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08-11-2004, 10:03 PM
"Anthony Horan" <anthonyhoran@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1f9ibljhv4bys$.1vep1usk1p224.dlg@40tude.net.. .
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:09:04 +1000, TheMan wrote:
>
> > Look what the pricing department did with DVD movies.
> >
> > When DVD's came out and started to replace VHS, they decided it was a
great
> > time to push the price up. Thats why a DVD version of a movie is around
> > $5-$10 more expensive then the VHS version yet a DVD is much more
cheaper to
> > produce.
>
> A common misconception.
>
> DVDs are cheaper to *replicate* than VHS tapes, but you're forgetting a
> couple of thing.
>
> 1. You're paying for the content, not the disc, and
>
> 2. DVD Video discs cost a small fortune to author and encode. Mastering a
> VHS tape is trivial by comparison.
True. But even so, the savings on cost of replications quickly surpass the
outlay on encoding.
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news:1f9ibljhv4bys$.1vep1usk1p224.dlg@40tude.net.. .
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:09:04 +1000, TheMan wrote:
>
> > Look what the pricing department did with DVD movies.
> >
> > When DVD's came out and started to replace VHS, they decided it was a
great
> > time to push the price up. Thats why a DVD version of a movie is around
> > $5-$10 more expensive then the VHS version yet a DVD is much more
cheaper to
> > produce.
>
> A common misconception.
>
> DVDs are cheaper to *replicate* than VHS tapes, but you're forgetting a
> couple of thing.
>
> 1. You're paying for the content, not the disc, and
>
> 2. DVD Video discs cost a small fortune to author and encode. Mastering a
> VHS tape is trivial by comparison.
True. But even so, the savings on cost of replications quickly surpass the
outlay on encoding.
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