[P1] DVD region codes?

[Joe Jones]

In the UK you can pay anything from £15 to £25 or more on DVDs that 
cost less in the US (ie, a bigger difference than could be accounted 
for due to the 17.5% VAT [sales tax] in the UK).

On average I've noticed that discs are £5 more expensive here than the 
equivalent in the US. If the price of a movie in the US is $15 then 
they seem to think it's ok to price the same disk at £17.99 ($27) in 
the UK. Almost all new releases here are priced at £20 ($30), apart 
from a few sure fire hits like Men in Black, LoTR etc which were £25.

Greed drives them, it seems. I guess the UK is funding the cigar 
lighters for hollywood. Of course, they'll have to convert those pounds 
into dollars before using them to light up, I think it's illegal to 
burn UK currency.

Joe


On Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003, at 03:01 Europe/London, Brian Pearce wrote:

>
>
>> I can't see the need for the lockdown on DVDs apart from the need to 
>> price gouge.
>
> I'm not sure this aspect of the DVD market in the UK, but here in the 
> US, prices for both hardware and DVD discs have fallen *dramatically* 
> as just about everyone (from the studios to retailers) use them to 
> attract interest to the platform or as a loss leader. In many cases, 
> product is at a lower price point than a comparable VHS release would 
> have been before the introduction of the format. In the aggregate, 
> it's a far better product for consumers at a much lower price.
>
> BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net
>
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