How much is to much?!

anneke · Post by **anneke** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:04 pm

My next AMV project is using a series that isn't in the US, other in as fansubs. I have the fansubs and I'm going to try and just use them for an AMV, but I have also been looking into getting good quality footage. However the cost for getting the 40 episode series on DVD from Japan is going to $500.00! Is it worth it for a 5 minute video? I say yes, but I really can't justify spending so much still for a series that I'll use once. <sigh> What do other people think? Anyone else have the same problem? If it was like $200 I wouldn't mind so much, but really...$500.00!

Anneke

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:08 pm

$100 per minute!

Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:14 pm

What series is it? You could try to re-sell it after you're done with it.

Is it something that will appear in the states in the next few years? I'd wait before investing that much money.

Tom

priuscomet · Post by **priuscomet** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 3:41 pm

wow...that's a load of greens to spend on a single vid.

if you had planned to use it in more then one, then i'd say go for it...but for just one? hmm....

me thinks its too much. course, this is comming from a poor ass college student... $500 is one month's rent...

litterally... ><

Hitori · Post by **Hitori** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 4:20 pm

I'd say do it if you really want to... But, this is just a hobby for a lot of us and we even spend a ton to get that footage we really neeed! I know I have!

It's your choice, no one person can tell you what to do other than yourself.

Hakura · Post by **Hakura** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 6:40 pm

Humm...thats a lot..... if you really want it then buy it.... but I wouldn't go around spening that much on source footage.... ^^;;;

Fungie½ · Post by **Fungie½** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 6:54 pm

Hey Anneke. If you're talking about Versailles no Bara (Rose of Versailles) the DVD box-set's do cost a bit. I'm importing in a couple DVD's from Japan too. Maybe you should only use footage from one of the box sets. It all depends. Also, region 2 DVD ripping is a bitch without the right software (I think it's DVDGenie). But, they are high quality.

The other choice is getting high quailty fansubs. The TechnoGirls fansub distro is very nice and they have good quality copies of the tapes ^^

--Daniel

Chaos Angel · Post by **Chaos Angel** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 7:31 pm

O_O

$500...

I probably wouldn't spend that much unless I thought I would get good use out of it. Do you think you would use it for more than one video, and/or watch the series more than just for finding clips?

Regardless, I'd make sure before buying something that pricy hastily.

Best of luck.

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 7:51 pm

I'd say it's only too much if you have to sacrifice something in exchange for buying it. Some people spend hundreds of dollars on their hobbies of collecting misc. items. Think of sports fans who travel around following their team across the country. It's fine to me if you spend every last penny of your money on something you love to do...in fact I would encourage it.

What good is money if we never spend it on something?

It's better than saving all of your money for a rainy day..unless that rainy day is to be taken as a vacation to a tropical island

In other words, unless it puts you back so much you get evicted or you have to choose between a month's worth of groceries or buying the dvds, go for it. Trying to justify something only works if you are trying to talk yourself *into* something ^_^

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 12:47 pm

O_O GOOD LORD!!! No I wouldnever spend that much for one video unless you desperatley want that series and will watch it a lot and that it will NEVER be released over here I say don't get it. Five-hundred-dollars is just too much in my opinion for one video.