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Here is another link that shows pictures of the DVD's.
www.thehdroom.com/news/Wall-E_on_Blu-ra ... r_Art/3341
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Yep, gotcha there, but surely there is software that can size down a disc into a playable format like that? Just seems like a cheap gimmick that either wastes space on a two-disc set or makes a big thing of being a "3-disc set" which is nothing of the kind in practice as the third disc is only repeating content that is overspill.
Wouldn't it be better to offer proper formatted solutions? A Blu-ray for the Blu-ray people, a DVD for "the living room", as Disney puts it, and then just simply put out a $5 or $10 digital copy version? I'm sure none of the extras are carried over and that these are greatly reduced files. Would they even fit on a CD instead of a DVD? That being the case, no-one would buy a $5-10 digital file copy <I>instead</I> of buying something they could actually <I>watch</I> on a proper sized display.
I see the portable option being handy, but feel that it's a different format that should have a different price pattern and release. It just seems that we're either paying over the odds for two disc sets, having space on those sets being used up by this content (which people seem to have been ripping and converting fine for a good few years before this idea came along), or simply having added discs in the pack.
Wouldn't it be better to offer proper formatted solutions? A Blu-ray for the Blu-ray people, a DVD for "the living room", as Disney puts it, and then just simply put out a $5 or $10 digital copy version? I'm sure none of the extras are carried over and that these are greatly reduced files. Would they even fit on a CD instead of a DVD? That being the case, no-one would buy a $5-10 digital file copy <I>instead</I> of buying something they could actually <I>watch</I> on a proper sized display.
I see the portable option being handy, but feel that it's a different format that should have a different price pattern and release. It just seems that we're either paying over the odds for two disc sets, having space on those sets being used up by this content (which people seem to have been ripping and converting fine for a good few years before this idea came along), or simply having added discs in the pack.
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They are doing that. The 3-disc'er is not the only option available. Buy the two disc if you want and then buy the digital copy on iTunes later. However giving the option to buy the digital copy with the disc means you have a solid back-up copy and don't have to download the file.Ben wrote:..Wouldn't it be better to offer proper formatted solutions? A Blu-ray for the Blu-ray people, a DVD for "the living room", as Disney puts it, and then just simply put out a $5 or $10 digital copy version...
Not for us people who buy Blu-ray exclusively (at least not cheaply or without a lot of technical know-how). That's been one of the major downsides of buying BDs -- no more ripping movies to my hard drive.Ben wrote:...but surely there is software that can size down a disc into a playable format like that...