ikbtops wrote:Thank you to all, and happy anniversary to this great forum!!! I've only been on here for a couple of weeks,but I've truly enjoyed all of the responses from all of you awesome Avenger fans as well as digging the general vibe supremely! I will indeed look into picking at least the '76 set up next pay.
I have a multi zone DVD player,but no Blu Ray. I may look in into getting a uni remote to hack it though. I don't understand why DVDs for American audiences have such minimal extras? My Tomorrow People region 2 DVDs- loads of extra commentaries. I'm looking very forward to TNA!
I suspect the main reason the AE extras were so bare was due to risk assessement
I think it's easy to forget that the Avengers was 1 of the first TV shows released on DVD in both the US and the world. It was back at a time when they were still manufacturing VHS products. Releasing tv shows was still a gamble. You combine that with the cost of extras, (even commentary on a few episodes) and the how much AE was getting billed by Canal+ it was probbaly seen as an unnecessary risk.
Also the relative cost to purchase episodes back then was very expensive compared to 5 years later or today. 6 episodes on DVD cost $45 dollars and this over 10 yrs ago. we'd be talking over $200 for a full season-factoring in inflation. Today a tv show box set has an entire season of 22 epsiodes between $60-90 depending on extras and the number of discs.
charging $99 for the EP megaset today would be accurate considering how feww extras there are.
Now I hope R1 versions of these new DVDs come about but I don't know if when i will be able to afford it. I did say DVDs. I dont care how good BlueRay is, I am not about to spend thousands of dollars on a new system and replacements discs just for a litte extra resolution or 1 or 2 additional extras. It makes sense that DVD supplant VHS since the advantage differences between the 2 systems was enormous and the cost of DVDs came down to warrant it. However there isn't enough of a difference between DVD and BlueRay