Comments on: Where Have All The Special Features Gone? http://www.stolendroids.com/editorials/where-have-all-the-special-features-gone Geeks of the web unite! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zuke http://www.stolendroids.com/editorials/where-have-all-the-special-features-gone/comment-page-1#comment-962 Zuke Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:01:08 +0000 http://www.stolendroids.com/?p=1027#comment-962 When DVD's first started getting big, I was working for RC Willey's. Our number one return was DVD Players because they couldn't play the Disney DVD's that people were getting. Disney was loading so much crap onto the disc that the DVD had too many layers for the player to read. Most players of the time couldn't read so many layers, and so would just crap out. Disney got around this by making every release a two-disc affair. I don't need two discs. I understand some movies need the extra space, but that doesn't mean I expect every movie I have to come with a companion disc. My favorite movie on DVD is Ghostbusters Special Edition; LOADS of extra features, enhanced picture, sound, and effects, and three separate ways to watch the movie! And it's all on one disc! Of course, being an older film, it didn't take up as much space on the disc to begin with so it can get away with only being on one disc and I get that. The way I figure it is that the DVD's that are the el cheapo versions (no special features, no trailers, not even a real plastic case) should be $7-9. The nicer, two disc versions with actual cases should be around $15-18. That's in line with what DVD's used to be, and would be comparable to the Blu-Ray releases we're seeing. When DVD’s first started getting big, I was working for RC Willey’s. Our number one return was DVD Players because they couldn’t play the Disney DVD’s that people were getting. Disney was loading so much crap onto the disc that the DVD had too many layers for the player to read. Most players of the time couldn’t read so many layers, and so would just crap out.

Disney got around this by making every release a two-disc affair.

I don’t need two discs. I understand some movies need the extra space, but that doesn’t mean I expect every movie I have to come with a companion disc. My favorite movie on DVD is Ghostbusters Special Edition; LOADS of extra features, enhanced picture, sound, and effects, and three separate ways to watch the movie! And it’s all on one disc! Of course, being an older film, it didn’t take up as much space on the disc to begin with so it can get away with only being on one disc and I get that.

The way I figure it is that the DVD’s that are the el cheapo versions (no special features, no trailers, not even a real plastic case) should be $7-9. The nicer, two disc versions with actual cases should be around $15-18. That’s in line with what DVD’s used to be, and would be comparable to the Blu-Ray releases we’re seeing.

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