The Consumer they call us! - Blu-ray Forum

burlysod · 04-01-2008, 09:03 PM

Bought 'Blue Planet' the other day. Good value, and wonderful quality. Replaces my conventional DVD of the same title which replaced my Laserdisk. Don't think I sprung for the VHS of that, but it got me to thinking. Obviously part of the purchase cost is the interllectual rights of the movie. But wouldn't it be nice if the movie studios would recognize that we have (in some cases) paid those rights over and over again and provide some kind of rebates for previous purchases. Probably impractical, but I suppose many of us have followed the progression of VHS to Laser to DVD and now to Blu-Ray. Of course there may be the odd poor sod who can add HDDVD into that chain!!!

Ascended_Saiyan · 04-01-2008, 09:08 PM

That sounds reasonable, but it's not likely to happen.

Johk · 04-01-2008, 09:39 PM

Theoretically, it seems logic to me but impractical for physical media since there is no way to keep track of the physical media (you could sell your DVD to someone else...)

For digital downloads it could be different since companies will be able to keep track of the downloads. They kind of did that when Apple allowed users to upgrade when available their songs to itunes plus (upgrade from 128 kbps AAC encoding with DRM to DRM-free 256 kbps AAC encoding). And I'm not a fan of digital downloads for me but this could be one advantage...

colofan · 04-01-2008, 09:45 PM

Some studios are doing that. If you have the DVD send in proof of purchase on the package and get a rebate on the blu-ray.

Ripcord83 · 04-01-2008, 10:50 PM

yep, some have done that before.
i know when i got the Narnia 2-disc,
then re-purchased the 4-disc they had a $5-10 rebate (i think it was $10, not sure though).

04-01-2008, 09:03 PM	#1
burlysod New Member Member since:Apr 2008	The Consumer they call us! Bought 'Blue Planet' the other day. Good value, and wonderful quality. Replaces my conventional DVD of the same title which replaced my Laserdisk. Don't think I sprung for the VHS of that, but it got me to thinking. Obviously part of the purchase cost is the interllectual rights of the movie. But wouldn't it be nice if the movie studios would recognize that we have (in some cases) paid those rights over and over again and provide some kind of rebates for previous purchases. Probably impractical, but I suppose many of us have followed the progression of VHS to Laser to DVD and now to Blu-Ray. Of course there may be the odd poor sod who can add HDDVD into that chain!!!

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04-01-2008, 09:08 PM	#2
Ascended_Saiyan Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Atlanta, Georgia Blu-ray collection:608 Trading Score:1	That sounds reasonable, but it's not likely to happen.

04-01-2008, 09:39 PM	#3
Johk Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:645 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	Theoretically, it seems logic to me but impractical for physical media since there is no way to keep track of the physical media (you could sell your DVD to someone else...) For digital downloads it could be different since companies will be able to keep track of the downloads. They kind of did that when Apple allowed users to upgrade when available their songs to itunes plus (upgrade from 128 kbps AAC encoding with DRM to DRM-free 256 kbps AAC encoding). And I'm not a fan of digital downloads for me but this could be one advantage...

04-01-2008, 09:45 PM	#4
colofan Member Member since:Aug 2007	Some studios are doing that. If you have the DVD send in proof of purchase on the package and get a rebate on the blu-ray.

04-01-2008, 10:50 PM	#5
Ripcord83 Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Bay Area, CA.	yep, some have done that before. i know when i got the Narnia 2-disc, then re-purchased the 4-disc they had a $5-10 rebate (i think it was $10, not sure though).

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