Why do we have to wait like five months or more for a DVD to come out?

[Erzengel]

Think somebody needs a nap.

 

[webhead731]

Who?

 

[Carter]

It's a little long.
I wish M:I:3 would come out on dvd already, but the reality is that I'll have to wait until around September

 

[webhead731]

Someone agrees with me.^

I guess he's spoiled too.

 

[Addendum]

It doesn't seem long to me...

especially when I see at most 1 or 2 movies in the theater each year

 

[MoviesKickAss]

To get all the deleted scenes, versions, editions, and cuts.

Most just want the Movie & dont give e damn about those (I do) but most would just be happy to OWN THE MOVIE & I honestly dont see a point in releasing like just the Movie first then a few months later another better version. Hell they already do that anyway

 

[Addendum]

Most just want the Movie & dont give e damn about those (I do) but most would just be happy to OWN THE MOVIE & I honestly dont see a point in releasing like just the Movie first then a few months later another better version. Hell they already do that anyway

^ That is why...

 

[Grimm52]

You also have to realize that the if the movie is still in theaters around the world they wont release a DVD

 

[Addendum]

You also have to realize that the if the movie is still in theaters around the world they wont release a DVD

...officially...

 

[Grimm52]

Officially Addemdum you got it lol

 

[Octoberist]

What takes so long? Can't they just start to make the DVD a little before, or once the movie hits theatres? Or do they have to wait until they see how much money they have earned from the movie?

But sometimes it doesn't make sense. A two month wait would be fine.

If it takes two months, then why go the movies then? It's just bad business.

I don't like the idea of watching certain movies at home. I'm not a hermit. I want to go out. Going to the threaters is a social event.

Compare watching a movie like....Spider-Man on it's opening day compared to watching it on DVD. Fun vs. Housebody

 

[Addendum]

Watching any movie for the first time is an experience.

It doesn't matter if you see it for the first time at home, the multiplex, the drive-in, the galley of a fishing boat in the Bering Sea trying to get a certain type of Alaskan crab, or wherever else people watch movies.

Edit: and when I interact with another person in the theatre, it's "shut the **** up and watch the damned movie"

 

[LostSon88]

What would be the point of seeing a movie in the theaters if you can buy it for yourself 2-3 months later?

Believe me, some people can hold out that long...

 

[The Kid]

how long does it usually take to have the master disc image completed and ready for printing?

 

[WarBlade]

Five months is too short. I'd rather see a release separation of about a year between threatrical and home theatre releases to give time for cinemas around the globe to actually complete their run before the damned DVDs start killing off the ticket sales.

 

[November Rain]

if dvds came out at the same times as the films do (which shouldn't be hard), would that hinder of help overall sale depending on the pricing strategy that is involved?

i mean it would certainly save the companies money on the piracy issue since there will no longer be a void to fillm between cinema and dvd release which pirates exploit. They'd save millions and millions...

 

[Addendum]

What would be the point of seeing a movie in the theaters if you can buy it for yourself 2-3 months later?

Believe me, some people can hold out that long...

I don't see the point of seeing a movie in the theatre, when I can enjoy it in the quiet and comfort of my home a few months later.

However, that depends on if the movie has gained my interest in actually watching it.

 

[WarBlade]

if dvds came out at the same times as the films do (which shouldn't be hard), would that hinder of help overall sale depending on the pricing strategy that is involved?

Dramatically hinder.

Most movies have a global roll out covering several months. The moment you release a movie and it's DVD in one country everyone elsewhere suddenly gets the option to buy said DVD from Amazon or some other online outlet. Then you have the situation where their personally imported DVD's are in their hands several months before their local theatrical release.

So what about the global release schedules that have a product releasing in most places over a 24 hour period? Well the reason for the several months between one country and another is the first country can run their film, break it down, ship it to the next country for their run and at the end of the day the distributer has leased one copy of a film to three venues and saved themselves a whole heap of money. The 24 hour global releases cost a bomb because there will need to be copies for every venue simultaneously.

As for putting out DVD's and movies all in one huge global blast, consider how the profits from sales in one place might ease the burden of distributing to the next a couple of months down the line. Now consider the all at once approach where a distributor would have to have the reasources to get the costs covered up front somehow.

So yeah... Dramatically hinder it is.

i mean it would certainly save the companies money on the piracy issue since there will no longer be a void to fillm between cinema and dvd release which pirates exploit. They'd save millions and millions...

That's a hairbrained theory that a few people have some up with before and even within the studio/distributor end of the business sanity has prevailed when they realize that their theorized 'savings' would turn around and bite them when their opening week formula pricing share gets brutally slashed. Ironically however it's a moderate version of that piracy 'beating' theory that has the gap as short as a few months.

 

[November Rain]

but say if the costs of dvds went up and the costs of cinemas stayed relatively low, so that renting and purchasing were more expensive options than going to the cinema, the cinema would than become the choice for those who wish to just see a film first hand off the cusp while renting and dvd purchasing would become the means for those who want to watch a film in more detail or keep it.

the increased cost of the dvd would cover the novelty of getting it straight away and also on people returning to the cinema for multiple viewings, wouldn't it?

I don't think the cinema trip would necessary have to suffer such a large decifit but i doubt i know as much about this as you do so i'll just take your word for it.

 

[Shuley]

The theater will never go away, it's apart of our culture. The theater needs a major overhaul though,for example..

A High Defenition picture
Better sound
Cheaper consession prices (although I don't buy anything)
More comfortable seats (for those 3+ hour films)
Cheaper admission (although movie studios probably think it's too cheap now)
Better Quality Films (They don't make them the way they used to)

If even just a couple of these problems were addressed,ticket sales would be higher.

 

[Erzengel]

Electrical shocks for people who talk loudly, have kids, smoke and talk on their cell phones.

 

[WarBlade]

The theater will never go away, it's apart of our culture. The theater needs a major overhaul though,for example..

A High Defenition picture
Better sound

You can't get any higher definition picture without moving away from 35mm film and quite frankly the digital revolution is a costly overhaul that no cinema wants to underwrite. Remember the first generation of digital upgrades? Probably never heard of it, so I'll just say that the few cinemas who jumped on the "next best thing" bandwagon got screwed when the second generation of DLP happened and like an old computer their hardware became obsolete.

How high definition do you want anyway? I see screen problem that takes me a minute to point out to people before they think they see what I'm talking about and I think the picture is pretty good.

And better sound? I have to wonder which soundtrack you must be listening to. Is the cinema you go to not even equipped with Dolby Digital readers? Because if you're basing your argument on a Dolby SR listening experience then you really have no argument.

 

[Dr.Doom]

money

 

[The Apatow Crew]

I'm probably guessing if they want a comentary with the actors and actors might be filming another movie so they might have to wait a few months until the actors are free to do it. plus threre's al lthose behind the scenes features of how the movie is made. especally if its filled with special effects.

 

[dutchmarvel]

Die Another Day 09 January 2003 - 07 April 2003

The cinema release date of the movie whas skipt from 05 December 2002 to 09 January 2003 because of Lord of the rings 2 and Harry Potter 2. But Fox promise us that there don´t skip the release date of the dvd and that´s why there are lesser then 3 month´s between the release of the movie in the cinema and the dvd.

Mission Impossible 2 whas a long wait. 7 month´s. The movie coming out on 04 July 2000,the dvd on 28 February 2001. Beside´s that you must waiting longer for a lesser price.

But i can remember that you must waiting 13 month´s for the release of Mi on VHS.

Now the moost movie´s coming out between 3-5,½ month´s,but that don´t mean that you buy those dvd´s after those month´s,you must waiting also for a better price.

Also it is the month the movie comingout and what kind of feeling you have when is must comingout on dvd and how long you can wait.
For example,for X-men 3 we must waiting till begin November this time and Mi-3 comingout at the end of October. But with a May release date of those movie´s it feel longer then when the movie comingout in July and begin December. But i think 3-5½ month´s is long enough and 4 month´s for popular movie´s is fast enough,movie´s must get a change in the cinema and that´s means atleast 3 month´s.

Cinema release date worldwide working with some movie´s but not with all the movie´s.
For example,i think Paramount making a mistake to release Mi3 in May and not in July. The release at the end of October whas not going in to trouble if the release the movie in July. July-September whas long enough and 2 month´s later there can release the dvd there made of course earlyer.