Disney Releasing Blu-ray Combo Pack of Pirates 4 Ahead of the DVD Only Version

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Originally Posted by ole geezer

Except in the case of Pirates there is no initial DVD release to compare the combo price to. Let me explain. This weeks release of The Lincoln Lawyer has the DVD priced at $15 and the BR combo is $18 at Amazon. The DVD is reasonably priced and that sort of indirectly forces the BR combo to be within $3 to $5 of the DVD price.

What Disney is doing with this experiment is pricing the combo seemingly at an arbitrary premium price of $28 for both BR and DVD buyers with no cheaper DVD to worry about. Is that OK with you guys???

Those that want to buy it will buy it at that set price, others will wait. The $28 price tag will probably come down anyways. Regardless, it's what the studios will do to advance a new format. Even if in the future they will only release 3D Blu-ray versions of some films at a premium while not releasing a 2D only version of that same film, I would probably understand why the studios do it.

Am I ok with this move? Sure, as it doesn't affect me, the people still have an option of buying the DVD version, and this isn't a new thing the studios are doing. I got use to the studios working this way back when I owned a VHS. Some movies were getting a DVD release earlier than a VHS release and I had no way of watching it unless I waited or decided to upgrade to DVD. Even back then some music albums would get aa exclusive song on a CD over a Cassette version. This shouldn't seem new or shocking.