Are we blindly supporting the executive elite...?

[akadkins]

Reading through the threads, I came upon the one commenting on Master and Commander being on the shelves a few days early...got me excited a bit so I moved on over to Amazon.com to check out pricing/features.

What did I find but another Fox release that, like Predator, is overpriced and without any additional features that come on the DVD special edition version.

I read quite a few comments on the page complaining to this fact...saying that Fox sees that it can just dump out a title without any extras and charge a good $35 (list price...I'm sure we'll find it for $19 at Target in 2 weeks).

So, now that we've won the war for them, do we not feel that we desrve a bit more than this? I know the bottom line is the audio/video transfer, and companies are doing much better with that as of late, but if I'm going to drop DVD and go Blu, I expect some incentive other than just reading

1080P!!!!! LOSSLESS AUDIO!!!! THE FUTURE OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT!!!!!

If not, then price an older title where it should be....$19.99 to start. Or at least give me my digital copy that I can put on my PSP or something!

P.S. Don't think I won't own this movie in the next few weeks...I'm as in as anybody...just ranting...

[jw]

I guess you havent seen Paramount or Universal pricing, they are following fox

[Zyclone]

the same thing happened with vhs to dvd , with dvd sales going down they are going to squeeze every drop of $ out of blu ray they can most of the movies out now on blu ray will be re released later on with the all the bells and whistles so people spend more $$$$$$$$

im not saying its fair its just how these things go.

[Blu-Runner]

I don't own a single Fox Blu-ray yet. I've been watching them closely ever since the Robocop release. To me, the only thing they have out there that I deem worth the pennies is I, Robot. I'll get that one someday when it's around $20 and I have the funds.

Seriously, I'm pretty disappointed with them up to this point. $35 ($27 Amazon) price tags on mediocre transfers w/out extras isn't exactly winning me over.

[jw]

Originally Posted by Blu-Runner

I don't own a single Fox Blu-ray yet. I've been watching them closely ever since the Robocop release. To me, the only thing they have out there that I deem worth the pennies is I, Robot. I'll get that one someday when it's around $20 and I have the funds.

Seriously, I'm pretty disappointed with them up to this point. $35 ($27 Amazon) price tags on mediocre transfers w/out extras isn't exactly winning me over.

sale on amazon now, b2 g1 , makes it 17.00 shipped
frys had 14.99 fox last week, so it does happen

[darkpoet25]

I'm sure that before the Christmas holiday season, prices will drop somehwat and they will have more and more sales.

[bkbluray]

+1 to the above.

The lesson here is: definitely don't buy any release that either A) Fails to live up to expectations or B) is too expensive to justify. This includes most, if not all Fox titles for me. I will never spend $35 on a Blu-ray unless it's Lord of the Rings.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

I guess you havent seen Paramount or Universal pricing, they are following fox

Only on new releases.

Not sure about Universal, but Paramount's MSRP for catalog titles is $29.99 (around $19.99 at Amazon).

[KenThompson]

I have more Fox titles than any other studio. Only a couple of them have I resorted to paying over $30. I've got 25 of them.