Are Anime series DVDs a rip off?

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Postby Sukunai » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:59 pm

Mroni wrote:Fucking viz the only anime Company I support ripping off. Assholes charged 25 bucks for Ranma tapes with only 2 eps on them. I really don't mind paying 20 to 25 for 3 or more eps but never 2.


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If I recall, back when anime was sold on tapes, it was so rare, so new, that it was expensive regardless of how you tried to get it. And it was rare if you could even find a retail source in the first place.

But yeah, Ranma has always led the pack in my collection for stuff I thought was dreadfully expensive. I hope a dvd set can be said to be finally economical on dvd once Blueray gets set up as the new format fully.
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Postby Emong » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:16 pm

They should sell a whole season as one box.

And no, I don't mean all the individual DVDs packed together >_>
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Postby Dr3am3nigma » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:16 pm

No i don't think its too much. If you're gonna watch an anime u should pay for what your are watching. The only DVDs i refuse to buy are those for the long series. cause theyre way... too... damn... long...

I usually buy the box set after its all been released. Saves a lot of $.
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Postby hasteroth » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:19 pm

It doesn't affect me since I just watch my anime on nthe web. I have some small use for DVDs. Let's say I spot a DVD of an anime in a store and it looks interesting but I never would have discovered the anime any other way. Then it's of use.
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Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:20 pm

hasteroth wrote:It doesn't affect me since I just watch my anime on nthe web. I have some small use for DVDs. Let's say I spot a DVD of an anime in a store and it looks interesting but I never would have discovered the anime any other way. Then it's of use.


how titillatingly irrelevant.
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Postby hasteroth » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:22 pm

The Origonal Head Hunter wrote:
hasteroth wrote:It doesn't affect me since I just watch my anime on nthe web. I have some small use for DVDs. Let's say I spot a DVD of an anime in a store and it looks interesting but I never would have discovered the anime any other way. Then it's of use.


how titillatingly irrelevant.


I was making a point how they aren't really much of a rip-off well.... maybe they are.... but I don't normally buy them so... well whatever I don't need to be here. Guess I'll get out.
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Postby Pherphq » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:39 pm

buy the box set after its all been released.


x2 I don't think it's a rip off actually prefer to order them has less $ prices of box sets.
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Postby LivingFlame » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:48 pm

I wait for box sets. Seriously, with college and all, I don't have the extra money to buy much of this stuff. The last thing I bought was the Ah! My Goddess Season 1 box set. It was about $54 as opposed to the $156 or so that it would've been (before tax) to buy the 6 volumes separately. $100+ savings? Yes, please. :)
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Postby Parodic Productions » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:46 pm

Um, to be perfectly honest, I mostly copy every anime DVD I get from Netflix onto DVD-R's. I buy the blanks from Best Buy or Walmart, whoever has the best offers, and use those to make my own dvd's. Thanks to DVD Decrypter and Shrink, it's become relatively easily.

I claim they're all for creative purposes (I need the iso's for amv's). But I'm beginning to feel my reasoning becoming ulterior. I find myself copying movies from rental stores and anywhere else, even downloading torrents of full actual dvd's straight from Japan. I have never tried selling copies of these things though, despite how easy it is, because I don't feel right about it. Plus, I wouldn't know a dealer where I live willing to sell that stuff on the streets (in my city, they sell ripped dvds in small-chain grocery stores).

Thankfully, with my new full-time job, I've begun to make amends and buy my own dvds from stores and ebay. I'm even going back to replace the ones I've copied over the years with legits. It was fun while it lasted, but I feel I've outgrown my "wild sprees" as of late. I'm not completely over it though, due to my amv creating, but I hope I'll be able to move past this in the near future, possibly once Blu-Ray completely takes over the competition.

Plus, I keep ending up with unreadable discs from Netflix. Eh.
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Postby Dr3am3nigma » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:19 am

Parodic Productions wrote:Plus, I keep ending up with unreadable discs from Netflix


Yea, ive tried netflix but it was too annoying for me. Every time they send me an unreadable disk i have to mail it back and wait for a replacement. It was just not worth the trouble and to be honest... their service sucks.
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Postby ZephyrStar » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:14 pm

Yes, they are a very good deal.

For me the cost matters not if I need the source or love the show -_-
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Postby Sukunai » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:39 pm

Parodic Productions wrote:Um, to be perfectly honest, I mostly copy every anime DVD I get from Netflix onto DVD-R's. I buy the blanks from Best Buy or Walmart, whoever has the best offers, and use those to make my own dvd's. Thanks to DVD Decrypter and Shrink, it's become relatively easily.

I claim they're all for creative purposes (I need the iso's for amv's). But I'm beginning to feel my reasoning becoming ulterior. I find myself copying movies from rental stores and anywhere else, even downloading torrents of full actual dvd's straight from Japan. I have never tried selling copies of these things though, despite how easy it is, because I don't feel right about it. Plus, I wouldn't know a dealer where I live willing to sell that stuff on the streets (in my city, they sell ripped dvds in small-chain grocery stores).

Thankfully, with my new full-time job, I've begun to make amends and buy my own dvds from stores and ebay. I'm even going back to replace the ones I've copied over the years with legits. It was fun while it lasted, but I feel I've outgrown my "wild sprees" as of late. I'm not completely over it though, due to my amv creating, but I hope I'll be able to move past this in the near future, possibly once Blu-Ray completely takes over the competition.

Plus, I keep ending up with unreadable discs from Netflix. Eh.


Ummm that's an interesting and shameless admission of PIRACY, in case you weren't aware of it. Heck and I get yelled at for discussing that I like o watch fan subs.

Everyone knows it can be done of course (well anyone with an IQ over 10 I suppose). And we all know you can rent a disk from near anywhere and do the same.

Just that we ain't supposed to blather on about the doing it here.
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Postby Sukunai » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:45 pm

Now as for "unreadable disks", yeah that happens when I let my son borrow mine, and he leaves them in his atypical teenager bedroom.

If I don't rescue them not surprisingly they become "unreadable" fairly quick.

Also seems to happen when friends borrow them especially if they don't loan anything back in my direction. People tend to look after discs better when you have some of THEIRS at your place too.

Which is why I discontinued loaning dvds to people not contributing back.

I figure a dvd has about 20 rentals before getting an unreadable response becomes likely. People never take care of something that's not there's to worry about.

And I likely would never rent anything "mainstream" simply because too many users likely have gotten to it first.
Which I guess is one reason I like online rentals for documentaries and old movies. Less people interested in them.
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Postby Pherphq » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:52 pm

Dr3am3nigma wrote:Yea, ive tried netflix but it was too annoying for me. Every time they send me an unreadable disk i have to mail it back and wait for a replacement. It was just not worth the trouble and to be honest... their service sucks.


Agrees on that note good thing Netflix had for less deals but mostly in use if need in burning and yea the unreadable disk can get annoying but hey cheaper the DVDs on Netflix better right?
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Postby Parodic Productions » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:53 pm

This has been a pretty good discussion, because with the change in mediums, I've been wondering how this will affect making amv's.

I mean, where do Blu-Ray discs fit in with the amv spectrum? Will someone make a decrypter for this, or upgrades to the current decrytper? And converting to avi's, along with the issue of interlace; there will probably have to be a total revamp of software programs and how-to guides in order to accomodate.

As for contests, will the rules become upgraded to fit the change? And the video formats. Many people have already started using better video formats for i-pods and such.

And, speaking of downloads, what's everyone's thoughts on legally downloaded videos, eg direct2drive, funimation? What if this precedent over other solid mediums? Not likely, since most are wmv's or flv's, encrypted with copyright material, and/or for limited use.

Still, I've been curious of this for some time. What does anyone else think?
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