile.html - Cached - Similar Pages
Found at a page of Matt Haughey, posted on 2004/01/28
„On a side note, you might be interested to know that yourreport about TOHO VIDEO switching to DVDs in the near future ("1998")is totally false. I talked with people at Toho several months ago aboutthis, and again a few days ago when i saw this story come up on the alt.movies.monsternewsgroup (with Laserot credited as the source for the story). Accordingto the folks I talked to there is no plan currently on the boards for TohoVideo to release any titles on the DVD format anytime before the year 2000,and after that any policy changes will be dictated by then current markettrends.“http://www.laserrot.com/pieceofmind/archived/1997/ pom9706.html - Cached - Similar Pages
„Less substantial was an IEEE Spectrum mention that: "In January, executives from some of the biggest names in hardware and software, such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Nokia, sent a letter to the EU requesting an end to an antiquated levy system imposed by several national governments on analog copying equipment, which they say is now being extended to blank CDs, recordable DVDs, CD writers, and even computers in some countries." I couldn't find the letter online so please e-mail if you track it down. Frankly I don't see how the 20% figure could be accurate since losses from private copying cannot be accurately estimated. We can do without the statement entirely.“http://www.chiariglione.org/contrib/2003/ 030916chiariglione01.htm - Cached - Similar Pages
„As the reality of a wait of (at that time) five or six years started to sink in, many people began asking why LucasFilm and THX couldn't put together high-quality anamorphic transfers and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks for the original trilogy and Phantom Menace (which appeared on VHS in the spring of 2000 and even on LaserDisc in some overseas markets) and sell the hell out of some movie-only DVD's. Then Lucas could oversee the creating of a giant six-movie special edition boxed set after he finished with Episode III. (Seriously, how many Star Wars fans do you know with multiple copies of the original trilogy on VHS?) The result was an online petition, which is about the time that I got into the act with this page (the page has subsequently split into several pages : this news page, a review page , and a collection of DVD cover art ).“http://www.prillaman.net/starwarsdvdnews.html - Cached - Similar Pages
„Macrovision takes advantage of a design flaw in many early VCRs,mainly VHS models, Betas were immune until recently, when the flaw appears tohave been added to current models. The upshot of this is that if you have anold TV and want to use a DVD player, you must either buy a new TV, not a goodidea for the next decade (digital conversion forced in the US) unless you havemoney to burn or have to replace a dead set, or buy a cheap signal fixer,available off-the-shelf at major store chains. An example is the Sima CopyMaster, which can enable you to make copies of your old homevideos by correcting for various signal deficiencies and appears to regardMacrovision as such a deficiency.“http://www.msen.com/~mwg/video-idiocy.html - Cached - Similar Pages
„But even as they struggle to master the science of Robotechnology, the vengeful Zentraedi armada is approaching the earth!Don’t miss out on the action as Robotech, the classic animated sci-fi series that’s thrilled millions of viewers for over twenty years finally arrives on DVD!“http://www.wildcoast.org/dvd/march01.html - Cached - Similar Pages
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