Comments on: DVD Sets http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/11/19/dvd-sets/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sean P Aune http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/11/19/dvd-sets/comment-page-1/#comment-20693 Sean P Aune Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:02:14 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/11/19/dvd-sets/#comment-20693 Shari - Good point. And that has been some of my thinking behind my purchases. There ARE failures out there (<em>Murphy Brown</em>, <em>Malcolm In The Middle</em>), so it does happen. Shari – Good point. And that has been some of my thinking behind my purchases. There ARE failures out there (Murphy Brown, Malcolm In The Middle), so it does happen.

]]> By: Shari http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/11/19/dvd-sets/comment-page-1/#comment-20690 Shari Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:48:07 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/11/19/dvd-sets/#comment-20690 The main problem is that, if too few people buy the seasons as they are released at the higher price, there's every chance the subsequent seasons will never be released. People who jump in now because they love a series so much they're waiting for each season are the ones who contribute to the full sets eventually getting released. My husband and I have been on both ends of this. We bought each season of Monty Python for a grand total of around $200. Currently, the mega-set can be bought for a little under $50 with Deep Discount DVDs low price and 20% discount *and* it includes all the other Python live DVDs. We took a bath from the box set discount point of view but we've probably watched them 6x since buying them. Similarly, we are paying the higher price for each season of The Bob Newhart Show and The Rockford Files though we know there's a good chance there will be an utlra-cheap box of both later (if they get released in their entireties). So, how important is saving money vs. supporting the full release of a series? That's the important question. If it's a series you're so-so on, then gamble on the box. The main problem is that, if too few people buy the seasons as they are released at the higher price, there’s every chance the subsequent seasons will never be released. People who jump in now because they love a series so much they’re waiting for each season are the ones who contribute to the full sets eventually getting released.

My husband and I have been on both ends of this. We bought each season of Monty Python for a grand total of around $200. Currently, the mega-set can be bought for a little under $50 with Deep Discount DVDs low price and 20% discount *and* it includes all the other Python live DVDs. We took a bath from the box set discount point of view but we’ve probably watched them 6x since buying them. Similarly, we are paying the higher price for each season of The Bob Newhart Show and The Rockford Files though we know there’s a good chance there will be an utlra-cheap box of both later (if they get released in their entireties).

So, how important is saving money vs. supporting the full release of a series? That’s the important question. If it’s a series you’re so-so on, then gamble on the box.

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