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Should you have to buy everything over and over again?

  • 06-06-2012 2:09am
    #1
    Reoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭


    Say I buy Top Gun on VHS in 1986 then DVD in 1998 then BluRay in 2012. I pay for the same thing 3 times over.
    And I (hypothetically) buy Bat Out Of Hell in 1978. Then I buy it again in 1984 when it comes out on CD.

    Why? Top Gun was recorded in 1986, why do I have to wait until now to buy the high-res version on it?
    If you buy an album/film, can you buy it again, just slightly better? What about just a little bit higher quality?
    Why pay more for something that you've already bought? Should that not open the door to a trade-in scheme?
    Hand in the DVD, get 50% off?


Comments

  • #2
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    They make more money this way?


  • #3
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    I download a torrent once and thats it


  • #4
    some random drunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭some random drunk


    Who's making you buy it?

    Why not just keep your vcr and tapes? Why do you need the new version?


  • #5
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Recording films off the telly is killing the movie industry.


  • #6
    Doc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Doc


    Reoil wrote: »
    Say I buy Top Gun on VHS in 1986 then DVD in 1998 then BluRay in 2012. I pay for the same thing 3 times over.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXw6znXPfy4


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  • #7
    grindle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    eth0 wrote: »
    I download a torrent once and thats it

    But which one?!?

    aXXo or IMAGiNE?

    DVDRip or BRRip?

    720p or 1080p?

    MKV or AVI?

    Dammit man, all the scene groups are totally ripping me off, making me download all these different versions. Time is money, y'know?


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    grindle wrote: »
    But which one?!?

    aXXo or IMAGiNE?

    DVDRip or BRRip?

    720p or 1080p?

    MKV or AVI?

    Dammit man, all the scene groups are totally ripping me off, making me download all these different versions. Time is money, y'know?

    MPG.


  • #9
    grindle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    Deleted User wrote: »
    MPG.

    That's what they all contain.

    EDIT:not all, but most.


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