| 10/9/2007 9:39 AM |
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andrewcrawford
Member since: 2/12/2007 | | Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | Brian,
Why dnt shout for shows like cops or any other or any in the future if the sales aitn high enough to makea set...... then make a basic dvd image that can be pruchased online and downlaoded and burned. then it be offical but ti only have a plain menu just with the abilty to select episodes and the epsidoe themself not resotred or anything even if there damaged. So means fans can get all epsiode on offical dvd shout wont need to worry about the sales so everyoen is happy then if the downlaod sales is very high you coudl release it with extras and proper menus |
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| 10/9/2007 9:59 AM |
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trustkill01
Member since: 4/9/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | | that is a thought.......and COPS (with maybe the exception of Zelda) is the best toon Shout has released thus far in my opinon. |
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| 10/9/2007 11:28 AM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | Even though we have the license to release these titles on DVD, we don't always have the rights to release them digitally. Our deal with DiC was made before downloadable content was so popular, so we don't have the authority to make the episodes available via the internet.
Great idea. Just not something we can do.
Brian
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| 10/9/2007 1:11 PM |
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andrewcrawford
Member since: 2/12/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | No not digital, you make the dvd then make a iso, this is the dvd but is burnable for the user meanign you are not dependent on makign the artwork etc, its shame you cant do it solve everything
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by B Ward at 10/9/2007 11:28:20 AM
Even though we have the license to release these titles on DVD, we don't always have the rights to release them digitally. Our deal with DiC was made before downloadable content was so popular, so we don't have the authority to make the episodes available via the internet.
Great idea. Just not something we can do.
Brian
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| 10/9/2007 2:25 PM |
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trustkill01
Member since: 4/9/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | | couldnt DIC give Shout the right to do it, sell the right to do it or something? I mean the the episodes are just sitting there making no $. |
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| 10/9/2007 4:09 PM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | These are all things that have to be negotiated between Shout! (or whomever) and DiC. Remember, this is a business. What are we willing to spend for something we don't know how many will actually be downloaded? There's a lot more that goes into these things than you think. Everyone has to come out happy and profitable or it just isn't worth the time and money spent.
Brian
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| 10/13/2007 5:35 AM |
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The Snappy Sneezer
Member since: 2/14/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | | Could you make a limited run and just sell it off of your website like WEP and voltron.com did with Denver the Last Dinosaur? |
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| 10/15/2007 9:33 AM |
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B Ward
Member since: 1/12/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | We literally cannot afford to spend money creating something that will not sell. We would simply go out of business. We tried with C.O.P.S. and not nearly enough people bought it. The online petitions haven't done so well, either. The fan base just isn't as big for this one as the one for something like He-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, or even The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! It breaks my heart, as I'm a huge fan of C.O.P.S., but it simply doesn't have the nostalgic pull I thought it did.
Sorry.
Brian
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| 10/15/2007 11:41 AM |
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The Snappy Sneezer
Member since: 2/14/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | | Do you have to print a certain number of DVDs to release them and are you obliged to restore and sell these at a variety of places within your contract with the owners? I know several people would probably take unrestored no frill DVD-R's if you could do that, some people are willing to buy them illegally, and a number of those would rather do it legally. You could make few extra bob like this legally unless something in your deal prevents you from doing things in such a manner. |
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| 10/15/2007 12:35 PM |
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trustkill01
Member since: 4/9/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | | i dont know about any of that but i know its cheaper to make and buy in bulk than it is to only do a limited run. |
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| 10/15/2007 12:50 PM |
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trustkill01
Member since: 4/9/2007 | | RE: Solution to low sales dvd sets liek cops | GI Joe was the best cartoon of the 80's of all time in my opinion, B Ward does Shout have any connections with Rhino? I have read before that some people from Rhino founded Shout.....well Rhino years ago put out three-quarters of the Sunbow GI Joe series on dvd......do they still one the rights to it? and could Shout somehow get the rights and re-release them? Rhino did a shotty job on cleaning the cartoon up.
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by B Ward at 10/15/2007 9:33:55 AM
We literally cannot afford to spend money creating something that will not sell. We would simply go out of business. We tried with C.O.P.S. and not nearly enough people bought it. The online petitions haven't done so well, either. The fan base just isn't as big for this one as the one for something like He-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, or even The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! It breaks my heart, as I'm a huge fan of C.O.P.S., but it simply doesn't have the nostalgic pull I thought it did.
Sorry.
Brian
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