Any Major Company doing MOD Blu-ray

[Tns49]

Lots of movies never made it to a regular DVD release. Some however made it to MOD (manufactured on demand) from major companies such as Warner Archive Collection.

Have any Blu-rays started to be done as such?

[Akijama]

AFAIK - none.

But i think it's just a matter of time when will units-such us WAC-start producing MOD Blu-rays.

[#Darren]

No Major companies, there are some small amateurish ones though.

[Arkadin]

imo it's only a matte of time before Warner starts.
I hope.

[critterdvd]

I also agree that it will probably be a matter of time, but I wouldn't expect it within the next two years as the studios that actually care about blu-catalog are still releasing A-list titles. When they get down the B-list titles they might go this route, but I can only imagine the pricing...

[#Darren]

The wacky think about the inferior MOD-DVD's is that they are more expensive than proper DVD's.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by #Darren

The wacky think about the inferior MOD-DVD's is that they are more expensive than proper DVD's.

Of course they are, they're produced one-at-a-time, instead of pressing them in large quantities.

Obviously it's gonna cost more per unit doing it this way, but at least it's a legit way to get obscure titles that the studios have no interest in doing a wide release for. I'd rather have an MOD option from a studio than simply have the title not be available at all, even if it's a few more bucks.

[#Darren]

I don't think they are literally produced one at a time (at least not the majority). I imagine the more popular titles are created in small batch runs. Anyway since it is no doubt all done via electronic commands into a machine the extra effort must be minimal.

Originally Posted by benricci

Of course they are, they're produced one-at-a-time, instead of pressing them in large quantities.

Obviously it's gonna cost more per unit doing it this way, but at least it's a legit way to get obscure titles that the studios have no interest in doing a wide release for. I'd rather have an MOD option from a studio than simply have the title not be available at all, even if it's a few more bucks.

[Towergrove]

Originally Posted by benricci

Of course they are, they're produced one-at-a-time, instead of pressing them in large quantities.

Obviously it's gonna cost more per unit doing it this way, but at least it's a legit way to get obscure titles that the studios have no interest in doing a wide release for. I'd rather have an MOD option from a studio than simply have the title not be available at all, even if it's a few more bucks.

Warner is now pressing a small run of the many of the newly released MODS then after that they are DVD-R's.

[benricci]

OK, semantics aside, you get my point. Jeez...

[octagon]

Sony, Paramount and Fox are kind of doing it now. Their various deals with Twilight Time, Image, Olive, Mill Creek, etc are all basically just glorified disc-on-demand operations.

Which is not a bad thing.

[#Darren]

Originally Posted by Towergrove

Warner is now pressing a small run of the many of the newly released MODS then after that they are DVD-R's.

Aren't they ALL DVD-R's? No proper pressed disks at all.

[#Darren]

Originally Posted by octagon

Sony, Paramount and Fox are kind of doing it now. Their various deals with Twilight Time, Image, Olive, Mill Creek, etc are all basically just glorified disc-on-demand operations.

Which is not a bad thing.

Yeah but they are properly pressed Blu rays. Not BD-R.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by #Darren

Yeah but they are properly pressed Blu rays. Not BD-R.

That's one of the reasons it's not a bad thing.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by #Darren

Yeah but they are properly pressed Blu rays. Not BD-R.

But the movie on demand thing is DVD-R, right?

I really don't know I'm just asking. That assumption of mine is the reason the "pressed on demand" thing is not very interesting. It's practically a bootleg copy. So the "Twilight Time" model is at least *ALOT* better then that with an actual pressed disc and artwork (albeit still barebones content).

[octagon]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

But the movie on demand thing is DVD-R, right?

I really don't know I'm just asking. That assumption of mine is the reason the "pressed on demand" thing is not very interesting. It's practically a bootleg copy. So the "Twilight Time" model is at least *ALOT* better then that with an actual pressed disc and artwork (albeit still barebones content).

Well, TT releases are only better for the first 3,000 buyers but yeah, that aside I kind of like the way some studios are starting to farm out the titles they don't want to release themselves.

[#Darren]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

But the movie on demand thing is DVD-R, right?

I really don't know I'm just asking. That assumption of mine is the reason the "pressed on demand" thing is not very interesting. It's practically a bootleg copy. So the "Twilight Time" model is at least *ALOT* better then that with an actual pressed disc and artwork (albeit still barebones content).

Yes.

The picture quality on the WB Archive DVD-R's that I have is very good. They claim that their DVD-R's are somehow a much higher quality than the ordinary person's DVD-R....

[critterdvd]

Originally Posted by #Darren

Yes.

The picture quality on the WB Archive DVD-R's that I have is very good. They claim that their DVD-R's are somehow a much higher quality than the ordinary person's DVD-R....

I've only purchased a few but I havn't been disappointed by any of them. I was actually shocked when I realized that the discs used for "Awkward Season 1" are dual-layered DVDs, not just single layers...

[jurples]

retweeted by warner archive:

George Feltenstein says possibility for the Warner Archive to release Blu-rays. Not there yet but maybe. ‪#SDCC‬ @WarnerArchive

link

[Tns49]

Originally Posted by jurples

retweeted by warner archive:



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Hopefully when it does occur, they will be of decent quality. It will probably be the only way to get some older or less known titles. I see a new thread has opened up based on comments from Warner Acrhives.