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Survey: DVD / BD Habits

dm wrote:

Why are they awful? They don't appreciably raise the manufacturer's costs (nor are they much more expensive than non-combo releases), and they increase the potential sales (I'd have thought --- looking at the results of the survey so far I guess I may be one of the few non-BD respondents).

The people who think they're awful are just the ones that either don't use BDs or don't use DVDs, so they feel no need for the other. That, or they hate how they tend to come in DVD sized packaging.

But from what I've heard, they seem to do well for the companies, so those people are just gonna have to deal. I doubt we'll see a stop to them, not that I mind.

Both of those points, yes. But as you said, clearly they're fulfilling market demand, and I've bought them myself (as I did for Ga-Rei: Zero).

I'm quite happy to pay, but I don't want to be paying twice. Do a deal with the ISPs to ensure that my quota is not being used up to watch your content.

Big Hed wrote:

Both of those points, yes. But as you said, clearly they're fulfilling market demand, and I've bought them myself (as I did for Ga-Rei: Zero).

Yeah, the only time I've ever bought one was with Katanagatari, and I sold that back a month or so ago. Not because of packaging woes, though; just the show itself.

And, btw, this is totally effing off-topic, but--even though you've had that Haru avatar for forever--I just randomly came across the full version of that picture the other day, and it's f**king gorgeous.

Makes me all the more excited for myXam'd Part 1 blu-ray's arrival tomorrow. Needless to say, I enjoyed the hell outta that show all the way through when it was on ANoD a while back, unlike some others.

I'm pretty sure the "results" only has the choices of the first user who submitted.

- Must be available in my country

But yeah, the full picture is beautiful isn't it? So is Nakiami's, of course--and if you haven't seen it, wait until you get hold of Part 2! Glad to hear somebody else enjoyed Xam'd so much.

Making this a little more relevant to the topic: Xam'd is one of the few titles I would've gobbled up in any format it was released Stateside in. The money I would've paid for a premium box set bundled with the OST and a 150 page high quality artbook... Ah, it's nice to daydream sometimes.

Hell, even if it was just with the OST(which is incredible, especially the openers/closers).

For the last question, I think true Full Screen should be an option.

As most streaming has true full screen, it isn't that much of a big deal to most.
However, as a true "must have" option, that's the only one I'd really like as a "must have"
I can live without it, and do for NicoNico, but as a preference, I'd much rather watch a 360 stream with true full screen, than a 720p stream stuck in a browser.